Western Resources realigns structure to boost markets
President John E. Hayes Jr. says Western Resources plans a structural realignment into generation, transmission and retail units to sharpen competitiveness in evolving energy markets. The Topeka firm also offers an early retirement program hoping at least 210 of 420 eligible workers will accept, saving about 10 million dollars annually starting in 1996.
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Topeka, Kan
John E. Hayes Jr
Western Resources
Kansas
KPL, Kg&e and Gas Service
Hayes
Fort Leavenworth Second in Army Communities of Excellence
Fort Leavenworth Kansas earned second place in the Defense Department’s 1995 worldwide Communities of Excellence awards. Fort Benning Georgia was named the best overall installation. The 11 member panel judged morale welfare recreation public works housing logistics personnel and resource management across the installations.
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Fort Leavenworth
Kan
Defense Department
Fort Benning
Lesbian Army Major to be honorably discharged
Maj. Joyce Walmer will leave military service April 19 at Fort Leavenworth, an Army spokeswoman said. The 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals denied her injunction to halt discharge while she appeals the dismissal, and earlier Kansas federal court also refused. The court panel dissolved a stay preventing discharge during the appeal.
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Fort Leavenworth
Kan
Joyce Walmer
Combined Arms Center
Janet Wray
10Th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Denver
Walmer
Kansas
10Th Circuit
Army
Video town hall to explain Kansas government to students
An electronic town hall on May 1 will feature Gov. Bill Graves, Attorney General Carla Stovall, Senate President Bud Burke, Speaker Tim Shallenburger, and Chief Justice Richard W. Holmes. The session, from the Kansas Judicial Center, will engage 30 Wichita High School juniors and seniors attending from Wichita State University.
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Topeka
Kan
Kansas
Supreme Court
Kansas Judicial Center
Bill Graves
Carla Stovall
Senate
Bud Burke
Tim Shallenburger
Richard W. Holmes
Law, Public and Social Service Magnet High School
Wichita
Wichita State University
Ottawa Antique Mall to open in former Town and Country building
Ottawa prepares for a new antique mall near Main Street in the old Town and Country building at 202 S. Walnut. Mitch Rorabaugh, moving from Overland Park, will run a staff of five to six to assist shoppers while about a dozen vendors debut Friday. The family style restaurant is planned to open in about two months.
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Main Street
Town and Country
S. Walnut
Mitch Rorabaugh
Ottawa
Rorabaugh
Overland Park
Jack Perry
Benton
Wichita
Benton Mall
Raiders kill 28 in Rwanda and Zaire border attack
U N aid agency reports armed men crossed Lake Kivu to strike Iwinja island and a Rwandan refugee camp in Zaire killing 28 and wounding 54. Victims mostly civilians, many women and children. Attack tied to militiamen operating from Rwanda.
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Geneva
Zaire
U.N
Rwanda
Ron Redmond
U.N. High Commissioner For Refugees
Clinton to work with Pakistan on held funds aid
President Clinton said he would seek a way to help Pakistan recover money advanced for jet fighters and other equipment held back by nuclear proliferation legislation. He argued it is not right for the United States to keep the funds if sales do not proceed.
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Washington
Clinton
Pakistan
United States
County rails at rail-trail vote split
Commissioner Charles Avely moved to state commission support for the Prairie Spirit Trail. After three requests for a second from Chairman Russell Savage, no second was offered. Hayden, seen as supporting the project, refused to second the motion, calling the hearing too one sided and saying more public backing could have swayed a vote.
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Avely
Commission
Russell Savage
Gardner Hayden
Hayden
Franklin County Commission
Road to Recovery helps Franklin County patients travel for care
Since 1984 a volunteer group runs the Franklin County Volunteer Medical Transportation Program called Road to Recovery providing free rides to medical services, mainly Kansas City area. Gilbert Martin coordinates, with 79 drivers in 1994 who logged 123 trips for 10 patients. Potential drivers need a license and insurance. volunteers may deliver packages or blood samples as needed.
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Franklin County
Franklin County Volunteer Medical Transportation Program
Gilbert Martin
S. Willow
Martin
Kansas City
American Cancer Society
Road To Recovery
University of Kansas Medical Center
Quanan Betty Stark
Stark
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