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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 03, 1990
Page
1
Transportation Secretary Horace Edwards unveiled Kansas plan for the first five years of a 2.65 billion highway program. Commissioned work includes resurfacing 6 500 miles and rebuilding 1 200 miles along with 130 bridges. Funding comes from a quarter cent sales tax rise and higher fuel taxes and vehicle fees.
A Contra spokesman rejected government claims of involvement in an ambush that killed two nuns, including an American, and wounded an American bishop. Sister Maureen Courtney's body arrived in Managua after the attack in Zelaya province as a church pickup truck carried workers from Rosita to Puerto Cabezas. Bishop Pablo Schmitz of Fond du Lac, Wis, said a mine and heavy fire followed the blast. The two wounded sisters, Sister Francisca Colomer and another nun, were treated in Managua and were expected to survive.
Jim Malson 53 of Lecompton was named the Kansas Bureau of Investigation director the eighth in agency history. He began as a dispatcher in 1960 and joined the KBI in 1969 as a livestock investigator in Pratt. He and his wife Marilyn live on a farm in northwest Douglas County. He plans to carry on prior goals and meet with legislators to discuss the 1991 bureau plans.
The White House said it will not rule out sending Manuel Noriega to a third country, though it prefers bringing him to the United States for drug trafficking charges. Spokesman Marlin Fitzwater stressed the goal is Noriega’s return to the U.S., but did not close the door on other options.
A Soviet newspaper reports that the government rushed additional troops to the southern republic of Azerbaijan to halt a border rampage by thousands of people along the Iran frontier, amid growing unrest and security concerns.
Gov. Mike Hayden may urge a budget cut for the Kansas Board of Regents in FY 1990 and FY 1991 to improve the state’s finances. If proposed in the State of the State address, it would mark a shift after two years of gains at Kansas universities.
The 1990 Kansas Legislature faces education funding strain as plans for early childhood teacher programs and the Margin of Excellence compete with shrinking state funds. Representative Don Crumbaker calls the outlook bleak as lawmakers weigh budget cuts and program cuts in a tense session.
The Lawrence Chamber of Commerce survey shows 73 percent support the South Lawrence trafficway and 64 percent back the Eastern Parkway. A majority report higher residential and commercial taxes after reappraisal and classification. Meeting set for 7:30 a.m. Thursday at the Lawrence Helidome to draft 1990 legislative recommendations.
Lawrence area endured a dry year with no measurable rain in November and late September to mid-October, leaving precipitation at 32.67 inches versus 36.81 expected. The year featured 90 degree spring and summer days, below average harvests, and only 6.2 inches of snow. Rob Edmiston of the KU Weather Service cited scattered summer rainfall that missed Lawrence, likening it to a dartboard target. See 1989 weather, page 7A.
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