Treasures of the Czars Exhibit Draws Fire Over Funding
Kansas lawmaker Rep. Henry Helgerson criticizes the Department of Commerce and Housing for allocating 350000 dollars to the Topeka Treasures of the Czars exhibit showing through December 31 with over 250 items from Moscow museums and an expected 350000 visitors. Commerce officials note a 250000 dollar loan discussion and a separate 100000 dollar grant during the 1995 session.
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Topeka
Kan
Kansas
Department of Commerce and Housing
Henry Helgerson
Wichita
Moscow
Helgerson
Commerce
Gary Sherrer
Kansas Seniors Lead Nation in ACT Participation
Kansas high school seniors posted above average ACT composites in 1995 and set a record for test takers, ranking fifth nationally in participation as education officials praised steady progress across the state. Economists at a Wichita conference called Kansas economy generally positive despite a small wheat crop and soft cattle and oil markets, noting robust job growth and wage trends. In Kansas City, Missouri, officials acknowledged the Animal Shelter uses a controversial euthanasia method by injecting at the heart without sedation, warning it may violate state law.
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Topeka
Kan
Kansas
Department of Education
Wichita, Kan
Boeing Co
Mark Drabenstott
Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City
Kansas City, Mo
Kansas City
American Veterinary Association
Dale Wood
Wood
Ottawa library seeks ADA upgrade with $400,000 grant
Library Director Barbara Dew urged urgent use of a $400,000 community development block grant for making Ottawa’s library and City Hall ADA compliant. The plan includes a new north entrance with a wheelchair lift and an ADA bathroom on the main floor. Construction would take 30 to 60 days, with a Dec 31 deadline to spend the funds or face reversion or loss of future grants.
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Ottawans
Franklin
Barbara Dew
Ottawa City Hall
Dew
Earl Devore
City Commission
Cheryl Sylvester
China Conducts Second Underground Nuclear Test in Three Months
China detonated an underground nuclear device at Lop Nor, its second such test in three months, drawing swift condemnation from Australia and New Zealand. The magnitude was estimated at 5.6 by seismologists, amid ongoing protests over resumed testing.
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Eijing
China
Xinhua
Australia
New Zealand
Paul Keating
France
Wellington
Jim Bolger
South Pacific
Australian Seismological Center
Lop Nor
Beijing
U.S. urges China moratorium after second underground test
The White House expressed disappointment over China conducting a second underground nuclear test in three months and urged Beijing to join a global moratorium. The move may affect U.S.-China ties as Hillary Rodham Clinton weighs attending a United Nations conference in China to promote women’s rights.
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Washington
White House
China
Beijing
U.s.-China
Hillary Rodham Clinton
U.N
Ottawa Ottawa County to Hire Tourism Director
Tourism officials from Teen Franklin County and the City of Ottawa met to finalize the plan for a new tourism director to begin by January 1. The position will be filled by the Ottawa Area Chamber of Commerce Convention and Tourism Committee, with joint funding from both government bodies. The budget boosts include raising the motel tax to 4 percent, county funding of 12 000 and city funding of 16 000, bringing the first year total to about 74 000. The city commissioners increased their share to emphasize prior experience and a proven tourism record, and a strategic plan is to be developed.
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Franklin County
Ottawa
Convention and Tourism Committee
Richard Jackson
Jackson
Ottawa Area Schools Offer Parent Link Lines
The district lists contacts for multiple schools including Eisenhower Eugene Field Garfield Hawthorne Lincoln and more. Parent Link lines provide information from individual teachers and district services with phone numbers for each school.
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Systemde
Enis
Oe High School
Eisenhower
Eugene Field
Garfield
Hawthorne
Lincoln
Ancient human ancestor walked upright four million years ago
An incomplete shin bone from a hairy creature found in northwestern Kenya suggests upright walking four million years ago, pushing back the record of bipedalism beyond the previously cited 3.6 million years at Laetoli. The find, reported in Nature, positions this early being as a direct upright walker before other known ancestors.
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New York
Laetoli
Tanzania
Kenya
Nature
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Donohore
Aaonney
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Aseeerwenane
Jay Thomson
Jordan Dickey
Wellaville
City Park
Jordan
Leta Dickey
U.S
Tourism Office
Dfonsens
Big Filt Bain
Gaite
Paneer
Entra
Sea Gevicens
Ae Nail Benton
Middle’ School
Bois
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