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Newspaper
Garden City Telegram
Location
Garden City, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 11, 2001
Page
1
Garden City tennis team dominates with strong serving and aggressive net play. Players showcase depth in singles and doubles, overpowering opponents in a decisive match with standout performances from key athletes.
Cooler conditions persist with scattered showers and thunderstorms ending in the morning. Skies clear to partly sunny in the north and west, with thunderstorms likely to the southeast. Daytime highs in the 70s. Tonight mostly cloudy west, clearing east, a slight chance of storms southwest. Lows 50 to 55.
At 11 a.m. the Dow Jones average stood at 10, 819.51, down 90.8 cents from this morning's opening as the market moved lower.
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Attorney General John Ashcroft will postpone Timothy McVeigh's federal execution by 30 days amid an FBI document foul up. The delay follows new disclosures from CBS and prompts an internal DOJ investigation. McVeigh, 33, faced death for the 1995 bombing with co defendant Terry Nichols seeking new appeals.
Kansas farmers abandon one million acres of hard red winter wheat and expect 285.6 million bushels from remaining fields. The USDA reports a projected 2001 harvest down 18 percent from last year, with 8.4 million acres unharvested—the lowest since 1957. Farmer Jerry McReynolds in Woodston destroyed a third of his crop, planning to replant 130 acres in milo, facing roughly $50,000 in potential revenue losses.
Gov. Bill Graves signed three Kansas laws taking effect May 17. One requires district officials using credit cards to disclose spending records to boards and the public. Another creates an emergency plan for contagious animal disease, allowing state aid and quarantines. A third lets the State Board of Education waive the 186 day school-year requirement during disasters.
The Bush administration energy task force will urge tax breaks to promote conservation and renewable energy while maintaining focus on increasing conventional supplies. The blueprint calls for relaxing clean air rules for refiners, easing barriers to nuclear plants, and may restore some solar and wind research funds cut by 50 percent, depending on task force priorities.
A granite monument for the Veterans Memorial Field of Honor was laid at Valley View Cemetery as supporters gathered in warm sun. The Veterans Memorial Committee aims to complete all work before Memorial Day with a rededication planned for 11 a.m. on May 28.
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