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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1998
Page
6
The Ottawa American Legion team improves to 15-10 after splitting with Paola and sweeping Gardner in weekend doubleheaders. Page 7.
A warm humid day with a 20 percent chance of early morning thunderstorms. Otherwise the weather clears to mostly sunny skies with a high in the middle 90s. South wind 15 to 25 mph. For more weather information, see page 2.
Thunderstorms rolled through Ottawa around 5 a.m. causing a power outage on the southeast side when a tree snapped a Circuit 11 power line. No structural damage reported. City crews plan a curbside limb cleanup and hope to finish by week’s end.
Voters in Overbrook will face two ballot questions in the August 4 primary. One approves 395000 in 20 year general obligation bonds for a new L shaped pool and remodeled bathhouses at the existing site. The other seeks a 1 percent sales tax to help pay bond debt and limit property tax mill levies, with officials not naming the exact revenue split.
After a lengthy court battle, the Wichita school district agrees to provide sign language interpretive services for a deaf eighth grade student, potentially enabling private schools to be funded with public money for similar special education needs. The district will cover only average per pupil costs and says impact on others is unclear.
The Supreme Court ruled 5-4 that school districts cannot be held liable under the anti bias law when administrators were unaware of misconduct by teachers. The decision shields districts in many sexual harassment cases, though it preserves a student’s right to sue under state law or recover from guilty teachers. Justice O Connor noted monetary damages remain possible against the teacher or under state law in certain cases.
News of the Weird notes charitable bingo games where a recently fed cow or elephant patty marks a pasture grid. in March 1998 Bryanston Primary School in Johannesburg raised about $60,000 with elephant patty bingo using large squares.
Millions in Tehran celebrat e a 2-1 victory over the United States in Lyon that kept Iran alive in the World Cup and denied the U S progression. Fans waved flags and shouted mubarak as Estili and other players were hailed, while officials urged unity and friendship with Khatami.
Two British servicemen Martin Spooner and Carl Bougard were rescued from Mount McKinley after more than three days without food. They were airlifted at 2:45 a.m. Alaska time and admitted in good condition to Alaska Regional Hospital. Spooner suffered an ankle injury during the fall. Bougard remained with the injured climber. Rescue teams first spotted them Sunday evening as high winds hampered early efforts. The pair were part of a nine man expedition. weather forced multiple aborts before the successful helicopter ascent to 19,000 feet. The wind chill neared 100 degrees below zero on the mountain.
At a Nashville conference President Clinton outlined plans to renew support for a patient’s bill of rights in managed care and to create a public private Medicare Council with about 80 organizations. The effort aims to reach uninsured children and expand information on preventive care through multiple federal agencies.
Steve Abrams, three weeks into his chairmanship of the Kansas Republican Party, faces a move to oust him over signing a petition to place the U.S. Taxpayers Party of Kansas on the November ballot. The dispute centers on party loyalty and the effort to neutralize the Taxpayers Party, with Wagle urging Abrams to resign or face a state committee recall. Miller says he is not involved, while Abrams notes he signed the petition before becoming chair and would not have signed it as chair.
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