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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 15, 1999
Page
2
In Mulvane near Wichita a 17 month old, Jessy Kraus, fell into an 8 to 10 inch wide well shaft 16 feet deep. Firefighters spent five hours tunneling with oxygen and warm air to save him, finally lifting him out unharmed. After a night in hospital he ate eggs and appeared ready to go home.
A 17 month old child named Jessy was rescued after falling into a backyard well in Mulvane Kansas. For five hours rescuers used tubes to deliver oxygen and warm air into the hole while monitoring temperature and oxygen levels as workers dug to free the child.
The Wichita Eagle reflects on killer storms that ravaged Haysville Udall and Oklahoma City in 1991 and the ongoing need for community resilience. It emphasizes shared loss, displacement, and the duty of governments, churches, and private groups to aid neighbors, with creed of mutual aid.
Editorial note states guest writers provide diverse views not necessarily reflecting The Herald or its editor.
A tour of the abandoned Ottawa Middle School buildings highlights severe interior deterioration and broken skylights while noting the north building’s superior layout and possible uses. Options include senior housing, government offices, private offices, education or a community recreation center, with cost and a possible north building salvage vs demolish debate shaping the plan.
A reader presents a self made poll arguing that restoring the old middle school would cost 4 to 10 million dollars and suggests mill levy calculations. The poll reports 0 percent yes and 100 percent no, noting homeowners would pay 71 to 226 extra dollars per year depending on value and levy, with added bond and operating costs.
The Des Moines Register notes Ken Starr faces another setback as Julie Hiatt Steele’s trial on obstruction of justice and false statement charges ends in a deadlock. Earlier McDougal’s Whitewater obstruction case also stalled, with a jury deadlocked on two counts and acquitting on a third. Readers are invited to comment in the Ottawa Herald Reader Forum.
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