No loss for words: Local girl wins trip to Disneyland
Lori Alvarado reports eight year old Jennifer Norris won General Foods sponsored essay contest for 7 to 12 year olds with a 100 word piece. The third grader from Eugene Field School will visit Disneyland with her family, including airfare, hotel, spending money, Disneyland tickets, and a TV appearance on Telethon. Jennifer’s success follows prior Kansas Day poetry published in an Ottawa Library book, with praise for her mother Gayle and grandmotherly guidance.
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Lori Alvarado
Herald
Jennifer Norris
Jennifer
Disneyland
California
General Foods Corporation
Steve Norris
S. Elm
Eugene Field School
Ottawa
Gayle
Steve
Renita Abel
Norrises
Stephanie
Legislators back Hayden circuit-breaker plans in tax relief push
In Topeka the 1990 Legislature fast tracked property tax relief and welfare restoration after Gov. Mike Hayden outlined a lean $66 million spending cut and a $27.3 million residential plus $42.7 million commercial circuit-breaker. Protests outside the House grew as testimony began on the Senate panel for the commercial breaker offering refunds up to 5,000 or 50 percent of 1988–89 increases.
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Topeka, Kan
Mike Hayden
Hayden
House
Kansas
Senate Ways and Means Committee
Kansas Legislature Faces Tax Reform Urgency
Harris News Analysis notes the first week of the 1990 Kansas Legislature focused on tax relief and reform. The piece links taxes to welfare, schools, and state treasury concerns, arguing reform is complex and intertwined with broader policy.
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Kansas
State Treasury
Welfare Department
Carlin and Slattery Hold High Stakes Gubernatorial Talk
In Topeka a private Friday gathering of nearly two dozen Democratic leaders aimed at the Carlin Slattery intra party race for governor. Carlin said he will stay in the contest regardless, while Slattery downplayed the meeting as a party unity talk.
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Topeka
Kan
John Carlin
Jim Slattery
Slattery
John Bollenberg
Carlin
U.S
Dan Glickman
Wichita
Bill Roy Sr
Tom Docking
Democratic Party
Manhattan
Joan Finney
Fred W. Phelps
Phelps
Slattery-Carlin
New York
Tammany Hall
Kansas City
Pendergast
Kansas
Kansas blindsided on drought relief funds amid shift to Texas
Kansas faces reduced drought aid as Texas collects $114 million of $900 million set aside. Kansas officials and farmers, led by Kim Barnes of Garfield Co-op, sought relief after the 1989 drought. Total aid disbursed nears $657 million, with Kansas projected impact from losses running into the billions, including $605 million in wheat losses.
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Mike Corn Harris
Congress
Kansas
Texas
Kim Barnes
Garfield Co-op
Pawnee
Bares
U.S. Agriculture
Clayton Yecutter
U.S
Bush
Robert Dole
Kansas Agriculture
Sam Brownback
White House
Kansas State University
Southpaws rally to overcome a stigma
Dean Campbell of Manhattan Kansas runs Lefthanders International Inc a 35000 member group aiming to erase the stigma of being left handed. The Topeka based outfit notes famous lefties like Ford Dole Sayers Kop pel and Berra and recounts employment bias against left handers in postal work police service and manufacturing.
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Topeka
Kan
Bush
Ted Koppel
Ringo Starr
Bach
Alexander the Great
Richard Pryor
Alf
Leonardo da Vinci
Whoopi Goldberg
Yogi Berra
Dean Campbell
Manhattan
Campbell
Ford
Bob Dole
Gale Sayers
Peo
Ple
Seattle
Missouri
Kitchen
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Jim Braden
Joint Assembly
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Senate
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