Regulators Grill Wolf Creek Prudence Testimony in Kansas
Kansas regulators question consultant Charles Huston as KG&E faces a 508.5 million rate increase request for the Wolf Creek nuclear plant. Huston testified the project costs exceed 3 billion dollars with 2.8 billion spent so far, and federal rules drove much of the cost rise. He defended management prudence while staff challenged his method of evaluating it.
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Topeka
Kan
Kansas Gas and Electric Co
Wichita
Wolf Creek
Charles L. Huston
Challenge Consultants Inc
Steamboat Springs
Colo
Kansas Corporation Commission
Huston
Kg&e
KCC
Fillmore
Robert Fillmore
Wolf Creek Investigation Team
James Haines
Haines
Residency Rule Reverses Earlier School Board Decision
Ottawa U.S.C. 290 administrators must live within the district under a domicile requirement approved 7-0 by the Ottawa Board of Education. The 34 hour meeting also revised Ottawa High attendance policy, awarded an asbestos eradication contract, and studied an agriculture course feasibility. The move follows last fall’s 4-3 vote opposing residency rules, amid debate over principal Dennis Wilson and criticisms of administrators Betterton and Hale.
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Jay Bemis
Ottawa U.S.C
Ottawa Board of Education
Ottawa
OHS
Dennis Wilson
Wilson
Alice Jo DeFries
Margaret Betterton
Ottawa Middle School
Nancy Hale
The
Herald
DeFries
Almeda Edwards
Edwards
West Franklin School Board Report Updates
Page 3 covers a local school board report from West Franklin. Page 4 highlights Ottawa church league softball finding a home amid controversy. Page 5 notes Kansans in Congress showing a more conservative bent.
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West Franklin School Board
Ottawa Church League
Congress
Ottawa City Commission Asks Bids for Auditorium Renovation
The Ottawa City Commission will choose one of four bids for Municipal Auditorium renovation at its regular meeting at City Hall. A special session Friday at 9:35 a.m. will hear a public hearing on a Kansas Department of Economic Development grant request of 400000 for COF Training Services Inc. to buy an empty Industrial Park building for vocational training. The agenda also covers Planning Commission’s setback on a zoning amendment for multi family use, a mayoral appointment to the planning commission, a status report on city projects, and a Historic Preservation Week proclamation.
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Ottawa City Commission
Municipal
City Hall
Lyle Dresher
Kansas Department of Economic Development
COF Training Services Inc
Planning Commission
City Commission
David Bemmels
Burger Proposes Study of American Litigation System
Washington AP Chief Justice Warren E Burger urged the legal profession to study the litigation process for potential reforms. He proposed examining elimination of certain lawsuits juries in complex cases and trials in multiple disaster scenarios to determine if traditional lawsuits remain fairest and most efficient. He questioned the English Rule and whether lay juries should handle complex antitrust or securities fraud cases. He asked if courts should oversee disaster claims like airplane crashes and why litigation incentives persist.
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Washington
Warren E. Burger
American Law Institute
Burger
Area Weather in Ottawa Includes Rainfall and Temperatures
The National Weather Service reporting station at the Ottawa Water Plant logged a low of 58 degrees and a high of 77 yesterday. Rainfall totaled .47 inches as of 7 this morning. County forecast calls for partly cloudy skies tonight with a 20 percent chance of rain and lows 45 to 50, followed by partly sunny conditions Wednesday with highs in the upper 60s to low 70s.
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National Weather Service
Ottawa
MOVE Siege Turns Into Holocaust In Philadelphia
A police helicopter dropped a bomb on the MOVE headquarters triggering a fire that destroyed up to 60 homes in a middle income neighborhood. Officials searched for armed MOVE members who fled the siege as reports of bodies emerged and the mayor faced criticism for the devastation. The 90 minute gun battle followed MOVE's refusal to surrender, with tear gas and water cannons used in the attempt to flush them out.
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Philadelphia
MOVE
Ing
Goode
Abc-Tv Today
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Rick Traw
Jack Maxwell
OHS Parent
Tran
Maxwell
Western Spray Insulation Co
Joplin
Insulation Inc
Triad Construction Inc
Overland Park
Thomas McCormick
Philadelphia Daily News
W. Wilson Goode
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