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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 15, 1997
Page
7
General manager Carl Peterson and head coach Marty Schottenheimer sign four year contracts with the Kansas City Chiefs. The forecast calls for mostly sunny but bitterly cold weather Thursday with a high near 10 and a northwest wind of 20 to 30 mph.
Betty Annette Watkins of Ottawa was found guilty in federal court of conspiring to possess with intent to distribute more than 50 grams of crack cocaine and possession of 17 grams for distribution. Sentencing set for April 18. potential life in prison without parole on the conspiracy charge and up to 40 years on the possession charge.
Rep. Ted Powers introduced a bill to lower rates for single filers to match married couples, aiming to ease the tax burden ahead of the 1997 session. Gov. Graves proposed equalizing rates over three years, costing $16.5 million in FY1998, $29 million in FY1999, and $41.5 million in FY2000.
Senator Pat Roberts says a single Department of Agriculture standard for erosion prone land would avoid red tape in Kansas and elsewhere as new CRP eligibility guidelines face finalization. He says he secured a verbal pledge from Secretary Dan Glickman that farmers complying with conservation rules remain eligible for CRP, while final rules on eligibility and payments remain undecided.
State resources secretary Wayne Franklin will headline Ottawa Kansas 13th annual King program at Ottawa University chapel Sunday at 2 p m The Wichita native and Kansas D HR secretary since 1995 has a long career in public service and business and has received multiple national recognitions.
Franklin County jail inmate Michelle Marie Huff, 27, was charged with involuntary manslaughter and DUI after a noon January 4 crash on I-35 seven miles northeast of Ottawa. Diana Kirkland, 50, died when Huff’s southbound Oldsmobile crossed the median, struck Kirkland’s Buick, and a third vehicle hit the scene. Jordan Peterson, 62, of Isle, Minn., wasn’t injured. Huff’s bond set at $50,000. she was hospitalized with serious injuries and not belted at the time.
Wolf Creek nuclear plant in Arlington Texas will meet with Nuclear Regulatory Commission staff to discuss three potential violations and their safety significance. The NRC has not decided if violations occurred or if fines are needed, and no enforcement action will be decided at the meeting.
In Jerusalem an angry cabinet session followed Prime Minister Netanyahu presenting the pact with Yasser Arafat on troop pullbacks from Hebron and West Bank rural areas. Benjamin Begin interrupted to denounce the accord saying Netanyahu gives away Jewish land while getting nothing from Arafat. The handsake ended months of wrangling and aims to reinvigorate the peace process after Netanyahu’s June government claim to slow land handovers.
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