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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 12, 2000
Page
8
Ottawa Utility Department will cut power Thursday from 9th Street to 12th Street between Maple and Willow from 8 a.m. to about 9 30 p.m. The outage is needed to change current circuits. For more information call 229-3630.
Lawrence city workers completed removal of a six year squatter camp near the Kansas River. The final tepee was cleared Friday after an April 6 notice, with residents praising the action while homeless advocates criticized the destruction and handling.
Thurgood Marshall notes from the early 1950s documenting his work before the Supreme Court to end school segregation will be acquired by the Kansas State Historical Society with a 12000 grant. The 77 reels cover NAACP desegregation efforts 1913 to 1965 including Brown v Board prep and related materials.
A Johnson County woman reported a traditional telephone scam in which a caller posed as a telephone company technician testing lines and urged her to dial 90 and hang up. Dialing the code could allow long distance calls billed to the victim. The scam is common among inmates in jails and prisons.
Lucas Allen Hinderliter, 19, of 2529 Ohio Road, was arrested at 4 20 p m Tuesday on burglary theft and criminal damage to property at Dodson Aviation. He is the second suspect in the crime following Harry Edward Piper II, 18, of 217 South Ash who was arrested Friday and remains jailed on a 25000 bond. Hinderliter has not yet appeared before a judge for bond setting as of this morning.
The State Board of Education discussed voluntary standards proposed by the Kansas Foreign Language Association to guide districts in language education. The plan emphasizes five Cs and aims to broaden access, with training to follow and no current state assessments planned.
Front page profile of Franklin County candidate Moyer outlining his plan to collect 120 signatures, promise to veto nonbeneficial measures, and push for a county administrator while trimming commissioners' salaries. He opposes a county water park as benefiting too few, favors smaller projects, and vows careful spending with road maintenance as a priority. He admits limited experience but aims to do his best.
Drought conditions ease in parts of northeast Kansas but intensify in the northwest. Gov. Graves issues a drought watch for the Upper Republican and Solomon basins, while earlier watches for the Kansas-Lower Republican and Missouri basins remain in effect. Local towns report varying water status with Kickapoo and tribal areas monitoring levels. A Northeast Kansas Water District is recognized, counties aligned include Jefferson and Brown, with a junior rights pumping ban along the Delaware River reinstated.
Green Party volunteers in Kansas seek 5 000 valid signatures by July 31 to list Ralph Nader on the November presidential ballot. Kansas has a strong Republican history. Nader won 914 write in votes in 1996 here. Activists aim to raise awareness of Green issues and energize new voters despite doubts on impact.
U.S. Chief District Judge Terry Kern rejected Koch Industries request to toss the case before trial. Jurors found underreporting of oil bought from federal and Indian leases between 1985 and 1989, with $553,504 in base compensation and potential tripling. Penalties could reach $214 million on 24,587 claims. Bill Koch notes satisfaction with the outcome while Koch says appeals are likely.
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