Court uses video system for first appearances in Shawnee County
A $69,000 fiber optic video setup was tested in Shawnee County District Court to allow defendants to appear from jail. Judge E Newton Vickers praised the clarity and time savings, while County Commission Chairman Eric Rucker noted potential cost reductions. defenders questioned the psychological impact on prisoners during mock arraignments.
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Topeka
Kan
Shawnee County
E. Newton Vickers
Shawnee County Commission
Eric Rucker
Public Defenders Office
Cindy Reynolds
Hutchinson Salt Plant Up For Sale
Carey Salt Co. owner says Hutchinson salt operation is up for sale with no buyers yet. The plant employs over 200 workers and is a division of Processed Minerals Inc., itself owned by Canadian Pacific (U.S.) Inc. Amond, president, cites divestiture of Carey Salt as misaligned with long term strategy, with no timetable or price disclosed.
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Hutchinson
HNS
Carey Salt Co
Hutchinson Salt
Processed Minerals Inc
Canadian Pacific
U.S
Amond
Canadian Pacific Limited
Canada
Jurors convict Garden City man in 1986 murder
In Garden City a jury found Timothy Gonzales guilty of first degree murder and attempted rape in the 1986 death of Lora Beth Williamson whose body was found in a cornfield. The case included a carnival alibi witness and evidence from pathology, fingerprints, tire tracks, and blood samples linking Gonzales to the crime.
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Garden City
Kan
Lora Beth Williamson
Timothy Gonzales
Miss Williamson
Gonzales
Wichita
David de Jong
FBI
Buhler Senior Killed In Car Train Collision
Jacque D. Parker, 17, a Buhler High School senior and daughter of district superintendent Jack Parker, died when her 1985 Ford Mustang crossed a county road and collided with a northbound Southern Pacific freight train near K-61. The crossing lights were active and the train horn sounded as the train, traveling 58 mph, needed 1.2 miles to stop after the impact.
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Jacque D. Parker
Buhler
Jack Parker
Buhler High School
Reno County
Southern Pacific
Parker
Military Death Chamber Being Built at Fort Leavenworth
Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, is constructing a lethal injection chamber at the U S Disciplinary Barracks, the military’s only maximum security prison. Two condemned inmates, a soldier and a Marine, await execution, with the chamber matching a 1986 Army rule shifting from hanging to injection. The last execution at the barracks occurred in 1961.
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Janet Wray
Fort Leavenworth
Flight circles globe to raise funds for children
In Seattle a Boeing 747SP named Friendship One departed Boeing Field to attempt a 40 hour world circumnavigation to set a new record and raise at least 500000 for children's charities. 100 paying passengers, journalists, and United crew join the mission with stops planned in Athens and Taipei.
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Seattle
Museum of Flight
Boeing Field
Clay Lacy
United Airlines
Friendship Foundation
United
Friel
Children’s Hospitals
Los Angeles
The
Athens
Greece
Taipei
Taiwan
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Gale Overbay
Hugoton
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WaKeeney
James Bobo
Kansas City
Blaine Cleveland
Salina
Curt Crossland
Columbus
Ronald Strecker
Ellinwood
Larry Zerngast
Alma
Topeka, Kan
State Department of Wildlife and Parks
Kansas
Keith Sexson
Department
House Energy and Natural Resources Committee
Wildlife and Parks
Sexson
Medora
Denver
Washington
Portugal
Egypt
Pakistan
India
Japan
Midway Island
Pacific
Bruce McCaw
Dick Friel
Brooke Knapp
Knapp
Unicef
Oldsmobile
Creason-Tawney
Chevrolet
Ottawa
Dr. Coupe
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