North Dakota stand in for Kansas in film Kansas
North Dakotans will see familiar scenery in the movie Kansas as Australian director David Stevens used a Wahpeton area wheat field for a combining scene. Principal shooting began in Kansas last week with North Dakota filming done Monday and Tuesday. The film follows a young man who travels the Midwest, works on a wheat farm, and falls for the farmer's daughter.
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Fargo, N.D
North
David Stevens
Wahpeton-area
North Dakota
Kansas
Buck
Midwest
KCPL Eyes Trash Fueled Heat Plant Study
Kansas City Power and Light said it reached an agreement with Signal Environmental Systems to study a waste to energy facility. The six month study would evaluate burning 750 to 1500 tons of trash daily, with ash disposal to a landfill.
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Kansas City, Mo
Kansas City Power& Light
KCPL
Signal Environmental Systems Inc
Hampton, N.J
Signal
A. Drue Jennings
Jennings
Judge Rules Turnpike Bond Payoff Valid
A Shawnee County district judge ruled that Kansas Turnpike Authority may retire $36.7 million of 1954 bonds with proceeds from a 1984 refunding bond issue. Barr Brothers & Co. argued the trust prohibited early redemption but the judge found no provision restricting ETA’s action or applicable statutes.
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Topeka
Kan
Kansas Turnpike Authority
Shawnee County
Barr Brothers & Co
Delaware
Turnpike Authority
Barr Brothers
KTA
Terry Bullock
ETA
Williams Prison Term Reduced in Parole Ruling
Former Teamsters leader Roy L. Williams will serve 56 months more, with a projected release date of May 15, 1990, due to a Parole Commission decision. The 72 year old, ill with emphysema and heart disease, is at the Springfield Missouri federal prison after a 10 year sentence for attempting to bribe a U.S. senator.
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Kansas City
Teamsters
Roy L. Williams
U.S. Parole Commission
Williams
U.S
Kansas City Star
U.S. Medical Center
Springfield
Teamsters Union Local 41
Parole Commission
Joseph Krovisky
Department of Justice
Washington
Russell Millin
Bruce C. Houdek
Saudis Say Iranians Aimed to Seize Grand Mosque
Reported by AP from Jidda and Mecca says Iranian pilgrims planned to trap and force pilgrims to declare Khomeini their leader. Mecca violence left hundreds dead, with Iran denying and Saudi blame cited by officials. IMNRA and IRNA accounts describe injuries and expulsions, while Tehran welcomed returning pilgrims.
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Jidda
Saudi Arabia
Mecca
Grand
Ruhollah Khomeini
Iran
Tehran
Islamic Republic
Cyprus
Khomeini
Hussein Musavi
United States
IRNA
Seyyed Rahim Dezfuli
Dezfuli
Okaz
Drug slows Duchenne muscular dystrophy in children
New drug treatment using prednisone delays need for full-time wheelchair use by about two years in boys with Duchenne muscular dystrophy. Researchers warn of serious side effects including weight gain, mood changes, cataracts, osteoporosis, and bone weakening, limiting use to carefully controlled trials.
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New York
Donald Wood
Archives of Neurology
Wood
Researchers Identify Genetic Defect in Muscular Dystrophy
Scientists announced the pinpointing of a genetic defect behind muscular dystrophy. They say the defect disrupts a protein in patients, and studying it could reveal why the disease develops and point toward better treatments.
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Kiowa County
Copeland
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Millin
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Ottawa
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