Airport runway bids shock city as costs soar
City faces a month delay after two bids for overlaying Municipal Airport runway far exceed the $140,134.89 estimate. LRM Industries and M W Watson Inc. bid $187,701.89 and $201,716.71 respectively, prompting re-bid. FAA funds cover 90 percent. planning by Bucher & Willis.
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Bob Bartcr
Bob Lehman
Bucher & Willis
Kansas City
LRM _ Industries
Lawrence
M.W. Watson Inc
Topeka
Mary Graham
National League steals AL strategy in MLB shift
National League clubs embrace aggressiveness and speed as the season unfolds, mirroring AL approach to baserunning and small-ball tactics. Local Legion teams rebound with improved pitching and timely hitting to regain momentum on the season.
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National League
Legion
Iran Invades Iraq Shocks Persian Gulf War Ongoing
Iran claims to have invaded Iraq and captured hundreds of soldiers in a bid to liberate Iraq and topple Saddam Hussein. Iraqi sources say Iraqi forces pushed six miles into Iraq and launched counterattacks toward Basra while reporting heavy enemy losses.
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Associated Press
Iraq
Saddam Hussein
Tehran Radio
Hussein
Iran
Khuzistan
London
Baghdad
Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini
Nicosia
Basra
Iam
Bakhtaran
Khorramabad
Regents To Hold The Line On State Higher Ed Spending
The Kansas Board of Regents pledged Gov. Carlin that state institutions will cut 4 percent from this year's budgets without touching faculty merit raises already granted. Regents say they will trim 11.2 million from the universities and Kansas Technical Institute but not from the 13.6 million faculty pay raise pool, which they say is contractually committed. The governor’s press secretary said a contingency plan may be explored if the economy delays improvement.
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Peka
Kan
State Board of Regents
John Carlin
Regents
James Pickett
Emporia
Glee Smith
Larned
Kansas Technical Institute
Carlin
Bill Hoch
Big Rains Hit State in Southwest to Northeast Kansas
AAP reports heavy thunderstorms drenched southwest Kansas then moved northeast with two to three inches of rain in several counties along the Nebraska border. In Rossville a power line substation outage affected 1100 customers, restored by 7 am. Jetmore saw up to six inches of rain, Ottawa logged 66 early and 89 F afternoon, with .13 inches by 7 am. County forecast: tonight partly cloudy 30 percent storms, lows near 70s, Thursday highs around 99 with light to moderate southerly winds.
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Topeka
Kan
Kansas
National Weather Service
Nebraska
Rossville
Kp&l
Hal Hudson
The
Weather Service
Jetmore
Dodge City
County faces red ink as 1983 levy trimmed by 1.49 mills
Franklin County faces a lean 1984 budget with a 1.49 mill levy cut and a projected red by 1985 unless state tax relief or voter approval for a sales tax passes. Auditor Arnold Lemon warned the county could run out of carry-over funds, despite a 5.36 percent rise in taxable valuation to 67,927,381 dollars.
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Bob Burtch
Franklin County
Arnold Lemon
Lemon
Leman
Roger Keith
State Board of Ax Appeals
Commissioners Set Up Special Pre election Broadcast
Franklin County voters will decide whether to raise the road and bridge levy limits from 10 to 14 mills and the special bridge levy from 2 to 4 mills. The county will host a Q A session on KOFO 1220 to explain tax needs for roads and bridges, moderated by Paul Vandersdale, at 8 10 a.m. on July 19, with calls to 242 1220.
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Franklin County
County Commission
KOFO
Paul Vandersdale
PLO seeks U S recognition before leaving Lebanon
PLO chairman Yasser Arafat would order up to 25,000 fighters cornered in west Beirut to surrender heavy weapons and evacuate by sea under U S Navy escort if Washington recognizes the PLO. Israel has massed forces around west Beirut threatening invasion while an Arab League meeting was canceled. A cease fire arranged by U S envoy Habib appears to be holding amid the siege and evacuations viewed as pivotal for Middle East policy.
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PLO
Yasser Arafat
West Beirut
U.S. 6Th Fleet
Washington
Israel
Lebanon
U.N
Middle East
Arab League
U.S
Philip C Habib
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OK Photo
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U.S. Blessing
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