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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 17, 1998
Page
8
Ottawa ages 14 and 15 and Princeton ages 16 to 18 advance as post-season play continues for area Babe Ruth all-stars. Details appear on pages 1B and 2B.
Hot and mostly sunny conditions with temperatures reaching the mid 90s and a south wind of 5 to 15 mph. A follow up weather page directs readers to page 2 for more details.
Ameri Corps National Civilian Community Corps team based in Denver aids stabilization at Nicodemus National Historic Site. They paint, reshingling, and catalog building contents as part of a month-long project sponsored after a National Park Service request. The site will be formally dedicated August 1.
A US cryptography milestone reports a custom computer under 250000 dollars cracked the DES data scrambling method in under three days. The test, sponsored by RSA Data Security Inc, used 88 billion trials per second over 56 hours to unlock a DES ciphertext, challenging export limits on strong encryption.
Chuck Shepherd notes a hair based oil absorbent concept from Huntsville hairdresser Phillip McCrory and a NASA study suggesting 1.4 million pounds of discarded hair could absorb 11 million gallons of Exxon Valdez spill in about a week, versus Exxon’s $2 billion effort catching roughly 12 percent.
At the Franklin County Fair sheep show, siblings John and Keri Meyer compare sheep and pigs with John preferring sheep for their fun and easy washing while Keri, age seven, opts for pigs arguing they don’t hurt people. Rookie exhibitor Traci Nelson shows a market lamb owned by Megan Schulz, as Schulz enters her final year of 4‑H showing.
Ottawa officials say the Ottawa to Richmond segment of the Prairie Spirit Rail Trail is not finished. Contractors and officials have not provided a new opening date, despite a new superintendent and ongoing work by Shears Construction. The trail will link Ottawa to Garnett with a Garnett to Iola third phase awaiting scheduling and local survey results show limited support.
The Franklin County Agriculture Society hosts the county fair with a major barbecue fundraiser. Ottawa Lions Club funnel cake stand marks a decade of sweet fried dough, led by Press Thompson. Since starting with skillets, they moved to a deep fat tank and metal trailer, selling about 900 funnel cakes during the fair.
Chief Justice Rehnquist says he will rule on the Monica Lewinsky case himself due to colleagues abroad. He views the appeals court opinion as cogent and correct as Secret Service protectors arrive at the courthouse amid a pending ruling on grand jury testimony.
A Macomb County prosecutor moved to stop parents of a 12 year old six months pregnant by her 17 year old brother from taking her to a Kansas doctor for a late term abortion. Probate Judge Pamela Gilbert O'Sullivan planned to hear whether temporary jurisdiction could prevent travel for the procedure.
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