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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1998
Page
6
Oklahoma Sooners did not want the Lockett brothers, but Kansas State University football benefited from their contribution. The item notes weather turning colder and cloudy Tuesday with a high near 40 and a north wind 10 to 20 mph, with more weather details on page 2.
Rep Ralph Tanner R Baldwin new chairman of the House Education Committee will attend and invite regional lawmakers to five listening sessions across Kansas on education. The series runs from Tuesday in Dodge City through January 5 with stops in Salina Andover Greenbush and Olathe. The Olathe session runs 930 to 1130 a m January 5 at the central office 14160 Black Bob Road. Ottawa city crews will remove old Christmas trees with collection at Orlis Cox West ball park parking lot urging residents to place trees on the pile.
A brief page guide notes Advica items on page 6 Classifieds and page 2 Comics while Daily Report occupies page 6 Farmoo, Opinion on page 4, Obituaries on pages 23 and Sports on page 7. The notice provides readers with where to find each section.
A Vassar sewer system plan was dropped after bids exceeded estimates. The city and Osage County cannot bridge the gap with grants and loans. $925,000 in grant and loan funds will be returned. The Kansas Department of Health and Environment will seek alternatives.
Pete O Neal, once a Black Panther leader who fled to east Africa in 1970 after a gun transport conviction, hopes a new U S judge will reconsider his case following the death of U S District Judge Earl O Connor. His lawyer filed a motion in August, and O Connor's death prompted renewed appeals for relief.
Three days after the election, an anonymous call warned of a bomb during Gov elect Jesse Ventura's visit. Police found a suspicious object taped to a tree, treated it as a bomb, but a gust blew it from the truck and it was run over by several cars on the street.
Senators from both parties press a fast trial after the House impeaches President Clinton. Republicans hint at censure after verdict, while Democrats doubt Clinton would accept a censure admitting he lied under oath. Daschle questions fining Clinton as talks intensify before Congress convenes January 6.
American warplanes attacked an air defense site in northern Iraq killing four Iraqi soldiers and wounding seven. Iraq says Iraqi air defenses returned fire and forced retreat. U S and British jets patrol the no fly zone established in 1991 to shield Kurdish areas.
AP editors select the June 8 DeBruce Grain elevator explosion near Wichita as Kansas 1998’s top story. Seven workers died and ten were hurt as grain-dust ignited, with six weeks of search through rubble. The list also includes floods, politics, and strong agricultural notes shaping the year.
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