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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 04, 2001
Page
7
A historical weather note recalls a 1971 blizzard sweeping Kansas to Wisconsin with winds up to 50 mph and snowfall up to 20 inches. Iowa reports 27 fatalities as crews assess damage and restore routes.
Planets Mars in the morning and Venus Jupiter and Saturn in the evening are visible. Sun sets at 5 12 p m and rises at 7 40 a m tomorrow with a 5 13 p m sunset and moonrise 1 52 p m moonset 2 52 a m plan.
The Kansas House Appropriations Committee names Kenny Wilk as chairman and Rocky Nichols as ranking Democrat with six new members while no freshmen join the panel. Senate Ways and Means has two freshmen, Dave Jackson and Jean Schodorf. Budget planning remains the session’s central task.
Kansas state plans to keep two unemployment calling centers open longer from 7 30 a m to 5 30 p m to process a surge of claims. About 7 300 claims were filed last week as plant layoffs and a fire hit jobs. The department notes the system overloaded by busy signals and will re evaluate next week.
Nancy Kassebaum Baker says she advocated for Gov. Bill Graves to be transportation secretary, but President Bush appointed Democrat Norman Mineta instead. Baker respects the choice, noting aviation, trucking, and railroad groups lobbied for Graves. Graves’ spokesman says he is honored by the support. Bush plans cross party lines to pursue goals.
ConAgra Beef Co. recalls 120 maintenance workers to clean up the fire damaged Garden City plant as safety checks delay reopening decisions. Company may rebuild. several hundred openings exist at other plants. School districts fear budget impacts ranging from $4 to $6 million if plant closure lingers.
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