Tornado brings destruction to Hoisington area
Hoisington residents frantically began cleanup as a tornado and 5 inches of rain devastated homes and streets. Gerald Tauscher, 69, died when his minivan became trapped, and neighbors described pervasive ruin across a nearly flattened residential block. Governor Graves and Rep. Moran surveyed the damage as memories of prior Kansas tornadoes and floods loomed.
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Kansas
Great Bend
Gerald Tauscher
Joyce
Stacie Basye
Shelby Stone
Stone
Basye
Bill Graves
Jerry Moran
R-Kan
Graves
Lawmakers wrestle with revenue gap and tax options
Kansas legislators face a 206 million shortfall between projected revenues and approved spending for 2002. Support grows for taxes despite House opposition. Gov Graves backs tax increases while Senate and leaders warn the session could stretch beyond plan.
Neighbors celebrate Scott City trap shooter success
Scott City woman Miller comments on a high score and a 16 yard and handicap win at a trap shooting event. She notes women comprise about 5 percent of shooters and face no extra scrutiny as men support them. Miller, a retired librarian, uses an Italian Perrazzi and a Browning Citori Plus for various events, highlighting decades without a fatal trap shooting incident.
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Miller
Marilyn
Graves haunted by past budget rhetoric and tax push
Kansas politics focus on a $206 million budget gap for fiscal 2002 as Gov. Graves shifts from tax cutter to defender of programs. Sen. Huelskamp opposes tax increases, citing past pledges, while House and Senate Republicans doubt taxes will pass. The debate centers on timing of use of one time funds and nursing home subsidies amid softer revenues and looming 2003 deficits.
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Bill Graves
House
Tim Huelskamp
Huelskamp
R-Fowler
Jan Pauls
Hutchinson
Pauls
Senate
Lana Oleen
Oleen
Manhattan
Jim Garner
Garner
D-Coffeyville
Topeka
Graves
Woman opens fire at San Jose bus yard killing man
A woman in her early 30s opened fire at the Laidlaw bus yard before 6 a.m. killing a man and wounding three women aged 40 to 57. The suspect was taken into custody. motive is unknown. Two seriously wounded were found in a barricaded office. Police provided few other details.
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San Jose
Calif
Laidlaw
Rubens Dalaison
Sherry Reed-Price
Dalaison
Steve Dixon
Bill McVeigh recalls lack of apology from son in book reveal
Oklahoma City AP Timothy McVeigh, convicted of the Alfred P Murrah Building bombing, told his father in a Terre Haute visit that he would not apologize for the attack. The father described his son's responses during a 3 1/2 hour visit with his sister present and noted Timothy asked for no funeral or memorial service.
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Oklahoma City
Bill McVeigh
Timothy
Daily Oklahoman
US Penitentiary
Terre Haute
Ind
Timothy McVeigh
Alfred P Murrah Federal
Tim McVeigh
Jennifer
Tim
Pendleton
N.Y
Good Shepherd Church
Rob Nigh
Tulsa
Jennifer McVeigh
God
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Hobby
Melvin Neufeld
R-Ingalls
Rep
Rocky Nichols
John Hanna
Jenny
Pheasant Valley
Keller-L Insurance, Inc
Home E Life
Sandy Keller
Taylor Plaza
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Hi-Energy Weight Control Center
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