Clinton pledges aid to Poland for democracy and market reforms
President Clinton urged Central and Eastern Europe to hold hard to democracy and free markets, pledging over 200 million in aid to accelerate Poland’s transition from communism. He said he would seek 100 million for ties with NATO through Partnership for Peace, with Poland set to receive 25 million as one of 21 participating nations.
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Warsaw
Poland
Central
Europe
Clinton
Congress
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Partnership For Peace
Three die in Wichita light plane crash in storm
In Wichita Kansas three people were killed and two injured when a light plane crashed during takeoff in a severe thunderstorm from Jabara Airport. Two died at the scene around 8:30 a.m. one died later at Wesley Medical Center. A 13-year-old was critical, a 7-year-old was serious. Victims unnamed.
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Wichita
Kan
Jabara
Federal Aviation Administration
Wesley Medical Center
Ex-KCK mayor Walsh dies at 57 in Kansas City
Richard F. Walsh, mayor of Kansas City, Kansas from 1971 to 1975, died at 57 after heart problems. He fell ill at his Shawnee home, was rushed to Providence Medical Center, and died about 12:30 a.m. He had undergone heart surgery in April. In later years the city expanded greatly under his successor. In Topeka, Leavenworth man Corky LaFontaine, 56, won $379,000 Kansas Cash Lotto last Saturday, with his wife Geraldine and seven children and 15 grandchildren.
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Kansas City, Kan
Richard F. Walsh
Walsh
Providence Medical Center
Associates
Kansas City
Kan
Jack Reardon
Topeka
Leavenworth
Kansas
Earl “Corky” LaFontaine
Geraldine
State treasurer to tour county fairs with unclaimed property booth
State Treasurer Sally Thompson's office will bring its unclaimed property booth to four county fairs this summer. Visitors can use a computer check to see if they own abandoned cash in dormant bank accounts utility deposits royalties and inheritances. The events are Ellis County Fair Hays July 18 24 Douglas County Fair Lawrence August 1 6 Johnson County Fair Gardner August 9 14 and Central Kansas Fair Abilene August 21 26.
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Topeka
Kan
Sally Thompson
Ellis County
Hays
Douglas County
Lawrence
Johnson County
Gardner
Central Kansas
Abilene
City votes to buy ex Franklin site in Ottawa
The Ottawa City Commission voted 4-1 to try to buy the Franklin Savings HQ at First and Hickory from First National Bank of Kansas for up to 750000. City Manager Scott Lambers would negotiate, excluding computer equipment. Dissenting Matt Matthews warned of deficits and called the plan arrogant.
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Franklin
Ottawa City Commission
Franklin Savings
First and
Hickory
First National Bank of Kansas
Scott Lambers
Matt Matthews
Matthews
Ottawa plans revised capital improvements plan
City Manager Scott Lambers presented a reconfigured CIP to the Ottawa City Commission on Wednesday. The plan trims housing development in the southwest and allocates funds to buy the Franklin Savings building at First and Hickory for 900000 dollars, covering the maximum 750000 building cost plus 100000 for improvements.
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Scott Lambers
Ottawa City Commission
Franklin Savings Building
First
Hickory
Franklin
Lambers
Yard of the Month awards honor two local yards
Diane Yeamans reports Ottawa PRIDE and Four Seasons Garden Club coordinate Yard of the Month. June winners Sharon and Keith Gutreuter pass the yard sign to July winners Bob and Paul Fleming. winners receive granite plaques. Gutreuters run Air Technologies Inc. and reside in a Victorian home shown in local tours.
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Ottawa Pride
Four Seasons Garden Club
Sharon
Keith Gutreuter
S. Main
Bob
Paul Fleming
S. Mulberry
Gutreuters
Flemings
Air Technologies Inc
Judge allows glove and blood evidence at Simpson hearing
Los Angeles judge rules police acted with benevolent purpose and denied suppression of key items found at OJ Simpson estate. A bloody glove, bloodstains on a driveway, and a blood spat on a Bronco door were admitted for the preliminary murder hearing despite no warrant.
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Los Angeles
OJ. Simpson
Kathleen Kennedy- Powell
Simpson
Kennedy-Powell
Center of the United States near Lebanon Kansas marked by locals
In 1940 engineers using Coast and Geodetic Survey data identified a center point near Lebanon Kansas. The marker sits in a hog pen on Johnny Grieb’s farm but he refused to host it. A pyramid monument, flag, motel ruin, chapel, grill and picnic area now mark the nearby center, maintained by the Lebanon Hub Club. US 281 and Kansas 191 lead visitors to the site.
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California
Virginia
North Dakota
Texas
Lebanon
Nebraska
Kansas
United States
U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey
Johnny Grieb
Grieb
Lie Kan
Grieb Farm
Phyllis Bell
Lebanon Times
Kansas Department of Transportation
Turner Prize winner Whiteread praised and berated
In November at the Tate Gallery London sculptor Rachel Whiteread, 30, won the Turner Prize as Britain’s top artist. The same show saw her voted worst by the K. Foundation, which awarded about 60,000 pounds in notes nailed to a board, twice the Turner prize. In June Beijing police raided a performance art event.
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Rachel Whiteread
Tate Gallery
London
K. Foundation
Beijing
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Richard Serra
Los Angeles Times
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