Trial moved to Emporia for Bethel capital murder case
In Girard, Michael A. Bethel 23 faces capital murder and two counts of first degree murder plus aggravated assault in shootings that killed his father John Bethel and two others, including nurse Waneta Boatright. District Judge Don Nolan approved moving the trial to Lyon County Court in Emporia, set to begin March 26.
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Emporia
Girard
Michael A. Bethel
John A. Bethel
Sherrill Davis
Waneta Boatright
Arma Crawford County
Don Nolan
Kansas Supreme Court
Erie
Neosho County
Donald Allegrucci
Lyon County District Court
Utility bill unbundling proposal shifts charges to customers
TOPEKA AP Utilities would require unbundling of a customer total bill to show separate charges. The House Utilities Committee heard testimony on the plan to inform consumers, especially amid higher natural gas bills this winter caused by cold weather and a tight deregulated market. Kansas Corporation Commission engineer Larry Holloway noted utilities often combine gas and transportation costs into one figure.
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Topeka
House
House Utilities Committee
Carl ‘Dean Holmes
Liberal
Holmes
Larry Holloway
Kansas Corporation Commission
Kansas farmers plant record hard white wheat in 1999
Wichita AP reports more than 160000 bushels of hard white winter wheat were sold for planting in Kansas last fall, with 90 percent of it Trego variety. If planted, seed could cover nearly four times 1999 acres, and 45 60 thousand acres are pledged to identity preserved wheat programs.
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Wichita
Kansas
Kansas Crop ‘Improvement Association
Daryl Strouts
KCIA
Democrats unveil budget and tax cut goals in contrast
Democrats led by Dick Gephardt and Tom Daschle outlined a budget plan that favors a smaller tax cut targeting low and middle incomes, with surpluses directed to debt reduction education and Medicare. They argue for a balanced use of the surplus to protect Social Security and essential programs as Bush pushes a larger plan.
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Washington
Bush
Senate
House
Dick Gephardt
Dmo
Tom Daschle
D-S.c
Daschle
Fense
White House
James Jeffords
R-Vt
Burlington, Vt
Free Press
Jeffords
Senate Finance Committee
Sen
Zell Miller
Georgia
States seek new laws to curb exit polls and early calls
Lawmakers in Connecticut Georgia Maine Nebraska and Oklahoma push exit poll buffer rules from voting sites while North Dakota and Massachusetts seek limits on early results. Mississippi proposes a 1000 dollar fine for publishing results before polls close. Some fear legal challenges to free speech. Congress hears from news leaders urging self fixes.
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Connecticut
Georgia
Maine
Nebraska
Oklahoma
Mississippi
North Dakota
Massachusetts
Congress
House Energy and Commerce Committee
Louis D. Boccardi
Associated Press
Doug Kristensen
Roosevelt letters and mementos head to auction at Christie’s
Bidders paid over 1 million dollars for Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt items in a two day sale at Christie’s. A silver framed oil portrait print inscribed to Eleanor fetched 76375 dollars, while a small card signed by Roosevelt and Winston Churchill before World War II sold for 64625. The card, given to John A Roosevelt, notes the meeting with Churchill. About 3,000 items from John Roosevelt’s widow are in the sale, which continued Thursday.
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New York
Franklin
Eleanor Roosevelt
Christie’s
Roosevelt
Winston Churchill
United States
John A. Roosevelt
Roosevelts
John
Churchill
England
Winston
John Roosevelt
Civilian recalls pulling levers before Greeneville collision
John Hall, a civilian aboard the submarine Greeneville, said he pulled the blow down levers during ascent drills with a crew member beside him. He described the ship shuddering as it surfaced and struck the Japanese fishing vessel Ehime Maru, with nine people missing. Cmdr Scott Waddle was relieved of duty pending investigation.
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Honolulu
John Hall
NBC
Hall
National Transportation Safety Board
John Hammerschmidt
Greeneville
Hammerschmidt
Coast Guard
Todd Thoman
Thoman
Cmdr
Scott Waddle
Waddle
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Cma
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Garden City
Orlin Holland
Roark Realty Co. Inc
Moa & Wallcovering
Buffalo Jones Ave
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Telegram
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Gandem Cit State Bank
E. Mary
Winnie
Ristii Mot
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