Wolf Creek plant resumes power after ten week idle period
In Burlington, AP reports Wolf Creek nuclear plant restarted at 11 13 a m Sunday, operating at 8 percent after an ice caused pump failure shut it Jan 30. Refueling and maintenance moved up, with about one third of 193 uranium assemblies replaced and systems inspected. In Meade, ranchers fight fast growing salt cedar along Crooked Creek and Cimarron River, reducing grazing and wildlife habitat. Rancher Bryan Enns notes dense stands hinder access and roamability on his land.
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Burlington
Kan
Wolf Creek
Mona Grimsley
Meade, Kan
Kansas
Crooked Creek
Cimarron River
Meade County
Bryan Enns
Enns
KU reaches TV lights
Lawence Kansas AP after years of planning a student run television station at the University of Kansas will begin operating Channel 14 by mid April. The station will serve viewers within 30 miles as a learning laboratory for broadcast students. FCC approved the permit in 1989 and the project carried a 125000 price tag with a warning the permit could expire without funding. David Shulenburger helped locate money to finish the project.
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Lawrence, Kan
University of Kansas
Channel 14
John Katich
Journalism School
Federal Communications Commission
FCC
David Shulenburger
Academic
Memorial honors Kansas highway workers killed on duty
Gov Bill Graves and Secretary Dean Carlson dedicated a memorial at a rest stop on I-70 near Paxico to KDOT workers killed on the job. It lists Ausencio Alvarado, Lyle Dinger, Donald Knight, and Umberto Santana who died in 1995, as part of theGive em a Brake public safety campaign launched in 1993.
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Paxico
Kan
Bill Graves
Dean Carlson
Wabaunsee County
Topeka
KDOT
Ausencio Alvarado
Lyle Dinger
Donald Knight
Umberto Santana
Mike Johnston
Capitol faces big decisions in April wrapup session
In Topeka Kansas the 1996 Legislature heads into a two day wrapup with three major issues: renewing the 35 mill statewide property tax funding about a third of school funding, permitting electronic gambling at race tracks, and telecom deregulation. Other unsettled items include pension reforms retirees cost of living increases interstate banking and hospital closures related worker benefits. Governors Graves urges renewal while factions debate phasing out the levy.
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Topeka
Kan
Kansas
Sion
OU legend Boucek dies at 72 after long cancer battle
Ottawa University mourning Billy Boucek an athletics icon who died Sunday at his Ottawa home at 72 after a long colon cancer fight. Boucek spent 35 years coaching track cross country football and basketball and served as athletic director and dean roles alongside Dick Peters, OU’s winningest football coach.
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Ottawa University
Billy “Bo” Boucek
Ottawa
Boucek
Dick Peters
Free immunizations for children under four offered by health dept
Franklin County Health Department provides free vaccines for children three years old and under on April 20 and 21 at multiple sites. Available shots include DPT/HIB and MMR, plus an oral polio dose. On April 20 times are 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Health Department County Annex Building and 9:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. at another location.
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Franklin County Health Department
S. Main
Airport crash probe widens to navigation system in Dubrovnik
A U S team examined Dubrovnik airport navigation equipment after the crash that killed Commerce Secretary Ron Brown and 34 others. The maintenance chief, Niko Jerkic, died by his own hand an hour after the bodies were flown home. Authorities say the death is unrelated to the crash.
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Ubrovnik, Dew
U.S
Commerce
Ron Brown
Dubrovnik
Niko Jerkic
Brown
United States
U.S. Air Force
Ray Shepherd
Charles Coolidge
Jerkie
Shepherd
Niko Junik
Jerkic
Interior Ministry
Dubrovnik Harbor
North Korea Again Breaches Korean War Truce In DMZ
North Korean troops entered the demilitarized zone for the third day, with as many as 180 soldiers probing South Korean defenses and firing on the area. South Korea's president convened military advisers as Washington voiced concerns but saw no immediate return to full-scale fighting. The U.N. command said no offensive buildup indicated, while North Korea’s incursion followed 130 soldiers last Friday and 24 hours of tense but contained activity.
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South See
South Korea
Washington
White House
Mike McCuny
U.N. Command
Korea
Command
Jim Coles
Kim Young-sam
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