First Chinese ship in 30 years sails into Seattle port
The 637-foot Liu Lin Hai, with 49 crew, docks in Seattle to load about 30,000 tons of corn from Minnesota, Nebraska and Iowa for Shanghai. Officials discuss reopened shipping lanes as trade talks unfold while a festive welcome marks a landmark in U.S. China relations.
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Seattle
U.S
Midwest
Liu Lin Hai
Seattle Harbor
Mao Tse-Tung
Chiang Kai-shek
Pacific
Minnesota
Nebraska
Iowa
Shanghai
Zhang Jie
Kansas Patrol Names One Color Cars in Test Plan
Kansas Highway Patrol will add 15 one color patrol cars in white gray bronze light blue or cream to the fleet as part of a cost comparison with leased two color units. The test will not replace the traditional blue and gray fleet, officials say, and most troopers prefer the current scheme.
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Topeka
Kan
Kansas Highway Patrol
Col
Allen C. Rush
Kansas
Rush
Chrysler New
Winter's Living Will Bill Signed in Kansas
Gov. John Carlin signed a living will bill allowing terminally ill patients to withdraw life prolonging treatment via written doctor patient agreements with immunity for doctors. Two physician diagnosis, safeguards against pregnant patients, and other protections are included.
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Topeka
Kan
John Carlin
Sen
Wint Winter
Ottawa
Senate
Tort Claims Bill Signed By Carlin
Gov. John Carlin signed a measure creating Kansas first tort claims statute allowing suits against state and local governments for negligent acts by employees. The law caps liability at 500000 per occurrence and takes effect July 1 with specific immunity exceptions. It follows a Kansas Supreme Court decision overturning prior immunity doctrine.
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Topeka
Kan
John Carlin
Kansas Supreme Court
High Court
Parsons
Kansas
Supreme Court
Kansas Court To Decide Remapping In 17 Days
The Kansas Supreme Court will decide within 17 days whether a bill reapportioning 125 House districts should stand. Plan would set 1980 elections with no further reapportionment until 1989, while some lawmakers argue lines for Douglas County districts 44 and 46 are gerrymandered to defeat a Democrat.
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Kan
Kansas Supreme Court
House of Representative
High Court
Supreme Court
Senate
Montgomery County
Leavenworth County
House
University of Kan- 4
Attorney General's Office
David Berkowitz
Douglas County
John Solbach
D-Lawrence
Lawrence
Michael Glover
John Vogel
Margaret Berlin
K. U
K.U
Lawrence Gates
Johnson County
Tom Green
Reno
Wyandote
Sedgwick
Johnson
Shawnee
Douglas Counties
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Chai Zemin
Warren G. Magnuson
D-Wash
Henry Jackson
China
Brock Adams
Treasury
W. Michael Blumenthal
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New Orleans
China Ocean Shipping
Lykes
Letitia Lykes
Carlin
Chevrolet & Olds Inc
Ottawale
Ikansas
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Olds
Kansas Bar Association
The
Kansas Trial Lawyers Association
NEW York
New York Stock Exchange
American Motors
NYSE
Wichita, Kan
Wichita
Herman Hill Park
Elizabeth Masters
Herman Hill
Richard LaMinyon
Office
Bob Stephan
Ecw
Elm St
Wellsville
Claude Myers
Harold Myers
W. Kirkland
Marie Fritts
F.E.T
PDE
Firestone
Whitewall
Super Sports
Old Tire
Chevettes
Monroey
Gripper
Monroe
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