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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 30, 1999
Page
7
The Cyclones' golf squad is described as even stronger than last year's state-bound group. The blurb notes weather details for the day and guidance to read more on related pages, with page references to sports and obituaries.
Ottawa firefighters extinguished two dumpster fires early Monday that appear connected and set by an unidentified suspect. At 1:49 a.m. a dumpster at 114 E. 2nd owned by T and W Sanitation incurred about 100 dollars in damage, followed ~20 minutes later by a second blaze in the 200 block of South Walnut owned by Ottawa Sanitation Service causing roughly 500 dollars in damage. Both fires were contained to the dumpsters.
Col. Dennis Parry, a 56 year old Topeka resident with over 35 years in the military, becomes Chief of Staff of the Kansas Army National Guard. He has served as acting chief since January 21 after Col. Bob Dalton retired and recently logged nearly 5,000 accident free flight hours across helicopter and fixed wing aircraft. Parry’s last Guard flight was March 26 in a Black Hawk.
U S intelligence tracked a four member Yugoslav air defense team to Baghdad for a two day meeting. Officials believe Iraq provided Yugoslavia with detailed U S fighter jet tactics in exchange for military spare parts. The date was kept vague but ties to Kosovo tensions and NATO threats were noted.
In Chicago a mother sues the school board and shop teacher Philip Rush for disciplining disruptive students by hooking them to a spark plug and a current crank, claimed to shock for up to 30 seconds as a teaching tool. In Texas, former elementary principal Terry Hitt vows to fight revocation of his teaching certificate after admitting late this year to stealing and injecting students’ Ritalin.
Ottawa High School marks its Renaissance Spectacular on April 7 with a rebuilt 1985 Oldsmobile Calais as the grand prize. Gary Kuntz credits A Automotive for the donation, while OHS students and local shops like S & K Car Stereo, O'Reilly Auto Parts, Expert Tire, Burnett Automotive, and Hotz Office Supply contribute parts and promotion. The drawing occurs at 9 p.m. on event night.
Ottawa City Commission votes 3-2 to place an advisory election on April 7 agenda about the fate of the old middle school. If approved, the county and school district would be asked to share costs and the advisory vote could occur around May 23 with questions on saving or demolishing the building and potential public funding.
Talks between Russian Prime Minister Primakov and Yugoslav President Milosevic produced no breakthrough as NATO airstrikes continue. Escalating refugee exodus reaches 118000 in six days, with Pec described as almost totally destroyed. Reports say Serb forces opened fire on evacuees in the Pagarusa Valley amid clashes with rebel Kosovo forces. Rugova's condition and whereabouts remain uncertain as mediation efforts falter.
Kansas welfare reform drops in TAF caseload while critics argue the effort is insufficient. Many recipients are minorities or face barriers such as urban transportation and disability. Advocates urge stronger programs like the El Centro job readiness model.
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