GOP primary set in commission race for Douglas County
Douglas County voters faced a noon filing deadline with no shocks except one. The 2nd District commission race will be a two way Republican contest between Paul Shiver and Ralph M Tanner after Amyx left the post. Democrat James Chappel and Libertarian Damon Black will contest the seat in the fall. Three incumbents appear unchallenged.
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Douglas County
2Nd District Commission
Mike Amyx
Patty Jaimes
Loren Anderson
Register of Deeds
Sue Neustifter
Amyx
James Chappell
Lawrence
Damon Black
I.J. Stoneback
3Rd District
Stoneback
Louie McElhaney
Jerry Wells
James Rumsey
Nancy Hempern
Pat Wells
Crack house blamed for Lawrence crime rise in first quarter
Kansas Bureau of Investigation figures show Lawrence Part I crimes climbed 9.1 percent from 1,029 in late 1991 to 1,123 in January to March. Burglaries surged 356 to 448 as police linked the increase to a crack house shut down in March.
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Lawrence
Kansas Bureau of Investigation
KBI
Kansas University
Douglas County
Mike Hall
Heart Association calls to ban secondhand smoke nationwide
The American Heart Association urged treating environmental tobacco smoke as a toxin to be eliminated from public buildings workplaces and homes. It asserted sufficient studies link secondhand smoke to health hazards and called for protections for workers and the public while noting no immediate comment from the Tobacco Institute.
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Washington
American Heart Assi
the Heart Assn
The
Tobacco Institute
Walters' Picture Shot by Playboy Gallery Feature
Kansas guard Rex Walters spent last weekend in Chicago taking part in Playboy’s preseason All-America picture session. The weather outlook shows wet conditions with a 60 percent chance of rain tonight and 40 percent on Thursday. House approves extended jobless benefits, Democrats say aid, Republicans call it politics.
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Kansas
Rex Walters
Chicago
Playboy
House
Quotable on TV use by candidates in campaign
Media consultant Dan Payne comments on how voters encounter candidates via television during the campaign. The remark highlights channel surfing and the pervasiveness of TV exposure as candidates seek influence.
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Ross Perat
Dan Payne
Lead in water exceeds limits in eight Lawrence homes
Samples from eight of 60 Lawrence homes show lead levels above the 15 ppb federal standard. The highest reading was 876 ppb, 45 times the limit, with the lowest unacceptable finding at 17 ppb, per Roger Coffey and Shari Stamer of city utilities and lab services.
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Lawrence
Roger Coffey
Kansas Department of Health and Environment
Shari Stamer
Pepsi Wins Penn State Beverages Deal With Exclusive Rights
A 14 million dollar 10 year contract makes Pepsi the official beverage for Penn State campuses barring Coca Cola through 2002. Pepsi gains exclusive vending rights, fountain supply, ads on Beaver Stadium scoreboard, and cup filling at Joe Paterno games, with at least 8 million in new funds for scholarships and buildings. University officials call it a creative funding move amid penny-pinching times, while some professors fear commercialization.
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Penn State University
Penn State
PEPSI
Beaver Stadium
Joe Paterno
Michael Barton
Harrisburg
MacDonald
Robert Secor
University Park
City rejects Ninth Street change request in Hillcrest
Hillcrest residents urged two main changes to Ninth Street west of Emery Road a bucket of paint and less concrete but Lawrence city commissioners refused arguing the edits are not modest and would stray from engineering standards. Mayor Schulte offered to make changes with paint if accidents occurred.
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Hillcrest
Ninth Street
Lawrence
Emery Road
John Nalbandian
Bob Schulte
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