North Reveals CIA Role In Iran Arms Sales Hearings
Lt. Col. Oliver North testified that William Casey supported the Iran arms fund used for secret operations beyond aiding the Contras. He denied creating a CIA outside the CIA, while lawmakers called the disclosures a serious, troubling plan to bypass Congress. North's testimony drew praise from some and sharp critique from others as hearings continue with Poindexter set to testify.
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Washington
Oliver North
CIA
William J. Casey
Iran
North
William Cohen
Maine
Congress
Senate Committee
Daniel Inouye
Hawaii
Warren Rudman
N.H
Rudman
Casey
John Poindexter
National Security Council
Few Kansans Cotton To Crop Insurance
Kansas farmers show low uptake of crop insurance despite risks of hail winds and floods. Estimates place insured acreage at 20 to 30 percent as banks increasingly require coverage. Reasons include prior disaster payments that removed premiums, high costs, and mixed returns with federal subsidies shaping cost-benefit perceptions.
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Wichita, Kan
Kansas
Art Barnaby
Kansas State University
Barnaby
Gerry Rice
Kansas Farm Bureau
Rice
School Board To Perform Its Annual Rites Of Summer
The Ottawa Board of Education meets at 7 30 PM at 420 S Main to elect officers for the next year and adopt annual resolutions including meeting times, depositories, and newspaper designation. Reorganization includes treasurer clerk attorney and various program representatives plus budget and policy actions. Executive session will discuss administrator and staff salaries.
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Jay Bemis
Ottawa Board of Education
Jerry Harnden
Bud Gollier
Jack Bushman
Almeda Edwards
Bushman
S. Main
Barkis Overstates Kansas Highway Plan Cost
Kansas House Democratic Leader Marvin Barkis asserts the highway program would cost about 3.3 billion, not 1.7 billion. Transportation Secretary Horace Edwards confirms potential totals near 3 billion but compares it to a mortgage, urging voters to consider higher taxes or revenue bonds to fund road construction and maintenance through 1996.
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Topeka
Kan
House
Marvin Barkis
Kansas
Transportation
Horace Edwards
Barkis
Edwards
Mike Hayden
Department of Transportation
Senate backs tougher stance on trade with Japan and others
The Senate approved a plan to pressure countries with a consistent pattern of unfair trade barriers, naming Japan, Taiwan, and Korea. A key vote of 87-7 backed a proposal directing the USTR to list offending nations and pursue retaliation if no agreement is reached within 19 months, potentially tariffs or quotas.
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Washington
Senate
Donald W. Riegle Jr
D-Mich
Dan Evans
House
Richard A. Gephardt
D-Mo
Gephardt
Robert C. Byrd
Dw.va
John C. Danforth
R-Mo
Senate Finance Committee
Danforth
U.S
Finney refunds funds to clear cloud over campaign
Kansas State Treasurer Joan Finney repaid 2004.31 from her personal funds into the general state treasury to remove doubt about misuse of taxpayer money in her 1986 reelection campaign. She said the repayment is not admission of guilt and plans to appeal a disclosure commission ruling.
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Topeka
Kan
Joan Finney
Kansas’ General
State Treasury General Fund
Finney
Kansas Public Disclosure Commission
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Poindexter
R-N.h
Richard Cheney
R-Wyo
Ollie North
Food Service
Kansas Public Employees Retirement System
Kansas Association of School Boards’ Legal Assistance Fund
Dale
Fox
Citizen Advisory Council
Nancy Hale
Hale
Barkis Gilds
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