Kansas Guard Aircraft Fleet Faces B-1 to Supertank Shift
Kansas Air National Guard units alter roles as B-1 bombers are phased out. The 184th Flying Jayhawks transition from F-16s to B-1Bs, with future plans to consolidate remaining bombers in Texas and South Dakota. Senators Roberts and Tiahrt oppose rapid cuts amid Air Force changes announced without warning.
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Air Force
Guard
Forbes Field
Topeka
Gardner
184Th
Kansas Air National Guard
Ed Flora
Flora
McConnell
Georgia
Idaho
Texas
South Dakota
Pentagon
Capitol Hill
Roberts
Tiahrt
Brownback
James Roche
McConnell Air Force Base
Wichita
Kassebaum Baker Faces New Role as U S Ambassador’s Wife
Nancy Kassebaum Baker handles a life split between public service and Tokyo diplomacy. She notes cultural limits on spouses in Japan while her husband Howard Baker, former senator, reflects on the shift from Senate and White House to diplomatic duties. They hosted 2500 guests at their Tokyo residence soon after arrival.
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Wichitaa
U.S
Japan
Midwest
U.s.-Japan
Assa
Nancy Kassebaum Baker
Baker
Tennessee
Howard Baker
Kansas
Foreign Relations Committee
Nancy
Bakers
Tokyo
Education talks seek to lift obstacles to learning
Legislators and the State Board of Education met to discuss removing obstacles to learning rather than boosting school funding. Proposed solutions include extended days, teacher training, parental involvement, and early childhood programs as part of a $1.16 billion three year enhancement plan.
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Toppeka
State Board of Education
State Board
Senate
Lana Oleen
Oleen
Manhattan
Ture
Janet Waugh
Kansas City
Kan
Carol Rupe
Wichita
County weighs propane furnaces in rural homes
CUA County commissioners told top building inspector and Heetco Inc. distributor Monte Milstead to meet again over propane furnaces and water heaters in rural homes. Milstead urged changing the building code to permit below-ground installs in basements and crawl spaces, arguing no evidence shows propane is more dangerous than natural gas for below-grade appliances. Staff will reconvene with Milstead and others and present a new recommendation at the Oct. 1 meeting.
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Monte Milstead
Heetco Inc
North Lawrence
Milstead
Commission
Trafficway study session on South Lawrence Trafficway
Sunflower Broadband Channel 25 will air Wednesday evening’s joint city and county study session on the future of the South Lawrence Trafficway. Coverage starts at 6 30 p.m. with the program carried by Trafficway Television.
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Unflower Broadband
South Lawrence
Sunflower Broadband
County to rework codes to codify resolutions
County commissioners agreed to start codifying all county resolutions. Currently the resolutions are kept in a book by approval date, covering animal control and zoning. The plan organizes codes by subject matter, aiding public research and enabling online access.
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Commission
Crop conditions steady as harvest continues
Kansas crop conditions show little change as harvest proceeds statewide. Twenty one percent of corn has been harvested with 40 percent good and 8 percent excellent. soybeans show 31 percent good and 6 percent excellent. sunflowers about six percent harvested with 52 percent good and 8 percent excellent.
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Wichita
Kansas Agricultural Statistics Service
Kansas
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Senate Armed Services Committee
House Appropriations Committee
Roxana Hegeman
Associated Press
John Milburn
Ksbe
State
House
Dwayne Umbarger
Legislative Education Planning Committee
Umbarger
LEPC
Kansas Association of School Boards
KASB
John Koepke
Time Magazine
7Th
Wakarusa
Moonwalk
Central National Bank
FDIC
LMH
Trafficway Television
The
Journal-World
East 7Th
Downtown
Terrell
Publishers Weekly
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