Kansans rally for fired teachers at bean banquet
Several hundred teachers are expected at a Topeka bean banquet honoring seven educators from Coffeyville and Liberal who were reportedly fired during contract negotiations. The event funds litigation and public advocacy while suits allege due process violations and a state precedence case remains in court.
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Topeka
Kan
Coffeyville
Kansas- Nea
Boards of Education
Robert Cowan
Mary Greer
Elinor Kee
Howard McMurray
Eloise Eckart
Oleta Peters
Lila Epperson
U.S
State Supreme Court
Bureau Establishes Consumer Arbitration Program in Kansas
The Northeast Kansas Better Business Bureau sets up an in expensive arbitration program for consumer business disputes. Rollin McCarter named interim executive director and will oversee rollout in the region. The process is voluntary, documents a contract to arbitrate, and decisions are enforceable in court as binding contracts. The program aims to provide a faster cheaper path after informal attempts fail.
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Topeka
Kan
Northeast
Kansas
Better Business Bureau
Rollin McCarter
Kansas Better Business Bureau
Wichita
Northeast Kansas Bureau
McCarter
Kansas Supreme Court weighs cockfighting legality
The Kansas Supreme Court took under advisement a challenge to a Johnson County ruling declaring cockfighting illegal as cruel mistreatment of animals. Vernon D. Claiborne fights the restraining order against staging cock fights, with arguments citing ambiguity in state cruelty laws and a big Kansas cockfighting business. The state contends the district court rightly barred the fights.
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Topeka
Kan
Kansas
O.L. Plucker
Kansas City
Johnson County
Topeka, Kan
Kansas Supreme Court
Vernon D. Claiborne
District Court
Claiborne
Hugh Kraemer
Clathe
Supreme Court
Imals
Kraemer
Wheeler
Grenade hijack attempt injures nine on Ethiopian jet
In Addis Ababa a grenade exploded during a hijacking on a passenger flight, wounding seven passengers and two flight attendants. Security guards killed all seven hijackers in a gun battle. An American passenger, Prof. Roderick Hilsinger, held the grenade to spare others and was slightly hurt. The plane landed safely after damage to an engine and rudder. The hijackers were perhaps Eritrean separatists. the flight was to stop in Asmara.
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Addis Ababa
Roderick Hilsinger
Hilsinger
Eritrea
Ethiopia
Asmara
UN to Vote on Broad Israel Occupied Territories Resolution
The U N General Assembly prepares to adopt a landmark resolution urging nations to avoid actions including aid that could recognize Israel's occupation of Arab lands. It seeks nonannexation of territories, condemns changes in occupied areas, and reiterates 1967 Security Council terms for peace with withdrawal and recognition of sovereign borders.
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United Nations, N.Y
U.N. General Assembly
Israel
United States
Security Council
Middle East
Mideast
Britain
France
Belgium
Luxembourg
Italy
U.N
Is Security Council
Loyrael
Irish Referendum Backing End of Church Special Position
Voters in Ireland endorsed ending the Roman Catholic Church special position under the 1937 constitution and supported lowering the voting age from 21 to 18. Early tallies showed roughly 50 percent turnout with about five to one in favor of change while Northern Ireland faced a murder wave as a task force combats sectarian violence. In Armagh and Belfast minor injuries and bomb incidents occurred amid the broader political shift across the island.
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Dublin
Ireland
Northern Ireland
Ernest Duke Elliott
Belfast
Ulster Defense Association
Irish Republican Army
Elliott
UDA
William Whitelaw
Armagh
Irish Republic
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Vern Miller
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