Senate OKs highway plan in Kansas Topeka vote split
The Kansas Senate approved a Talkington plan to fund highway improvements with expenditure under 1 billion dollars after last minute vote switches by four senators. Absent were Steineger Parrish and Mulich while the House waited two days before reconvening to read and send the bill to committee.
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Topeka
Kansas Senate
Robert W. Talkington
Senate
Talkington
Gus Bogina
Lenexa
Jeanne Hoferer
Alicia Salisbury
Joe Warren
Maple City
Jack Steineger
Kansas City
Nancy Parrish
Bill Mulich
Chamber
Steineger
San Francisco
Data printouts show highway plan’s dollar impact
During Kansas special legislative session on highways lawmakers searched for a tax and project mix to win majorities. Gov. Hayden pitched his $1.7 billion plan with district-by-district prin touts, noting Lawrence would receive below the state average as some legislators weighed adjournment.
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Topeka
Kansas House
Senate
Mike Hayden
Lawrence
City OKs resolution on bypass
The Lawrence City Commission voted 3-2 to approve a 12 page joint planning resolution with Douglas County to fund 4 million dollars each for a planned south Lawrence bypass. Commissioner Rundle opposed citing added frontage roads costs and EPA environmental concerns rating EO-2.
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South Lawrence
Lawrence City Commission
Mike Rundle
Douglas County Commission
City Commission
Rundle
Dennis Constance
Sixth Street
Federal Environmental Protection Agency
Edward C. West
EPA
Kansas City
Kan
County weighs separate jail court center plan for county
Two Douglas County commissioners asked PKG Design Group to study a stand alone jail and law enforcement center separate from the courthouse complex. Estimated costs range up to 17 million, with cautions the figure is rough.
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Douglas County
Nancy Hiebert
David Hopper
PKG Design Group
PKG
Warren Rhodes
Dick Peters
PEG
Judicial and
Law Enforcement Center
Chris McKenzie
Dale Glenn
Glenn
Iranian and Iraqi attacks surge in Gulf tanker war
Iran gunboats strike a cargo ship and an oil tanker while Iraq says its jets hit two tankers. Cypriot and Greek vessels damaged as U S and French forces expand minesweeping and convoy escort duties. Iraqi strikes hit South Korean Japanese and Spanish tankers as Iran vows retaliation.
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Bahrain
Iraq
Gulf Shipping
Lloyd’s of London
Baghdad
Paris
Andre Giraud
France
Gulf
Farsi Island
Iran
TRAQ
Cyprus
Star Ray
INA
Barkhan
Agha Jari
Arak
Islamic Republic
Hussein Musavi
Pilot admits guilt in Moscow court incident on Red Square
Mathias Rust tells a Moscow court I am aware of my guilt as he faces trial after landing his plane in Red Square. At KU, Von Lacey, the 304 pound defensive lineman, has found happiness on the Jayhawks' defensive line before his senior season on Page 1B.
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Rundle
Mathias Rust
Moscow
Red Square
von Lacey
Jayhawks
CIA stamp misprint sale under CIA probe
Washington AP reports CIA declined to confirm whether it investigates nine employees who resold misprinted inverted candlestick stamps to Jac ques C. Schiff Jr., Inc. The stamps could be worth millions, with one sheet sold for 17 600 dollars and 86 stamps resold to the New Jersey dealer.
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CIA
Sharon Foster
Washington Post
Jacques C. Schiff Jr
Schiff
Ms. Foster
Schiff Company
Bureau of Printing and Engraving
the Post
Post
The
New York Times
McLean
New Jersey
the Times
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