Iraq seeks more U S hostages as searches widen
The State Department reports intensified house to house searches for American men in Kuwait after Iraq seized the emirate on August 2. Western women report husbands left behind face Iraqi intimidation while U S officials warn of possible attacks and press for isolation of Baghdad.
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Supreme Court nominee Souter opens Senate confirmation hearings
Senate Judiciary Committee begins hearings on Supreme Court hopeful David Souter. Chairman Biden urges a candid view of heart on privacy and equal rights as 14 members prepare to question the 50-year-old nominee. Conservatives fear a move to the right if confirmed.
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Senate Judiciary Committee
Supreme Court
David Souter
Souter
Joseph Biden
D-Del
Eigen
Ope
High Court
David Hackett Souter
Sen
Japanese visitors sample Lawrence at fall mixer
Nippon Telegraph and Telephone executives Fukuo Higashiyama and M Otani spoke through a translator as about 800 Lawrence educators and businesspeople attended the fall mixer at Meadowbrook. They praised the town’s beauty and relaxed atmosphere while noting Alomar's golf course offered a tougher challenge than in Japan.
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Lawrence
Japan
Counties push to appeal census counts for three Kansas towns
Douglas County votes to appeal preliminary 1990 census figures for Lecompton Baldwin and Eudora after planning office notes sharp housing unit declines. Lawrence also plans appeal, citing likely undercount of about 1,500 residents. County approves Clinton View Estates plat as other business.
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Lecompton
Kansas
Lawrence- Douglas
Douglas County Commission
U.S. Census Bureau
Commission
Mike Amyx
Census Bureau
Eudora and
Lawrence City Commission
Clinton View Estates
Clinton Parkway
Wakarusa Drive
Landplan
Net U S farm income up in 34 states but Kansas slips
U S Agriculture Department figures show overall gains in net farm income for 1989 but only in about two thirds of states. Kansas fell from 14th to lower after income dropped from 1.44 billion to 1.10 billion. Recovery varied by region with Midwestern drought impact easing faster. Nationwide rise 10.7 percent.
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U.S
Kansas
Arkansas
Wisconsin
Illinois
Department
Economic Research Service
George Brett Narrowly Trails in AL Batting Race After 4for-4
George Brett went 4 for 4 to pull within half a point of Rickey Henderson in the American League batting race and powered the Kansas City Royals to a 7 to 5 victory over Toronto. The article notes a busy sports page alongside national budget talks and various section listings.
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Rickey Henderson
Kansas City Royals
Toronto
County balks at city's plan to link roads
Douglas County Commission backs a circumferential loop around Lawrence but resists tying it to the eastern parkway and south Lawrence trafficway. They question funding conditions and the timing of interchanges while favoring flexibility to pursue needed funds and keep future options open. See Plan, page 11A
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Chris McKenzie
McKenzie
Commission
Mike Amyx
Amyx
City leaders seek interlocal road agreement in dispute
Lawrence Mayor Shirley Martin-Smith voiced optimism that the city and Douglas County can reach consensus on an interlocal agreement. The tentative deal limits spending on widening the trafficway beyond two lanes until firm eastern parkway funding is secured and delays a 15th Street interchange until parkway funds are secured. County commissioners balked at the funding condition, prompting further back and forth as leaders seek growth-sensitive solutions.
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Lawrence
South Lawrence
15Th Street
Shirley Martin-Smith
Martin- Smith
Bob Schumm
Mike Rundle
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