Lawrence man badly burned in East Lawrence fire
Peter Kites, 34, suffered second and third degree burns on 60 percent of his body and is in critical condition at Kansas University Medical Center. Rescuer Willard Holladay Jr., 35, suffered smoke inhalation. Firefighters arrived quickly. cause undetermined.
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Lawrence
East Lawrence
Peter Kites
Kansas University Medical Center
Kansas City
Kan
Willard Holladay Jr
Rt. 1
City Street Department
Kites
Rich Barr
Kitos
Barr
Inflation cools as CPI up 0.3 percent in May
Washington reports show consumer prices edged up 0.3 percent in May due to moderation in food costs, offset by higher energy. A separate government release notes factory, mine, and utility production rose 0.5 percent propelled by more air conditioner use and upturn in auto manufacturing, easing fears of broad inflation.
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Washington
Ina
Labor Department
Panel highlights Lawrence middle-class past in history work
Linda Finger of the Lawrence Historic Resources Commission seeks third and fourth generation residents to share oral histories of Lawrence's black middle-class merchants and other overlooked community members. She argues preservation should include minorities and the non mansion-settler narrative. Panel, page 11A.
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Linda Finger
Lawrence
Lawrence-Douglas County
Lawrence Historic Resources Commission
Finger
Coroner seeks arsenic test on Zachary Taylor crypt
Louisville coroner won permission to open the Zachary Taylor National Cemetery crypt to test remains for arsenic poisoning. If verified, Taylor would be the first U.S. president assassinated. Federal approval received. disinterment planned for Monday pending dates.
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Zachary Taylor
Louisville
United States
Jefferson County
Richard Greathouse
Taylor
Abraham Lincoln
Greathouse
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
Washington
Florida
Clara Rising
Old Rough and Ready
Zachary Taylor National Cemetery
Department of Veterans Affairs
Donna St. John
Department
Lawrence teachers, board deadlocked over pay raise
Lawrence school board and LEA failed to agree on salary increases for teachers after talks on Tuesday and a Thursday executive session. The board kept a 1.4 percent base salary rise while LEA pushed for 3.7 percent, with starting pay moving to 19 160 and 19 607 respectively. Superintendent Neuenswander cited mill levy control and programs as priorities amid projected enrollment growth and budget cuts.
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Lawrence
LEA
Dan
Neuenswander
Lawrence woman led transportation unit in Gulf War
Reserve Captain Janice Ott, 33, commanded the 129th Transportation Company of 138 soldiers in Saudi Arabia during Desert Shield and Desert Storm. She said gender posed no unusual problems among the troops. Ott returned to Kansas on April 25 and took part in a national victory parade before resuming duties in Lawrence.
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Lawrence
U.S. Army Reserve
Janice Ott
129Th Transportation Company
Saudi Arabia
Ott
Kansas
Persian Gulf
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Steve Koch
Koch
Willard
Douglas County Ambulance Service
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
KUMC
Staty
Richard Gwinva
Torneden
Consumer Price Index
Ms. Rising
Betty Gist
Rising
Minnesota
Hazeltine National Golf Club
Payne Stewart
Nolan Henke
Communist Party
Ares
Lucille Burrus
E. Joseph Zurga
Washington, D.C
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