King Day ceremony and protest shape Kansas agenda
Dr Warren Stewart Sr told 400 at the Statehouse about the 1963 Washington speech in vivid terms during the MLK Day commemoration. Gov Finney signed a proclamation establishing the holiday as a statewide observance and a security fence was planned for a Klan protest on Saturday. Finney also announced an Energy Advisory Committee to aid small Kansas oil producers facing low crude prices, noting many marginal wells are unprofitable and at risk of closure.
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Topeka
Kan
Warren Stewart Sr
Coffeyville
Martin Luther King Jr
Washington
Statehouse
Martin Luther King
Ku Klux Klan
Stewart
Arizona
Joan Finney
Kansas
Denver
Indianapolis
Thomas Robb
Energy Advisory Committee
Danny Biggs
Great Bend
Nicholas Powell
Iola
Jon M. Callen
J. Paul Jennings
David Murfin
Mike Vess
Wichita
Finney
Kansas Independent Oil and Gas Association
Bill to create juvenile boot camps and disarm youths
In Kansas a Senate gun control bill would bar firearms with barrels under 12 inches for under 18s and revoke licenses for juveniles convicted of handgun possession. A proposal to establish state juvenile boot camps, modeled after Labette County's program for young offenders, is set for hearings next Thursday by the Senate Judiciary Committee.
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Topeka
Kan
Senate
Judiciary Committee
Kansas
Labette County
Jerry Moran
R-Hays
Colorado
Clinton urges Russia toward democracy in Moscow town hall
President Clinton urged Russia to stay on the path of democratic change during a televised Moscow town hall broadcast across Russia and via CNN. He expressed sympathy for the hardships of reform, pledged U.S. aid through a social safety net, and said Russia must avoid returning to the past as questions from live audience members addressed education, culture, civil unrest, and Russian rights in Latvia.
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OSCOW
Clinton
Russia
Moscow
CNN
St. Petersburg
Stavropol
U.S
United States
Latvia
Inmate Escape Prompted Multi-Agency Capture Near Paola
Seven area agencies aided in recapturing two Miami County inmates after they escaped from a jail Thursday night. Inmate Clarence Brockert was captured first, wearing only partial underwear, followed by Craig Walker after a car chase and injury crash at 327th Street and Hospital Drive. Ed Koon, the injured jailer, was treated and released.
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ACLA
Frankpn County
Miami County
Craig Walker
Osawatomie
Clarence Brockett
Johnson County
Dan George
Ed Koon
Miami County Hospital
Olathe Medical Center
Koon
George
Paola
Brockert
Walker
327Th Street
Hospital Drive
House delays vote on reinvamp the government plan
OPERA Kan AP The House plans to vote Monday on a bill keeping alive Gov Joan Finneys task force to reinvent government The measure would place the task force in law and add legislators while creating a Project Management Committee to review all state agencies and operate a tips hotline Critics say the bill duplic ates effort and would require Finney veto to proceed as she also opposed expanding the task force last year
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OPERA
House
Joan Finney
Senate
Finney
Ed McKechnie
City sued by suspect over cocaine incident in Oak Forest
Ermesto Mota, 32, who suffered brain damage after swallowing a bag of cocaine in a police station to avoid it being used as evidence, files a 7 million lawsuit against the city of Oak Forest Illinois, alleging police inaction and delayed medical help. Mansfield, Ohio.
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Ermesto Mota
Oak Forest
Ill
Mota
Mansfield
Ohio
Inmates sue General Foods over Maxwell House addiction claim
In December Paul B. Geist and Craig A. Anthony, both inmates aged 27 and 28, filed a lawsuit against General Foods alleging lack of notice that Maxwell House coffee is addictive. They seek $20,000 for headaches and insomnia suffered in prison.
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Paul B. Geist
Craig A. Anthony
General Foods
Maxwell House Coffee
Revised McGruff Club set for February registration
Ottawa Police Department hosts the annual McGruff Club for preschool and elementary children starting February at Ottawa Municipal Auditorium with Saturday morning sessions. Registration 9 am to 1 pm at OPD and Wal-Mart. cost 3 dollars per child, with funds raised via donations. Some sessions feature live entertainment and demonstrations by local performers, 911 dispatch, fire safety, EMS, and gun safety talks.
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Ottawa Police Department
Ottawa Municipal Auditorium
Hickory
Daryl Shutt
OPD
McGruff
Shutt
Regis
Wal-Mart
911 Central Dispatch
Ottawa Fire Department
Frankli County Ambulance Service
First Ai
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University of Kansas Medical Center
Kansas City
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Pittsburg
Hendrix
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Herald
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