Health care costs dominate Fifth District races in Kansas
Two Ottawa men vie for party nominations in the Fifth District U.S. House race as health care and insurance costs top forums. George Wingert, 37, urges expanded use of Veterans Administration hospitals and county health departments, while Kent Hodges doubts a national plan is feasible due to cost.
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Diane Yeamans
Fifth
Kansas
Ottawa
U.S. House
George Wingert
Rockwood Drive
Kent Hodges
Veterans Administration
Wingert
Veterans Hospitals
Hodges
Iraq Invades Kuwait Seizes Capital as Emir Flees
Iraqi forces launch a rapid assault on Kuwait, seizing the ruler's palace and government offices while the emir escapes to Saudi Arabia. Baghdad announces a revolutionary government in Kuwait and claims invasion at the request of overthrowing revolutionaries. International reaction includes U.N. condemnation and U.S. threat steps.
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Kuwait
Iraq
Saudi Arabia
Baghdad
Revolutionary Command Council
Saddam Hussein
Free
OPEC
Kuwait-Iraq
Bush
United States
Persian Gulf
Pentagon
Gulf
U.N. Security Council
City commission fields questions at Ottawa meeting
City editors report a list of citizen questions doubled the meeting length as Wanda Durbin grilled the Department of Public Safety and the next year budget. With City Manager Randy Wetmore absent, commissioners Could not answer some points about DPS staffing and consulting lawyers.
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Jay Bemis
Herald
Ottawa City Commission
Wanda Durbin
S. Locust
Department of Public Safety
Randy Wetmore
DPS
Durbin
Jeff Herrman
Nel Matters
Cal Lantis
Herman
Herrman
Wetmore
The
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Odyssey on two wheels aims to fund cystic fibrosis research
Ottawa University alumni Chris McGee and Steve Singer ride from Paris to Washington DC in a 12,000 mile trek to raise one million dollars for cystic fibrosis. They plan 75 percent to CF charities, five percent admin costs, and rest to care for the homeless aged and welfare causes. donations go to CF Riders in Phoenix Arizona.
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Hris McGee
Ottawa University
Phoenix Center
McGee
Phoenix
Stephanie Marley
Steve Singer
Columbia
Arizona
Singer
Ottawa
Cedar Street
Europe
Paris
Egypt
Nile
Alexandria
Aswan
India
New Deli
Calcutta
Bangkok
Thailand
Pyramids
Olathe
Washington, D.C
McDonnell Douglas
Colorado
C.F. Riders
c/o Hurley Trucking Co
South 4Th Street
Ariz
Algae bloom closes Melvern Reservoir in Kansas
State health officials closed Melvern Reservoir after a fish kill tied to an unusual Glenodinium algae bloom. Residents were urged not to swim or eat fish from the lake. Osage County and Melvern officials were told not to use the lake as a water source. Osage City and Melvern prepared backup wells. Park facilities were shut as investigations continue.
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Melvern, Kan
Melvern Reservoir
Osage County
Melvem
Kansas Department of Health and Environment
Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Osage City
Japan
Wildlife and Parks
Army Corps of Engineers
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Pols
Ethiope
Karl
City Commission
Steve Zak
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