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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 21, 1998
Page
6
Bethany College held off the Ottawa Braves in a wild west style matchup finishing tied at 72 apiece. Both teams traded leads throughout the game with late heroics keeping the score level as the clock expired.
Tonight brings a 50 percent chance of rain with cloudy skies and cool temperatures. winds northeast at 5 to 15 mph and a low in the upper 50s. Tuesday remains cloudy and cool with a 30 percent rain chance. follow page 2 for more weather details.
A Sunday night storm caused about an hour of Ottawa power loss as lightning struck KCPL infrastructure and a local generator went offline. A transformer hit and a second brief outage followed, but local generation restored service with no serious damage reported.
Florence Griffith Joyner, Olympic triple gold medalist, died at 38 in Mission Viejo California from an apparent heart seizure. She was married to Al Joyner and sister-in-law to Jackie Joyner Kersee, all prominent track figures. United Nations scene reports President Clinton urging united global front against terrorism and high tech threats at the General Assembly. Clinton argues no nation can fight terrorism alone as tech advances raise stakes.
In June two Minneapolis incidents feature tenants in conflict with landlords. A 41-year-old, nicknamed Caveman, shoved a painter from a second-floor ladder, sending him to the hospital with neck and arm injuries during an eviction dispute. Nearby, 36-year-old Souk Soukhamath was jailed for terroristic threats after police found seven booby-trap explosives in his apartment, amid reports of a party involving extraterrestrials.
Ottawa Over the Road Gang organizer Roger Ward says the 1998 River Run attracted 425 vehicles, topping 400 for the first time. Winners included Stan McNees with a 1971 Chevy pickup and Donny Howard with a 1951 Ford convertible winning Memory Lane.
President Clinton faced a wary nation as unedited video of his grand jury testimony aired nationwide. He described the Lewinsky relationship evidence as painful and admitted anger toward questions and the Jones lawsuit spurring Starr's investigation. He said he sought to stay within the law during January deposition and condemned leaks.
EFTC Corporation signs to acquire Allied Signal circuit card assembly unit in Denver, employing 130. The operation will relocate to a 41,000 square foot Ottawa facility with a three stage transition and expected closing by year end.
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