Congress Backs Santa Fe Trail National Historic Designation
Legislation to designate the Santa Fe Trail a national historic trail moves to the president for signing. It would guide marking and managing trail segments across Missouri Kansas Oklahoma Colorado and New Mexico, boosting preservation and regional tourism without federal land acquisition.
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Washington
Congress
Reagan
Southwest
Missouri
Kansas
Oklahoma
Colorado
New Mexico
Ni ‘Kassebaum
Kan
Valse
Franklin
Santa Fe
N.M
Pumpkin seeds fundraiser and crafts show planned in Princeton
In Princeton, Ralston offers pumpkin seeds to potential contestants and invites contact at 997-2635 for the event. a coinciding crafts show and sale aim to raise playground equipment for the Princeton park.
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Princeton
Ralston
Fisher Trial Begins in Ottawa Power Plant Suit
A federal trial opens in Kansas City Kansas over a $200000 lawsuit by Lawrence T Fisher a city power plant operator against Ottawa city officials including Director of Utilities Jack Davis and power plant superintendent Leslie Wheat Fisher claims retaliation for protesting the promotion of Scott Bird to assistant superintendent The case centers on merit and promotion procedures and alleged harassment and penalties against Fisher with Wheat testifying about non written “personnel evaluation testing” used to pick the new assistant superintendent.
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Melissa Bauman
Kansas City
Kan
Ottawa
Federal District Court
Lawrence T. Fisher
Fisher
S. Poplar
Jack Davis
Leslie Wheat
Scott Bird
Bird
Wheat
Fred Phelps
Topeka
Phelps
Tinue
High Court rejects race bias challenge to Georgia death law
The Supreme Court upheld Georgia's death penalty by a 5-4 vote, ruling statistics showing harsher sentences for white victims do not prove constitutional violation. Justice Powell said disparities reflect broader criminal justice discretion, preserving Warren McCleskey's death sentence for the 1978 Atlanta police officer murder.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Georgia
Lewis F. Powell
Powell
Warren MacCleskey
Atlanta
McCleskey
Page
Questions A Haze Over State's Smoking Ban
Kansas smoking ban clashes with unclear rulings as Attorney General guidance is awaited. Revisor Ensley says the measure shifts policy to a general no smoking rule, with exemptions via designated zones and signage, while proprietors decide area sizes but face fines for no signage.
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Topeka
Kan
Kansas
Robert T. Stephan
Arden K. Ensley
Mike Hayden
Ensley
Neil Woerman
Stephan
Attorney General
Woerman
Attorney General’s Office
George Puckett
Kansas Restaurant Association
Puckett
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David Ellison
Pontiac
Mich
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Sheriff's Department
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Donald Dean
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