Two Area Men Die In Santa Fe Rail Crash
Two men were killed and another severely burned when a Santa Fe Railroad train collided head on with a maintenance truck near Wellsville. Victims were Steven Griffin 37 and Amos E Tso 33. Darren Beets 27 remained in serious condition with second and third degree burns.
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Jay Bemis
Herald
Wellsville
Santa Fe
Here
Steven Griffin
Baldwin
Amos E. Tso
Pomona
University of Kansas Medical Center
Darren Beets
S. Hickory
Ottawa
Kansas City
Kan
Beets
Miami County
Randy Cornelius
Miami
Santa Fe Railroad
Cornelius
Ottawa Herald
Topeka
Dale C. Schiedel
Sam Gurley
Richard Cruces
Griffin
Tso
Gurley
Cruces
Ransom Memorial Hospital
AMH
Judge Sees Through Wool at Franklin County Fair Sheep Show
Allen McColm of Prescott paced as the sheep judging began at the Franklin County Fair. Details of early results appear on Page 6.
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Franklin County
Allen McColm
Prescott
Fourteen Named To New Crime Prevention Panel
Attorney General Robert T. Stephan announced a new crime prevention panel to replace the Governor's Committee and revealed 14 appointees. The panel will plan and coordinate Kansas crime prevention efforts and work with the Kansas Bureau of Investigation crime prevention unit under the attorney general's office.
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Topeka
Kan
Robert T. Stephan
Stephan
Kansas
Kansas Bureau of Investigation
KBI
Kay Houser
Governor’s Committee On
Stephan Said
Ed Boswell
Prairie Village
Patty Brown
Bob Closter
Donna Love
Kansas Highway Patrol
Don Pickett
Scott Tesselink
Wyandotte
Cordell Meeks Jr
George Stephens
Wichita Police Department
Highway Patrol
Bert Cantwell
Kansas City
Larry Cline
Manhattan
Emporia Police Department
Richard Frevert
Finney County
Paul Handy
Crawford County
Carla Stovall
Mine Damaged Bridgeton Struck by Gulf Mine Attack
A Kuwaiti flagged tanker Bridgeton with U.S. escort hit a mine near Farsi Island in the Persian Gulf injuring no one aboard but taking on water. The 401,382 ton vessel proceeded to al Ahmadi Kuwait for inspection and possible repair as Tehran denounced the incident and Washington weighed potential retaliation.
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Persian Gulf
Bridgeton
Tehran
Hussein Musavi
America
Iran
Islamic Republic
Nicosia
Musavi
United States
Tehran University
U.S.A
National Security
Frank Carlucci
Reagan
U.S
Mina al- Ahmadi
al- Rekkah
Farsi Island
Revolutionary Guards
Anthony Quainton
Associated Press
al-Ahmadi
Kuwait Oil Tanker Co
Shultz Defends Service as Iran Contra Hearings Continue
Secretary of State George Shultz faced questions on resignation and criticized former adviser John Poindexter while denying NSC staff ideas for freeing hostages. He recalled a $10 million Iran Contra contingency and expressed frustration at ideas he deemed dangerous. He said the U.S. credibility loss has been remedied and noted he never heard Casey urging his resignation. White House spokesman Fitzwater praised Shultz's testimony as honest and helpful.
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Washington
George Shultz
Reagan
Shultz
National Security
John Poindexter
National Security Council
Lebanon
Dawaa
Kuwait
U.S
CIA
William J. Casey
William Cohen
Maine
Casey
White House
Marlin Fitzwater
Fitzwater
Ottawa Board raises top administrators salaries amid pay dispute
Ottawa Board of Education approved 2 14 percent increases for Superintendent Roger Nelson Assistant Superintendent Nancy Hale and District Clerk Jewell Spratt amid wider salary tensions. Custodians and maintenance staff protested 4 percent overall raises and questioned merit pay allocations while teachers complain about a 5 percent offer largely benefiting lower and newer staff. The board kept Treasurer Perry Chapman unchanged.
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Jay Bemis
Herald
Ottawa
Ottawa Board of Education
Roger Nelson
Nancy Hale
Jewell Spratt
Nelson
Steve Lopes
Teachers’ Kansas National Education Association
Ottawa School Board
Hale
Spratt
Perry Chapman
Linda Heiniger
Heiniger
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