Piotrowsky joins Herald as summer photography intern
Eric Piotrowsky, 17, son of David and Marty Piotrowsky of 3278 Texas Road, becomes a summer photography intern for The Herald. A Ottawa High School senior, he has years of 4H photography and aims to grow his skills while weighing photography against other fields.
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Eric Piotrowsky
David and
Marty Piotrowsky
Texas Road
Herald
Piotrowsky
Ottawa High School
The
Court narrows parole talk in death penalty case
Supreme Court justices limit discussion of parole in a murder sentencing. The ruling voids Jonathan Simmons’s death sentence for the 1990 killing of Josie Lamb in Richland County. The court notes parole cannot be mentioned to jurors under state law, reversing the trial judge’s instruction.
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Simmons
Josie Lamb
Richland County
South Carolina
Six Haitians granted asylum as others denied at sea
In Kingston, U S officials granted political asylum Friday to six of 35 Haitian boat people interviewed at sea under President Clinton's policy. The remaining 29 were denied and set for repatriation within days.
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Kingston
Jamaica
U.S
Clinton
Hacaure
Beene
State Department
Christine Shelly
Washington
U.S. Naval Base
Guantanamo
Cuba
Steven Forester
Miami
Haiti
Forester
Wales
Comfort
Kingston Harbor
United States
New office building to rise near Kanza Park Ottawa
Devore and Associates Architects begin construction on a new Ottawa office at 210 West 13th near Kanza Park. Owner Earl Devore expects occupancy around October first. Loyd Builders of 2226 South Main are the contractors. The 1700 square foot, one acre site will offer park views and parking near the Prairie Spirit Trail with future landscaping plans and no immediate second building.
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Kanza Park
Devore
Prairie Spirit Trail
Summer reading program sign ups continue in Rantoul
Children in grades one through six in the Rantoul area can sign up at the Cutler Township Community Building for a summer reading program. Weekly meetings are at 9 30 a m on Wednesdays, with a preschool story time at 10 30 a m each Wednesday.
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Rantoul
Cutler Township
RMH Trustees to Meet Tuesday at 6:30 PM
Ransom Memorial Hospital trustees will gather Tuesday at 6 30 p m for their monthly session in the hospital. The agenda covers funding a rural health clinics feasibility study, a collaboration agreement for Franklin County health agencies, renewal of two imaging service contracts and equipment purchases, with RMH administrator Bob Bregant to be evaluated in executive session.
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Ransom Memorial Hospital
Franklin County
Bob Bregant
RMH
Prison population near capacity. officials expect decline
Kansas corrections officials report prisons at 91.7 percent of capacity after a 6 percent rise since January. They cite more ex-inmates returning for violations and plan studies to forecast trends and possible new space. The system houses 6062 of 6609 capacity with federal court oversight to prevent overcrowding.
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John Hanna
Associated Press
Opera, Kan
Ptison
Department of Corrections
Bill Miskell
Miskell
Department
Larned State Hospital
State Sentencing Commission
Lisa Moots
Commission
Calais Kansas Weather Summary Extended Through Wednesday
Weather update from Ottawa Water Plant shows hot and dry conditions through Monday to Wednesday with lows 65 to 75 and highs mainly in the 90s. Record highs yesterday reached 102, with precipitation at 0.93 inches month to date and 18.97 inches year to date. Barometer 30.15 and falling. sunset 6.47, sunrise 5.55 tomorrow.
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Kansas
Ottawa
FDA finds violations at Florida Red Cross blood bank
FDA investigators found 18 pints of blood distributed over May to July 1993 with incomplete donor records including vital signs. Miami center handled about 100000 pints yearly and failed to document final disposition of components. Red Cross says no health risk. reforms expected by July 1.
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Washington
American Red Cross
South Florida
Food and Drug Administration
Red Cross
Mark Simpson
George Washington University Medical Center
Associated Press
FDA
Miami Center
Bob Graham
D-Fla
Wall Street Journal
Miami Herald
Felix Perez
Miami
Steven Nathan
South Africa May Legalize Traditional Healing
In a shift by the new black-led government, traditional healers or sangomas may be legalized and regulated as part of an expanded health program for blacks. Healers warn of prejudice while experts bill herbal and ancestral knowledge as complementary to Western medicine.
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South Africa
African National Congress
Jo Bierman
National Health Department
Nigel
Gericke
University of Cape Town
Topeka Plans School Integration Move For Judge Review
In Topeka Kansas a new plan to better integrate elementary schools is due to be presented to U.S. District Judge Richard Rogers within a month. The Topeka Board of Education approved the plan 4-3 to end the Brown v. Board reopening, closing eight elementaries, building one new school, and adding two magnet schools with locations on the east and central Topeka.
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Topeka. Kan
U.S. District Court
Richard Rogers
Rogers
Topeka
Bridal Catalog Fashion Show Scheduled in Williamsburg KS
Kramer's to host a bridal catalog fashion show on June 16 1994 around 2 30 pm at Jayhawker Days in Williamsburg KS. Also notes vacation Bible school June 20 24 at Church of the Nazarene and Green Valley Baptist Church contact 915 860 2799 for details.
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Kramer's
Williamsburg
Church of the Nazarene
7Th & Elm
Vacation Bible School
Green Valley Baptist Church
Osawatomie
Charges dropped and refiled against ex-prosecutor in Kansas
Former Geary County drug prosecutor Eric Stonecipher faced felony theft and making a false writing charges for keeping 1900 dollars seized in a drug investigation. The afternoon refiling came after a court denied a continuance for a key witness. Stonecipher and his attorney call the case politically motivated.
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Junction City
Kan
Drug Task Force
Eric Stonecipher
Geary County
John Bork
Stonecipher
Lloyd Graham
Graham
Ottawa Herald publishes 1993 subscription rates and staff
The Ottawa Herald lists daily publication details and staff including Editor Publisher Managin g Editor Advertising Director and Circulation Manager. It supplies extensive newspaper subscription prices by method and region across Ottawa Kansas and nearby counties with rates in advance.
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Ottawa Herald
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Jay Bemis
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Virginia Howe
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