Kansas Considers Helmet Law as Records Gather Baseline
State officials in Wichita report Kansas has no universal helmet mandate so a scientific survey will establish baseline helmet use for motorcyclists. Rosalie Thornburgh of the Kansas DOT notes the study aims to show current practices and influence potential new legislation.
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Wichita
Kan
Kansas
Rosalie Thornburgh
Kansas Department of Transportation
Thornburgh
Boy dies after long New Year walk in Kansas snowstorm
A 16 year old boy from Zenda died of exposure after leaving a New Year party and walking 21 miles home without a coat in freezing winds near zero. Police and the coroner noted hypothermia can cause people to remove clothing as the body shuts down. The search reported the boy missing between 9 and 10 p.m. Saturday and a motorist found the body Sunday morning.
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Cunningham
Kan
David Nathan Sewart
Zenda
Kansas
Kingman County
Leroy Herdman
Sevart
Railroad program debuts at Johnson County College
The first railroading program of its kind in North America is forming at Johnson County Community College in Overland Park. With support from major railroads, the college began some classes last summer and will offer a full lineup this semester. Students can pursue a general railroading degree or specialization in conducting dispatching maintenance of way welding or mechanics.
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Overland Park, Kan
North America
Johnson County Community College
Salvi arraigned in Virginia on abortion clinic shooting charge
John C Salvi III, 22, was arraigned in Norfolk Virginia on firing into an occupied building after allegedly killing two abortion clinic receptionists in Brookline Massachusetts and wounding five others. He was ordered held without bond and a January 24 preliminary hearing was set.
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Orfolk
John C. Salvi III
Tazewell Hubbard
Salvi
Brookline
Mass
Norfolk
Reid M. Spencer
Virginia
Hampton
N.H
Spencer
Ottawa area welcomes first baby of 1995 Brandi Jo Heerselare
Jill and Lee Gottschamer of 532 Woodson Overbrook welcomed Brandi Jo Heerselare the first baby born in Ottawa area in 1995 at 12:41 a.m. Monday at Ransom Memorial Hospital. Brandi is the daughter of a hygienist and a father who hoped for a tax break, and she will receive gifts from Ottawa merchants including essentials and long term savings.
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Ransom Memorial Hospital
Jill
Lee Gottschamer
Woodson
Overbrook
Brandi
Briana
Appanoose
Ottawa Area
Ottawa
the Herald
Lee
Gottschamer
Dennis Spratt
Ottawa Family Physicians
Scott Kennedy
Burlin
Ralph Young
Brandi Jo
Peso Slide Triggers Mexican Emergency Economic Pact
After 20 hours of talks among government, business, and unions, Mexico unveiled an emergency plan to halt the peso slide and boost the economy. The pact urges firms to hold prices, while President Zedillo’s government pledges tax cuts for business and privatization of railways, ports, and airports to raise funds. Washington pledged half of an $18 billion loan package to stabilize the peso, as union leaders accepted a 4 percent wage increase for 1995 and a 3 percent productivity bonus from a December agreement. The peso has fallen about one third against the dollar in two weeks.
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Exico City
Ernest Zedillo
Santiago Onate
Washington
Zedillo
Ottawa Co-op veteran retires after 39 years of service
Gail Montgomery began at the Ross Mill in Ottawa in 1956 unloading grain with his father. The Ross Mill became the Ottawa Co-op and after a career spanning nearly four decades he retired on December 30.
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Ross Mill
Ottawa
Chechen Defenders Drive Troops From Grozny Center
Chechen fighters seized the heart of Grozny driving Russian troops from the city center after days of heavy fighting. Rebels held most of the southern city around the presidential palace while a doctor tended wounded Chechen and Russian fighters in the building’s basement as Russian reinforcements reportedly moved toward Chechnya.
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Rozny
Grozny
Moscow
Oilrich
Chechnya
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