Peace talks edge forward as Shamir and Arafat speak hopeful
PLO leader Yasser Arafat and Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir expressed cautious optimism about Madrid peace talks. Arafat said he would not communicate with delegates during talks, while Shamir welcomed an unprecedented multi-leader approach. Bush to meet Shamir as Madrid opens. Jordan forms 24 member delegation joining 14 Palestinians for the conference. Baker urges tempered expectations.
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PLO
Yasser Arafat
Yitzhak Shamir
Middle East
Arafat
Palestine Liberation Organization
Madrid
Israel
Tunisia
Shamir
Israel TV
Bush
United States
Soviet Union
Taher Masri
West Bank
Gaza Strip
James A. Baker III
Pro-life candidates schooled for races in Kansas
Kansans for Life appoints David Miller as political action director and conducts workshops to recruit and train anti abortion candidates for the 1992 Kansas Legislature. Pro Choice Action League mobilizes pro-choice candidates and hosted a Lawrence fundraising event as Roe v. Wade looms over 1993 statehouse races.
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Eudora
Kansas
David Miller
Kansas House
Kansans For Life
Pro Choice Action League
Lawrence
U.S. Supreme Court
Special students join the mainstream in Lawrence schools
Beatrice Scott an 11 year old with cerebral palsy now joins sixth graders in recess lunch art and music, after her mother changed views on mainstreaming. Lawrence district reports about 10.3 percent of 8 944 students have disabilities led by 419 learning disabled. shift favors embedding special education teachers in regular classrooms to protect self esteem.
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Hillcrest
Saunny Scott
Scott
Beatrice
Bea
Lawrence
Don Herbel
Herbel
Bush promotes electric car plans at White House ceremony
President Bush drives an electric minivan on the White House lawn to back a four year, 260 million battery research venture with Chrysler, GM and Ford. The aim is to make electric vehicles competitive by 2000 while opposing a tougher 40 mpg federal standard proposal.
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Washington
Bush
White House South Lawn
Energy
James Watkins
Richard Bryan
D-Nev
United States Advanced Battery Consortium
Chrysler
General Motors Corp
Ford Motor Co
Energy Department
Lawrence urged as wind tunnel site by Boeing lobbyists
Lawrence joins in a campaign led by Sen. Nancy Kassebaum and Sen. Bob Dole to lure Boeing Co. to build a wind tunnel complex in the city. The push highlights local utility KPL Gas Service, Lawrence's academic resources, and Kansas aviation history as factors Boeing might consider as it plans a decision early next year.
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Kansas
Boeing Co
Lawrence
Nancy Kassebaum
Bob Dole
Congress
Boeing
Frank Shrontz
Dole
Shrontz
KPL Gas Service
KPL
Military Aircraft
Wichita
University of Kansas
Topeka
Kansas City
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Stephanie Horton
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Gwyn Mellinger
Bill Martin
Lawrence Chamber of Commerce
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Blanks
Haskell Stadium
Lions
Senate
Bob Cole
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