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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 21, 1996
Page
6
The board of education meeting at Central Heights will discuss the non renewal of Jamie Turney and Lorie Hedges contracts. The 7 30 p m session in the board room invites staff and patrons to speak early, with no action item on the contracts unless the agenda changes.
USDA evaluates a private crop insurance plan named Crop Revenue Coverage CRC to replace lost income rather than just cover planting costs. Advocates say it could have helped Kansas wheat farmers during a drought year with wheat yields far below normal. Art Barnaby of Kansas State University notes CRC’s potential impact and American Agrisurance Inc. promotes CRC based on pilots in Nebraska and Iowa.
TOPEKA Kansas AP The states unemployment rate fell 0.1 percentage point to 3.9 percent in April while employment rose to a record high. A year earlier the rate was 4.5 percent with 7 034 fewer people out of work over the year. Franklin County 4 3 percent Anderson County 4 4 percent.
Governor Bill Graves called the Crumbling Classrooms bill a prudent common sense solution to fund upgrades for Kansas regents institutions. He noted $163 million in bond financing would fund the largest capital improvements program in the 70 year history of the state university system, affecting nearly 600 buildings. The signing ceremony occurred in a cramped chemistry lab in McKinley Hall at Wichita State University.
In Franklin County District Court Judge Thomas Sachse heard two murder cases. Richard O. Watts 48 faced a postponed first degree murder trial pending a mental evaluation over the April 1 Ottawa shooting death of his wife Colleen 45. Steven Perez had a possible change of plea hearing delayed until Friday 11 45 a m as his counsel and the county attorney negotiate a plea agreement over his conspiracy to commit murder.
City commissioners will hear public comments on capital improvements and the city budget at 7 p.m. June 5 in City Hall. Agenda includes water surcharge for drought insurance, rights of way dedications for Davis Avenue and Arrowhead additions, zoning redefinition, and several board appointments.
Lt Gov Sheila Frahm appears the leading contender for Bob Dole's U.S. Senate seat as Dole plans to resign by June 11. Gov Graves indicated Frahm's interest could determine the appointment. Frahm urged reporters to ask the governor, not herself, about her possible candidacy.
Frahm said she may back Sheila if she seeks the lieutenant governor post while evaluating interest in the U S Senate seat held by Dole. She noted loyalty matters and would likely run in November 1998 if appointed to the unexpired term. Sam Brownback, the congressman for Kansas’s 2nd District, announced actions.
500 reported dead as the MV Bukova struck a rock and sank 30 miles northwest of Mwanza on Lake Victoria. 40 survivors pulled from the water and 21 bodies recovered. 600 aboard. Tanzania Railways Corp. operated the vessel. MV Victoria dispatched for rescue.
A shopper in pain received a generous act as Margie Jackson paid for the items and declined repayment. Nominator C Robinson asks others to report acts of kindness via forms at listed Odawa area locations and partner businesses, encouraging community generosity.
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