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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Oct 30, 1996
Page
7
The Ottawa Area Chamber of Commerce names Lela Mae Santarpia the quarterly Image award recipient for her work with Ottawa Pride program and related Business Beat items. See page 3 for photos and details.
The AP asked four top Senate candidates in Kansas for disk based campaign finance data. Only Jill Docking provided files. Sam Brownback refused citing HQ policy. Pat Roberts and Sally Thompson offered disk compatible data but said their software cannot be read by AP database. A candidate for state Senate Glenda Flowers was charged with misdemeanor battery in a Shawnee County case related to a dispute with County Treasurer Rita Cline. Flowers called the charge trumped up and said it stemmed from a self defense action during an Oct. 7 incident involving a Teamsters Union member. Cline has clashed with the union and coworkers held a news conference backing her.
U S and Russia canceled the planned Geneva signing on an agreement to permit immediate testing of missile defenses after Moscow objected to the instant effect clause. Secretary Warren Christopher and Yevgeny Primakov had announced the pact last month, but discussions could not reconcile the sticking point.
Ottawa voters will go to the polls on November 5 to approve an 11.675 million bond to finance a new middle school at 13th and sh. The Herald runs a daily Q A series answering readers questions about the bond and school ownership. The board may raze existing buildings under state law. past sites saw the Central building razed in 1829 and the Washington building in 1927.
East Central Kansas Mainstream Coalition, a non profit non partisan voter education group, released the results of its 10 question survey of local legislative and congressional candidates. John Estes said the group is not endorsing anyone. Robert Tyson did not respond and Ralph Tanner declined to answer in yes or no format.
Jack Beauchamp, Republican candidate for Franklin County 3rd District Commission, touts past roles as state legislator and local school board member as assets. At 64, he argues he is not too old and seeks to improve county management and budgeting. He and wife Lyndell reside at 1857 Osborne Road with three children and eight grandchildren.
E. Michael Kahoe a senior FBI official pleaded guilty to obstruction of justice admitting he destroyed a report criticizing the FBI handling of the 1992 Ruby Ridge siege in Idaho He agreed to cooperate with prosecutors in a possible FBI coverup probe and ordered a subordinate to destroy copies of the report The case centers on the fatal standoff near Weaver Idaho and the ensuing investigation into FBI actions.
Columbia South Carolina AP reports that in at least 11 states results will be posted online with 15 minute updates from presidency to school board races. Maine lags due to limited infrastructure while officials note the system tracks trends as tallies mount and media may duplicate efforts.
President Clinton Gov. Graves and Kansas cultural leaders honored retiring Sen. Nancy Kassebaum at the Statehouse for backing NEA NEH and state arts funding. They praised her role in keeping cultural programs funded amid conservative attempts to cut them and noted her planned marriage to former Sen. Howard Baker.
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