Rose Kennedy Dies at 104 Widow of Kennedy Clan Pillar Passes Away
Nation Hyannis Port Mass AP Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy matriarch of the Kennedy family dies at 104 after a lifetime in the public eye. She used a wheelchair after a 1984 stroke and endured the deaths of four of her nine children along with other personal tragedies yet remained devout and steadfast in faith.
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Jobless rate dips in Kansas as December shows small decline
Kansas unemployment stood at 4.7 percent in December, down from 4.8 percent in November, per a monthly report. Secretary Wayne Franklin attributed the drop to seasonal factors as both jobs and job seekers eased. He noted December levels reflect typical winter stagnation and yearlong stability, with trade adding 1,900 jobs. Franklin County’s rate fell to 6.2 from 6.3.
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Kan
Kansas
Kansas Department of Human Resources
Wayne Franklin
Department
Franklin
Franklin County
Army to Inactivate Units at Fort Riley
Fort Riley officials announced the inactivation of 1st Infantry Division units as part of force reductions. About 4,200 soldiers will leave by February 1996, with more than 10,000 remaining in the 1st and 2nd brigades of the 1st Division, the 937th Engineer Group, and other non division units.
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Finney shotgun ownership decision awaited in Kansas
The Kansas Commission on Governmental Standards and Conduct will decide if Gov. Joan Finney may keep a shotgun she received in 1992 from Mossberg & Sons. Engraved with her name and the state seal, she used it twice at the governor's turkey shoot in El Dorado before leaving office Jan 9.
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Topeka
Kan
Kansas Commission On Governmental Standards and Conduct
Joan Finney
Finney
Mossberg & Sons Inc
Connecticut
el Dorado
Committee told We lost more than a fetus
Rebecca Woodruff testified before a Senate Judiciary subcommittee in Opera Kansas about losing a baby after a car crash caused by a drunken driver. She described the miscarriage occurring just before induction and pressed a bill defining life as beginning at fertilization for certain criminal statutes. The driver, Douglas Totton, 36, is jailed awaiting appeal after felony murder and related counts.
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OPERA
Kan
Rebecca Woodruff
Woodruff
Senate Judiciary Committee
Ottawa
Douglas A. Totton
Pomona
Franklin County
Lawmakers push tax cuts in Ottawa legislative coffee
Rep Ralph Tanner Republican Baldwin backs party's Declaration of Change calling for votes on 16 issues this session. Proposals include repealing energy and construction taxes, reducing vehicle taxes, a spending lid, victims' rights, term limits, unfunded mandates, private property rights, a balanced budget amendment, local option budget tweaks, school accountability reform, campaign finance limits, reporting on tax money used in local initiatives, medical savings accounts, unemployment tax cuts, and state employee reductions.
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Ottawa
Ralph Tanner
R Baldwin
Congress
Clinton signs first session bill on lawmakers living by laws
President Clinton signed the first measure passed by the Republican led Congress. The act establishes an accountability office to enforce federal employment, civil rights, health and safety laws on Congress. Clinton praised bipartisan cooperation and noted the reform has long been needed.
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Clinton
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Washington
White House
House
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Texas
Tom Foley
D-Wash
Oval Office
Senate
Roe v. Wade anniversary rallying blocs across nation
Activists on both sides mark the 22nd anniversary of Roe v Wade as violence worries persist after December clinic killings. In Boston two arrests followed a prayer service disruption by Massachusetts Citizens For Life. NOW rally drew over 2000 participants vowing to keep abortion legal and protect clinics.
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Boston
Massachusetts Citizens For Life
High Court
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