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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1997
Page
1
The Chiefs dominated the NFC West leaders in Arrowhead, earning a decisive win as a clouded Tuesday forecast called for highs in the lower 40s and a southeast wind shifting to northeast at 5 to 10 mph.
A Peoria Township zoning discussion is scheduled for 7 p.m. Friday at Briles School. Franklin County Commissioner Tom Weigand will attend to answer questions. Ottawa Library accepts canned goods in place of fines through Christmas to benefit ECKAN. each can counts as 50 cents toward fines.
Police investigate an early Friday break-in at Ottawa Co-op where an ATM and safe were emptied. Entry not established and no forced entry signs found. Alarm cut lines, no suspects or prints. Pe ople National Bank & Trust ATM owner, Wint Winter Sr., says losses undetermined.
The Wolf Creek nuclear plant near Burlington Kansas shut down automatically after instrument failures during testing following a ninth refueling outage. Officials expected restart later Sunday with production to resume early this week as repairs proceed and the reactor remains in testing mode.
Michael F. Schmitz, 45, imprisoned for drunken driving, filed a 1.9 million dollar lawsuit against Lexington police alleging officers were too nice during a 1996 arrest after they found a loaded rifle in his car and allowed him to dismantle it. He claimed the arrest endangered the public.
Attorney General Janet Reno, after a 2 1/2 hour session with aides, faced Republican claims she would refuse to seek an independent counsel to probe Clinton and Gore fund raising. Critics say political pressure shapes her decision while supporters urge action on potential campaign finance violations and foreign influence concerns.
United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan urged the Security Council to consider increasing Iraq oil revenue available for food and medicine as nearly 1 million Iraqi children go hungry. The report did not specify oil export changes under the oil for food program and floated options such as reallocating revenue toward relief or inspections.
U N and U S diplomats push diplomatic solutions and expanded aid as military action remains in the background. Bill Richardson says the situation has eased after Iraq allowed U N weapons inspectors back and notes Saddam Hussein’s refusal to permit access to several suspected palaces remains unacceptable.
About 650000 natural gas customers in Kansas and Oklahoma switch to Kansas Gas Service formed by ONEOK of Tulsa and Western Resources of Topeka. The merger creates a single billing system and expands ONEOK's reach to about 1.4 million customers with headquarters in Overland Park.
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