Kansas special session ends with circuit-breaker collapse
The Kansas Legislature adjourned a brief special session after passing a bill delaying first property tax payments to January and reopening appeals, but failing to fund a circuit-breaker rebate for small businesses. House support for 93 million fell short of Senate willingness, and a last attempt by Sen. Steineger failed. The session, the shortest in state history, left plans for later hearings on relief measures as lawmakers set Jan. 8 for the 1990 regular session. Gov Hayden will sign the two enacted provisions.
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Topeka
Kansas
Mike Hayden
House
Senate
Hayden
Jack Steineger
Kansas City
Bilt
Steineger
Gus Bogina
Ways and Means Committee
Kathy Peterson
David Miller
Endora
Miller
Lawmakers Decry Limited Action in Special Session
Lawmakers voiced disappointment over Friday and Saturday’s special session as tax relief for Douglas County businesses and homeowners proved narrow. The sole bill extending the deadline to pay taxes and allowing appeals comes amid reappraisal impacts, while a circuit breaker expansion failed in the Senate, leaving many awaiting relief.
Gorbachev backs reforms amid party power rethink
In Moscow Gorbachev told the Central Committee he is ready to modify or drop the constitution's party monopoly on power as part of sweeping reforms. He cited Article 6 and urged defining the new political framework before a constitutional change. Sakharov urged a general strike to support ending the party's power clause, a move Medvedev warned could harm stability.
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Moscow
Mikhail S. Gorbachev
Gorbachev
Communist Party
Europe
Hungary
Poland
Czechoslovakia
East Germany
Congress of People’s Deputies
Andrei D. Sakharov
Communist Party of Power
Vadim A. Medvedev
Sakharov
Tass
Central American presidents convene to salvage peace plan
President Oscar Arias condemned superpowers for talking peace while backing military solutions as five Central American presidents began a two day summit in San Jose to salvage a regional peace plan for Nicaragua and El Salvador. Diplomats doubted progress and urged decisive action amid El Salvador rebel offensives. Vinicio Cerezo warned of a difficult moment and limited optimism.
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San Jose
Costa Rica
Oscar Arias
United States
Soviet Union
Nicaragua
el Salvador
Arias
Vinicio Cerezo
False positives rise as AIDS tests screen blood donors
A 37 year old Wichita area donor received a six month ban after a screening test flagged antibodies to HIV. A confirmatory test on her existing donations was negative, yet the Red Cross halted further donations and discarded already collected blood.
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Lawrence
American Red Cross
Red Cross Blood Service Center
Wichita
Red Cross
Red Cross warns donor over HIV test results file
A Lawrence woman feared a data file listing her HIV1 reactive donation could bar future giving. She notes contradictory test results and worries access to her confidential file by insurers or others. The Red Cross cites confidentiality and limited access as it defends the computerized system.
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Lawrence
American Red Cross
Red Cross
William Palko
Red Cross Blood Services
Wichita
Czech Premier Marian Calfa forms first non Communist government
Czech Premier Marian Calfa and opposition leaders agreed Saturday to form the first government in more than four decades not dominated by Communists, signaling a major political shift.
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Marian Calfa
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Douglas County
State Board of Tax Appeals
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Chicago
Tim Hoyt
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Kentucky
Allen Fieldhouse
New Coalition
Brent Scowcroft
Qian Qichen
Beijing
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