Kansas lawmakers map tax relief and education clashes for 1998 session
House Leader Tom Sawyer and Speaker Tim Shallenburger outline priorities as Gov Graves weighs a tax relief package over 125 million. Democrats push for class size cuts and STARS aid, while abortion measures loom. Higher education governance becomes a focal point with a new study panel promised within 30 days.
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Bill Graves
Kansas
Journal-World
House
Tom Sawyer
Tim Shallenburger
Shallenburger
Sawyer
Rep
Phill Kline
Shawnee
Milestones in U S history and science events
A concise timeline notes pivotal moments: 1789 first U S presidential election leading to George Washington as president. 1610 Galileo sighting four moons of Jupiter. 1800 Millard Fillmore born in Summerhill New York. 1927 transatlantic phone service NY to London. 1942 Bataan siege begins. 1953 Truman hydrogen bomb announcement. 1955 Marian Anderson’s Met Opera debut. 1959 U S recognition of Castro government. 1972 Powell and Rehnquist sworn in as Supreme Court justices.
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George Washington
Galileo Galilei
United States
Millard Fillmore
Summerhill
N.Y
New York
London
Bataan
Truman
Marian Anderson
Metropolitan Opera
Fidel Castro
Cuba
Lewis F. Powell Jr
William H. Rehnquist
Supreme Court
Budget surplus stirs push for tax cuts and spending
Washington column warns against squandered gains as a $2.5 billion surplus prompts calls for tax cuts and new programs while the nation bears $5.5 trillion in debt and looming baby boomer costs. Clinton Rubin Greenspan backed a 1993 deficit plan. Republicans later joined to curb red ink.
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Washington
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Treasury
Clinton
White House
Newt Gingrich
Robert E. Rubin
Federal Reserve
Alan Greenspan
Congress
Medicare Commission
David Broder
Washington Past Writers Group
Murder and motherhood in a Baltimore upbringing tale
A Washington DC mother Latrena Pixley smothered her 6 week old daughter in 1992, disposed the body, and faced trial alleging postpartum depression. The caseExpanded into custody rulings reflecting bias and systemic failures, as judges considered biology over risk, with Pixley later regaining custody of her son Cornelius amidst controversy.
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Latrena Pixley
Washington, D.C
Pixley
United States
District of Columbia Superior Court
George W. Mitchell
Cornelius
Laura Blankman
Mitchell
Blankman
Montgomery County
Michael D. Mason
Mason
Lawrence area endures bitter cold and power outages
The report notes forecasts for over four inches of snow failed in Lawrence as bitter cold swept in with subzero readings and winds pushing wind chill far below zero. More than 9,000 Kansas City area homes lost power while crews repaired damage from a severe ice storm. It recalls 1957 cold snaps and lingering utility issues after the heavy ice storm, and mentions a 1898 Lawrence World note about tickets for Palmer Cox's Brownies at Bowersock Opera House with elaborate stage effects and a large troupe.
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Lawrence
Kansas City
Lawrence World
Bowersock Opera House
Mass
Palmer Cox
Brownies
Folies Begere
Paris
Watkins Community Museum
Birth At Lawrence Memorial Hospital Sparks Local Pride
A Lawrence couple praises Lawrence Memorial Hospital’s birthing experience noting stylish rooms, a hotel like atmosphere, a relaxing hot tub and six attentive nurses alongside Dr. Kathy Gaumer. They urge local families to choose the home hospital over Topeka or Kansas City options.
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Benjamin Stanley Morgenstern
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Lawrence
Kathy Gaumer
Topeka
Kansas City
Kansas
Janet and
Andrew Morgenstern
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Ralph Gage
Julie Bechtel
Dolph Simons III
Dan Simons
New Ventures
Donna Wiley
Dallas Dolan
W.C. Simons
P.O. Box
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