Kansas Leader Proposes Donor Leave for State Workers
Gov Bill Graves plans an executive order creating the Kansas Donor Leave Program offering state employees paid time off up to 30 days for organ donation seven days for marrow donation 90 minutes quarterly for blood donation and three hours quarterly for platelet donation He also signed his license to show organ donor intent and noted his upcoming license renewal at age 47.
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Bill Graves
Graves
Kansas
Jay Menitove
Community Blood Center
Topeka
Kansas City
McLouth Woman Killed When Truck Overturns in Fog
Donna M. Peine, 59, of McLouth, died early Friday after a 1993 Chevrolet pickup rolled twice and trapped her beneath it west of McLouth on Kansas Highway 16. She was not wearing a seat belt as heavy fog shrouded the area about 4 15 a.m. Three miles west of town.
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McLouth
Donna M. Peine
Wellman Road
Kansas Highway Patrol
Penne
Rape Robbery Conviction Yields Long Prison Term
Terry McIntyre, 40, was given 645 months nearly 54 years in prison for raping a Payless ShoeSource employee and robbing a store in Lawrence. Judge Paula Martin ordered the sentence, with no parole for more than 44 years, after McIntyre was found guilty of rape aggravated kidnapping aggravated criminal sodomy aggravated robbery and kidnapping in December. The victim’s father spoke of the impact on his daughter as McIntyre sat with his attorney during the reading of the sentence.
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Terry McIntyre
Lawrence
Douglas County
Paula Martin
McIntyre
Payless ShoeSource
Iowa
Tonkovich
Jim Rumsey
Judge appeals to King's legacy in Kansas observance
Federal appeals judge Deanell Tacha urged Kansans to honor Martin Luther King Jr. by pursuing the American dream. Gov. Bill Graves led about 200 marchers from the Judicial Center to the Statehouse Rotunda in a King Day observance. State offices closed Monday for the holiday.
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Topeka
Martin Luther King Jr
Deanell Tacha
10Th
U.S
Court of Appeals
Lawrence
Bill Graves
Judicial Center
Statehouse
Memphis
Tenn
Doctor King
Graves
Tacha
Attorneys fail to secure fee award in South Lawrence Trafficway case
Two Lawrence lawyers Eye and Plenk lost their bid to have the federal government cover about 45000 in legal fees for lawsuits against the eastern leg of the South Lawrence Trafficway. The 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Denver ruled the government need not pay. Defendants included the Federal Highway Administration, Douglas County commissioners and the Kansas secretary of transportation. The suit began in 1997 after the project was halted pending a supplemental environmental impact statement. Eye and Plenk represented two environmental groups and Lawrence residents.
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Lawrence
South Lawrence
Bob Eye
Bruce Plenk
10Th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Denver
Federal Highway Administration
Douglas County Commissioners
Kansas Secretary of Transportation
America must move quickly to address looming energy crisis
A Saturday column warns of a growing U S energy crisis as heating bills spike and households cut back. It criticizes the Clinton administration for inaction on reducing foreign oil dependence while noting rising demand from a growing population and urging efficiency in homes and transportation.
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America
United States
Kansas University
California
Energy policy spotlight on Bush era needs and options
The piece argues that rising energy demand will outpace conservation gains and urges a bold U.S. policy. It contends exploration offshore and in Alaska, coal plant investments, nuclear momentum, and renewed oil and gas development are needed despite environmental concerns. It criticizes Clinton for inaction and frames Bush as facing a critical task to secure energy independence and future supplies.
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Bush
U.S
Wilds
Alaska
Middle East
Uncle Sam
Clinton
United States
George W. Bush
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