Legislature To Work Fast On Death Penalty
Kansas faces a swift push to enact a death penalty law as Governor-elect Mike Hayden aims for a July 1 effective date. Lawmakers weigh higher costs, potential defections, and constitutional tests while debating capital punishment in first-degree murder cases.
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Topeka
Kan
Mike Hayden
Kansas
John Carlin
Hayden
Board of Indigent Defense Services
Department of Corrections
Ronald Miles
Public Defender Board
Kansas Bureau of Investigation
Miles
House
Senate
U.S
Larry Cowger
Secretary of Corrections
Cowger
Clyde Graeber
Leavenworth
Graeber
Ed Reilly
R-Leavenworth
Reilly
Sen
Wint Winter Jr
R-Lawrence
Winter
House To Enter Iran Contra Probe
The House moves to create a 15 member panel following the Senate's lead as public hearings loom on alleged profits from secret arms sales to Iran used to aid the Nicaraguan Contra rebels. The Senate set an 11 member panel with a seven month mandate, while leaders clash over releasing a 133 page report.
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Washington
House
Senate
Reagan
U.S
Iran
Bob Dole
John C. Danforth
R-Mo
Dole
GOP
Senate Intelligence Committee
David Durenberger
Rminn
Unaccepted Technology Behind Innet Demise
IBM and Merrill Lynch pulled the plug on Imnet, a bold 1980s venture intended to blend information services for financial markets. The pair called the decision a re assessment of the project's financial viability, with observers noting timing and market adoption as core hurdles for the misleadingly ambitious workplace of the future concept.
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Chet Carrier
NEW York (Ap
International Business Machines
Merrill Lynch
International Market-Net
Imnet
IBM
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