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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 04, 1998
Page
6
Ottawa University's Braves sweep two ECAC doubleheaders to stay in control with two games left in the schedule. The article notes the sequence of victories and points toward momentum heading into Tuesday.
A weather outlook projects showers on Tuesday with cooler conditions. Partly cloudy skies return, high near 70, north wind 10 to 20 mph. For more details, see page 2.
Kansans contesting home or small business tax assessments would gain a new small claims division within the Board of Tax Appeals, operating by January with hearing officers for disputes under 15 000 dollars or property under 2 million dollars. Thresholds were 10 000/1 million in the Senate version and 20 000/3 million in the House. In Junction City two dozen workers at a Damark International distribution center were evacuated after nauseating fumes. earlier 45 were hospitalized with similar symptoms as investigations consider possible causes beyond carbon monoxide.
NASA astronauts report a high casualty rate among 96 baby rats aboard Columbia, 57 dead despite an intensive care unit and ongoing TLC. Richard Linnehan says the mission demonstrated the brain’s space response and yielded lessons for the international space station and future moon or Mars missions.
Secretary of State Madeleine Albright faced a 14 month stalemate as she met Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for 4 1/2 hours seeking a compromise on West Bank territory to present to Yasser Arafat. Rubin termed the tone good but offered no proof of a breakthrough.
Wildlife biologist Steve Thompson of Yosemite National Park told The New York Times in November that the 600 bear break-ins in 1997 were largely due to food left in car seats. He warned that problems arise when clever bears meet careless visitors in national parks.
The 1998 Kansas legislative session adjourned after a 90-day run, enacting the largest tax cut and education funding boost in state history. A final omnibus budget of $8.5 billion included a 3 percent one-time cost‑of‑living increase for 50,000 state retirees and a 4 percent salary raise for state employees and officials. A 2.25 percent privilege tax on banks funds the pension rise, with wrap‑up aimed for ceremonial adjournment May 26.
Entremed stock soars after reports that a drug duo of angiostatin and endostatin cuts off blood supply to tumors in mice, shrinking and erasing tumors and hindering spread. Harvard’s Dr. Judah Folkman calls results promising but cautions limits for humans. NCI’s Dr. Klausner aims to begin early human trials within a year.
Don Harrison, a CNN Headline News anchor and Ottawa High School alumnus, died at his suburban Atlanta home at 61 after renal cancer. A 30 year broadcasting veteran, he was known for relating well to people and was remembered by friends and classmates as an outstanding man who shaped his community and career.
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