Smooth-talking fugitive dupes taxi driver for ride and fare
Charleston AP reports fugitive Charles Williams, who escaped a work detail in Parkersburg, recruited taxi driver Lewis Armstrong by offering $1,000 for a trip to Elkhart Indiana. Williams vanished from a snow-clearing detail and did not pay the $430 taxi and $100 plane ticket, leaving Armstrong with $160 for wear and tear. Williams previously faced charges for passing bad checks and was to complete his sentence November 21.
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Ohio
Lewis Armstrong
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Carlos Wilhelm
Elkhart
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Michigan State Line
Charles Williams
Parkersburg
Williams
Kansas House Vote May End Metro Culture District Plan
The Kansas House moved to repeal a law enabling a bi state culture district with Missouri counties to raise a quarter cent arts tax though a conference vote may be needed as Senate support remains. Separate notice names Shawnee and Sumner as primary disaster areas for 1994 crop damage with federal aid possible, plus 11 neighboring counties named contiguous disaster areas.
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Kansas
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Missouri
Senate
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Kan
Shawnee
Sumner
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Douglas
Jackson
Jefferson
Osage, Pottawatomie
Wabaunsee
Butler, Cowley, Harper, Kingman
Sedgwick
Woman killed in possible homicide in Belle Plaine
A Belle Plaine woman was killed and her husband seriously injured in what authorities termed a possible homicide and attempted suicide. The couple’s 6-year-old daughter witnessed the killing and fled to a neighbor for help. she was unharmed. Sumner County Sheriff Tony Schwabauer said few other details were available late Wednesday.
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Belle Plaine
Kan
Sumner County
Tony Schwabauer
City of Ottawa discrimination complaint cites 1984 power plant remark
Kansas Human Rights Commission documents reveal supervisor Les Wheat used a racial slur in 1984 describing blacks and stated women and blacks would never work at the city power plant. Hernandez, a candidate for the city commission, alleges bias in hiring and an investigation was requested by December. The city manager acknowledged the incident occurred, though Wheat did not participate in the final hiring decision.
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Kansas Human Rights Commission
Ottawa
Les Wheat
Commission
Wheat
Gregorio Hernandez
S. Elm
Human Rights Commission
Hernandez
Ottawa City Commission
Scott Lambers
Lambers
Tyson seeks re election to Ottawa City Commission
Ottawa official Joan Tyson announced this week she will seek another four year term in the April 4 election. She said serving on the city commission has been eye opening and educational, and she hopes voters will approve of her work to continue serving Ottawa and its people.
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Ottawa
Joan Tyson A
Tyson
Commission
Clinton urges mediator to push baseball talks
President Clinton told mediator W J Usery to resume negotiations between owners and players and to intensify mediation efforts. He warned the government may propose its own plan if the stalemate continues as spring training nears.
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Washington
Clinton
White House
W.J. Usery
Usery
Bud Selig
Union
Donald Fehr
Baltimore Orioles
Amendment falls short in House bid for budget balance
With Democrats opposing, the House tentatively refused to back a balanced budget amendment from the Contract With America. The 253 to 173 vote fell short of the two thirds needed for passage, despite support from 220 Republicans and 33 Democrats.
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Tosshington
House
America
Congress
Joe Barton
Texas
GOP
Ottawa Police Seek Three COPS Officers Delayed Grant Schedule
Ottawa officials report the COPS Fast Grant awards will be about 30 days late with 3 officers planned. Chief Jeff Herrman says Ottawa seeks data financing for one school duty officer and two street officers to provide three on each shift with downtown patrols and night checks. The grant would fund 100 percent of salaries in year one, 75 percent in year two, and 50 percent in year three, after which funding ends unless city pledges permanent positions.
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Ottawa
Ottawa Police
Jeff Herrman
Ins
Wesia
Washington
Herrman
Arrest Made in ATM Theft Attempt at Metcalf South
A man was arrested after a failed ATM theft at Metcalf South Shopping Center in Overland Park Kansas. Four suspects targeted the ATM, two fleeing after firing at a maintenance worker. No injuries were reported and FBI investigators are probing possible links to a similar January Bannister Mall theft.
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Overland Park, Kan
Metcalf South
Bannister Mall
Kansas City
Max Geiman
FBI
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