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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 16, 1998
Page
7
Central Heights and Wellsville plan kindergarten roundups in April with separate meetings. Wellsville dates April 14 15 require birth certificates social security numbers and immunization records. Central Heights April 9 with multiple time slots and enrollment steps plus a 730 p m board meeting to hire a replacement for retiring superintendent Huddleston.
A severe sandstorm blankets the Middle East with 70 mph winds, halting air travel, closing the Suez Canal, and causing road crashes that killed at least four and sent 29 to hospitals. The storm, the worst in decades for Lebanon and Jordan, also affects Israel, Egypt, Syria and Cyprus with visibility as low as 200 yards. In Beirut a Ferris wheel fell, a city landmark dating from earlier conflicts. Thirteen people were hospitalized in Amman for breathing problems.
An AP report describes 10 year old Johnny Brown's rise as a traveling preacher after a 4 year old inspiration in Georgetown South Carolina. His sermons tour churches including in New York while a Taiwanese group moves their church from Los Angeles to Garland Texas.
Twenty eighth graders with straight A records shadow a range of professions, including administrator, veterinarian, pilot, teacher, and attorney, at local businesses and Ransom Memorial Hospital. Adrienne Allegre notes leadership duties in administration while Emily Chapman learns about physical therapy and the daily realities of work.
Casting for To Live On, a Civil War era film based on Daniel Woodrell, seeks townspeople with no experience and offers a strict dress code. Shooting begins near Kansas City, with May in Pattonsburg to recreate 1860s Lawrence, Kansas. About 100 to 150 extras daily are sought for seven days, as locals don period costumes.
Ottawa Board of Education gave no action on a 1997-98 teacher contract after an executive session. The board plans a vote Wednesday at 8 a.m. at the board office. Bezek noted negotiation work remains and Denver-bound attorney Bezek will miss Wednesday.
The new LBJ biography asserts Johnson had Vice President Humphrey’s phones tapped to monitor potential antiwar shifts before the 1968 election. Dallek reports FBI taps started in late 1967 or 1968, with Secret Service confirming the wiretaps to aide Ted Van Dyk. Johnson allegedly sought advance notice to dissuade any antiwar move.
Delegates at the Inter American Press Association meeting in San Juan report rising danger for reporters. Since October twelve journalists have been killed in the Americas including Jose Abel Salazar in Colombia and Didier Aristizabal in Bogota, as authorities pursue suspects. Puerto Rico also pulled ads from a newspaper over government corruption reports.
Governor Bill Graves, guest speaker for the Twin Rivers District Boy Scouts of America appreciation dinner, links Scouting virtues to his governance. He cites merit badges, camping, teamwork, and the Scout oath values of friendly, loyal, trustworthy, obedient, thrifty, and brave as guiding public life and service to taxpayers and citizens.
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