Sunflower State Games open with Ryun urging balanced athletes
Former Olympian Jim Ryun opened the Sunflower State Games in Lawrence urging competitors to pursue body mind and spirit balance. The ceremony drew more than 600 attendees as the torch passed from Trap shooter Hubert Wiggins to Steven Trimmell who lit the flame in the Olympic caldron. Organizers reported a strong turnout for the first year with over 2,000 athletes and 1,000 volunteers registered and thousands more expected to visit See The torch, page 13A.
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Ryun
America
South Park
Kansas
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Shirley Martin- Smith
David Ambler
Kansas University
Hubert Wiggins
Steven Scheier
William Trimmell
Trimmell
Carol Cage
Farm bill gains Senate approval and environmental push
The $54 billion five year farm bill advances with major support programs kept and broader environmental protections added. Senate action grants stronger rules on wetlands forests and organic labeling while banning export of illegal US agricultural chemicals. House approval awaited before conference on differences.
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D-Vt
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Iraq
Soviet Union
Longest Costliest U S molestation case ends in mistrial
Los Angeles ending seven year case against Raymond Buckey over charges of molesting three McMartin Pre School girls debacle with initial allegations of satanism and animal torture costing Los Angeles County over 13.5 million dollars. Buckey denies charges calling it a witch hunt while prosecutors vow no third trial.
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McMartin
Buckey
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Stanley Weisberg
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Martinez
Baltics refuse to join Soviet treaty talks in push for independence
Baltic leaders say they will not participate in rewriting the Soviet treaty and favor direct talks with Moscow on independence. Latvia Lithuania and Estonia seek treaties with Russia on political and economic relations, aiming for signatures within six to eight weeks as Byelorussia moves toward sovereignty.
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Latvia
Estonia
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Anatoly Gorbunov
Vytautas Landsbergis
Republic of Russia
Boris N. Yeltsin
Yeltsin
Jurmala
Russia
Interfax
Tass
OPEC pact hints at higher gasoline prices later year
Geneva analysts say OPEC ministers agreed to a 22.5 million bpd cap and a higher $21 per barrel price target, signaling gasoline could rise up to 10 cents a gallon by December. If quotas are kept, fall demand may strengthen the market, with prices nudging higher in Q4.
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Saddam Hussein
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
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Nauman Barakat
Shearson Lehman
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