General fund coffers fuel state operation
The Kansas general fund, funded mainly by state income and sales taxes, totaled 2.447 billion dollars, funding half of state spending. The source breakdown shows 46 percent from individual and corporate income taxes and 36 percent from sales taxes. Expenses have risen far faster than revenues over 1988 to 1990, prompting calls to broaden the sales tax base and adopt new long term tax policy.
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Topeka
General Fund
State Educational Building Fund
Institutional Building Fund
Kansans
Kansas
Revenue Department
Ed Rolfs
Rolfs
Dictator's relatives arrested in Romania and Vienna death
Romanian soldiers arrested three Ceau scescu relatives in Scomicesti while Marin Ceau sescu was found dead at the Romanian Embassy in Vienna. The regime warned security forces to surrender, amid a revolution that toppled the dictator and his wife Elena.
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Bucharest
Romania
Nicolae Ceausescu
Vienna
Ceausescu
Marin
Europe
Elena Barbulescu
Emil
Scomicesti
Agerpres
Ilie
Plate Tectonics and Earthquake Causes
The earth's crust is divided into several plates that float on hot rock and move relative to each other. This movement builds pressure that can slip and release as severe earthquakes, with most seismic activity occurring near plate boundaries.
Earthquake Devastates Newcastle City Center and Surroundings
An earthquake toppled the carpark second story and crushed cars as emergency crews treated injured in the street. Reports of looting emerged in the business district. Prime Minister Hawke pledged punishment for looters while Latimer mobilized 200 soldiers and hundreds of rescue workers from Sydney to assist. Queen Elizabeth II offered sympathy as Newcastle Hospital treated patients on the grass.
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Bob Hawke
Latimer
Hamilton
Sydney
Newcastle
Australia
London
Elizabeth II
OMA Director Named As New Ottawa Auditoriam Head
Morrisey notes Smith will earn 29100 in first year, aligned with city salaries for similar rank. Smith brings theatrical and auditorium management experience, with focus on community outreach, new programming, and youth theater to encourage civic and cultural use of the facility.
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Ottawa
Smith
Auditorium
Morrisey
OMA
Budget Deficit Challenge Faces Bush and Congress
A congressional Joint Economic Committee study warns the 1990s require tax increases paired with spending cuts to tackle a $152.1 billion deficit. It criticizes 1980s policies and urges new measures to boost savings investment and productivity, noting income tax rises would be needed but not detailing where to raise taxes.
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Washington
Bush
Congress
Congressional Joint Economic Committee
Lee Hamilton
U.S
United States
Hamilton
Gramm~Rudman
Reagan
Malson Named Permanent Kansas Bureau of Investigation Director
James Malson, 53, has been named permanent director of the Kansas Bureau of Investigation after serving as acting chief for nearly three weeks. He began with the KBI in 1969, previously served as assistant director since December 1988, and earlier as a regional supervisor. Malson started in law enforcement as a Kansas Highway Patrol dispatcher in 1960.
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Topeka
Kan
Robert Stephan
James Malson
Kansas Bureau of Investigation
Malson
The
KBI
Olathe
Ottawa
Kansas Highway Patrol
U S eyes blockade of Colombia to curb drugs
Washington officials discuss a pentagon plan to block illicit drug exports from Colombia with a carrier battle group off its coast. The operation aims to choke air and sea routes, with Colombia handling enforcement on land routes if needed.
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Washington
Bush
Pentagon
Colombia
Administration
Defense
Dick Cheney
White House
Caribbean
U.S
Aging fitness program boosts health for Iowa seniors
Becky Harkema leads a Walnut Creek older adults fitness program that has grown from seven to about 100 participants across 34 Iowa Y programs. The class blends walking biking and strength exercises, with logs and social outings. Participants report higher energy better sleep and easier daily tasks. arrests of illness are not mentioned.
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Becky Harkema
Walnut Creek
Iowa
Harkema
Arlene Lapscheske
Maxine Dolan
Rachow
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John Marshall
Harris News Service
Treasury
Department of Legislative Research
Elena
State Rules and Regulations Board
Robert T. Stephan
Department of Social and Rehabilitation Services
Stephan
Winston Barton
Cocos
Pacific Plate
Antarctican Plate
Jim Malson
Dave Johnson
Johnson
Statehouse
Age & Fitness
Nate Bernstein
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