Embattled Guinier vows fight for Senate hearing
Lani Guinier urges a Senate hearing for her troubled civil rights nomination as President Clinton faces mounting opposition. White House aides suggest withdrawal, while Guinier defends her record on voting rights and denies supporting quotas.
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Washington
Lani Guinier
Senate
White House
Guinier
Abc-Tv
Nightline
Clinton
Neel
New York Times
the Times
University of Pennsylvania
Naacp Legal Defense Fund
Security upgrades on hold for county offices
County officials delayed public building security measures while electricians finish a door control system at the district attorney’s office and receptionists gain buzz-in access. The county weighs public access against safety after recent threats and a courtroom incident involving a concealed weapon.
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Wells
District Attorney’s Office
Beating Victim Faces Memory Loss After Lawrence Park Attack
A 21 year old man attacked during a Lawrence park gathering near midnight remains in uncertain condition with memory problems. Investigators believe a 16 year old struck him with a bat after a car collision, triggering further violence and rumors of gang ties. Police deem the incident a single act of violence rather than racially motivated.
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Kansas
Lawrence
David Cobb
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Cobb
KUMC
Webster pleads guilty in federal corruption case
Former Missouri attorney general William L. Webster admitted to conspiracy and embezzlement charges in a plea deal. The 39 year old politician faced an 18 month prison term and loss of his law license. The plea followed a two year federal probe into fundraising and office dealings linked to his tenure as AG.
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Missouri
William L. Webster
Webster
U.S
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D. Brook Bartlett
Republican Party
Richard Webster
William Webster
Susan
David B.B. Helfrey
Lawrence man listed in fair condition after highway crash
Daniel Miller 48 of Lawrence is in fair condition at Lawrence Memorial Hospital after a Friday crash on U S Highway 59 south of Lawrence. Sheriff reports say his northbound pickup left the road, veered into a median and rested in a creek. Also, Joseph Barnes 20 of Kansas City Kan was injured in a crash on Douglas County Road 458 near Lawrence when his pickup swerved to avoid a stopped vehicle and went into a ditch. Firefighters battled a vehicle fire at 23rd and Louisiana and a trash can blaze at Liberty Hall. A Topeka man sues New Age Inc for at least 50000 in damages from a September Jayhawk Cafe altercation.
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Daniel Miller
Lawrence
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Douglas County
Loren Anderson
Miller
Joseph F. Barnes
Rt. 1
Kansas University Medical Center
Kansas City
Kan
Barnes
Topeka
Ohio
Donald J. Plump
New Age Inc
Jayhawk Cafe
Plump
Hospital Admissions and Births in Lawrence Area
Hospital admissions include Jeffrey Hall in Nortonville. Dismissals list Rodney Johnson of Gridley. Births record Darren and Debbie Wallace in Lawrence with a boy born Wednesday. Also Patrick McCandless and spouse of Lawrence welcomed a boy Wednesday.
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Jeffrey Hall
Nortonville
Rodney Johnson
Gridley
Darren
Debbie Wallace
Lawrence
Mrs
Patrick McCandless
Lawrence teens seek more funding for summer jobs program
Dozens of economically disadvantaged teens in Lawrence await work as federal Job Training Partnership Act funding hangs in Congress. Lou Ann Scott says about 60 youths still need positions while 16 have already started eight week placements in city and social service agencies earning minimum wage. Additional funds could come mid summer if Clinton proposals pass.
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Private Industry Council Inc
Scott
Clinton
Congress
Watkins Community Museum
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Parks and Recreation Department
Boys and Girls Club
Haskell Indian Junior College
Franklin County
Jefferson County
Deaths and services in Kansas area obituaries
Multiple death notices from Lawrence, Oskaloosa, and Topeka detail services and survivor lists. V J Wilkins 47 died June 1 1993 in an auto crash south of Lawrence with kin in Lawrence MacLouth Fayetteville N C Brownsfield Seneca and Perry. Betty Jo Farhner 40 of Lawrence to be buried Clinton Cemetery June 5 with daughter Nichole. former KU custodian and nurse's aide. Ethel Sellers 91 of Lawrence death June 3 1993. services pending at Rumsey Funeral Home. Nell Inverarity Powers 100 Topeka funeral at Pleasant View Cemetery Oskaloosa with extensive survivors and memorial to American Lung Assn. Memorials directed to Lung Assn. in Topeka.
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Lawrence
Rena Wilkins
George
Dale
Jimmy Ray
MacLouth
Jerry
Fayetteville
N.C
Harold
Perry
Lorene Minyard
Brownsfield
Tex
Jewell Rogers
Seneca, Mo
Nona Middleton
Gulf Port
Miss
Betty Jo Farhner
Clinton Cemetery
Clinton
Steve Hanson
Ms. Farhner
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Mountain Grove
John
Essie Dean Rice
Kansas University
Kansas City
John Rice
Oskaloosa
Essie Rice
Nichole Farhner
Barbara Guthrie
Bobbie Lee Rice
Nichole Farkner
Ethel Sellers
Rumsey Funeral Home
Nell Inverarity Powers
Topeka
Pleasant View
Larry R. Thomas
Powers
Williamstown
Perry Harvey
Georgia Kyle Underwood
First United Methodist Church
John Duncan Inverarity
Benjamin Chester Inverarity
Georgia H. Hess
David P. Inverarity
Frederick Funston “Mert
Parker-Priece Mortuary
American Lung Assn
P.O. Box
Judge Denies Dismissal in Sevier Police Shooting Suit
A federal judge in Topeka denied a motion to dismiss the Sevier civil rights suit over the 1991 police shooting of Gregory Sevier. The case targets the city, Police Chief Ron Olin, and officers Bordman, Phillips, Wheeler, and others, seeking more than $100,000. The judge ruled questions on excessive force and training should proceed, while deadly force justification will be reviewed under the Fourth Amendment standard.
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Gregory Sevier
Topeka
U.S
Sam A. Crow
Gerald Cooley
Willie
Irene Sevier
Crow
Seviers
Ron Olin
George Wheeler
Ted Bordman
James Phillips
Bordman
Phillips
Cooley
Sevier
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