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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1999
Page
8
The Herald presents the annual Diamond Roundup with local baseball coverage launching today. Fans can expect detailed team notes, player highlights, and standings as the feature appears on page 2B.
Thursday brings humid and partly sunny skies with highs from 85 to 90 degrees. Southeast wind will range 10 to 15 mph, and readers are directed to page 2A for more weather information.
Castle Rock Colorado police killed a man in a dawn shootout after he fatally shot his three daughters, ages 7, 8 and 10, in the cab of his white pickup outside the police station. The mother had alerted authorities amid concerns about the children's safety.
The Senate narrowly backs a State Department bill to pay $926 million of U.S. debt to the United Nations over three years while cutting the American share of the regular UN budget from 25 to 20 percent and peacekeeping from 31 to 25 percent. Richard Holbrooke pledges support for lower American costs.
In a series of odd events, Mary reportedly appeared in a tree knothole in Yuba City California in January. Jesus reportedly appeared in a church door wood grain in Wareham Massachusetts in February. Jesus reportedly appeared in an unfinished concrete wall at the Buddhist Purple Lotus University in Union City California in March.
Former police officer Michael Eugene Cassity, 41, appeared in Franklin County District Court on a felony complaint accusing him of aggravated indecent liberties with an eight year old girl. He asked for a court-appointed lawyer and was assigned John Cole. The case includes a no contact order for witnesses and the victim. Bond was posted at $10,000 and the next court date set for June 30.
State health officials plan stricter water standards for the Arkansas and Cimarron basins in southwest and central Kansas. The effort targets farm and livestock runoff and unregulated sources under a 1995 lawsuit settlement. Kansas will implement Total Maximum Daily Loads starting with the Upper Republican River basin and move downstream beginning in July.
Nebraska Attorney General Don Stenberg announced partial success in the water dispute with Kansas over the Republican River Valley. The Supreme Court told Nebraska to move forward with a counter-lawsuit and invited a motion to exclude groundwater pumped from wells as an issue. Stenberg said the favorable decisions could save taxpayers millions and narrow the case focus.
In a 5-4 decision the Supreme Court held state governments cannot be sued in state courts to enforce federal rights. The Maine probation officers can seek federal action to force overtime pay, but no private suit in state court can compel payment. The ruling underscores a trend toward limiting individual state lawsuits against governments.
The Supreme Court ruled 7-2 that a Texas federal judge erred in approving Fibreboard Corp's 1.5 billion asbestos settlement. Justice Souter said funds must be allocated to claimants by a process addressing conflicts of interest. Dallas-based Vibroboard, a Fibreboard subsidiary, produced vinyl siding once containing asbestos.
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