Wheat prices rise as acreage drops in 1992
Area farmers and grain experts anticipate solid 1992 wheat prices and a healthy crop as acreage declines. Prices climbed from about 2.80 last summer to 4 at year end, with Midland Elevator near Lawrence marking over 4.50 last month. Experts cite tight supply, dry seeding conditions, and a poor western Kansas harvest as factors lifting prices while 1992 seedings statewide held at 11.8 million acres.
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Lawrence
Genedott
Schott
Dan Kelterman
Kansas Agriculture Statistics
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Topeka
Kelterman
Melvin Lang
Mike Yoder
Leroy George
Farmers Cooperative Assn
George
Union Equity
Kansas City
Aran
Lawrence records 55 single family permits in February
Lawrence building inspectors issued 55 permits for new single family homes in February, a February record. The total falls short of the all time one month high set in March 1979 with 67 permits. January also set a record with 41 permits, reflecting a robust housing boom driven by low mortgage rates and pent up demand for starter homes priced around 55 000 to 85 000 dollars. The February permit average was 72187 dollars, with valuations ranging from 48000 to 126896 dollars and most homes in northwest subdivisions.
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Lawrence
Gene Shaughnessy
Bob Santee
Lawrence Home Builders Assn
Santee
Shaughnessy
Harkin exits race as Clinton Tsongas lead Super Tuesday
The Democratic field loses Harkin who quits amid debt and poor showings. Clinton Tsongas and Brown press votes in Florida and Nevada while Bush touts a South Carolina victory. Democrats chase delegates in 11 states as Clinton dominates South Carolina and Nevada.
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Bill Clinton
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Tom Harkin
Bush
Patrick Buchanan
South Carolina
Harkin
Iowa
Franklin Roosevelt
Clinton
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Tsongas
Massachusetts
California
Jerry Brown
Brown
Nevada
Wyoming
Arizona
Officials to rethink new city mail routes
Union says recent mail delivery changes increased route times beyond eight hours. A grievance prompts a meeting between union and postal service reps from Topeka and Prairie Village to shorten routes, possibly creating new ones. Review aims to finish by end of March with steps by week’s end.
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Postal Service
Lawrence
Sam Segraves
National Association of Letter Carriers
U.S. Postal Service
Segraves
Union
Topeka
Court upholds California term limits ruling
The Supreme Court let stand California's 1990 term limit for state legislators without comment. The ruling upholds the California Supreme Court decision, noting it does not violate constitutional rights. The decision, not a merits ruling, may push other states to adopt similar measures and follows prior 1990 term limit votes in Colorado and Oklahoma.
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Washington
Supreme Court
California
Colorado
Oklahoma
Israel's Begin Dies at 78 Former Israeli Prime Minister
Former Israeli prime minister Menachem Begin, noted for forging peace with Egypt and Nobel Prize laureate, died today at age 78. The report notes weather context as tonight brings a 40 percent chance of rain turning to snow with a low near 20 and Tuesday's high of 37.
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Menachem Begin
Egypt
Rabbi Marvin Hier on Begin's peace-table legacy
Rabbi Marvin Hier, dean of The Simon Wiesenthal Center, praised Menachem Begin as the leader whose contribution helped bring the Arabs to the peace table. Begin, former Israeli prime minister, died today as reported on page 2A.
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Menachem
Marvin Hier
Simon Wiesenthal Center
Last KU Star Spangled Banner singer bids farewell
Lillian Sengpiehl, a Kansas University senior from Topeka, ends her four year run performing the national anthem before KU home basketball games in Allen Fieldhouse. She sang to about 16 000 fans at roughly 15 games a year since her freshman year.
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Lillian Sengpiehl
Sengpiehl
Kansas University
Topeka
Allen Fieldhouse
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