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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1999
Page
8
Local students Baldwin Susan Steinfort and Garnett Farrah Katzer were inducted into the Phi Kappa Phi honor society on Dec. 1. Eligibility spans high GPA top percent ranks across undergraduate and graduate levels with strict invitation-only membership.
Milton Glickman, father of U S Agriculture Secretary Dan Glickman, dies of cancer in Wichita at 83. A longtime Democratic activist, he owned a scrap metal business, gas and oil interests, and the Wichita Aeros baseball team. Funeral services are set for Tuesday at Hebrew Congregation.
Boeing Wichita shed 4 500 jobs this year as orders for new planes fell and about 1 500 more may be cut next year. Union leader Doug Ritter said 1999 has been brutal. production is slated to fall from 620 jetliners this year to about 480 in 2000 and around 420 in 2001.
LAWRENCE AP Area lawmakers fear a bill recodifying liquor statutes could curb local control over bars taverns and restaurants serving liquor by the drink. Sen. Sandy Praeger says a uniform state law won t fit Lawrence needs while Rep. Ralph Tanner notes local policy should stay with cities.
From our members sense they support public access to streams while preserving private land rights. Kansas advocates urge more river access points on the Kansas River to boost tourism, arguing Kansas lacks Missouri style streams and deep forested areas.
Wildlife and Parks Secretary Steve Williams wants 75000 for access construction next year to add public onramps to the Kansas and Arkansas rivers. Senator Sandy Praeger backs more points, praising canoeing on the Kaw as a peaceful, beautiful resource.
High school students list top topics from history class including World War II and Pearl Harbor, the Scopes trial, and MLK's I Have a Dream speech. They compare past events to general public interest and reflect on how nuclear war and civil rights shaped views across generations.
Taliban officials say they will use force to remove the hijacked plane if Indian negotiators fail to secure releases of Kashmiri militants. The Airbus 320 with 160 passengers remains aboard. doctors, relief supplies, and a Taliban technician work alongside the seven‑person negotiating team and Indian crew as deteriorating conditions on board continue.
An Indian Airlines jet with 189 aboard departs Kathmandu for New Delhi. after detours over Lahore Kabul Lucknow and Muscat it lands at a UAE airbase near Dubai. Captors free 27 hostages and one passenger is killed. After about five hours the plane leaves UAE and lands in Kandahar while U N negotiators secure one more hostage release.
Obituary notices for Ralph T. Wichman of Eudora and Marvin John Nuessen of Kansas City honor their deaths on December 25, 1999. Wichman, 87, moved from Wellsville to Eudora, with burial in Eudora Cemetery and a service at Warren-McElwain. Nuessen, 61, a sailor and laborer, had services at Olpe and Merriam, with survivors including siblings and many relatives. Helen Lucile Crist, 89, of Clathe formerly Edgerton, died December 26, 1999 in Gardner. Funeral at Wilson and Son Chapel Wellsville, burial in Edgerton area, with extensive survivors and church affiliations noted.
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