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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 23, 2002
Page
7
Tonight features a 60 percent chance of storms and locally heavy rain possible with lows in the upper 50s. Friday brings clouds and a 50 percent rain chance with cooler highs in the upper 60s. Friday night remains mostly cloudy with a 50 percent rain probability. Weather page 12.
The Conoco spill from a faulty pipeline seam released about 84 000 gallons of gasoline onto a Labette field near Eisenhower and 23rd. Evacuations affected three homes as crews from multiple states and agencies work toward 24 hour containment and soil remediation.
City of Ottawa fails to win a 400000 Community Development Block Grant from the state aimed at rehabilitating about 20 houses in the 700 and 800 blocks of Pecan and Locust. Interim co director Tom Yahi said the city will review the application for weak spots and consider resubmission.
Kansas Governor Bill Graves signed the Commercial Electronic Mail Act to curb spam. Effective July 1, the law requires ADV or ADV:ADLT in subject lines for ads and exempts established customers or consenting recipients. It mandates an opt out mechanism and sets fines from 500 to 10,000 dollars for violations. Local officials expect mixed results as enforcement falls to the attorney general.
FBI memo in July 2001 linked Arizona aviation students to a militant Muslim group and cultured ties to al Qaida figures. Officials say Abu Zubaydah coordinated potential attacks while another contact surfaced with Bin Laden operations. No direct link to the 9 11 hijackers was established.
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