Marines secure Mogadishu airport as humanitarian aid arrives
U S Marines landing force rapidly take key points in Mogadishu under U N sponsorship to reopen a famine relief pipeline. Airlifted food and troop checkpoints follow as thousands greet the troops and aid reaches the crippled city amid evolving international support including French and other nations. President Bush meets with Gen Powell amid talk of a possible withdrawal after January 20.
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Somalia
Kismayo
U.N. World Food Program
U.N
U.S
Abdul Mohamed Arab
Somali Airlines
France
Djibouti
Turkey
Egypt
Mauritania
Kuwait
United Arab Emirates
Canada
Italy
Washington
Bush
Colin Powell
Joint Chiefs
White House
Clinton
Regional dump plan eyed by five Lake Region counties
Commissioners and landfill supervisors from Franklin Linn Anderson Miami Coffey counties met in Ottawa to discuss a regional landfill option, continuing recycling, and a tire management plan. The group noted cost, EPA rules, and a required committee to draft a state approved plan with a timetable for closing existing landfills.
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Bill Tellier
Herald
Ottawa
Franklin
Linn
Anderson
Miami
Coffey
Joan Vibert
Lake Region Resource Conservation and Development Council, Inc
Lake Region Council
Osage County
Vibert
Coffey County
EPA
Lake Region
Kansas Department of Health and Environment
Anderson, Linn, Franklin
Charles and Diana Separate Amicably Amid Royal Strains
Prime Minister John Major announced Prince Charles and Princess Diana will separate but not divorce. The couple will remain in public together at times, with Diana still eligible to become queen. Buckingham Palace stressed a respectful privacy for the couple and their family.
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London
Prince Charles
Diana
John Major
Major
Buckingham Palace
Duke of Edinburgh
Prince Philip
House of Lords
Lord Mackay
Ransom Blues offer health care for kids
Area parents lacking insurance or Medicaid can obtain free pediatric care through The Caring Program for Children run by Blue Cross Blue Shield and funded by donations including 250000 from the state in 1993. Kansas Medical Society and Kansas Hospital Association organized it with RMH and Ottawa physician Del Hadley among providers. BCBS is seeking more providers and RMH says they will write off half of eligible bills while never turning away recipients. Some cases involve Hill Burton Act write offs under federal agreements.
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Diane Yeamans
Herald
Blue Cross
Blue Shield
Kansas Medical Society
Kansas Hospital Association
BCBS
Ransom Memorial Hospital
Ottawa
del Hadley
Bob Bregant
RMH
Hill-Burton
Aging Director Faces Termination Bid in Kansas Agency
A motion to terminate Beatrice Shisler, director of the East Central Kansas Area Agency on Aging, failed for lack of a second after a two hour hearing. Allegations include threats to counties over funding, improper administration of legal services, attempted control of a 91 year old Williamsburg man estate, and a lack of communion.
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Bill Tellier
Herald
Beatrice Shisler
East Central Kansas Area Agency On
Eckaaa Policy Board
Karen Rogers
Coffey County
Shisser
Shisler
Eckaaa Legal Services
Williamsburg
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