Scholar says April decisive for Russia under Yeltsin
Edward Ivanian of the Russian Academy of Sciences in Moscow predicts April 1991 referendum will determine Yeltsin’s fate and the future of democratic reforms. He argues the Congress of Peoples Deputies must be ended, warns Yeltsin must act after the vote, and notes U.S. support is crucial to prevent a power grab. He also ties Clinton’s stance to maintaining democratic momentum.
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Edward Ivanian
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Canada
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Moscow
Ivanian
Lawrence
Kansas University
Fort Leavenworth
Yeltsin
Congress of Peoples Deputies
Communists’ Party
Clinton
Ocatr
Py Vavin Voemiand
Senate OKs KPERS bill boosts state retirees pensions
The Kansas Senate passed a KPERS bill 33-3 to raise pensions for most state workers including lawmakers, with a 28 percent average rise. The measure creates a 85-point plan for early retirement and 62 for full benefits, shifting costs and potential downsizing implications.
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Topeka
Senate
Kansas
Gus Bogina
R-Shawnee
KPERS
Begina
Journal-World editors win top honors in sports columns
Journal-World sports editor Chuck Woodling and assistant Gary Bedore earned two of the top awards in sports column writing at the Kansas Press Association contest. Woodling took first in the over 8,501 circulation division, Bedore placed third. The paper also earned third for general excellence and for sports pages at the convention in Wichita.
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Chuck Woodling
Gary Bedore
Kansas Press Association
Woodling
Bedere
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Wichita
Correction fixes Scout Council office address
A Journal-World correction states the Kaw Valley Girl Scout Council office is located on the third floor of the education wing at First United Methodist Church, 946 Vt.
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Journal-World
Kaw Valley Girl Scout Council
First United Methodist Church
Laura Ingalls First Woman To Fly Across United States
In 1930 Laura Ingalls completed a nine stop cross country flight from Roosevelt Field New York to Glendale California becoming the first woman to fly solo across the United States.
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Laura Ingalls
United States
Roosevelt Field
N.Y
Glendale
Calif
Negotiations Stall On Kansas Workers' Compensation Reform
Five senators and five House members in a joint conference committee failed to reach agreement on a comprehensive workers' compensation reform package after a week of talks. The stalemate risks pressuring House members to concur with the Senate package, opposed by the Kansas AFL-CIO, while lawmakers race toward adjournment.
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House
Senate
Conference Committee
Alicia Salisbury
Kansas Afl-Cio
Afl-Cio
David Heinemann
Garden City
Joan Finney
Kansas
Lawrence eighth grader wins Kansas Geography Bee
Matthew Gaus, 14, from West Junior High School, won the Kansas Geography Bee at Fort Hays State University after about 100 sixth to eighth graders competed. He received 100 dollars and an all expense paid trip to the national finals in Washington, D.C., on May 25-26. Gaus prepared with a world almanac and National Geographic board games and answered the final question about three neighboring countries sharing a free trade agreement with Russia as the third country.
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Lawrence
Kansas
Matthew Gaus
West Junior High School
Fort Hays State University
Gaus
Washington, D.C
Matthew
National Geographic Board Games
North Korea
China
Russia
National Geographic Society
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