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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1998
Page
1
Royals designated hitter Hal Morris collects two hits and three RBIs in Kansas City's two game sweep at Toronto. Morris drives sustained hot hitting, fueling the series win and signaling continued strong performances for Kansas City.
Temperatures rise to the middle 60s under mostly cloudy skies in Illinois on Saturday with a 30 percent chance of showers. North winds 10 to 20 mph become gusty, and the forecast notes to see page 2 for more weather information.
Elizabeth and James Ferrell donate 1.2 million to Baker University for two projects, a landscape remodel including interior green space, sidewalks, lighting, and a new bridge, plus library expansion and tech upgrades totaling about 6 million. Library improvements include 14 000 additional square feet and a coffee bar. Elizabeth Ferrell is corporate secretary at Ferrell Companies and Baker board member. Jim Ferrell chairs Ferrell Companies and Ferrellgas.
In Topeka the Senate rejected a reworked version of Scruffy's Law by a 6-34 vote, keeping the crime as a high misdemeanor rather than a felony. The House had approved the compromise 116-4. The bill targeted malicious killings or repeated cruel injuries to animals, tied to the Scruffy case that inspired the legislation. Separately, at Fort Leavenworth, two convicted killers who escaped were captured in Missouri. one, Jeremy J. Willis, was shot and hospitalized, with Kenneth E. Taylor returned to confinement.
February reports from The Nation reveal a Nairobi physician who inserted a bean back into a girl's ear after a $6 procedure shortfall. March findings from UT Austin suggest inner ear differences in lesbians and straight women. Britain’s Calvin Sewell is the first convicted with earprint evidence after claiming to sense an empty house by ear.
Olden Peterson of Ottawa returned from the American Quilters Society Convention in Paducah Kentucky where 410 quilts from 42 states and eight foreign countries were shown. Peterson’s heart rose quilt with three dimensional flowers carried sentimental value after her husband Jim’s death. Her daughter Trish said the entry was tough to part with for a $15 000 prize though it drew wide admiration.
In a wrap up at the 88th day of the 1998 session lawmakers Monday weighed remaining issues including a $28 million pension funding dispute, a push to overhaul the Board of Tax Appeals with a court like structure, and a land appraisal lawsuit prompting calls for Attorney General Stolval to dissolve a 1997 consent decree.
Valerie Wolf reports Efdel Wehmeier of Independence seeks the District 9 Kansas State Board of Education seat. The 15 county SE district includes Franklin, Anderson, Miami and part of Osage. Wehmeier, a Republican, aims to raise and improve academic standards and tests while pledging to protect family values, local control, and teacher professionalism.
Sen. Pat Roberts joined 79 colleagues in approving NATO expansion despite warnings. The Kansas Republican urged keeping NATO’s original deterrent mission while colleagues urged caution about a broader global peacekeeping role. John Ashcroft opposed adding Poland, Hungary, and the Czech Republic citing risks to American lives.
Transcripts from 1995 to 1996 prison conversations reveal Webster Hubbell and his wife Suzy discussing White House pressure to stop him suing his former law firm and to avoid allegations that could reopen the Whitewater probe. Hubbell, a longtime Clinton ally, was later indicted on new tax charges tied to hush money questions and cooperation with prosecutors.
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