Mild Friday Forecast With Pleasant 60s Ahead
Mostly sunny and mild Friday with a high in the mid to upper 60s. Northwest wind 10 to 15 mph.
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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 03, 1994
Page
6
Mostly sunny and mild Friday with a high in the mid to upper 60s. Northwest wind 10 to 15 mph.
Topeka and Washington reports say the Kansas House voted 76 to 49 to allow corporate hog farming, sending the measure back to the Senate while President Clinton faces a relief package push. Kansas oil prices near 12 dollars a barrel threaten industry viability and thousands of jobs, with a break-even at 16.50 dollars.
Vera Teske told President Clinton by phone that caring for her 69 year old husband with Alzheimer’s is hard. He sleeps erratically and wanders at night. medication helps violence but cost prevents hiring help. Teske joins seven others nationwide sharing their near-prisoner home caregiving stories.
In Topeka, Kansas, Sunday car sales, term limits, and senior hunting and fishing licenses failed to pass as the legislature neared a deadline. The Senate did not debate measures banning Sunday motor vehicle sales or removing the 65 plus license exemption.
The IRS seized antique furniture and other items inside the Eaton Hotel in Wichita to satisfy over 50 000 in liens against attorney John P. Kassebaum for unpaid payroll and unemployment taxes. Kassebaum’s lawyer William M. Cobb said the move is unfortunate though not indicative of financial trouble and noted a planned payment of 28 000 on March 14. The historic hotel, once linked to Carry Nation, houses 60 to 70 people.
Posters are being prepared to distribute nationwide in a missing persons case involving Trudi Katrine Chavez 17, Duane Leon Mathias 17, both of Williamsburg, and Rhonda Trueblood 26 of Waverly. Chavez and Mathias ran away January 25, Trueblood last seen February 20 near Bandana's club southwest of Williamsburg. Call 1 800 VANISHED or 408 971 4822. sheriff Rex Bowling’s number 242 3800 appears on the poster.
The Brady Law seeks background checks for handgun purchases. Franklin County Sheriff Rex Bowling said five checks were processed on Tuesday, all showing no criminal history as officials begin to implement the five day check window.
Andy Richardson, an eighth grader from Central Heights, won Franklin County’s spelling bee after Ken Lee Driver misspelled empathize. Richardson spelled empathize then coyote to claim the championship and a $50 savings bond, earning a trip to the 1994 All Kansas Spelling Bee in Topeka on March 26 at Topeka High School.
Ottawa City Commission voted 3 to 1 to boost the city matching commitment for the Prairie Spirit Trail by about 25 thousand dollars pending state grant approval. Mayor Richard Jackson opposed, Commissioner Joan Tyson absent, while Matt Matthews and Vicki Cummiskey urged the project for potential tourism and local economic benefits. The city’s total potential match rises to no more than 65 thousand dollars if grants come in, or 20 percent of funds actually received.
Fragmentary OCR notes show a House floor discussion on appropriations and a vote. References to Foley and attempts to maintain a record surface amid garbled phrases. No clear dates or full names emerge to identify a concrete event or outcome.
The public may attend a 7 p.m. Ottawa forum at the Franklin County Annex Building to hear candidates seeking Tony Keim's city commission seat. Only commissioners will ask questions, with each candidate given an opening and closing statement.
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