Kansas voters push evolution standards off board seats
In Kansas GOP primaries voters backed candidates opposing the evolution friendly standards. Linda Holloway and incumbent Mary Douglass Brown lost while Carol Rupe and Sue Gamble won on positions against the standards. Steve Abrams defeated Roger Rankin as the board faces a potential shift before November.
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Topeka
Kan
Kansas Board of Education
Linda Holloway
Sue Gamble
Angell
Wyatt
Steve Abrams
Roger Rankin
Holloway
Abrams
Brown
Water Main Rupture Floods Bell Street
Water department workers Carl Burdick and Gene Ferguson watch a ruptured main spew water on Bell Street near Belpree Road. About 500000 gallons flowed before crews cut off the supply. Story continued on Page 3A.
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Water Department
Carl Burdick
Gene Ferguson
Bell Street
Belpree Road
Randall County faces tax hike and budget cuts
Texas DPS Secretary LaMonda Fudge faced Randall County Commissioners to defend funding as they search for ways to erase a 2.8 million shortfall in a 19.3 million proposed budget with an 8 percent tax increase. Officials warned cutting costs could end programs and close offices.
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LaMonda Fudge
Texas Department of Public Safety
Randall County
Fudge
Justices of the Peace
Gene Parker
Ted Wood
Wood
Amarillo ‘Annex
Randall County Budget Talks Stir Fears and Shifts
Randall County faces budget strain with a proposed 3.95 percent cost of living raise while voters consider a rollback to cut an 8 percent tax increase. Criminal District Attorney James Farren pushes tougher fines, plea bargains cut income, and commissioners explore housing federal prisoners to ease finances.
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Caw
Atorney
James Farren
Farren
Commissiors
Immigration and Naturalization Service
Wood
Bob Earth
McCain Salutes Bush Candidacy At GOP Convention
At the Republican National Convention in Philadelphia McCain praised George W. Bush as a candidate of courage and character urging independents and Democrats to support him. A video tribute to Ronald Reagan drew cheers as police arrested protesters outside during Day 2.
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Philadelphia
America
John McCain
George W. Bush
Texas
Bush
McCain
Ronald Reagan
Ford Hospitalized After Convention for Bronchitis
Former President Ford was rushed to a hospital following a convention amid reports he is suffering from bronchitis. The incident prompted medical evaluation as officials seek to confirm his condition and ensure his recovery.
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Ford
Teens focus on preventing teen pregnancy ad campaign
Amarillo Foundation president Jim Allisort announced a Teen Pregnancy Prevention Initiative with funding for a media blitz and five new programs over 18 months. Clergy and community leaders praised the ads as moving and non coercive, while churches plan local responses.
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Jim Allisort
Amarillo Area
Dation
John McClean
St. Paul United Metholist Church
Clergy
Amarillo
Steve Burton
Maverick Boys and Girls Club
Light in the dark as baby arrives during hospital outage
Andrzej Koziel was born at 12 29 p m during a three hour power outage at Baptist St Anthony's Baptist Campus in northwest Texas. Generators at both hospitals kept essential operations running while the family praised swift emergency power. The birth occurred after a NWTS electrical cable failure triggered a surge and automatic breaker trips.
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Elizabeth Koziel
Andrzej
Baptist St. Anthony's Baptist
BSA
Northwest Texas Hospital
Mary Barlow
Koziels
Kaziel
NWTH
Southwestern Public Service
Bill Crenshaw
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