Prairie dogs invade graves and crops across Kansas
Prairie dogs bite into a cemetery and a farm field in southern Kansas. Arlene Thomas laments 15 burrows around her father Jackson Burger’s grave in Drury. Seward County officials order a farmer to control a marauding prairie dog colony near Liberal or face eradication at his expense via property tax charges.
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Wichita
Kan
Kansas
Arlene Thomas
Jackson P. Burger
Goodell
Drury
Seward
Liberal
Trench collapse fatal for 34 year old worker near Emporia
The body of 34 year old Bryan Conley was found at the bottom of an 18 foot trench beside US-50 six miles west of Emporia after hours of digging. Dozens aided the rescue while another worker was rescued after the trench walls caved in.
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Emporia
Kan
Bryan Conley
Conley
Us-50
U.S. relief supplies reach war torn Bosnia in June
Twelve tons of donated relief goods from medicine to vaccines have arrived in Bosnia over the past month under a Senate led program. The initial shipment was brought by Senate Minority Leader Bob Dole during a June 5 visit to Sarajevo. Subsequent aid arrived by U S Air Force and United Nations aircraft and was distributed by relief groups. Kansas firms MedVentures Inc and Payless Shoe Source of Topeka and Weaver's of Lawrence contributed items.
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Washington
Wartorn Bosnia
Senate
Bob Dole
Dole
R-Kan
Sarajevo
U.S. Air Force
United Nations
Kansas
MedVentures Inc
Payless Shoe Source
Topeka
Weaver's
Lawrence
Graves says agriculture should be equal partner in Kansas economy
Bill Graves and running mate Sheila Frahm advocate treating agriculture as a business to share in Kansas economic development. They pledge to use economic development revenues to spur value-added processing and rural manufacturing if elected.
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Topeka
Kan
Bill Graves
Sheila Frahm
Kansas
Queen Elizabeth II to make historic October visit to Russia
Buckingham Palace announced that Queen Elizabeth II will visit Russia from October 17 to 20 with Prince Philip and Foreign Secretary Douglas Hurd. The trip marks the first state visit to Russia by a reigning British monarch, hosted by President Boris Yeltsin, with a nod to past royal engagements in 1908 aboard the Standart during Tsar Nicholas II’s era.
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London
Elizabeth 1
Russia
Buckingham Palace
Prince Philip
Douglas Hurd
Boris Yeltsin
Edward VII
Alexandra
Tsar Nicholas II
Standart
Tallinn
Rabin and Hussein to Meet in Washington July 25
Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and King Hussein of Jordan plan a July 25 Washington meeting to push a historic peace accord. President Clinton urged progress, and Secretary Christopher was sent to help resolve remaining differences as Peres called the gathering a turning point in Middle East relations.
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Yitzhak J Rabin
Hussein
Jordan
Washington
Rabin
Clinton
Middle East
Warren Christopher
Shimon Peres
Peres
Israel
Syria
Dear John letter sent to Rwanda
United States cuts diplomatic ties with Rwanda's Hutu government blaming genocide support. Embassies ordered closed and staff to depart within five days. Floods of Hutu refugees cross into Zaire as Tutsi-led rebels advance. Government violence blamed for 200 000 to 500 000 deaths amid ethnic savagery.
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Ashington
United States
Rwanda
Clinton
Zaire
Running mates square off in governor bid
Sader, a Johnson County Democrat, discusses why Democrat Jim Slattery chose her as running mate. She cites eight years in the Kansas legislature including chairing the House Public Health and Welfare Committee and leadership on health care, senior citizens, children and family issues, and education. Continued on page 2.
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and Sader
Johnson County
Jim Slattery
Kansas
House Public Health and Welfare
House
Walker backs blunt ticket pairing in Kansas race
Walker says his selection by Joan Wagnon as running mate was driven by issues not politics. He cites his health care stance and blunt style as aligned with Wagnon, noting his small district and lack of guaranteed votes. Slattery remains the leading Democrat in state gubernatorial polls.
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Oug Walker
Ddeorwaume
Joan Wagnon
Walker
Senate
Joan
Jim Slattery
Jacks
WWII fighter belly lands in manure field near Chino
April in Chino California pilot Bob Martin's World War II era fighter plane developed engine trouble after takeoff. He made a belly first landing in a dairy farm manure bed about half a mile from the runway and walked away with only bruises. In February, FEMA director Wallace Stickney said nuclear disaster plans called for evacuation of Congress and top government officials but not.
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T. April
Chino
Calif
Bob Martin
Mother Jones Magazine
Wallace Stickney
Federal Emergency Management Agency
Bush
FEMA
Congress
Largest Hairball Contest Stirs Wonder in Ripley’s Museums
A Ripley’s Believe It or Not! contest drew 300-plus submissions for the world’s largest hairball. The winner measured 33 inches in circumference, but Finney County Historical Society Museum in Garden City, Kansas boasted a 37-inch specimen that it would not part with. Readers were invited to send Weird News items to Crwek Shepherd in St. Petersburg, Florida.
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Ripley’s
Ripley's
Finney County Historical Society
Garden City
Kan
Crwek Shepherd
P.O
St. Petersburg
Flo
Richmond Free Fair expands with new features for 70th year
The Richmond Free Fair marks its 70th year with a new rabbit barn and Ottaway Amusements rides to accompany livestock exhibits. A 3on-3 basketball tourney begins Saturday at 9 am, a street dance at 8 30 pm, and events run Sunday through Tuesday including athletic contests, a 4H FFA horse show, and a parade themed Favorite Pastimes. Admission requires a $5 donation.
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Virginia Cunningham
Richmond Free Fair Board
Preditor
Coffeyville
Richmond — Rabbits
Cunningham
Ottaway Amusements
Derby
FFA
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