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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Nov 01, 1997
Page
1
Ottawa seeks a pair of outcomes today to push Bethany past Southwestern and lift Ottawa into a tie. The result would give Ottawa a share of the lead and a chance at the playoffs, with details on Page 7.
Partly sunny conditions with a high around the upper 50s. Northwest winds 20 to 30 mph with gusts. The day trends cooler and breezier across the region. Weather forecast notes a brisk continental air mass moving through.
The city of Ottawa and the National Kidney Foundation launch a program inviting residents to call 1-800-488-CARS for vehicle removal with towing if needed. Donors may qualify for a tax deduction, NKF resells usable cars or parts, and recycling iron or steel. Newer models and antiques like a '53 Chrysler are accepted.
Ottawa firefighters battled a house fire on E 15th Street late Friday night. Details were not immediately available as crews continued to work.
Paula Jones joined the Arkansas Economic Development Commission as a document examiner on March 11, 1991, after low scores on grammar and typing exams. She alleges Governor Bill Clinton harassed her at a hotel room in Little Rock, and that retaliation followed with denied merit pay and a dead-end posting, though records show a 2.5 percent merit raise nearly a year later.
A collage of unusual claims and misstatements. Baptist leader Henry Lyons explains forgotten marriages amid past fund-misspending accusations. San Francisco lunch program reports cite green bologna complaints. Arkansas case features John E Herndon’s plea to teen photos with alcohol. Hood River man arrested for public indecency claims a tan excuse tied to church softball.
Franklin County Veterans Memorial Committee continues accepting entries for the Veterans Day Parade set for 1 30 p m on November 8 in Ottawa. After the parade a ceremony honors veterans on the courthouse lawn with prize drawings for a butterfly painting and a cathedral clock carving. Tickets are $1 and available at RMH or from committee members.
Kansas lawmaker Ralph Tanner says Gov Bill Graves backs a cautious approach to a new comprehensive highway plan in 1998, but Tanner will push to keep US-59 improvement between Ottawa and Lawrence prominent in future actions. He emphasizes gubernatorial support as essential for any final plan.
The United Nations said it will restart weapons inspections in Iraq next week with all nationalities allowed, despite Iraq's order for Americans on the team to leave. Richard Butler called Iraq’s move a breach of the 1991 cease fire, drawing a rebuke from France.
Astronomers using the Hale telescope at Palomar Observatory report two small irregular moons orbiting Uranus, bringing the total to 17. The 100 and 50 mile bodies have tilted, elongated orbits far above the plane of most solar system objects, suggesting capture early in the planet’s history. The larger moon appears red, likely coated with hydrocarbons from methane ice bombardment. Discovery was confirmed from Sept 6 and 7 observations, announced by the IAU.
Texas jurors convict Associate leader Richard McLaren and ally Robert Otto of organized criminal activity in the April 27 abduction of Joe and Margaret Ann Rowe that sparked a weeklong standoff at Davis Mountain Resort. Sentencing set for Tuesday. each faces life or a $10,000 fine.
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