Area leaders weigh choice on Highway 59 alignment
Douglas County officials urge action on upgrading existing Route 59 while Kansas DOT asks for consensus between Lawrence and Ottawa. If no agreement emerges, KDOT will select the eastern alignment, prompting some officials to delay or bargain rather than decide.
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Ottawa
Douglas County
Charles Jones
Douglas
Franklin
Kansas Department of Transportation
Lawrence
KDOT
Tom Weigand
Franklin County Commission
Doctors aim lasers at clots in brain strokes
In New Orleans at an American Stroke Association meeting, doctors report early progress on laser and catheter devices to remove or destroy brain clots. A one millimeter thin catheter guides a laser within a centimeter of the clot. a minute or two of energy may destroy it, aiming to save brain tissue in stroke patients.
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New Orleans
Wayne M. Clark
Oregon
Portland
Ore
Lark
Talis Inc
Coon Rapids
Mina
Ues
House votes to cut taxes for couples
Washington AP reporting, the House passed a tax cut plan to reduce income taxes by 182 billion dollars over 10 years for all married taxpayers, including 25 million couples facing a marriage penalty. Vote was 268 to 158 with 48 Democrats joining Republicans. Senate approval and Clinton veto loom.
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Washington
Republicans
House
Senate
Kansas
Clinton
House Gop
Panel OKs boost to financial aid
Kansas lawmakers debated a 1 percent cut to the 2001 state university budget as part of a broader funding discussion. House panel backed David Adkins plan to direct $1 million to student aid and salaries, with $666,000 for comprehensive grants and $333,000 for salaries. Two thirds of aid would go to comprehensive grants, most of which fund private Kansas colleges. Regents officials warned the move shifts money away from state universities. The committee will send recommendations to the House Appropriations Committee.
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Topeka
Kansas Board of Regents
House Education and Legislative Budget Committee
Mike Farmer
Wichita
House
David Adkins
R-Leawood
Farmer
Regents
Adkins
Farmer's
Kansas University
Korb Maxwell
Maxwell
Kim Wilcox
Kansas
House Appropriations Committee
Education and Budget Committee
Shredders catch on as private data protection tool
The paper shredder becomes a common home and office device as concerns over privacy grow. Cathy Chung buys a $35 shredder after a thief used her family’s credit card while experts note millions sold and debates about its effectiveness. Privacy advocates, psychologists, and trend researchers discuss why people shred and how this small appliance reflects a broader urge to reclaim control over personal information.
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Los Angeles
Cathy Chung
Chung
Fellowes Manufacturing Co
Bloomingdale's
Richard A. Feinberg
Purdue University
Lafayette
Ind
Gerald Celente
Trends Research Institute
Celeste
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