Lawn mower racing set for Five State Fair in liberal Kansas
The Five State Free Fair will host lawn mower races including a 150 horsepower jet turbine mower once featured on Home Improvement. Fair director Leo Schinstock says the helicopter engine powered monster can mow a football field in 14.2 minutes. The Southwest Regional Lawn Mower Races, with nine events sanctioned nationwide, tentatively occur August 18.
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Liberal, Kan
Tim Allen
Leo Schinstock
U.S. Lawn Mower Racing Association
Four Kansas students post perfect math scores in national test
Four students excel in a national math test showing one Overland Park middle school producing 4 percent of perfect scores and a sole Missouri perfect score from a Kansas City student among 181000 fifth to eighth graders. In Topeka the House Transportation Committee backs raising the illegal stop bus passing fine from 30 to 60 dollars to publicize the problem.
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Kansas City
Overland Park, Kan
Missouri
U.S
Topeka
Kan
House Transportation Committee
House
Herman Dillon
Kansas
Reno 2000 pushes computer access as fourth R in schools
In Topeka Kansas a Reno County group urged adding information retrieval to reading writing and arithmetic. Reno 2000 presented to the Senate Education Committee with support from Sen. Kerr. A survey of 198 business people 2126 parents and 550 teachers showed broad backing for kids gaining computer access from kindergarten.
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Topeka, Kan
Reno County
Senate Education Committee
Reno 2000
Dave Kerr
R-Hutchinson
Reno
Abortion Bill Advances in Kansas House
In Topeka the Kansas House moved a bill toward a final vote requiring doctors and clinics to report all abortions to the state. The measure would extend current hospital reporting to doctors’ offices and clinics, with reports to KDHE containing no patient names.
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Topeka
Kan
State Department of Health and Environment
KDHE
Ransom medical care enters nuclear age
Ransom Memorial Hospital invested 140000 dollars in nuclear medicine to rise into the nuclear era. The Single Photon Emission Computed Tomography system with computer terminal and software will enable detailed organ and bone studies. Nuclear medicine technologist Gary Normand says it will help diagnose heart related problems.
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Ransom
Ansom Memorial Hospital
RMH
Gary Normand
Normand
Quayle opts out of 1996 presidential bid
Former Vice President Dan Quayle has decided not to enter the 1996 race citing difficulties raising the funds required for a credible campaign. He announced the reversal late Wednesday with aide Mark Goodin noting the financial hurdle cooled his enthusiasm after prior plans to file by February 21.
Space walkers endure cold wait in frigid darkness
First time spacewalkers at the PACE CENTER in Gree faced intense cold conditions as NASA cut a planned five hour space test by about thirty minutes. Mission Control truncated the experiment due to finger numbness, though no danger was declared.
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Pace Center
Gree
NASA
Officer recounts finding bodies in crime scene
The Los Angeles Police officer described arriving at Bundy Drive after a call about a burglary and discovering Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman slain. He noted a pool of blood, a glove, a knit cap, and bloody footprints as investigators examined the scene.
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QS Angeles
Offindeer Firsti
Nicole Brown Simpson
Ronald Goldman
Goldman
Robert Riske
Riske
Los Angeles Police Department
Marcia Clark
Police Academy
Simpson Case At A Tet as Developments Weigh In
Developments in the O J Simpson case center on neighbor testimony about a dog guiding to Nicole Brown Simpson’s body around midnight on June 12. The Akita also followed a second neighbor home, with blood on its paws, while other neighbors described fear as the dog barked and approached. The judge denied a defense bid to quash a prosecution subpoena for Marguerite Simpson Thomas.
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O.J. Simpson
Bopy
Suku Boztepe
Nicole Brown Simpson
Ms. Simpson
Boztepe
Akita
Steven Schwab
Schwab
Louis Karpf
Lancelio
Marguerite Simpson Thomas
Simpson
Hodgman
William Hodgman
Gil Garcetti
Garcetti
Mary Anne Gerchas
Gerchas
Senator pushes term limits and ad honesty reform in Kansas
Doug Walker of Kansas introduces three bills to cap legislative terms enforce campaign spending limits and require truth in advertising. The term limits plan would cap senators at eight years and representatives at four, with staggered elections and recall rules. A truth in advertising bill would mandate pre release review by the Kansas Commission on Standards and Conduct with a $25 fee and graded findings.
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Doug Walker
DS Cecratchie
Kansas
Walker
Senate Federal and State Affairs Committee
Common Cause
United We Stand America
House
Senate Elections Committee
Kansas Commission On Governmental
Commission
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