Man dies after falling through Clinton Lake ice
A 64 year old Kansas City man died after falling through Clinton Lake ice while ice fishing with his son near the Rock Creek Bridge. The son also fell in but was able to reach shore with help. County workers and a civilian helped summon aid and may have prevented another fatal outcome.
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Robert G. Buckler Sr
Stormont-Vail Regional Medical Center
Topeka
Douglas
Loren Anderson
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Robert G. Buckler Jr
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Lawrence
Anderson
Rock Creek Bridge
County Public Works
Ivan Flory
District defends price paid for former Elks Lodge purchase
Lawrence school board approved buying the former Elks Lodge at 3705 Clinton Pkwy for 600000 to house admin offices and storage, moving from 1919 Del. The $600000 price is double Daniel Hix’s 1990 purchase and improvements worth about 170000. School officials defend the renovation as substantial. See District, page 9A.
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Clinton Pkwy
Del
Elks
Phil Harrison
Gill Real Estate
Hix
Harrison
Craig Fiegel
Neuenswander
Culture Farms investors to receive 21.7 cents on dollar
Kansas victims of a multistate investment swindle linked Culture Farms Inc will get 21.7 cents on the dollar from their 1964 and 1985 investments. Lawrance based company claimed cultures were for cosmetics but regulators say there was no market. Court orders halted dealings, many were convicted in a federal trial, and a court appointed receiver had identified 931 Kansans caught in the scheme.
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Culture Farms Inc
Culture Farms
Kansas Securities Commissioner
Shawnee County
James Buchele
Kansas Supreme Court
Paxson
Buchele
Baker urges delay in ratifying Soviet weapons pact
Secretary of State James A. Baker III told Congress he recommended a delay in ratifying the arms reduction treaty with the Soviet Union. The briefing noted the push for more time to secure broader concessions and possible changes before the agreement.
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Congress
Soviet Union
Baker warns Iraq campaign will be costly and formidable
Secretary of State James A Baker II testified that ousting Saddam Hussein’s military from Kuwait will be formidable and costly, with many casualties and hardships. He urged a just war, warned Saddam against chemical or biological weapons, and noted no timeline for a ground offensive.
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United States
Saddam
Israel
Saudi Arabia
Persian Gulf
Two Iraqi warplanes intercepted and downed
U S jet fighters claimed to have shot down at least two Iraqi SU 25s and two MiG 21s during the air war over Iraq. Iraqi officials reported 150 deaths in a southern city as allied strikes continued.
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Saudi Arabia
U.S
Iraq
Saddam Hussein
Iran
Richard I. Neal
Riyadh
Danny Thomas dies at 79 after heart attack in Beverly Hills
Emmy winner Danny Thomas star of Make Room for Daddy and St. Jude benefactor died at Cedars-Sinai after a heart attack at his Beverly Hills home. He had just appeared on Empty Nest and had finished a book tour for Make Room for Danny. Fellow entertainers remembered him as warm and principled.
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St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital
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Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Beverly Hills
Ron Wise
Empty Nest
Danny
Norman Brokaw
William Morris Agency
Brokaw
Alan King
Qubabo
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