Century of basketball legacy at KU and Naismith origins
A century of KU basketball history traces its roots to Dr. James Naismith who created the game and coached at Kansas. He introduced the sport in Lawrence in 1898, with KU playing in venues from a roller rink to Snow Hall basement, where a low ceiling and iron columns shaped early post play and strategies. Forrest “Phog” Allen joined KU in 1905, gaining a reputation as a premier shooter though ceiling height impeded his early play. See 100 years, page 15A.
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Lawrence
James Naismith
YMCA
Springfield
Mass
Naismith
Kansas University
Jayhawks
Steve Jansen
Elizabeth M. Watkins Community Museum
Jansen
Snow Hall
Forrest C. ‘‘Phog’’ Allen
Mike Yoder
Roy Williams
J. Richard Callahan
Sigma Phi Epsilon
Allen Fieldhouse
Soviet Union dissolves as 11 republics form CIS
At Alma Ata eleven of twelve former Soviet republics sign agreements establishing a Commonwealth of Independent States and ending the Soviet Union. Boris Yeltsin calls for an orderly transition while Yevgeny Shaposhnikov would head a unified military command with a single nuclear button and Russia takes the U.N. Security Council seat.
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Alma-Ata
U.S.S.R
Commonwealth of Independent States
Soviet Union
Mikhail S. Gorbachev
Senkazy Mataev
Kazakhstan
Nursultan Nazarbayev
Commonwealth
Alma
Ata
Boris Yeltsin
Georgia
Mataev
Yevgeny Shaposhnikov
Shaposhnikov
Gorbachev
Russia
U.N. Security Council
Fed cuts spark hopes for economic revival
In New York the Federal Reserve cut two key rates by a full percentage point, with major banks following to 6.5 percent. The discounts rate fell to 3.5 percent and the federal funds target to 4.0 percent, the largest move since 1982. Analysts say the drop may boost borrowing and spending despite lingering recession fears. Campbell of Keystone Financial notes high anxiety over layoffs dampens loans.
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New York
Federal Reserve
Fed
Carl L. Campbell
Keystone Financial
Harrisburg
KUMC closes gap on nurse vacancies
KU Medical Center in Kansas City Kansas reports a 50 percent drop in nurse vacancies from 74 in 1989 to 30 currently. Susan Fry says higher nurse salaries improved market competitiveness and notes the shortage reflects broader demand for highly skilled nurses in and out of hospitals.
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Kansas University Medical Center
Kansas City
Kan
KUMC
Susan Fry
Kansas
Fry
U.S
Lawrence gas utility seeks 9.4 percent rate rise
Kansas Public Service filed with the Kansas Corporation Commission to raise annual gas revenues by 1.28 million dollars. If approved, average residential bills could rise about 4.61 dollars monthly to 51.33 dollars. KPS serves about 23,500 customers in Lawrence and cites gas line replacement costs and ongoing operations as reasons. Public hearings will be held to collect customer comments, with a decision due within 240 days.
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Kansas Public Service
Mike Hertling
KPS
Hertling
Kansas Corporation Commission
Lawrence
Commission
Weather outlook for Sunday with rain chance
Tonight clouds move in with a low of 33 degrees. Sunday remains cloudy with a 60 percent chance of rain and a high near 39 degrees.
Cuomo ends presidential bid to tackle New York crisis
Gov. Mario Cuomo abandons a presidential run for the second time in four years to focus on New York’s worsening financial crisis. The piece notes a quotable line from Rep. John Dingell blaming the recession on Japan and references other sections of the newspaper.
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Mario Cuomo
New York
Japan
John Dingell
Dmich
House Energy and Commerce Committee
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Gorbachev Hands Over Solzhenitsyn KGB File
Gorbachev handed Solzhenitsyn KGB documents to Novy Mir, with Tass noting the Nobel laureate plans to live in Russia again. Interfax said the file includes WWI army letters and photos. The Soviet prosecutor closed the 1974 treason case, paving a possible return, though Solzhenitsyn, living in the United States, has not commented. Tass quoted Govorukhin saying a permanent return would require time to prepare papers.
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Moscow
Mikhail S. Gorbachev
KGB
Alexander Solzhenitsyn
Tass
Russia
Interfax
Solzhenitsyn
Novy Mir
United States
Soviet Union
Stalin
West Germany
Stanislav Govorukhin
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Tim Carpenter
KU School of Nursing
UtiliCorp United Inc
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