Fletcher enters 1996 GOP race criticising party shift
Civil Rights Commission member Arthur Fletcher, aged 70, announces his bid for the 1996 Republican presidential nomination. He accuses the GOP of moving toward right wing policies that threaten civil rights gains and affirmative action. Fletcher, a former CRT chair, Kansas GOP official, World War II veteran, ex football player and teacher, was named CR Commission chair in 1990 by President Bush.
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Washington
Civil Rights Commission
Arthur Fletcher
GOP
Fletcher
Commission
Kansas
Bush
Kassebaum Questions Arts Grants At Johnson County Meeting
Senator Nancy Kassebaum expressed doubt about some recently disclosed Arts and Humanities projects. She urged funding only for programs with broad taxpayer appeal and warned that a few questionable projects could spoil the entire National Endowment for the Arts and Humanities funding effort.
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Overland Park, Kan
Nancy Kassebaum
Arts and Humanities Association
Johnson County
Kassebaum
Senate Committee On Labor and Human Resources
National Endowment For the Arts
National Endowment For the Humanities
Farmers face two dollar wheat discounts in Kansas
In Topeka Texas AP report farmers with poor quality wheat face discounts up to two dollars per bushel. Kansas grain lobby Amanda? executive director Tom Tunnell says elevator managers lack control as upstream buyers drive the pricing. Legislators from southwestern Kansas called the Kansas Grain and Feed Association to complain.
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Topeka
Kan
Kansas
Kansas Grain and Feed Association
Tom Tunnell
Tunnell
Graves Ponders Replacing Kansas Racing Chair Denise Kobuszewski
Gov. Bill Graves indicated Denise Kobuszewski, chairman of the Kansas Racing Commission, will probably not be reappointed. He noted former Shawnee County District Attorney Gene Olander is a likely candidate to take over, as a new law gives the governor authority to appoint the chairman. Graves said he has not firmly decided yet.
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Topeka
Kan
Denise Kobuszewski
The
Kansas Racing Commission
Bill Graves
Graves
Shawnee County
Gene Olander
Racing Commission
Commission
Denise
Chaney named acting provost at Ottawa University
Ottawa University appoints George Chaney acting provost through a transition from Saturday. He will oversee all campus operations including academics student life admissions and financial aid. Chaney joined OU in 1968 as a math professor and planned retirement June 30 before accepting the provost role.
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Ottawa University
George Chaney
Pus
Harold D. Germer
Ottawa
Germer
Space shuttle Atlantis returns Russians from Mir mission
President Clinton lauds the joint mission noting improved U S Russian relations. Thagard along with cosmonauts Vladimir Dezhurov and Gennady Strekalov returned from a 115 day mission aboard Atlantis after docking with Mir marking a historic end to a long spaceflight era.
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Mir Space Station
Vladimir
Dezhurov
Gennady
Strekalov
Atlantis
Nixon jail envelope boosts sales of stamp
Santa Cruz cartoon weekly publisher Thom Zajacera says his jail cell Nixon stamp envelopes boosted demand, with 10,000 envelopes sold in the past month as post offices in the area run out. The local paper notes the stamp’s former slowness and the region’s liberal bent.
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Nixon
Santa Cruz
Calif
Richard Nixon
Santa
Post Office
Dick Nixon
County budget requests dominate Franklin County meeting
Franklin County officials heard budget requests from the Franklin County Historical Society COF and the sheriff’s department at the Wednesday night session. The historical society seeks 12000 annually for a grant administrator to oversee a depot renovation over three years, with Ottawa matching the amount. Sheriff Rex Bowling seeks funding to hire three deputies over two years at 25000 first year 50000 second year and 75000 third year continuation unclear.
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Commission
Donna Mietchen
Franklin County Historical Society
COF
Sheriff's Department
Forrest Lowry
Linda Alderman
The
Historical Society
Ottawa
Old Depot
Franklin County
Rex Bowling
Lawnmower accident victim comes home to Wellsville
Barry McNelis, 2, son of Sandie Laster, returned from an Oklahoma hospital after three weeks of surgeries following a lawn mower mishap. He will receive care from orthopedic surgeon Thomas Jensen in Olathe and may be treated at St. Louis Shriners hospital later. Community support included hospital suggestions and a fund at Kansas State Bank to cover medical expenses.
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Wellsville
Barry McNelis
Sandie Laster
George
Betty Laster
N. Poplar
Oklahoma
Olathe
Barry
Thomas Jensen
McNells
St. Louis Shriners Hospital
Betty
Jensen
Miami County
St. Louis
Kansas
Lasters
Laster
Meadowbrook
Gardner
Barry McNeils
Kansas State Bank
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