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Mostly sunny and cooler today with highs around 40 and northwest winds 10 to 20 mph. Tonight remains mostly clear with lows near 15. Sunday stays mostly sunny with highs 35 to 40 and light winds.
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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1991
Page
6
Mostly sunny and cooler today with highs around 40 and northwest winds 10 to 20 mph. Tonight remains mostly clear with lows near 15. Sunday stays mostly sunny with highs 35 to 40 and light winds.
Mary Jane Lickteig chairs the Franklin County Reach to Recovery program offering one-on-one rehabilitation for women who had lumpectomies mastectomies or lymph node dissections. A volunteer from Lawrence supplied a kit with exercise aids and cancer literature. Lickteig has administered kits and support for two years providing friendship and hope to focal patients.
The newly approved federal highway bill creates multi million dollar headaches for the Kansas Department of Transportation. Kansas officials say the state faces 100 to 200 million dollars to fully fund projects Congress earmarked in the road bill. Cities statewide will receive about 18 million dollars less due to a provision by Senate Minority Leader Bob Dole directing money he spent on two road projects, with Wichita and the Kansas City area as the biggest losers.
Five republics joined by Ashkhabad leaders to form a commonwealth with equal co founders, signaling Mikhail Gorbachev may resign. Gorbachev opposes a ceremonial role, seeking central Moscow control amid fuel and food shortages and nationwide unrest. Baker visit to discuss nuclear security and aid.
Secretary of State James A. Baker II voiced cautious confidence that the Soviet Union's 30,000 nuclear weapons remain tightly controlled in Russia Ukraine Byelorussia and Kazakhstan. He urged a unified command if those republics join a collective safeguard, while prioritizing weapons elimination and humanitarian aid. Baker plans a Moscow visit and meetings with Gorbachev and Yeltsin as Washington prepares a January relief conference.
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