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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 10, 1986
Page
6
State lawmakers face a $182 000 travel bill funded by Kansas taxpayers as highlighted by local volleyball coverage. The report notes area teams and players shaping season standings while editors preview upcoming matches and community sports interest.
Vietnam veterans Butch Appel and Mike Herschede walk 2,500 miles to highlight missing in action and possible POWs. From Cumberland Maryland to Cincinnati they seek government and media action as they traverse I-35 toward the Beto Junction. Continued on page 18.
A 300 million year old Pennsylvanian fossil site near Centropolis attracts researchers from Ohio University led by Gene Mapes. Robbins first found the beds twelve years ago while digging a drainage ditch, with KU curators and visitors cataloging thousands of specimens from several acres. Mapes notes unusual plant fossils including conifers, needle leaves, seed pods, and large branching systems, suggesting an ancient marsh with freshwater, during early forest development.
The Kansas legislative study committee voted to urge a 1988 voter referendum on a constitutional amendment letting the Legislature delay reapportionment until 1992. The measure was amended to allow 1989 House reapportionment if needed to prevent a possible lawsuit, despite Attorney General Robert T. Stephan's contrary guidance.
The Ottawa area recorded a high of 82 and a low of 63 at the Water Plant during the 24 hour period ending Tuesday at p.m. Forecast calls for mostly cloudy skies with a 40 percent rain chance tonight and lows 65 to 70. Thursday brings partly cloudy skies with a 30 percent chance of morning showers and highs in the mid 80s.
City Manager Lyle Dresher keeps potential logos under wraps while noting two mail in ideas from Pomona and rural Ottawa. He cites unusual concepts and hints at a link to past pride and future confidence as residents await a Sept 19 deadline and a Sept 22 study session reveal.
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