Local play auditions set for Greater Tuna at Ottawa High
A C T Ottawa announces auditions held Wednesday and Thursday for the play Greater Tuna. First rehearsal is 7 p m Sunday at Ottawa High. Performances run February 17 18 and 19 with eleven cast members filling twenty roles. Michelle Kirk directs the production written by Jasrett Williams Joe Seard and Ed Howard. A local radio station follows small town attitudes in the story set in a Texas town.
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A.C.T. Ottawa
Ottawa High School
Gabe Adkins
Stanley
Lesley Baker
Didi
Greg Butler
Thurston
Petey
Candidates file for Central Heights school board seats
Diane L Voliva of Richmond and Hirt Richmond vie for seat No 2 on the Central Heights board. Voliva, from Kansas City Co, emphasizes education, curriculum and a new elementary school. Hirt, a local farmer who delivers mail, cites student safety and district responsiveness. Susan Delay plans to withdraw due to a new job. Filing deadline Tuesday Jan 24 noon. Voter registration by Feb 14 for the Feb 28 primary. March 21 register to vote for the April 4 general election.
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Diane L. Voliva
Richmond
Central Heights
Kansas City Co
Center
Voliva
Research and Training Associates
Overland Park
Williamsburg
Harris
Hirt
Quenemo
Susan Delay
Wellsville
City and School Board
Abortion Clinic Closures Rise Amid Pro-Life Pressure
Abortion providers fall in number across eight states as clinics close or curb services due to violence, costs, and political opposition. About 84 percent of U S counties lack abortion services while training programs shrink and doctors retire. Pro-life groups claim progress, citing reduced closures in rural areas, but experts warn access remains limited for poorer, younger women.
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Philip Carney
University of California
San Francisco
Hill
Eleanor Smeal
Feminist Majority Foundation
Paul deParrie
Life Advocate Magazine
Portland
Ore
Alan Guttmacher
American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Carney
Missouri business figure named to BRAC commission
S Lee Kling of St. Louis, a long time business and political figure, is named by House Democratic Leader Richard Gephardt to the eight member Base Realignment and Closure Commission for 1995. Kling’s background spans merchant banking, finance, and party leadership roles, with past service as national treasurer for Gephardt and Carter campaigns and as a negotiator in 1979 Egypt Israel talks. President Clinton will forward seven more nominees for Senate confirmation.
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S. Lee Kling
St. Louis
House
Richard Gephardt
Missouri
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Kling
Clinton
Senate
Lee Kling
Commission
Illinois
Alan Dixon
Kling Rechter & Co
Willis Carroon Corp
Landmark Banch
Recycling progress cited by EDF criticizes skeptics
Richard Denison of the Environmental Defense Fund notes that recycling momentum keeps trash from becoming viable, arguing that levels now achieved would have been deemed unlikely five to ten years ago. The EPA study, completed by Franklin Associates of Prairie Village Kansas, analyzes data on consumption, waste generation and related statistics from 1990 to 1993, with Franklin conducting such studies for the EPA since the early 1970s.
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EPA
Franklin Associates
Prairie Village
Kan
Franklin
Lucas man keeps salvage business alive in lean times
John Cowan continues salvage work and coin collecting in Kansas, noting higher scrap prices postwar and fewer farm sales. He runs auctions sparingly, recalling 41 personal sales at venues like the Masonic Lodge in Salina and Glen Elder, with coins stored in safe deposits in Salina and Lucas.
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Cowan
Salina
Lucas
Glen Elder
Cowans
Gaylord
Winter Consumer Electronics Show Highlights 41,000 Gizmos
At Las Vegas event 41,000 gadgets debut with aims to entertain assist and secure life. Devices include a car security Smoke Defense Machine a cord managing CordMinder and a memory laden microwave. Play Inc unveils Snappy a $200 PC image grabber for video sources.
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Vegas
Bogart and
Bergman
Casablanca
Sharp
Motorola
Seiko
Timex
Swatch
Las Vegas Convention Center
Roger Amundson
Amundson
Tel Products
Hector, Minn
U.S. Technology Source Corp
Irvine
Calif
Ammur Burayez
U.S
Burayez
Play Inc
Starr Reopens Aspects of Vincent Foster Death Probe
Whitewater prosecutors ask three rescue workers to testify before a federal grand jury about the Fort Marcy Park death of Vincent Foster. Witnesses, who said they saw a briefcase in Foster’s car, were corrected by Park Police. Starr’s independent counsel is pushing to present scene photos to jurors as part of a continued review.
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Whitewater
Vincent Foster
White House
Dawyer
U.S
FBI
Foster
U.S. Park
Park
Robert Hines
Kenneth Starr
Fort Marcy Park
Virginia
U.S. District Court
Garnett VFW Dance and Winter Clearance Event
Community listings note a Garnett VFW dance January 7 from 8:30 to 11:30 p.m. with last band and attendees listed as members and guests, plus a January 4 to 12 Winter Clearance at Alley Fashion featuring OH winter clothes and boots, and a HAM LOAF Dinner at Masonic Temple on Sunday January 8 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. with a five dollar and sixty cent ad. A Phone Friend segment runs 3:15 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. for Fr. Co. School children, with call collect. Also promotes Body Sculpture Workout at MeW-F from 5:30 to 6:20 p.m. and provides a contact number 242-3629.
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Fr. Co
Wilder to Host Two Hour Morning Show on WRVA
Richmond station WRVA AM plans a two hour Doug Wilder Show on weekday mornings starting Wednesday. The program aims to extend nationally, with station manager Carl McNeill citing Limbaugh’s syndication as a model.
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Richmond, Va
L. Douglas Wilder
Rush Limbaugh
Richmond
Wrva-Am
Limbaugh
Doug Wilder
Carl McNeill
Tax payments due for 1994 estimated taxes
Wichita Kansas IRS says the 1994 federal estimated tax payment is due Jan 17 1995. If the 1994 return is filed and any tax is paid by Jan 31 1995 the payment may be skipped. Call 800-829-1040 for Form 1040 ES and details. Publication 505 explains withholding and estimates.
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Wichita
Kan
IRS
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