World Leaders Seek Global Push After Tsunami Toll
Leaders gathered in Indonesia to speed aid after the Dec 26 disaster as confirmed deaths exceed 140000 and waterborne disease threat recedes. A core U.S.-India-Japan-Australia group will merge into UN operations with a multi‑billion pledge, while calls for a decade long relief and reconstruction effort include a US$1.7 billion UN fund and a new Indian Ocean tsunami warning system.
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Australia
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Local relief efforts urge cash over goods for tsunami aid
Locals watch news of the disaster and charities urge money donations to speed relief. Churches funnel funds through Lutheran World Relief Mennonite Central Committee and Catholic Relief Services while Kroger matches employee gifts. Authorities warn against scams and advise designating gifts to tsunami relief. A church group plans a stuffed animal drive for children, inviting community support.
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Atlanta
Lyle Stuehrenberg
Trinity Lutheran Church
Lutheran World Relief
Tim Davis
Garden Valley Church
Mennonite Central Committee
Catherine Therese
St. Dominic Catholic Church
Tsunami relief drives and donation sites listed
The Telegram notes donation points including Garden City American Red Cross at 210 Fulton Terrace and Dillons stores in town plus a call for pledges to be quickly converted to cash. Local efforts include a stuffed animal drive for child victims. Authorities report totals over 30,000 dead in the region with WHOs warning aid delays could double the toll.
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American Red Cross
Fulton Terrace
Redcross.org
Corella Wilson
Funding gaps spark talk of Kansas school costs
The Kansas high court ruling prompts debate over funding obligations. Attorneys say adjusting a lawmakers’ cost study shows public education may need nearly 1 billion more than the current 2.7 billion. Legislators discuss options from 80 to 150 million yearly, with tax hikes unlikely.
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Alan Rupe
Salina
Dodge City
Rupe
Kansas
Mark Tallman
Kansas Association of School Boards
Hearing on open borders tests Ag nominee Johanns
Senators will question agriculture nominee Mike Johanns on open borders and food policy including farm access to Japan and Canada. The panel will probe budgets for agriculture, country of origin labeling, ethanol and biodiesel, with expectations of a swift confirmation.
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Canada
Japan
Roberts
Johannes
Johanns
Georgia
Saxby Chambliss
Iowa
Counties ban on grants to upgrade 911 system
Pam Faurot of Scott County notes the upgrade cost 49232.80 in March 2004 funded by an emergency 911 fund. The fund, supported by a 75 cent landline tax and now 25 cents of a cell tax, could yield 3 to 6 million yearly nationwide and 40k plus in some counties. Grants remain an option. several counties plan to use or preserve 911 funds for equipment, upgrades, and dispatch systems.
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Scott
Pam Faurot
Don Brown
SBC Kansas
Brown
Briggs
Finney County
Garden City
James Hawkins
Hawkins
Grant County
Lance Babcock
Linda McHenry
Babcock
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