Ottawa teachers and board pause talks over contract terms
Negotiations between Ottawa teachers and the school board stalled after a morning session led by a federally appointed negotiator. Teachers pressed for a 9.26 percent raise plus 5.6 percent more for four extra days, while the board offered 9.26 percent and discussed moving fringe benefits into salary and funding health coverage.
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Diane Yeamans
Herald
Ottawa
Ken Brecht
Don Duncan
Terry Jennings
Jennings
Tension rises in Iraq crisis in Baghdad standoff ends
UN weapons inspectors withdraw after 17 days guarding a Baghdad mini stry linked to Iraq missile documents. Demonstrators pelted their cars with eggs and slashed tires as Baghdad calls the ministry a symbol of sovereignty while escalating tensions with the United Nations and signaling possible allied air action.
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Nicosia
Cyprus
U.N
Baghdad
Iraq
United Nations
U.n.’S
Al-Thawra
United States
Women urged to get AIDS training at world conference
At the world AIDS conference in Amsterdam an all female panel urged training for women to combat HIV. They said women need skills to negotiate safe sex and refuse unprotected sex. WHO predicted equal infection rates for men and women by 2000.
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Amsterdam
Netherlands
Anke Ehrhardt
Columbia University
World Health Organization
Bush spokesman attacks Gore as Sellout America at Rio
President Bush's spokesman labeled Democratic VP candidate Al Gore as Mr Sellout America for saying the U S crumbles at the Rio de Janeiro environmental summit. Gore led the Senate delegation and called Bush's record a joke while Bush opposed binding eco treaties.
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Washington
Bush
al Gore
America
Rio de Janeiro
Marlin Fitzwater
Gore
Bill Clinton
U.S
Senate
Rio
Clinton caravan stirs crowds in midwest states
In Vandalia Illinois and nearby towns Bill Clinton drew large crowds as Kristin Hill urged a touch from the candidate. Voters spoke of change and concern for jobs and schools as the caravan moved through Evansville Indiana Centralia Illinois and Sandoval with thousands along the route voicing discontent.
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Vandalia
Ill
Kristin Hill
Bill Clinton
Hill
Kentucky
Charlie Main
Bush
Main
Clinton
Evansville
Ind
Centralia
Sandoval
Illinois State Capitol
America
Abraham Lincoln
George Bush
Republican Party
United States of America
Paul Ross
County opens construction bids for three bridges
Franklin County commission opened five bids for replacing three bridges under the comprehensive program. Midwest Construction of Holton bid $169,714, with other bids up to about $275,000. County will review bids with Cook Flatt and Strobel before awarding the low bid. projects include bridges on Colorado Road north of Pomona and on Kentucky Road near Princeton.
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Bill Tellier
Herald
Franklin County Commission
Midwest Construction
Holton
Topeka
Cook, Flatt and Strobel
Pomona
Kentucky Road
Princeton
Ellis Terrace
Rex Bowling
Clarence Raines
Community Corrections Advisory Board
Bowling
Raines
Ottawa Stores Hit by Downtown Burglary
Ottawa police investigated burglaries at Budge's Sports Center Brown's Shoe Fit and Litwin's Department Store on Main Street. Police dusted for prints after a sizeable amount of merchandise was reported missing and back doors were found pried open. The stores reopened later as officers continued the inquiry.
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Ottawa
OPD
Daryl Shut
Sitle
Shut
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