Cuts threaten KU center developing industry
State officials warn Gov. Hayden budget cuts threaten ETEC funding and Kansas high tech growth at KU Higuchi Biosciences Center. Kansas Inc and KTEC say a 31 percent cut to the agency could stall pharmaceutical industry development, costing jobs and research opportunities.
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Mike Hayden
Kansas Inc
Kansas Technology Enterprise Corp
ETEC
Kansas University
Higuchi Biosciences
KTEC
Bill Brundage
KU research forms economic link
Kansas faces a diversified future with agriculture aviation and oil and gas driving growth while manufacturing and pharmaceutical research loom as new pillars. Lawrence is poised to lead in biosciences with KU Higuchi Center at its core backed by outside investment, notably from Japan, as state officials push high tech development through KTEC and a Lockwood Greene study. See KU page7A
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Kansas
Lawrence
Kansas University
Japan
Bill Brundage
Kansas Technology Enterprise Corp
Kansas City
Topeka
Brundage
KTEC
Lockwood-Greene
Atlanta
Higuchi
Budget cuts worry local mentally ill in Lawrence
Lawrence mental health advocate warns MediKan cuts will deprive Bert Nash Center clients of essential medications. Dalenette Creamer says 46 Bert Nash clients may lose anti depressants and antipsychotics, risking relapse, behavioral issues, and possible hospitalization. A Sedgwick County judge froze the cut temporarily. a Jan 19 hearing follows. General Assistance elimination slated for Feb 1, worsening client dependence. Names withheld. Mary 49 cites MedikKan use for antidepressants.
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Lawrence
Dalenette Creamer
Bert Nash Community Mental Health Center
Bert Nash
Sedgwick
Kansas Beats Oklahoma State In Sluggish Rally
Kansas defied a 30 percent second half shooting slump to beat Oklahoma State 91 to 77 on Saturday. The win caps a springlike day with highs in the upper 50s across the area.
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Kansas
Oklahoma State
Romania to hold referendum on Communist Party ban
President Ion Iliescu reversed a ban on the Communist Party, calling the ban a hasty decision and announcing that the issue will be settled by a national referendum. The move shifts the question from executive action to public vote.
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Ion Iliescu
Communist Party
QUOTABLE: Gorbachev on multiparty systems and societal interests
QUOTABLE says no tragedy in a multiparty system if it serves society. Gorbachev asserts fearlessness toward multiparty politics when it answers public interests and avoids fear as with incense and devils.
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Mikhail S. Gorbachev
Gorbachev reverses line on multiparty politics in USSR
Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev signaled he no longer objects to legalizing multiple political parties in the Soviet Union, a surprising shift from his prior opposition. He urged that a multiparty system could arise from a normal historical process and meet societal needs, as Lithuania and Latvia already experiment with broader party participation.
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U.S.S
Europe
Democratic Union
Gorbachev
Lithuania
Latvia
Third Baltic Republic
Estonia
Baltic Republic
Lithuanian Communist Party
Central Communist Party
Moscow
Red Army
Communist Party
Vadim A. Medvedev
Soviet Union
Poland
East Germany
Hungary
Romania
Deaths reported in Soviet unrest in Baku
Tass reports groups of hooligan elements ram paged the capital of Azerbaijan causing human victims. Authorities urged citizens to aid law enforcement as they restored order and arrested suspects amid Gorbachev's Baltic visit news notes.
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Azerbaijan
Tass
Communist Party
Caucasus
Baku
Mikhail S. Gorbachev
Lithuania
Caspian Sea
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