Future of crime bill thrown into question
The Senate failed to break a filibuster on an anti crime bill with contended semiautomatic weapon curbs. The vote 57 to 37 left the bill short of the 60 needed to end debate, prompting criticism from Joseph Biden who blamed the NRA. Republican Leader Bob Dole urged moving forward without a debate limit as the measure faces an uncertain fate.
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National Rifle Assn
Bob Dole
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Tion
AIDS cases rise to ten in Douglas County
Douglas County Health Department reports ten residents with AIDS, seven of whom have died. The 10th case was announced last week, with state rules limiting publicity in counties under ten cases. First case appeared in 1986, as nearby counties show higher counts and Kansas statewide totals reach 367 cases and 237 deaths.
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Health Department
Ann Ailer
Johnson
Shawnee
Leavenworth
Wyandotte
Kansas
Barth Houser
State of emergency lifted in South Africa
President F W de Klerk ends the national state of emergency except in Natal, signaling a step toward negotiations with the ANC on ending apartheid. He frees 48 prisoners and warns reforms require broader white support amid Natal violence that has killed about 500 this year.
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South Africa
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de Klerk
African National Congress
Natal
Toxic chemical releases linked to birth defects in 1988
Washington report says pollutants from industrial plants totaled over 1.3 billion pounds linked to birth defects, with Texas petrochemical areas contributing most. About 4.6 billion pounds of hazardous chemicals were released in 1988, mostly into the air, though EPA cautions raw data cannot determine health risk without exposure context.
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Texas
Citizen Action
Environmental Protection Agency
EPA
Sedgwick County Tops Kansas Toxic Emissions List
Washington AP reports Sedgwick County leads Kansas in industrial emissions of cancer and birth defect causing chemicals. In 1988 the county released 148.4 million pounds of toxic chemicals into air, water, land, or disposal sites, ranking third nationally for total emissions. Wichita is the county’s largest city.
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Kansas
Washington
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Louisiana
Sedgwick
Wichita
Citizen Action
House OKs trade curbs on Soviets
The House voted 390 to 24 to bar U.S. sales of computers and telecom gear to the Soviet Union until Moscow negotiates Lithuania’s independence without coercion. A voice vote also extended high tech curbs if the USSR restricts Jewish emigration amid ongoing superpower tensions.
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U.S
Soviet Union
Lithuania
House
Moscow
United States
William Broomfield
Michigan
Mel Levine
D-Calif
Mikhail S. Gorbachev
Summer enrollment sets record at KU
Kansas University reports a 5.4 percent rise to a record 8,870 students in the summer session with preliminary figures showing Lawrence campus enrollment at 7,250 plus KUMC at 1,620. Chancellor Budig calls summer session essential to academic programs. Kansas State University also notes a 12 percent rise to 4,837 summer students.
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Kansas University
KU Office of Educational Services
Gene Budig
Lawrence
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Kansas State University
NATO ministers in Turnberry map new western strategy
Foreign ministers of NATO met in Turnberry Scotland to chart a fresh plan as the Cold War nears its end. The session aims to align Western defense ahead of future tension reduction and regional security priorities.
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Turnberry
Scotland
City agrees on eastern parkway criteria for road link
Lawrence officials praised the adopted criteria as a balanced compromise after 15 months of work by the Eastern Parkway Task Force. Jo Andersen of ELIA said neighborhood concerns and greenspace goals were addressed, while Bruce Banning of East Lawrence business interests remains skeptical but hopeful the guidelines guide engineering for the downtown to KS 10 corridor near East Hills Business Park.
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Eastern Parkway Task Force
Lawrence
Kansas Highway 10
East Hills Business Park
East Lawrence
Parkway
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