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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1989
Page
5
Journalism faculty and student senate in Lawrence Kansas reached an agreement over KJHK funding. The faculty dropped a plan to bar non journalism students from management roles and the senate will continue its $36000 annual support.
State Insurance Commissioner Fletcher Bell approved the Kansas Medical Mutual Insurance Company of Topeka a new nonprofit medical malpractice insurer created by the Kansas Medical Society. It will start with 1.93 million dollars in assets 1.79 million in surplus and expects about 4.2 million dollars in first year premiums.
Chairman Don Sallee announced a hearing by the Interim Energy and Natural Resources Committee on natural gas safety in Kansas. The July 12 session in Overland Park will solicit public comment on safety concerns after explosions in Kansas City area Topeka and Independence. Contact Raney Gilliland at 913-296-3181 to appear.
Prominent cattleman Joseph Page of rural Pittsburg was arrested Monday in Crawford County on charges he sold quarantined cattle exposed to brucellosis. He was jailed, released on $500 bail, with alleged sales of 691 head to Oklahoma buyers and transport without permits. The herd had been quarantined since March 1 after infection was detected.
Geary County Sheriff reports Susan E. Davis, 28, exited her car on a rural road seven miles south of Junction City to photograph a thunderstorm. A lightning bolt struck her, possibly attracted by a metal camera and fence, and she died at the scene.
Willie Star, listed as Nauru's ambassador to the United States, presented credentials on June 6, 1980, then disappeared. He was living in Melbourne while serving as Nauru's consul-general in Guam, sparking a State Department search to confirm his status and assignment.
The Coast Guard opens a first 15 year traffic control review of the 20 largest U S harbors following three oil spills. It probes vessel traffic services, pilot usage, and safety gaps as crews cite human error, mechanical failures, and navigational challenges in Alaska, Texas, Delaware, and Rhode Island waters.
The Supreme Court ruled 5-4 that states may execute murderers who were 16 or mentally retarded when they killed, prompting calls from opponents for new laws to shield youths. The decision affects about 25 inmates on death row nationwide and cites juries and judges weighing diminished capacity for the mentally retarded.
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