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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 10, 1999
Page
8
Ransom Memorial Hospital and other rural facilities face sharp Medicare cutbacks. The piece notes severe funding strains across rural health care and directs readers to Page 6A for full details.
The outlook calls for sunny skies Sunday and Monday with no precipitation. Overnight lows will linger in the 60s, while daytime highs reach 85 to 90 degrees. Page 2A has more weather details.
A Lawrence city employee aiding Ottawa cleanup from the June 28 microburst was treated for injuries after a nearby lightning strike Friday. The man, unnamed, was taken by private vehicle to Ransom Memorial Hospital and later released after treatment.
James S. Farmer, a nonviolent civil rights pioneer who worked with Martin Luther King Jr., died in a Fredericksburg hospital at 79. A Mary Washington College professor since 1985, he battled pneumonia and diabetes related blindness. As a CORE founder in 1942 and one of the era’s Big Four leaders, he helped recruit Chaney, Goodman, and Schwerner, whose 1964 Mississippi murders inspired the film Mississippi Burning.
A federal judge ruled that Republic Missouri’s municipal seal with a Christian fish symbol violates the First Amendment. The decision grants summary judgment for former resident Jean Webb, backed by the ACLU, against the town after its Board of Aldermen refused to remove the symbol.
Police hunted Lawrence Michael Hensley after a factory worker opened fire at his home killing three teenage girls then shot his Bible study teacher five miles away. A 22 year old woman was wounded and hospitalized while a motive remained undetermined.
An April Associated Press feature finds rural Southerners with a fondness for eating kaolin, sold in Georgia stores and markets despite not being for consumption. Authorities warn the habit causes constipation and potential liver and kidney damage.
In a landmark case, a jury ordered General Motors to pay 4.9 billion to six claimants after a 1993 Malibu rear end crash that severely burned them. Plaintiffs said GM knew fuel-tank risks but chose cheaper settlements over recalls. GM plans an appeal.
American geologists report huge deposits of dinosaur age bones on Vega Island Seymour Island and Antarctica Peninsula. Remains include mosasaur and plesiosaur marine reptiles and a duck-billed animal with paddles. Discovery announced at an International Symposium.
Wanda Pryor 45 endured two years of daily epileptic seizures and crippling nausea until a July Fourth moment when she sang Amazing Grace a cappella. After a week of health, Pryor credits faith and community support, including guardian Shirley Everett, her nurse, and Dr. Scott Corder’s care, for the remarkable turnaround.
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