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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 08, 1995
Page
7
At McConnell Air Force Base in Wichita Kansas engineers have struggled for years to keep starlings from entering large hangars. Despite nets and webbing around doors the problem persists, requiring costly cleaning and an ongoing environmental challenge. The base recently contracted for netting installations at about $40 000.
In Abilene about 70 former orphans and their families met this weekend to share memories. Teresa Martin, a retired librarian from Hays, joined more than 200000 East Coast children shipped west to find new families during 75 years of orphan trains ending in 1930. An annual reunion has taken place since 1993.
New York AP reports Harold Prince directed Show Boat tops with 10 nominations for Broadway’s Tony Awards, Sunset Boulevard close with nine and two wins. Sunset contends for best musical against Smokey Joe's Cafe as the slim season unfolds. Best play nominees include Arcadia Having Our Say Indiscretions and Love Valour Compassion.
Retiring Lincoln principal Marlin Kimball was honored at a Sunday afternoon reception attended by current and former teachers, students, and community members. He praised the school family atmosphere and loved watching teachers guide students as he planned travel and light work in retirement.
Al Keefer, longtime Eisenhower Elementary principal and central figure of the Ottawa district, retires after 1969 to 1987 era leadership. He guided the building from construction to roof loss crisis and beyond, praised for steady judgment and community support.
Todd Regier adds that Timothy McVeigh in the Persian Gulf War was the perfect soldier who bragged about killing an Iraqi and looked robotic in photos. He recalls their shared Army service from May 1, 1988, through Fort Benning to Fort Riley in the 1st Infantry Division.
Flood warnings spread across southern Kansas after heavy rains and damaging winds Sunday night and today. Pittsburg recorded 3.34 inches in 24 hours with over two inches at several sites. Ottawa saw 1.15 inches. More rain and cresting rivers along Neosho Marmaton Verdigris expected by day’s end.
A veteran recalls the wind down of World War II fifty years after hostilities ended. He describes discharge from a Paris General Hospital in April 1945, travel to rejoin units fighting in Germany, splitting trains in boxcars with rations, and a memorial service for President Roosevelt. He mentions serving in Italy, Holland, and Belgium, and Ludwigslust’s place in later history.
A garbled AP report outlines President Mitterrand in a political era marked by postwar reckoning. The fragment hints at his past in Vichy collaboration and the ongoing debate over wartime memory as France marks a significant anniversary.
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