Sublette rejects Copeland sharing plan for high school
Sublette USD 374 turned down Copeland's proposal to let high school students attend Sublette High School and middle school students study in Copeland USD 476. The plan hinged on a bill before the House Education Committee, already advanced by Sen. Angell, to allow inter district contracts.
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Sublette
Copeland
USD 374
House
Charlie Angell
R-Plains
Senate
Montezuma
Gray County
Ensign
Cimarron-Ensign
Cimarron
State Board of Education
Lyle Klamm
Kansas
Gary Marshall
Bubble Boy ends struggle after 12 year life in isolation
David, the 12 year old known as bubble boy who lived in a sterilized environment, died at Texas Children’s Hospital after a failed attempt to free him. Doctors cited abnormal cell growth as the cause, not graft versus host disease. He had stepped outside his bubble for the first time just over two weeks earlier, greeting his mother and feeling human touch for a brief moment. The family, doctor William Shearer, and hospital staff mourned the loss amid public attention.
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Houston
David
Texas Children’s Hospital
William Shearer
Bradley L. Mills
Mills
Population grows 7.4 million in the 1980s
The Census Bureau reports U.S. population rose by 7.4 million in the 1980s, reaching 233.98 million in 1983, with California, Texas, and Florida driving most gains. Alaska posted the fastest growth, while four states fell since 1980. Nevada Utah Texas Florida Wyoming Oklahoma Arizona Colorado New Mexico led growth, Oklahoma replacing Idaho in the top 10.
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Washington
U.S
California
Texas
Florida
Census Bureau
Alaska
Michigan
Ohio
Iowa
Indiana
New York
Rhode Island
Nevada
Utah
Wyoming
Oklahoma
Arizona
Colorado
New Mexico
Idaho
Briar Hill Manor residents allowed to stay in care
The state halted plans to remove seven Briar Hill Manor residents, all mental health patients, from the nursing home after reconsidering the case. Briar Hill administrator Shirley Klotz credited lawmakers and local press coverage for influencing the reversal, with the state promising ongoing reviews and potential future action.
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Briar Hill Manor
Briar Hill
Shirley Klotz
Klotz
Jackson Gumb
SRS Department
Haviland
Kansas
Gumb
Satanta Hospital administrator resigns over lack of cooperation
Carlyle Kiehne announces resignation as administrator of Satanta District Hospital and Long Term Care Unit effective March 10 after six years in post. He cites insufficient cooperation to perform duties. notes modernization and occupancy gains including a 70 percent peak in 1984. He intends to remain in Satanta while exploring future opportunities.
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Kiehne
Satanta
Southwest Kansas
Logan Springer
Explosions Hit Car Behind Soviet UN Delegation
Three blasts rocked a car parked behind the Soviet delegation to the United Nations in New York. Firefighters, blocked from entering, fought flames from outside the fence as authorities investigated. A caller claiming Jewish Direct Action, a group urging emigration of Soviet Jews, took responsibility for the blast.
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New York
United Nations
Jewish Direct Action
Associated Press
Power plant tax plan faces broad opposition in Kansas hearing
City and county officials led a crowd of over 120 in Topeka as opponents challenge Rep. Marvin Smith's measure to spread Sunflower Electric's property taxes across counties and school districts. Finney County officials warn the plan would hit local revenues and groundwater use while shifting tax burden to other regions. The measure, tied to Sunflower's 440 million dollar coal plant near Holcomb, would reduce Finney County’s assessed value and draw funds away from the local tax base. The committee took no action and indicated doubt a vote this year.
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Marvin Smith
Topekan
House Assessment and Taxation Committee
Topeka
Viola Dodge
Pottawatomie County
Finney County
Mike Merrill
Holcomb
Merrill
Sunflower Electric Cooperative
Kansas
Sunflower
Cooperative
Cheyenne
Decatur
Ellis
Finney
Ford
Gove
Grant
Gray
Greeley
Hamilton
Haskell
Kearny
Logan
Ness
Norton
Rollins
Scott
Seward
Sheridan
Sherman
Stevens
Thomas
Trego
Wallace
Wichita
Jeffrey Energy Center
Kansas Power and Light Co
Marvin E. Smith
Wayne Stallard
Community Hospital District No. 1
Pottawatomie
Jackson
Nemaha
Stallard
Dave Heinemann
Garden City
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National Aeronautics and Space Administration
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Leroy Hayden
D-Satanta
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Garden City Telegram
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State Department
Soviets
Ose Eans
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