Cattlemen urged caution on seeking federal beef intervention
Kansas Livestock Association leaders warned that government intervention often overshoots requests and that market forces will ultimately decide beef competitiveness against poultry and pork. The remarks came at the KLA convention in Wichita amid calls for probes into meatpacker deals and feedlot arrangements. Lt Gov Frahm forms exploratory committee for potential U S Senate bid as Kassebaum retires leaving Roberts as the longtime frontrunner.
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Wichita
Kan
Kansas Livestock Association
Jon Ferguson
KLA
Kensington
Topeka
Sheila Frahm
U.S
Pat Roberts
Nancy Kassebaum
Frahm
Kansas Senate
State Board of Education
Howeimeeh
Kassebaum
Roberts
House
Senate
Biter loses appeal in assault case in Kansas
Randall Bradley remains in Hutchinson Correctional Facility after the state Court of Appeals denied his request for a new trial. He was sentenced for biting the noses of two men during fights in Montgomery County. Bradley is eligible for release no earlier than November 2004.
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Topeka
Kan
Randall Bradley
Montgomery County
Bradley
State Court of Appeals
Hutchinson Correctional Facility
Smuggler (40) Receives Eight Years In Drug Conspiracy
Artemio Garcia Moreno of Houston was sentenced to eight years and one month in federal prison for conspiring to possess 440 pounds of marijuana. He received an additional eight years of supervised release. Prosecutors noted the group planned to trim and haul ditch weed in September 1994 before a Kansas Highway Patrol stop near Topeka halted the shipment.
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Topeka
Kan
Texas
Artemio Garcia Moreno
Houston
U.S
Randy Rathbun
Moreno
Iowa
Rathbun
Kansas Highway Patrol
Bills punish working poor hit by medical bills in Kansas
Mary Jackson survived three heart attacks in three weeks this fall while awaiting health insurance from her Ottawa Wal-Mart center job. Her husband Scott, both employed there, face mounting bills near $200,000 with limited state aid and a sense the system punishes working families.
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Arnett
Kan
Mary Jackson
Wal-Mart
Ottawa
Scott
Scott Jackson
State Department of Social and Rehabilitation Services
John Garlinger
Dole demands concrete Bosnia plan before support
Senate Majority Leader Bob Dole warned he may withhold backing for sending U S troops to Bosnia unless President Clinton presents a concrete, detailed and effective plan to arm and train Bosnian forces. He said administration plans seemed vague and confused as he worked on a resolution backing troop deployment.
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Washington
Senate
Bob Dole
U.S
Bosnia
Clinton
Kansas
Ing
Dole
Shooting death at Shady Hollow Trailer Court under review
Ottawan Randy Willingham, 27, died from a gunshot wound to the head after being taken to KU Medical Center by Life Flight. Ottawa Police to forward autopsy results to the county coroner and then to County Attorney Larry Wright to determine if the death was accidental or if charges will be filed.
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Randy Willingham
Franklin County
Willingham
S. Princeton
University of Kansas Medical Center
KU Hospital
Life
Ron Puterbaugh
Ottawa Police Department
Larry Wright
Puterbaugh
Wright
Shady Hollow
Ottawa
Rice makes return to advocacy after scandal
Donna Rice, once slut-shamed in the Gary Hart yacht scandal, has reinvented herself as Donna Rice Hughes. Now 37, she leads anti pornography efforts with Enough is Enough., lobbying Congress to curb online obscenity as part of a telecommunications bill. She says she chose to transform a painful episode into a positive cause and hopes to influence policy.
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Washington
Donna Rice
Gary Hart
Monkey Business
Donna Rice Hughes
Hughes
Congress
Ottawan Hecks Harmonica Solo Charms Audiences
Ottawan Charles Heck, 72, leads a one man band with Echo and Marine Band harmonicas in G key. Self taught since winter 1977, he performs for about 300 audiences, chiefly in nursing homes, schools, and churches, playing polkas and waltzes that evoke two instruments and even an accordion.
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Charles _iHeck
Heck
Bomb judge is removed in Oklahoma bombing case
The 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Denver removed U.S. District Judge Wayne Alley from the federal building bombing trial. The court found his close ties to the attack could cast doubt on his impartiality after the April explosion that killed 169 people nearby and damaged his chambers.
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Oklahoma City
U.S
Wayne Alley
Alley
10Th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Denver
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