SRS Budget Passes With Bipartisan Backing
The Legislature approved a conference committee compromise on the SRS appropriations bill, sending it to Gov. Hayden who may veto parts to cover welfare spending. The bill exceeds his recommended welfare funding by nearly 37 million, prompting calls for further cuts in other measures. A tax conference session nears to resolve differences on the property tax rollback and sales tax rate amid Senate House disagreements.
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Topeka
Mike Hayden
Department of Social and Rehabilitation Services
Hayden
HOUSE
Senate
Mittee
Day on the Hill music festival draws diverse crowd at KU
Hundreds of KU students locals and dogs enjoyed sunny Saturday for Day on the Hill with eight local and national bands from acoustic guitar to rap and funk. Which Doctors of Lawrence opened at noon while Toad the Wet Sprocket played 830 to 1000 p m. Student Union Activities funded by class officer associations and residence hall revenues call it a yearly thank you and free for all ages. Organizers expected about 2000 attendees with volunteers handling security and officials not expecting major alcohol issues. Local bystanders watched frisbees and footballs as bands played.
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Kansas University
Doctors
Lawrence
Tusquellas
Lisa Molland
Karey Metcalf
Metcalf
Cocaine Enters U S Ports Through Cargo Containers
Federal drug officials say up to half of the narcotics flow into New York and other East Coast cities via cargo ships. Cocaine blends with regular cargo in millions of steel containers, with only a small fraction inspected. Authorities stress containers, not small planes or boats, drive the problem.
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Mexican
Caribbean
United States
New York
Drug Enforcement Administration
Antiabortion rally quote from Starbuck resident
Cindy Burgess of Starbuck Minnesota says Americans are normal simple moral people amid an anti abortion rally in Washington. She rejects being labeled religious radicals while voicing her stance.
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Cindy Burgess
Starbuck
Dispute stalls school aid in Kansas legislature
Kansas House and Senate finance talks collapsed as senators rejected a $546 million general state aid plan for 304 districts over a minor provision. The vote was 21-16 against the conference committee version after the House had approved it 83-42 earlier.
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Topeka
House
Senate
Kansas
Ference Committee
European leaders back plan for political union by 1993
At a Dublin summit, 12 nations approved drafting a political union by January 1993 and called for an intergovernmental conference by December. British PM Thatcher warned of sovereignty limits, while Kohl and Mitterrand urged rapid integration linking currency talks to the union push.
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Dublin
Ireland
Britain
Charles Haughey
Dublin Castle
Helmut Kohl
Francois Mitterrand
Francois Mitterand
European Union
Thatcher
Europe
Embargo tightens resolve in Lithuania as independence stance grows
In Vilnius the Soviet embargo deepens Lithuanian resolve toward independence. Officials and workers say the blockade shortens the path to a formal split, while leaders warn citizens face mounting hardship in weeks. Gorbachev seeks compromise ahead of talks with Bush. France and Germany urge suspension of independence declarations.
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Vilnius
Lithuania
Mikhail S. Gorbachev
Gorbachev
Pope
Bush
Elderly join ranks of computer nerds in community
Charles Warriner a retired Kansas University professor describes himself as a computer nerd. He writes letters and composes on his computer and tracks spending while enjoying games like Welltris. Bill Zotto, 59, bought a computer nine years ago and moved into IT, becoming manager of Computerland in Lawrence.
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Charles Warriner
Welltris
Warriner
Kansas University
Bill Zotto
Zotto
Topeka
Computerland
Lawrence
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Mike Massey
Oklahoma
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OK Political Union
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