Inventors Clash With Late Show Lighthearted Host
Great Bend Kansas advocate Clayton Williamson says he refused invitations to appear on David Letterman’s talk show calling the host unserious. Williamson, president of the Kansas Association of Inventors, accuses invention-marketing firms of preying on inventors, alleging billions in fees yearly and noting Letterman’s CBS debut Aug. 30.
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Great Bend
Kan
David Letterman
Letterman
Clayton Williamson
Kansas Association of Inventors
United States
Williamson
Wall Street Journal
ABC
Inside Edition
NBC
CBS
National Tot Drowns at Church Potluck
Waylon Christopher McConnel, 2, wandered from parents during a church potluck at the Church of Christ in Security Colorado. His body was found in an 8 foot by 34 foot baptismal pool after about two hours of searching the building field irrigation canal and surrounding area 65 volunteers aided the search authorities said lighting and dark clothing hindered earlier detection.
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Colo
Waylon Christopher McConnel
Church of Christ
Steve Perry
el Paso
D Day chief Ridgway dies at 98 in Pennsylvania
Matthew Ridgway, a leading D Day commander who led the 82nd Airborne and later succeeded MacArthur in Korea, died in his sleep at his Fox Chapel home aged 98. Attorney Donald Gerlach confirmed the death.
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Fox Chapel
Matthew B. Ridgway
82Nd Airborne
Douglas MacArthur
Ridgway
Pittsburgh
Donald Gerlach
Israel Lebanese clash widens toll in Arab-Israeli war
In Lebanon, warplanes hit guerrilla targets as Arab rocket barrages answer. At least 16 people die on each side after hours of fighting along the Israeli occupied buffer zone. Survivors sift rubble while evacuations are planned in northern Israel.
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Mashgara
Lebanon
Beirut
Israel
Washington
Middle East
Ottawa housing project eyed by Lawrence developer
Lawrence builder Doug Compton plans about 50 single family homes on 15 acres at 1041 W. 15th in Ottawa in a project that hinges on a RS to R1 rezoning hearing set for 7 p.m. Tuesday Aug 3 at the city planning commission. He aims for November start, with lot prices from 75 000 to 125 000 and names Pin Oak Estates under consideration.
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Ottawa
Lawrence
Doug Compton
W. 15Th
Richard Turner
City Planning Commission
Compton
Olive Street
15Th
13Th
Lincoln
Neb
Manhattan
Wellington
Laura Ansley
Prestige Real Estate
Officials probe bomb scare at Underwood's Equipment
Officers from Ottawa Police, Kansas Highway Patrol, and Franklin County Sheriff's Department respond to a phoned in bomb threat at Underwood's Equipment on K-68. The building is cleared and K-68 is closed about 90 minutes. no explosives were found.
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Ralph Young
Kansas
Underwood
Wingert
Ottawa Police Department
Highway Patrol
Franklin County Sheriff's Department
Kevin Kimball
Sheriff's Department
K-68
Yeltsin expands ruble exchange amid banking crisis
President Boris Yeltsin softened the central bank order invalidating billions of old rubles and extended the exchange period. He raised cash exchange limits to 100000 rubles excluding 10000 ruble 1992 notes and allowed unlimited exchange of those. Parliament warned of firing officials if the decree stands. Russians crowded savings banks seeking new 1993 notes as vendors refused old bills.
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OSCOW
Boris Misi
Central Bank
Yeltsin
Finance Ministry
Ruslan Khasbulatov
Khasbulatov
Floods Hit Franklin County Croplands And Roadways
Floodwaters damaged about 25 000 acres of cropland in Franklin County with 12 000 to 15 000 acres of soybeans hurt. Officials estimate significant yield loss and potential income near 1 200 000 dollars from soybeans alone as flood damage to fields and roads is surveyed. Meanwhile Kansas City Kansas officials urge evacuation for Armourdale lowland ahead of the Kansas River crest with FEMA disaster area designations expanding aid.
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Franklin County
Darren Hibdon
Soil Conservation Service
Agriculture Stabilization and Conservation Service
Hibdon
Bob Pepple
OPERA
Kan
Kansas City
Armourdale
Joe Steineger
Kansas
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