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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Nov 24, 1997
Page
6
Ottawa University football team remains hungry after a heavy first round playoff loss. The Bruins seek another post-season run as they regroup and prepare for upcoming games.
The forecast calls for mild and mostly sunny weather on Tuesday with a high near 70 degrees. No precipitation is expected and light winds accompany the pleasant conditions.
Ottawa ministers sponsor a community Thanksgiving service at 7 p.m. Tuesday at North Baptist Church in Topeka with Rev. Ruth McAleer as guest preacher and a community choir directed by Dale Fox. Choir practice at 6:30 p.m. prior to the service. information at 242-5111 or 242-4699. Kansas unemployment rose to 3.7 percent in October despite 11,670 more people employed.
ECKAN Breakfast Buddy Program awarded a 1997 Bill Koch Community Safety Award by Koch Crime Commission. The Ottawa program pairs 3rd to 5th graders with local volunteers for weekly breakfast, nine-week sessions, and student presentations on career fields.
Brazil's top religious artist Claudio Pastro is updating the image of Jesus for the third millennium with a serene, victorian look and traces of Asian, black and Indian features. In Connecticut, Daniel Lima sued Minnichaug Golf Course for at least $15,000 after a drive he hit ricocheted off a yardage marker and struck him in the nose.
U N inspectors review 11 sites including seven pharmaceutical factories with no incidents reported. A U S U-2 spy plane conducted its third flight over Iraq amid ongoing dispute over accessing President Saddam Hussein’s palaces and lifting sanctions.
The FBI reports a 6 percent decline in the Northeast and a 5 percent drop in the Midwest and West, with a 3 percent fall in the South for the first six months of 1997 compared with 1996. Murder and robbery each fall 9 percent, with declines also in motor vehicle theft, aggravated assault, and arson. A separate Justice Department survey notes a 10 percent drop in violent crime, led by a 17.6 percent plunge in rapes and sexual assaults.
Police Chief Jeff Herrman says Ottawa’s violent crime remains rare, making rankings volatile. He notes population, gangs and drugs skew FBI figures, and cites small sampling that limits fair assessment. The city emphasizes community tools and consistent crime prevention as national trends diverge.
Dayton man Paul Sirks watched his 1946 Aeronca Champ take off from Grimes Field without pilot control. The aircraft, once airborne after engine restart, flew about two hours and 90 miles before crashing in a bean field in central Ohio. Authorities suspect fuel exhaustion. no injuries or charges.
AP report details FBI efforts to locate Terry Nichols two days after the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing. Agents traced an address on a motel registration card to Nichols’ brother in Michigan. Jim Nichols farm reportedly held potential explosive risk. Nichols arrived at a Kansas police station April 21, 1995, amid questions over FBI interview practices.
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