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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1990
Page
8
Weekend forecast calls mostly sunny skies and rising temperatures with highs in the mid 80s and light west to northwest winds. Partly cloudy tonight and Sunday with a 30 percent rain chance and highs 85 to 90.
Nationwide interest grows as Franklin Sayings Association of Ottawa goes to trial over government seizure. Regulators cite $119 million futures losses and duties to protect bondholders while Franklin argues it followed GAAP. Ernest M. Fleischer testifies as ownership contends to expose the thrift's side.
Storms battered Kansas wheat, yet extension agents and grain buyers say harvest remains strong. Top counties like Sumner and Sedgwick suffered injuries with significant but not crippling yield losses, affecting about 250,000 acres of the south central area. Statewide, 11.8 million acres were expected to yield 460 million bushels, with 58,000 of Kingman County’s 310,000 acres affected and Sedgwick showing about 15 percent yield loss in parts. Sumner avoided major damage, possibly limiting statewide impact to around 3 percent.
Ottawa Board of Education meets Monday at 7:30 PM to ratify a teachers contract rising 4.15 percent to 3.32 million next year and to set salaries for other district staff. The agenda includes summer school, bond issues for Ottawa High School, asbestos removal bid, employment contracts, and a central office lease.
In Alaska and the far north the summer solstice brings 24 hours of daylight causing late night recreation but also sleep disruption for some. Quotes from Paul Korchin and Eric Loring describe sleeplessness and adaptation, while scientists explain seasonal affective disorder and chemical brain responses to light as the sun remains bright past midnight.
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