Emporia man in fair condition after Haskell County crash
Rex R. Mata 35 Sublette failed to yield at a stop sign on Haskell County Road OO and pulled into the path of a 1999 Ford Taurus driven by Roger Lee Carter 51 Emporia on Kansas Highway 144. Carter and Vogler treated and released. Mata treated and released. all reported from St. Catherine Hospital. Carter wore a seat belt. Mata did not.
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RHP
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South Bend
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Vogler
Morris and Hayzlett honor ditch groups in Ark Valley case
State Senate President Steve Morris and Rep. Gary Hayzlett will praise local ditch companies on Friday. Kearny County Farmers Irrigation Association Deerfield Garden City Ditch Committee Greater Eastern Ditch Finney County Water Users South Side Ditch Holcomb will be honored and reimbursed for funding contributed to the Ark Valley River Compact litigation. The ceremony is at 2 p.m. at Ground Water Management District No. 3 409 Campus Drive Suite 105.
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Washburn Orchestra to Play at GCCC in Garden City
The Washburn University Symphony Orchestra performs at 7 30 p m on November 11 in the Pauline Joyce Fine Arts Building auditorium at Garden City Community College. The free concert features six Garden City residents and includes Rossini and Paganini pieces plus Franck Symphony in D Minor. Norman Ormando Gamboa conducts. Steven Elisha is featured cellist. The tour covers Garden City Great Bend Emporia and McPherson with host-family calls and contact Bruce Spiller at 276 9544.
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Pauline Joyce
Niccolo Paganini
Cesar Franck
Norman-Ormando Gamboa
Steven Elisha
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Garden City
Great Bend
Emporia
McPherson
Bruce Spiller
NIH renews $10.4 million cancer grant to Kansas universities
Lawrence US NIH renews a $10.4 million federal grant for cancer research at Kansas universities. University of Kansas pharmacy professor Gunda Georg will mentor faculty statewide. Georg previously received a five year COBRE grant in 2000, which ended this summer.
Kansas Sues Over Rader Videotapes
Kansas Attorney General Kline sues two Massachusetts psychologists and their company Cambridge Forensic Consultants for profiting from a Dateline NBC taped interview with BTK killer Dennis Rader. The suit seeks more than 75 thousand dollars in damages and return of materials, while noting state funds paid for the defense team. The interview aired before Rader’s August sentencing to life terms for ten killings.
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Massachusetts
BTK
Dennis Rader
Rader
Dateline
NBC
Kline
Sedgwick County District Court
Robert Mendoza
Tali Walters
Cambridge Forensic Consultants
Chestnut Hill
Mass
Board of
Indigent Defense Services
Indigent Defense Board
Walters
Mendoza
Topeka
Steve Cavanaugh
Cavanaugh
Board of Indigent Defense Services
Sedgwick County
Nora Foulston
Evolution exhibit opens as debate swirls in Kansas
In Lawrence, the Museum of Natural History begins Explore Evolution, a six-university NSF funded display emphasizing evolution’s role across sciences. Leonard Krishtalka frames it as non proselytizing, while critics call it in your face evangelism. The exhibit anchors Dyche Hall with a mosasaur display and notes ongoing debates in education and politics nationwide.
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Natural Selections
Museum of Natural History
University of Kansas
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Kansas
Pennsylvania
White House
Leonard Krishtalka
University
Biodiversity Institute
Krishtalka
Dyche Hall
Michigan
Nebraska
Oklahoma
Texas
Minnesota Science Museum
Minneapolis
John Calvert
Lake Quivira
Intelligent Design Network
State Board of Education
Marvin Hunt
Natural History Museum
Senators push for tariffs on Japan over beef ban
U S senators led by Kent Conrad and Pat Roberts push a bill to force President Bush to impose tariffs on Japanese goods if Tokyo does not lift its U S beef ban by year end. They cite Japan's December 2003 ban following mad cow findings and aim to pressure Tokyo through tariffs backed by co sponsors Sen Craig Thomas and Sen John Thune. Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns warned sanctions may not be best approach.
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Japan
U.S
Bush
Sen
Craig Thomas
R-Wyo
John Thune
R-S.d
Kent Conrad
D-N.d
Pat Roberts
Conrad
Agriculture
Mike Johanns
Security plans fight for Gorbachev's visit
Lindsborg prepares for former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev with weekly security meetings led by Police Chief Tim Berggren for weekend Chess for Peace events starting Saturday at 10 am. Agencies aiding include McPherson County Sheriff, Kansas Bureau of Investigation, Kansas Highway Patrol, and Bethany College security. Gorbachev will stay Friday and Saturday at Rosberg House Bed & Breakfast after speaking Friday at Kansas State University in Manhattan.
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Mikhail Gorbachev
Tim Berggren
Berggren
McPherson County
Kansas Bureau of Investigation
Kansas Highway Patrol
Bethany College Security
Gorbachev
Rosberg House
KU Aims to Lift Four Year Graduation Rate at KU
The University of Kansas pushes for faster degrees with a Graduate in Four plan. A task force cites 29 percent four year graduation, ranking 31st of 34 public AAU universities. Reforms include 15-credit semesters, required intro math, easier withdrawal rules, earlier major declaration, and targeted advising. Some students welcome longer study, others plan to graduate in three years.
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Association of American Universities
Stuart Bell
School of Engineering
Nick Denton
Jessicca Mathews
Mathews
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