Union booth volunteers urge fairgoers to buy American
Inside the AFL-CIO Building at the Minnesota State Fair in Falcon Heights Bill Born and Walt Blackwell, members of the United Auto Workers, volunteered at the union booth to promote unions and American-made products. The report notes broader labor trends and a new study by the Economic Policy Institute about rising work participation among Black and Hispanic families.
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Bill Born
Walt Blackwell
United Auto Workers
Afl-Cio
Falcon Heights
Economic Policy Institute
Rampuru says hate for whites follows her family
A black South African imam Abelina Ntjantja Rampuru says she fears her children will hate whites for life after her husband was killed by a white employer. The note appears on page 12A.
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Abelina Ntjantja Rampuru
KU fumbles opener in Dallas as SMU routes Jayhawks 31-17
Kansas suffered its ninth straight road loss and 15th in 16 away games under Terry Allen after botched first-quarter punts and multiple punt snaps failed to slow SMU at Ford Stadium. SMU built a 24-0 lead, then KU rallied to 31-17 with 14 unanswered points late in the half and game.
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Dallas
Kansas University
Southern Methodist
SMU
Ford Stadium
Kansas
Terry Allen
Jayhawks
Allen
Joey Pelfanio
Dylan Smith
Mustangs
Southern Methodist University
Jennifer Ward
Kathleen Binter
Libby Wilson
Luke Atkinson
Nick Panzino
Missing Lawrence students puzzle districts move to Eudora
Lori and Brett Fritzel moved to Eudora with two children Tyler and Dr to seek a smaller community and better school support. Officials note a one-year drop of 145 elementary students in Lawrence though initial counts aren’t final, with Eudora and Tonganoxie districts reporting various migration patterns.
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Brett
Lori Fritzel
Center
Lawrence
Meadowlark
Eudora
Lori
Tyler
Brett Fritzel
Fritzels
Eudora- West Elementary
D.J
Tonganoxie
Gore gains lead in key battlegrounds at Labor Day
AP analysis shows Al Gore building a slight lead over George W. Bush as 14 states plus DC back his campaign for 201 electoral votes at Labor Day, 69 short of 270. Twenty two states would shift to Bush for 179 votes, leaving 158 in play amid Midwest battlegrounds and key states like Michigan Missouri Ohio Wisconsin and Pennsylvania.
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al Gore
George W. Bush
Associated Press
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Gore
Texas
Midwest Battlegrounds
Michigan
Missouri
Ohio
Wisconsin
Pennsylvania
Critics warn aid to Colombia echoes El Salvador era
Critics say Clinton's 1.3 billion Colombia package risks prolonging the civil war and drifting toward a larger U.S. role, despite officials denying a Vietnam-like intervention. They argue aid may bolster forces linked to drug labs while delaying peace, drawing on El Salvador's 1980s experience that left home opposition and long conflict.
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Clinton
Colombia
Vietnam
el Salvador
United States
U.S
Lisa Haugaard
Legislative Coordinat
Latin American Working Group
Cartagena
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Center For International Policy
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