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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1997
Page
7
Ottawa AA Legion swept Osawatomie in a Tuesday doubleheader as part of a five game win streak. The page 7 recap notes the team’s improved offense and pitching as they extend their streak.
Breezy warm weather expected Thursday with mostly sunny skies. Highs reach 90 to 95 while south winds blow from 15 to 25 mph.
Khmer Rouge leader Pol Pot reportedly surrendered to former comrades in northern Cambodia after a week on the run. Gen Nhek Bunchhay said guerrillas planned to hold him for an international tribunal over his 1975 to 1979 regime. Anlong Veng hosts about 1,000 rebels who had sheltered him.
Topeka NFIB launches the Guaranteed Cost Workers Compensation Program to cut costs for small and independent Kansas businesses by offering admin and cost control services usually reserved for large corporations. Western Resources extends ADT bid to July 8 amid Tyco takeover plan valued at 5.6 billion.
The SBC Foundation will donate 75000 dollars to the Kansas Technology Enterprise Corp to hire graduate students from universities for an internship program supporting emergent high tech businesses in Kansas. The grant comes from SBC Communications Inc., Southwestern Bell’s parent company.
In a collision about three miles west of Emporia, car driver Richard W. Bennett Jr. and pickup passenger Robert Baumer, 15, died. Pickup passenger Matthew Bensken, 16, was airlifted in critical condition to St. Francis Hospital. Driver Brett Smiley was treated and released.
Grand jury charges Hani al-Sayegh in a 1994 95 plot to murder Americans abroad linked to a 1996 Khabar Towers bombing case. He faces a life term if convicted, with a plea entered in court after a deal to provide information. He was deported from Canada and tied to Hezbollah offshoot group.
The Ransom Memorial Hospital Board approved a new three year contract for administrator Bob Bregant retroactive to May 1 raising his base salary 10 percent to 85 550 while car allowance drops to 250 per month. The board will set goals and a possible 5 percent annual bonus.
Plant rolls out pink carpet as Lisa Ottawa offers customized trucks including right hand drive and alternative fuels. Open house 8 to 11 a.m. Saturday at 415 E. Dundee features the remodeling project and a preview of color options for diesel and alternative fuel engines.
Sisu Ottawa plans to produce about 1700 port tractors this year with 10 to 18 percent sold overseas. The plant accounts for 65 percent of U S port tractor production and aims to expand production space, add a parts and service building, and study cab production. Lisa Ottawa’s project modernizes the plant, with 95 percent completion noted.
Ottawa city commission approves must carry status for KCWB Kansas City station. Channel 8 to host the Royals games starting June 25 with government access moves to channel 19. KCWB available on non cable at channel 29. local provider TeleCommunications Inc. will carry the signal as part of basic service.
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