Starvation Edge Hits Thousands in Haiti North Coast
In Gonaives and surrounding districts Haiti faces famine as drought, population growth and poor farmingdeplete food supplies. More than half a million are under nourished with relief efforts targeting 120000 people for 3 to 5 months as rations reach distant farmers.
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Man Killed Near Liberal in Rural Kansas
A young Oklahoma man, Randy Heitschmidt of rural Beaver County, Mila, was killed when his car lost a front tire and ran off a Seward County road five miles east of Liberal. Heitschmidt was thrown from the vehicle as it rolled several times after the tire blew out.
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Drought Devastates Nomads Across Ethiopia Somalia
In eastern Ethiopia and Somalia months of drought have killed tens of thousands of nomads and millions of cattle. Rain brought some relief. officials call prospects for crops and grazing promising, but aid experts warn recovery will take years and millions of dollars for the Oga den Desert region. The drought is altering a centuries old nomadic lifestyle as 4 million wanderers span water sources.
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Bogus Checks in Grain Swindle
Kansas City reports counterfeit cashier’s checks traced to a ring that buys grain from storage elevators. Nearly $10,000 in corn at Topeka was bought May 28 by truck drivers leaving a phony check. The Tulsa bank has received about $100,000 in such checks across Kansas, Colorado, Minnesota and Mississippi. The FBI is pursuing the case from Denver and Kansas City.
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Hays Hosts Final Meeting On Jail Standards
A 15 member Kansas Criminal Justice System committee conducts regional hearings to craft minimum jail standards for the Department of Corrections. Testimony is invited June 16 at the Vagabond Motel in Hays with prior written statements and morning registration. The group operates as a sub task force of the Governor's Advisory Panel. Bill Arnold leads as chair with Judge Floyd Coffman as vice chair after the May 14 Emporia kickoff.
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Hays
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Kansas Council On Crime and Delinquency
Floyd Coffman
Emporia
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