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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 15, 1994
Page
5
Gov. Joan Finney stated that if lawmakers do not submit a constitutional amendment for public initiative, it will become a campaign issue in the fall. She promised Kansans will have it, though it may take two or three years, as she leaves office after announcing she won’t seek a second term.
Southwestern Bell Telephone Co. challenges Kansas Corporation Commission staff focus on profits under the TeleKansas II plan. Bell wants permanent forbearance from rate of return regulation in exchange for a $138 million network upgrade and rate freeze on basic service through 2000. The move follows a shift away from capping returns since 1989 amid urban competition from non regulated firms.
William Brown of Leavenworth was committed Friday to Larned State Security Hospital after pleading no contest to involuntary manslaughter in his 4-year-old son Steven’s death. The child’s body was found in a concrete block on the back porch in March 1992. Alice Brown also pleaded no contest to related charges after a reduced count for neglect.
National. Chevy Chase blames himself for the failure of his late-night show. He told ABC the program failed because he should have stayed with pictures. The Chevy Chase Show was canceled 50 weeks after its Fox debut. He commented that Fox felt they had seen enough of him after five weeks.
Governors urge gun control as King holiday prompts memorial events and revived buyback programs. Klan demonstrations target state capitols while Denver others host protests amid heightened security. leaders cite King’s nonviolence to frame calls for restraint and gun buybacks.
Franklin County adopts new metal license plates with blue top color and yellow white background. Each plate costs 50 cents and will be issued with the yearly sticker. The county expects to issue about 26 000 tags this year as 17 000 plates arrived.
Ken McNeill, known as Weasel, is a 5 foot 3 inch Harley riding lobbyist for ABATE of Kansas. He often appears in biker boots and a red ponytail, and he can testify before committees without cosmetic changes. The group, about 2000 riders, fears helmet laws may become illegal.
Olathe police said Larry Horne 40 will not face criminal charges in the December incident near the K 7 overpass that killed James W. May of Osawatomie. The district attorney’s office indicated civil litigation only. The auger’s pin was missing when it fell from a ditch digger on a flatbed tied to Horne’s truck.
Two juvenile great blue herons stranded by snow and ice in upstate New York were transported to Florida by a USAir jet and released in West Palm Beach. Wildlife rehabilitator Gretchen Kaneb accompanied the birds, Gak with feet frozen to the snow and Big Bird trapped in a frozen pond, to recovery at Ocean Impact Foundation’s Marine Wildlife Care Center.
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