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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 16, 1999
Page
7
The OHS soccer squad leans on a veteran senior core in what coaches call a crucial now or never season. An in-depth feature teases Page 7.2 for full coverage and team details.
Wednesday brings mostly cloudy skies with a high near 60 and a southwest wind 10 to 20 mph shifting to northerly by midday. A chance of rain is forecast for Wednesday night. For more details see page 2 weather.
After a year of work the National Bipartisan Commission on the Future of Medicare nears adjournment with no formal recommendation. Leaders say they are one vote short of a blueprint. ten of seventeen members support a plan to introduce competition and a menu of options for elderly coverage, mainly backed by Republicans and two Democrats Sen John Breaux and Sen Bob Kerrey.
Secretary of State Madeleine Albright approved a deal allowing U S inspectors access to the Kumchang ni underground site near Yongbyon. The accord, hammered out in New York, permits several inspections starting in spring as Washington presses North Korea on potential nuclear, biological, and chemical weapons programs.
In Brussels, EU executive Jacques Santer and 19 senior officials quit amid a probe into corruption and fraud, accusing some members of maintaining tax control on aid and hiring friends and relatives. The 20 commissioners, unelected and under scrutiny, depart as the bloc faces leadership turmoil.
Inmate George Davis, 58, filed a February lawsuit against Fort Dix New Jersey for failing to treat sleep apnea. He says untreated snoring endangers him to assaults by fellow inmates and cites past harm at a prior facility including a bunk fall, water dumped on him, and a bed set on fire. A separate case notes Dayton Bank One robbery suspect Donnie D Tun stall may challenge a police search of a Dumpster home where a shotgun was found in January.
Ottawa city commissioners showed little enthusiasm for an advisory election on the fate of the old Ottawa Middle School buildings. They opposed rushing a vote without cost estimates, explored legal feasibility of a building swap, and postponed action. The meeting also heard a plea from the Ottawa Friends of the Prairie Spirit Rail Trail for lighting funds, with a $4,000 donation and a request for April cost estimates.
Rescue crews combed a twisted, charred rail car after Amtrak’s City of New Orleans struck a semi loaded with heavy steel bars at a crossing 50 miles south of Chicago. At least 13 people were killed and others were unaccounted for. Fire Chief Harshbarger warned survivors were unlikely. The train, from Chicago to New Orleans, derailed after the collision and fire.
Ottawa Middle School reports higher math scores as enrichment programs expand curricula for proficient students. Principal Dale Fox tells the school board that gains show room for further improvement while crediting the enrichment concept for boosting performance.
A free public Hank the Cowdog storytelling performance is set for 7 p.m. Thursday at Ottawa Middle School featuring Jeryl Hoover from Fredericksburg, Texas. The event, backed by area teachers and the Franklin County Reading Council, promotes reading with the award winning book series by John R. Erickson.
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