Kansas Insurance Chief Face Probe Over Phone Records
The Kansas Bureau of Investigation will review phone records of the state Insurance Department to probe possible political use by Insurance Commissioner Ron Todd. Attorney General Bob Stephan, overseeing the FBI, confirmed the planned review after two GOP primary opponents accused him of using the office as a campaign hub. Todd denies the charges.
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Topeka
Kan
Kansas Bureau of Investigation
State Insurance Department
Ron Todd
Bob Stephan
FBI
Stephan
Todd
Walker Hendrix
Ottawa
Doug Norman
College gets big gift from famed auto dealer
Orestes Eck known as Rusty, a prominent auto dealer, donated 1.75 million dollars to Kansas Newman College, the largest individual gift in the school’s history. Eck and Roths, childhood playmates from western Sedgwick County, were reunited as the nun and college president announced the gift on Wednesday.
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Wichita, Kan
Orestes Eck
Tarcisia Roths
Sedgwick County
Eck
Rusty
Roths
Kansas Newman College
Newman
Bar owner testifies in Kansas City inspector bribery case
In Kansas City Kaw a bar owner testified he gave the city's chief deputy building inspector a pickup truck in 1991 and 500 to overlook code violations. The jury heard tapes where inspector Matias Campos acknowledged the gifts and suggested how to dodge permits. McGraw says the truck and cash were a warranty remedy for a used pickup.
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Kansas City
Kan
Matias Carlos Campos
P.J. McGraw
McGraw
FBI
Kaw
Robert A. DeCoursey
Campos
Doctor charged in Kansas with murder and attempted murder
Dr. L. Stan Naramore, 49, faces one count of first degree murder and one count of attempted first degree murder in Cheyenne County, for alleged injections at Cheyenne County Hospital in August 1992. Arrested in Lowell, Wyoming. Authorities say the 81-year-old man was paralyzed and declared brain dead after an emergency room admission. A second patient, a 78-year-old woman, was allegedly overdosed days earlier.
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ST. Francis
Kan
Cheyenne County
L. Stan Naramore
Cheyenne County Hospital
Bob Stephan
Kansas Bureau of Investigation
Naramore
Lowell
Wyo
Stephan
Naramor T
Library seeks Franklin building for new Ottawa home
Ottawa Library Board endorses pursuing the Franklin Federal Savings building as a future library home. A trustee poll shows unanimous support though city manager Scott Lambers noted several alternate uses. The plan hinges on grant funds for accessible city hall improvements linked to the purchase.
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Ottawa Library Board of Trustees
Franklin Federal Savings
First
Hickory
Franklin
Bob Reusch
Barbara Dew
Ottawa
Scott Lambers
Reusch
Lambers
Ottawa Police
City Municipal Court
Ottawa School District
The
Tee Pee Cattle Company wins Franklin County Ranch Rodeo title
Tee Pee Cattle Company from Tonganoxie captured top honors at the Franklin County Fair Ranch Rodeo. D and M Cattle Company of Greeley finished fourth, Pro Cattle Company of Ottawa placed mid pack among 15 teams as contestants tested cattle penning, roping, and milking skills in a nod to ranching tradition.
Fair Schedule and Rodeo Opening Night Recap
Tonight at the fair features a barbecue near the Cattle Barn at 5 30 p m. Ottaway Amusements rides open at 6 p m along with carnival games and sheep shows in Hayward Arena. The rodeo starts at 8 p m with teams aiming to pen cattle after crossing the chalk line. Tee Pee team set a 25 33 second pace, while many others earned penalties for delay.
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Cattle Barn
Ottaway Amusements
Hayward Arena
Cholera Ravages Massive Rwandan Refugee Camp
In Goma Zaire cholera swept through a refugee camp housing about 1 million Rwandan refugees, killing at least 800. Aid officials urged urgent world aid as Doctors Without Borders warned the outbreak was out of control and could threaten tens of thousands more.
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Goma
Zaire
Anouk Delaforthe
Doctors Without Borders
Belgium
Epidemic in Rwandan Camps Highlights Sanitation Gaps
The report notes cholera and dysentery spreading in Rwandan camps due to sanitation shortages. Cholera incubates in the small intestine causing diarrhea and dehydration. rapid IV fluids and antibiotics can restore patients if kidney damage is avoided. Dysentery spreads through contaminated food and water, causing diarrhea and potential intestinal ulcers. antibiotics are used for treatment.
Minnesota firm malls local plant in Ottawa
Ottawa City Council will hold a special session at City Hall to discuss a 500000 Small City Community Development Block Grant for Lester Building Systems a division of Lesters of Minnesota to open a new manufacturing plant at 801 North Street Ottawa. The project totals about 2250000 and would hire 60 workers producing industrial and agricultural buildings.
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Ottawa
TL Commision
City Hall
Minnesota
Lester Building Systems
Lesters of Minnesota, Inc
Mid-America Aerospace
North Street
Lou Atherton
Atherton
Lesters
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