11 Jun 2000
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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 2000
Page
1
A consulting firm urges a passenger line from Kansas City to Wichita with stops in Lawrence Topeka Emporia and Newton at speeds of 110 mph. The plan would require 2.19 million dollars to upgrade tracks and offer four daily departures, Monday through Friday.
Large Republican donors gain from riders tucked into agency funding bills as Congress moves to fund federal agencies. The White House wants these rider provisions to become election issues as House leaders push to avoid government shutdowns and strip riders from bills. Page 3A.
Syria's longtime autocratic president Hafez Assad died at 69 after heart problems. Parliament moved to clear the way for his son Bashar to assume power by amending the constitution to lower the presidential age. Bashar, a British-educated ophthalmologist, has held no major office and travels as envoy. The shock raises questions about Middle East peace prospects and regional stability.
Rand Johan 27 of St Marys died at the scene after a wreck west of the Douglas Shawnee line on the Kansas Turnpike. James Syrokosz 21, also of St Marys, and Robert Long 26 of Overland Park were hospitalized in Topeka in serious and fair condition. A second crash a hour later caused minor injuries to six more people as traffic remained gridlocked in a construction zone.
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