IBM lands university computer contract at Ottawa University
Ottawa University administrators choose IBM as major vendor for a 3.5 million UWIN project funded by a 2.5 million Department of Education grant over five years. OU aims to integrate AS/400 hub and expanded campus telecom links to connect Phoenix and Kansas City centers and off-campus users.
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Lorie Hyten
Ottawa University
International Business Machines
IBM) Corp
Wilbur Wheaton
IBM
Wheaton
UWIN
Jack Maxwell
Information Systems
Department of Education
Maxwell
Phoenix
Kansas City
Four Die in Roanoke Nursing Home Fire
A blaze at Shenandoah Homes Retirement Community in Roanoke killed four residents on the third floor and injured at least 21 others. Firefighters evacuated about 135 residents in near freezing conditions to a rollerskating rink as crews contained the fire after roughly two and a half hours.
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Roanoke
Shenandoah Homes
Roanoke County
Tommy Fuqua
Fuqua
Louise Dudney
R.C. Wilson
Ottis Burgher
Roanoke Memorial Hospital
State panel warns education's future depends on funding
Topeka Kansas AP Two state Board of Education members warned that education will suffer and property taxes rise if the Legislature fails to add funding for school districts in 1990. They seek a 50 million increase in general state aid for 1990 91 to allow about a 5.5 percent budget rise for teachers. Budget Director O Keefe urged no new general state aid next year, awaiting Gov Hayden's budget plan due January 8.
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Topeka, Kan
State Board of Education
Connie Hubbell
Topeka
Bill Musick
Minneapolis
Tor Michael O'Keefe
Mike Hayden
O’keefe
Hayden
Threat to kill Pope tied to Lebanon conflict
In Beirut, an anonymous group calling itself the Organization for the Defense of the Oppressed issued a handwritten death sentence against Pope John Paul II. The claim linked the pope to support for Gen. Michel Aoun and his Christian rebels, amid Lebanon’s 14 year civil war and Lebanese anger at Western mediators. There was no independent verification of the message.
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Beirut. Lebanon
Organization For the Defense of the
John Paul II
Lebanon
Michel Aoun
Organization For the Defense of the Oppressed
Beirut
Aoun
Pablo Puente
Tence
Rome
Farmers see no reason for crop insurance
The 1980 Federal Crop Insurance Act aimed to shield farmers from droughts and disasters, but critics say the program remains deeply in the red and largely bypassed by farmers who expect direct relief. An AP review notes widespread bailout dependence and limited adoption, while GAO calls insurance a better form of disaster aid than loans or direct payments.
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Congress
Fred Bayles
Wall Street
Ed Jones
Tennessee
Associated Press
Cliff Fowler
General Accounting Office
Fowler
M. Donald Clifton
Milton
Del
Clifton
GAO
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