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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 05, 1997
Page
8
Ottawa High girls jumped to a 24-5 first quarter surge and never faced trouble from Paola in Class 4A playoff action. Weather outlook calls for a sunny day Thursday with a high in the upper 50s and south wind 10 to 20 mph in the afternoon.
The Kansas Department of Commerce and Housing releases a 30 second radio jingle for the phase two of the "Kansas Simply Wonderful" tourism campaign. The ad promises simple pleasures across the state and aims to boost out of state tourism.
Rebels seized a large refugee camp at Tingi Tingi with reports of many deaths. Zairean Foreign Minister Kamanda said Mobutu's government backs the five point peace plan, while French officials noted Mobutu could not be reached for comment.
In New York Yasser Arafat and American Jewish leaders backed direct talks to solve Israel Palestine issues. Arafat assured Palestinians no longer seek destruction of Israel and that 29 covenant paragraphs were annulled as inconsistent with peace efforts. Howard Squadron quoted the meeting near the United Nations.
Valerie Wolf, known as Jones, near 80, has long represented elderly concerns in the region. She serves on the policy board at East Central Kansas Area Agency on Aging and helps coordinate support through ECKAAA and related services for six counties.
Regulators in Missouri ordered the state's 10 gas providers to review billing practices after Missouri Gas Energy disclosed overcharging about 135,000 heating bills, leading to roughly 1.5 million dollars in refunds and ongoing PSC oversight to prevent recurrence. Kansas regulators also weigh a similar review as Western Resources acknowledged billing errors affecting wholesale gas costs and transportation charges.
In Warsaw Kentucky high water along the Ohio River forces residents to flee and churches aid evacuees. The river is expected to crest Friday in Louisville after reaching its highest level since 1955 further upriver in Huntington West Virginia. Authorities warn more rain could prolong floods across Kentucky Tennessee Ohio and West Virginia with 51 deaths attributed to floods and tornadoes. In Utica Indiana residents dread rising water as they safeguard belongings upstairs and pray for relief.
Kansas legislators returned briefly on Tuesday after a long weekend as the 1997 session nears its halfway mark. Fewer than a dozen representatives and senators attended the brief sessions while the chambers prepared for a full schedule ahead of Friday's planned end of the eighth week.
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