Reagan signs Medicare bill with higher benefits and taxes
President Reagan signed a compromise Medicare bill raising benefits and taxes to cover catastrophic illness costs. He warned that uncontrolled costs could harm beneficiaries and urged prudent administration. The measure, the first major increase since 1965, passed the House 238 to 72 and the Senate 86 to 11.
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Washington
Reagan
White House Rose Garden
House
Jim Wright
Dtex
Senate
FBI affidavits reveal wiretaps in Pentagon bribery probe
FBI affidavits detail a broad wiretap in the Pentagon bribery inquiry. They show agents listening as Navy official George Stone relayed bid data to defense consultant Mark Saunders for ten bidders on a 120 million air control contract. The investigation began in September 1986, with two search warrants later unsealed in Dallas.
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Washington
FBI
Pentagon
Navy
George Stone
Ficial
Mark C. Saunders
Dallas
June 1988 Weather in Lawrence Mirrors July Heat
Duane Retzlaff reports Kansas University weather service data showing June 1988 in Lawrence resembled a typical July, with an average high of 93 degrees and a mean 80.1 degrees, all above normal. Rain totals reached 2.48 inches after a late storm, yet dryness persisted with July forecast predicting above average precipitation and continued high temperatures through weekend.
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Kansas University Weather Service
Ed Levy
The
Weather Service
Levyaid
Weather ‘Service
Lawrence
Levy
Lone Star flood damages reach six hundred fifty thousand dollars
Officials tally $652,000 in property damage after heavy rain and Washington Creek flood near Lone Star, ten miles southwest of Lawrence. Residents report mud, waterlogged homes, vehicles, and yards. Firefighters, volunteers, and Red Cross aid assist cleanup and damage assessments.
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Lawrence
Lone Star
Washington Creek
Connie Watkins
Watkins
Palmyra
Willow Springs
Lawrence Salvation Army
Kansas Highway Patrol
American Red Cross
Wakarusa Valley
Dale Creed
Red Cross
Local man charged in 5 robberies
A 27 year old Lawrence man, George Fulton Jr., was indicted in five bank robberies in Lawrence and Topeka. He was arrested Thursday morning at a residence on California Street and appeared in Topeka in U.S. District Court where he was ordered held without bond. The indictments allege total theft of 41784 from two Lawrence banks and three Topeka financial institutions. Fulton listed an address of 2436 Ousdahl.
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Lawrence
Topeka
George Fulton Jr
Federal Bureau of Investigation
California Street
Max Geiman
FBI
Kansas City
Fulton
U.S
G. Thomas van Bebber
van Bebber
Shawnee County
U.S. District Court
Ousdahl
Yeltsin appeals to Communist conference over reform clash
In Moscow Boris Yeltsin appeals to the Communist Party conference to clear him of blame for his attack on party bureaucracy that cost him Moscow party chief post and a Politburo seat. Tass reports he says his only mistake was speaking too early before the 70th anniversary of the October Revolution and asks the conference to change.
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Moscow
Boris N. Yeltsin
Communist Party Conference
Tass
Yelstin
Yeltsin
Mikhail S. Gorbachev
Spoonhour withdraws from Jayhawks job bid
Southwest Missouri State coach Charlie Spoonhour ends his pursuit of Kansas basketball vacancy this morning. A weather note foresees possible sun on Saturday as the American Medical Association urges tracing AIDS partners and calls for inmate testing in prisons.
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Southwest Missouri State
Charlie Spoonhour
Kansas
American Medical Assn
Rain ends ban boosting area fireworks dealers
Rain relieves drought restrictions and allows weekend sales by area fireworks dealers. Douglas County bans on bottle rockets remain in force with officials targeting sky rockets this year. Kent Shire of Sancta Maria School fundraiser praises rain while noting flood victims.
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Douglas County
Jim Flory
Kent Shire
Sancta Maria School
Eudora
Shire
Lone Star
Lawrence
Baldwin City
Contained formula hidden in bank vault amid secrecy
A fragment hints the formula was locked in a bank vault with limited access for ex executives. It mentions a soft drink extract plant and a telephonic interview from Atlanta, implying covert handling and silence.
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Duane Retzlaff
J-W
the Watkins
By Dave Bangert and
David Toplikar
Wanda Broadfoot
Creed
Highway Patrol
Caroline Trowbridge
Spoonhour
Jayhawks
AIDS
TNS
Mclieautonee
Lonnie Nine
National Weather Service
Springfield
Ban’s End
Ric Anderson and
Jill Case
Atlanta
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