Hyatt Regency collapse haunts survivors six months on
Kansas City survivors recount the Hyatt Regency hotel disaster that killed 113 and injured nearly 200. Construction worker Bill Allman and others describe flashbacks, therapy, and lasting grief as the city slowly recovers. NBS will release a report in February, while settlements totaling nearly 5 million diminish some legal actions.
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Kansas City
Hyatt Regency
Bill Allman
Zammar
Allman
Joseph Waeckerle
Hyatt
Waeckerle
Baptist Memorial Hospital
Dalton Downing
Dalton
Donald Downing
Downing
Ginny Vineyard
National Bureau of Standards
NBS
Mat Heyman
Mark Williams
Unemployment bill advances in Kansas Senate committee
A 5-3 party line vote by the Senate Labor committee sent the measure to the Kansas Senate with a recommendation to pass. It would disqualify quitters and certain fired workers from unemployment benefits, with longer ineligibility for misconduct and for quitting without good cause.
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Topeka
Kan
Senate
Senate Labor, Industry and Tourism Committee
John Carlin
State Department of Human Resources
Carlin
Robert Talkington
Hostages Mark First Anniversary With Quiet Reflections
Former hostage Paul Lewis and about two dozen others mark the anniversary in a restrained, low-key fashion. Many express a desire to blend back into normal life while some plan a reunion at Stewart Airport near Newburgh.
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Brian Friedman
Associated Press
Paul Lewis
Iran
University of Tlinois
Champaign
Bellevue
Neb
Mary Needham
Air Force
Paul Needham Jr
Paul
Needhams
Algiers
Needham
Offutt Air Force Base
Phil Ward
Culpepper
State Department
Army
Charles Scott
Stone Mountain
Stewart Airport
Newburgh
N.Y
Campbell Thompson
Farm Bureau chief seeks end to price supports by 1985
American Farm Bureau Federation president Robert Delano urged ending all commodity price support programs by 1985 to curb federal spending. He proposed voluntary 15 percent acreage cuts for 1982 crops and favored backing a $5 billion 1983 Export Credit Revolving Fund to expand export markets. He urged processors to bargain with farmers on commodity prices.
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Washington
American Farm Bureau Federation
Robert Delano
Delano
Federation
Farm Bureau
Congress
Agricultural Export Credit Revolving Fund
U.S
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Fred Grossman
Richard Gist
Comprehensive Mental Health Services Inc
Norm Zammar
Vietnam
St. Mary's Hospital
Kansas
SIGE
Ottawa
Hallmark Inn
I-35
Andy’s
Hammond
Kimball
Yamaha
Lowrey
Baldwin, Thomas
Wurlitzer
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