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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1997
Page
6
Kansan Leaders Weigh 1998 Statewide Elections
In Topeka speculation swirls on who will run for governor and other offices in 1998. Carla Stovall Sebelius and Thornburgh are expected to seek re election while Sally Thompson will not seek a third term. The trio kept campaign activity after 1994, raising over 185000 and spending above 135000 in 1995 and 1996.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka, Kan
Bill Graves
Carla Stovall
Kathleen Sebelius
Ron Thornburgh
Sally Thompson
Stovall
Thornburgh
Sebelius
Microsoft to invest $1 billion in Comcast deal
Microsoft Corp plans a $1 billion investment in Comcast Corp to accelerate the convergence of Internet and television. The move expands Microsoft’s stake in cable and builds on MSNBC with NBC, as Bill Gates presses quicker digital adoption and home video data interactivity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Microsoft Corp
Comcast Corp
MSNBC
NBC
Microsoft
Bill Gates
Gates
Coiticast
FBI seeks help identifying author of Atlanta bombings letter
FBI appealed for public help to find the writer of a square-block letter claiming responsibility for two Atlanta bombings and sketches of two people seen near one attack. Investigators link the Sandy Springs abortion clinic blast on January 16 and the February 21 nightclub explosion, with possible ties to Olympic Park bombing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
FBI
Jack Daulton
The
Army of God
Sandy Springs
Daulton
Olympic Park
New World Order
Jerusalem housing project slows under peace talks bid
A 6,500 apartment Jewish neighborhood in disputed Jerusalem will slow to near halt under a compromise to aid Palestinian-Israeli peace talks. Palestinian officials confirmed Sunday Egyptian-brokered talks discussed the project fate. Contractor Sasson Shem Tov said no slowdown request yet, plans to finish roads and support structures in three to four months. Seventeen laborers worked at the site with a water truck a bulldozer and a tractor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jerusalem
Israel
Sasson Shem- Tov
Skunk Run Days Lights Up Ottawa Park Festival
Sun and cool breezes blessed Skunk Run Days as organizers in Ottawa enjoyed a rainless weekend. Jeanette Lowry, chairwoman, praised the weather, while the Friends of the Ottawa Library raised about 3000 dollars at a book sale. All events were centralized in City Park for the first time, with the quilt show housed in the Carnegie building featuring over 50 quilts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jeanette Lowry
Ottawa Community Arts Council
Friends of the Ottawa Library
Ronn Heise
Hesse
City Park
Louis Copt
Arts Council Center
Chris Campbell
Carnegie Building
Jay Thornton
Natasha Jaworski
Kathryn McCurdy
Ottawa
Botom
Donny Lewis
Land Clan
Kansas City
Retail wheeling may be simple but needs planning says governors
Overland Park Kansas AP experts say retail wheeling deregulation is not as hard as thought but demands serious prework. Harvard professor William Hogan urges ongoing task forces as Midwest governors gather for the 32nd Midwestern Governors Conference. Governors expected to back a resolution opposing federal mandates while supporting uniform interstate guidelines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lew Ferguson
Associated Press
Overland Park, Kan
Midwest
Harvard University
William Hogan
Congressional
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Hogan
Harvard
Kennedy School of Government
Ben Nelson
Nebraska
Kansas
Bill Graves
Terry Branstad
Iowa
Jim Edgar
Illinois
William Janklow
South Dakota
Frank O’bannon
Indiana
Tommy Leo
Wheeling
Crash injures three Paola teens
Three Paola girls were injured when their car pulled in front of a tractor trailer leaving the Orlis Cox complex on K-68. Kellie Doherty 15 was treated and released after extrication and Amy Grandon 15, head trauma, was flown to KU Medical Center in fair condition. Mickle Ufford 16, driver, was hospitalized in fair condition at Overland Park Regional. All were taken to hospital by Franklin County ambulance. The girls had just watched Paola’s American Legion team lose to Princeton in the Ottawa Invitation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mickle M. Ufford
Overland Park Regional Medical Center
Paola
American Legion
Princeton
Ottawa
Erie bill sparks fear over school district consolidation
In Kansas, the controversial push to redraw school district boundaries or consolidate districts resurfaces as Erie residents in Neosho County renew concerns. Past efforts in 1994 1995 and 1996 failed amid intense political resistance, with leaders wary of reopening a long contentious issue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas
Bill Graves
Graves
Mike Matson
Kansas House
Bishop's
Bill Mason
el Dorado
House Education Committee
Education Committee
Erie
Neosho County
Grant boosts recycling center with Walmart grant
Valerie Herald Staff reports a $10,000 Walmart Foundation grant to Aisinin County funds a paper baler and shredder for the county recycling center. Recycling coordinator Bob Thompson says shredding allows higher value bales, doubling paper revenue and enabling heavier truck loads with lower freight costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wal-Mart Foundation
Franklin County
Bob Thompson
Rhonda Woods
Ottawa
Wal-Mart
Ray DeJulio
Jim Papa
Aisinin County
Thompson
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