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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1999
Page
1
Education galore with Ottawa High School honor rolls featured on the first of two all education pages in the Herald. See Page 8B for full lists and details.
A weather update notes a 40 percent chance of thunderstorms after midnight with a low near 70. Sunday brings another 40 percent storm chance and partly cloudy skies. Daytime highs reach the mid 80s.
Officials and boosters from 30 cities and two Kansas communities, Wellington and Wichita, gather in Philadelphia for the 50th All-America awards. The event honors communities with grassroots involvement, as about 2,000 people swarm the venue amid high energy.
Fran Beauregard, 57, watched Another World for 35 years as the show aired its last episode. In a restaurant crowd, fans gathered on Friday to witness the 8,891st finale on big and small screens. Tears flowed as Cass and Lila wed, ending with a gorilla disrupting the ceremony.
A grim collage of incidents from March to April includes a bomb fatality in Lubbock tied to abortion clinic acts, a Tampa crash where a man dies after exiting a moving vehicle, and a fatality at Eton during a dangerous “fainting game.” The piece opines on a birth by posthumous sperm and plans for surrogacy, noting ethical review pending.
Ottawa Jaycees sponsor the 30th annual Chautauqua Days July 3 and 4 in Forest Park featuring historical presentations on Truman and Sheldon's social gospel, Civil War reenactments, Calamity Jane and Amelia Earhart performances, and period music by Turpin Tyme Ragsters along with kid friendly games and rides.
Grammy winning violinist O'Connor brings a fusion of classical and country fiddling to Ottawa University Chapel at 7 p.m. Wednesday to benefit Suzuki Strings and Ottawa Community Arts Council at the Carnegie Cultural Center. The Suzuki Strings guides have organized the event with help from Brian Lewis and Rita Dowling, emphasizing cross genre artistry.
Children at Kansas Wesleyan University Salina participate in a Foreign Language Camp learning songs, dances and skits in Spanish, German, Japanese and French. Experts say early exposure builds fluency and boosts math and language arts, but many grade schools in Kansas still do not offer foreign language programs.
President Clinton held a marathon news conference in the Old Executive Office Building. He urged Serbs to confront atrocities blamed on Milosevic and said he supports means testing for the new Medicare drug benefit while stressing the need to fix Medicare and Social Security finances before pursuing tax cuts. He answered 27 questions in 75 minutes, mixing humor with pointed warnings.
In Eroy Ohio on June 26 1974 a 10 pack of Wrigleys was scanned marking the first retail use of bar code technology. NCRs scanner sped checkout ending manual keying and launching a global shift that now sees about 90 percent of U S chains using scanners with about 1 million in operation worldwide. Bar codes on items enable fast totals and inventory tracking.
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