Vote looms as cloud seeding faces challenge in Kansas
In Colby and Thomas County residents weigh a nonbinding referendum on weather modification amid rising opposition. Wayne Bossert warns halting seeding in Thomas could end the program in Sherman, Sheridan, and other counties, while Charles Doswell cautions about unproven effects and unforeseen consequences.
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Colby
Thomas County
Wayne Bossert
Northwest Kansas
Cheyenne
Rawlins
Decatur
Charles Doswell
Laboratory
Als
Eiences Water Office
Bossert
Pigs Die As 980 Pig Hauler Overturns In Kansas City
A tractor-trailer carrying 980 pigs overturned on I-70 near the I-35 ramp in Kansas City. About 30 pigs died, the road was closed over four hours, and the driver was ticketed for careless driving as crews corralled the remaining animals and arranged a livestock transfer.
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Kansas City, Mo
Kansas City
Steve Young
Kansas proposal to amend article 13 banks clause 2
House concurrent resolution 5037 proposes a constitutional amendment to allow retirement or pension plans of the state to hold stock in banking institutions. It would require two thirds in both chambers and, if approved, be submitted to voters at the 2000 general election unless a sooner special election is called.
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State of
Kansas
House of Representatives
Senate
Secretary of State
farmer finds pieces of Russian rocket in Kansas sky
Local farmer in Rush County reports charred debris from a Russian proton rocket’s fourth stage that burned up over central Kansas. NASA confirmed the launch from Kazakhstan and officials traced the fragments to a large rocket casing, with observers noting a bright sky event and a long smoke trail.
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Doug Wereb
Inman
Hutchinson
Rush County
Kazakstan
Lacrosse
Kansas
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Kazakhstan
Russia
Butler and
Cowley County
Craig Rixon
Goddard Space Flight Center
Wereb
Kansas Cosmosphere & Space Center
Rixon
Jack Mendenhall
la Crosse
Mendenhall
Rob Kuhn
McConnell Air Force Base
Butler County Community College
Alan Pickup
United Kingdom
Royal Observatory
Edinburgh
Scotland
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Florida Area
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HOUSE
Ron Thornburgh
Finney County Sheriff's Office
Finney County
Jesus Christ
First United Methodist Church
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