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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Feb 08, 1997
Page
10
The varsity Cyclones faced Sumner Academy on Friday night as part of eight area high school basketball games. Page 7 covers results and details from the other matchups.
The forecast calls for mostly cloudy conditions today with a high near 30 and light variable wind. Tonight remains cloudy with a low around 10. Sunday will be cloudier and warmer with a high between 35 and 40 degrees.
Moscow report says Lenin’s body can be preserved in fine condition for hundreds of years with annual embalming at Red Square. The process, led by Yuri Romakov, includes temperature checks and lighting, with doctors performing tests and sometimes extra embalming as recipes update yearly.
Gerald Dickens great great grandson of Charles Dickens was detained in Minneapolis and sent back to England over a work visa issue, despite planned luncheon and a live performance. The festival proceeds with other events as organizers hope he returns next season. The actor had argued he was not paid, but officials considered the free accommodations and tickets as payment. He planned to give his talk, Dickens the Business Man, by telephone.
Pulitzer Prize winning writer David Broder criticized U S education and warned of Medicare and Social Security troubles while accepting the William Allen White Foundation national citation in Lawrence Kansas. He praised rising ethical standards and openness in politics and noted the influence of special interest groups.
Franklin County installs Eye Witness video cameras in sheriff s cruisers to record traffic stops and DUI pursuits. The $14 805 purchase financed by the sheriff s department trust fund will be used at deputies discretion with editors from the county attorney s office deciding court use. The system includes sound and is expected to aid prosecutions while preserving officer and defendant viewpoints.
Western Resources Inc. has won a 2 billion buyout of Kansas City Power & Light Co. KCPL will operate as a Western division. Western also targets ADT Ltd. John E. Hayes Jr. becomes head of the merged firm, while Drue Jennings moves to vice chairman. No layoffs anticipated.
Jurors in the O J Simpson civil damages case return Monday after a two and a half hour session ended without a verdict on punitive damages. They requested a statement contrasting plaintiffs rosy financial forecast with defense claims of his net worth dropping from over ten million to below zero since the murder acquittal.
Habitat for Humanity seeks land in Franklin County for its next house after a recent project. A family has been selected but the group needs land and volunteers. Fundraisers include a February 22 Ottawa University banquet, a March 1 celebrity basketball game at OU Wilson Field House, and Home Builders Club donations.
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