Clinton urges education guidance on school prayer amid amendment push
President Clinton argued the First Amendment already allows student prayer and directed the Education Department and the attorney general to issue school guidance on acceptable religious expression by the coming school year. The move aims to blunt Republican efforts for a constitutional amendment allowing organized school prayer as part of his centrist stance on national issues.
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Clinton
Education Department
Attorney General
Defamation law upholds by 10th Circuit in Phelps case
The 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Kansas criminal defamation law constitutional in the Rev. Fred Phelps case reversing a 1993 ruling. Gov Graves seeks disaster declarations for eight more counties for May June storm damage to qualify farmers for federal loans. A Kansas City Kansas man, Steven Chapple, 34, held on AIDS, is released to house arrest amid charges of sodomy and abuse involving a 2-year-old girl.
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Kansas
Fred Phelps
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U.S
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Edward F. Engel
Shawnee County
Joan Hamilton
Bill Graves
U.S. Agriculture
Dan Glickman
Butler
Cowley
Elk
Gove
Linn
McPherson
Montgomery
Neosho
Graves
Kansas City, Kan
Steven Chapple
Wyandotte
Philip Sieve
Chapple
Kansas City
Steve
Ottawa Heat Dips From Record Yet Brews Power Strain
Tuesday’s high near 100 degrees failed to reach the 110 degree record set in 1954 but the heat spurred higher power use in Ottawa. City Utilities Director Jim Bradley warned of possible transformer overheating if the heat wave persists, though plant output should hold barring unforeseen issues. Forecasters expect temps around 100 today and Thursday, cooling by the weekend with no new records anticipated.
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Ottawa
Jim Bradley
Bradley
Counties call state summit on KAC woes
Franklin County commissioners call for an association meeting in Wichita as the Kansas Association of Counties faces upheaval. The group faces financial troubles with resignations and an audit showing tens of thousands misused from county funds. Commissioners defend KAC’s value amid the crisis.
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Kansas Association of Counties
Franklin County
Wichita
KAC
Dudley Feuerbomn
Anderson County
Rey Bradley
John Torbert
Torbert
Gardner Hayden
Charles Mavity Jr
Russell Savage
State of
Kansas
Savage
City fuels cleanup after Ottawa plant leak
The state will aid Ottawa in a fuel oil cleanup after a leak at the Ottawa Power Plant potentially spilling up to 2000 gallons. KDHE commits up to 1 million dollars. Utilities Director Jim Bradley says oil seeped from underground lines feeding above ground tanks, discovered April 5, with repairs completed by April 13.
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Ottawa
Kansas Department of Health and Environment
Ottawa Utilities
Jim Bradley
Bradley
Ribbon cutting and watermelon feed kick off Franklin County fair barn
Ottawa Chamber of Commerce and Franklin County Fair Board sponsor a ribbon cutting and watermelon feed for the new livestock barn at the Franklin County fairgrounds. The event, to be held Wednesday at 5 p.m., will allow the public to view the barn. The watermelon feed celebrates 4-H’ers and precedes the fair activities Thursday through Sunday.
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Christi Wright
Ottawa Chamber of Commerce
Franklin County Fair Board
Franklin County Fairgrounds
Fairgrounds
Chamber
Fair Board
Marcia Houck
Houck
Barbecue Tickets On Sale For Franklin County Fair
Tickets for a barbecue and rodeo at the Franklin County Fair are now on sale. Advance discount tickets are sold by Omega chapter members of Beta Mu Phi Sorority in Ottawa, with proceeds supporting community service projects including smoke detectors for Ransom Memorial Hospital and newborn care aid.
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Franklin County
J Mbera
Omega Chapter
Betama
Phi Sorority
Ottawa
Yale
Ransom Memorial Hospital
Cate
Diedre Altic
Marianne Boeh
Terry Chartier
Stephanie Flory
Julie Hibdon
Deborah Lagalle
Lisa Miller
Annette Moore
Jonalyn Rockhold
Lorie Snider
Brenda Stinson
Suzanne Watts
Elise Woodbury
Brenda Wray
Kansas Guard volunteers build community volleyball pit
The Kansas National Guard seeks sand or funds to fill a dug volleyball pit on donated Fair Board land at 17th and Elm. Sixty tons of sand at eight dollars per ton are needed, with plans for a net and poles, plus a horseshoe area nearby. The unit hopes to open it for a September picnic and maintain it afterward.
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Kansas National Guard
Fair Board
17Th and
Elm Sweets
Mike Guyett
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