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Newspaper
Garden City Telegram
Location
Garden City, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 01, 2003
Page
1
British report notes hopeful developments in southern Iraq as US led forces bomb Baghdad and Karbala. At a checkpoint, seven Iraqi civilians died and US troops are under investigation. Fierce road battles and airstrikes disrupt Baghdad with blasts near the Old Palace complex and the Olympic Committee site.
Geneva Mintor leads a tribute wall at Garden City USD 457 Teacher Resource Center listing 181 soldiers in Iraq. An email outreach drew strong support, with Mintor noting the impact and memories across four wars, including a historic Stevens Park billboard in World War II.
In Wichita AP reports the plan to sell reserve U.S. wheat for humanitarian relief in Iraq prompts worries of price drops but some industry leaders say the move could benefit farmers long term by creating a solid market. The 800,000 metric tons includes 560,000 tons of hard red winter wheat from Kansas Nebraska and Texas.
Garden City voters head to polls for city commission seats, school boards, and college trustees amid 85 degree forecast. Poll workers brace for a 12 hour day as multiple area towns vote on mayors, councils, hospital boards, and bond issues with polls open until 7 p.m.
Highlights show continued negotiations on a 10.2 billion dollar budget as March tax receipts dim the state finances. A deal would add two weeks of unemployment benefits for residents unemployed over nine months. Neither chamber met, delaying conference committee meetings. Monday not counted among the session's 90 days, lawmakers unpaid, count resumes Wednesday on day 76.
Kansas lawmakers from both chambers resume negotiations on a 10.2 billion dollar budget. March tax collections deepen the deficit outlook as the conference committee seeks a compromise by Tuesday night to send a bill to Gov. Sebelius before week’s end. Budget plans keep per pupil school aid at 3863 dollars, hold 86 million in local aid, divert 165 million from highways, and grant a 10 percent raise to Kansas Highway Patrol troopers.
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