Beers Captured After Eight Day Manhunt in Lincoln
U S marshal officials in Topeka say they are 99 percent sure Chad Beers, an Arkansas inmate who escaped August 30, is in custody in Lincoln Nebraska after a high speed chase. Beers reportedly used a stolen city truck in the pursuit and a screwdriver attack on an officer occurred during the arrest. Beers has prior federal and state sentences for abduction and armed robbery and was on the Kansas Most Wanted List. Authorities were circulating flyers and TV spots as part of the search.
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Ex-con and teen nabbed sleeping underNew Mexico bridge
Aged crime sprees suspects, an ex convict and a Cleveland suburb teen, and a cross country string of car thefts and killings led to their arrest as they slept beneath a bridge in New Mexico. Police found an arsenal beside them as dawn broke.
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Quote on Branch Davidians Mission During Armageddon
Amo Bishop Raden criticizes the Branch Davidians led by David Koresh for failing to fulfill the church’s mission of protecting the righteous in the face of Armageddon. The remark appears on page 4A.
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Gore backs IRA cease-fire words and Ireland aid push
Vice President Al Gore met Irish Prime Minister Albert Reynolds in Shannon and urged trust in the IRA cease-fire. The Clinton administration is weighing an expanded aid package for Ireland, including democracy-building funds and private investment incentives, with potential congressional funding. Reynolds credited US role in advancing peace and urged Protestant participation in the process.
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Alumni Donors from Kansas U. Class of 1950s Lead Giving
A KU Endowment analysis shows 1950s graduates topped donations with 1,325 contributors totaling 2.2 million over eight years, a peak aided by postwar prosperity. While 1960s Kansas City area alumni led recent gifts at 3.5 million, earlier 1940s alums produced 2.4 million, with a $2 million single gift.
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City Nixes North Lawrence Land Plats
Lawrence city commissioners moved to temporarily discourage new residential plats in North Lawrence to curb overburdened storm and sanitary sewers and inadequate roads and curbs. The vote signals a temporary measure as officials seek to prevent further infrastructure problems.
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