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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Feb 17, 2000
Page
7
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Zev Kedem, Holocaust survivor and filmmaker, spoke at Bethel Christian Academy about surviving six Nazi concentration camps from ages five to 11. He described daily life, hunger, and fear, and how he avoided death through work and cunning before liberation by Schindler in 1945. He later lived in England and Israel, studying at Oxford and building a family in Jerusalem.
TOPEKA AP A proposed constitutional change to cap legislative service drew little support in the Senate Elections and Local Government Committee. Senator Robert Tyson argued for a 24 year lifetime cap, but colleagues including Sen Ben Vidricksen and Sen Sandy Praeger dismissed the measure as unnecessary, citing voter ballots as an effective limiter.
In Washington Congress rushes to pass legislation allowing Social Security recipients over 65 to work and keep all benefits while Democrats and Republicans clash over Medicare drug provisions. Both parties see the elderly vote as pivotal to fall elections.
Ottawa school district began search for an assistant superintendent to replace longtime curriculum director Carolyn Newmaster who resigned in May. Interim Superintendent Kay Highbarger notes candidates asked about the post during superintendent-application reviews. The district plans a full-time role, with duties including annual curriculum reviews and alignment to Title 1 and school improvement processes.
In Wyoming near Lusk, fugitive Charles Mone, sought in a Nebraska farmer killing and two officer wounds, surrenders after negotiations with Jim Kremers and Moses. A hospital report notes Moses wounded, two police officers injured in the Nebraska case, and a cross-state manhunt winding down with a peaceful arrest.
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