Priddle to leave Kansas Commerce post January 14
Harland Priddle, secretary of the Kansas Department of Commerce under Gov. Mike Hayden, will resign on January 14 when Gov.-elect Joan Finney is inaugurated. He plans to stay active in Kansas, though no new job is planned, and says he will be around somewhere. Finney has not named a successor, and aides expect no cabinet appointments before Christmas.
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Topeka
Harland Priddle
State Department of Commerce
Mike Hayden
Priddle
Joan Finney
Kansas
Jack Brier
Hayden
Brier
Department of Commerce
Department of Economic Development
Finney
Commerce
Caring leader honored in national award event
Ewing Kauffman, Kansas City Royals owner and Marion Merrell Dow chairman emeritus, will receive a Caring Award at a Washington ceremony. The Caring Institute honors 10 adults and 10 youths, including Kathy Perron of Topeka for Kids Caring for Kids. Perron, 18, began volunteering at Capper Foundation at 14 and now donates extensive hours aiding disabled children.
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Kansas City
Ewing Kauffman
Marion Merrell Dow Inc
Kansas City Royals
America
Caring Institute
Dirksen Senate
Washington
Kauffman
Caring
Kathy Perron
Topeka
Kids Caring For
CPR
STAR
Project Choice
Miss Perron
Capper Foundation For
Capper
Wichita man charged in bank robbery case
A 23-year-old Wichita man, Roger Allen Richardson, is charged with robbing a Emprise Bank drive through on September 4 2002 with a note threatening to blow up the bank and taking 4025. He is a suspect in a second bank robbery at First National Bank on the prior Monday, with the same tactic. FBI traced vehicle ownership to identify him and fingerprints matched the note.
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Wichita
Roger Allen Richardson
Emprise
U.S
Jack Williams
Williams
Richardson
First National Bank
Dan Jablonski
FBI
Peace meeting organizers short of money in Lawrence
Organizers of a weeklong U S Soviet citizens conference say they need 75 000 to 80 000 to cover unpaid expenses after a shortfall in U S delegates and higher costs for transportation and lodging The meeting ran October 12 18 with a 640 000 budget and 300 Soviets hosted by 130 local families The co chair says a final statement of accomplishments will be sent to President Bush and Mikhail Gorbachev while sessions were held in Wichita Topeka and Kansas City
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Lawrence
U.S
Bob Swan
Swan
Meeting For Peace Foundation
Soviet Peace Committee
Bush
Mikhail Gorbachev
Wichita
Topeka
Kansas City
House could decide election challenges to 1991 KS House seats
Topeka AP reports the Kansas House may rule on challenges to four races after the 1991 Legislature convenes. Republicans sue to overturn close Democrat wins, while two Democrats seek recounts or voided absentee ballots in Rawlins, Johnson, and Sedgwick counties. The process rests with a joint committee and a House vote, with a likely court ruling before Jan. 14.
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Topeka
House
Rawlins County
William Kirk
Clayton
Kansas
Marvin Barkis
D-Louisburg
Democrats
Barkis
120Th
Fred Gatlin
Ratwood
Kirk
Vic Miller
Miller
Karren Christesen- Jones
Elaine Wells
R-Carbondale
Johnson County
Sedgwick County
Kansans urge U.S. grain credits for Soviet purchases
Kansas farming leaders told a House subcommittee that the United States should extend export credits to the Soviet Union to buy American grain. They urged waiving Jackson Vanik trade restrictions, arguing credits would prevent losses to rural areas and support farmers amid a global wheat surplus.
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Washington
United States
Soviet Union
Kansas
Milton Giedinghagen
Kansas Association of Wheat Growers
House
Giedinghagen
Stafford
Bush Administration
U.S
Dan Glickman
Pat Roberts
Bush
Moscow
Glickman
Subcommittee
Roberts
Auto plants to shut down for long holiday pause
General Motors Fairfax plant in Kansas City and Ford’s Claycomo factory will idle December 17 to January 2. About 7,000 autoworkers face downtime as auto production cuts spread amid a weakening economy, with late November U.S. auto sales sinking 24 percent and Grand Prix sales down 20 percent from a year ago.
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Kansas City
Ford
Chrysler Corp
Fairfax
Kan
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City Telegram
Swarovski
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Garden City
Lane
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Dodge City
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