UN convoy attacked near closed road into Sarajevo
A U N convoy took heavy small arms fire as it neared a Serb‑blocked route into Sarajevo. The UN blamed Serbs for the attack wounding two British personnel and threatening to trigger NATO air strikes to shield peacekeepers. The road’s closure reestablished a Serb grip on the Bosnian capital.
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Sarajevo
Bosnia-Herzegovina
U.N
United Nations
NATO
Abortion suit dropped against Operation Rescue in Kansas
A federal suit filed in 1991 by Women's Health Care Services and the Wichita Family Planning clinic against Operation Rescue was dismissed after Congress enacted the FACE bill. The law makes it a federal crime to use force or threats to block access to family planning clinics.
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Wichita, Kan
John Cowles
George Tiller
Women’s Health Care Services
Operation Rescue
Cowles
Wichita Family Planning
Congress
Cowliss
FACE
Wichita firms praised for inclusive hiring under ADA rules
In Wichita, Kreonite Inc. employs 15 percent of its 220 workers with disabilities. Plant manager Brent Stull, who served on the President's Committee for Employment of People with Handicaps, notes broad praise for local firms including Koch Industries Coleman Co. and McConnell Air Force Base for progressive hiring. The ADA expands protections to small businesses with 15 to 24 workers starting this week, affecting about 500000 more employers.
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Wichita, Kan
Wichita
Kreonite Inc
Brent Stull
Stull
Bush
Clinton
Kreonite
Koch Industries
Coleman Co
McConnell Air Force Base
Sublette woman turns cancer battle into doll collection display
Frances Hoffman who had a radical mastectomy in 1978 kept busy with about 700 dolls at home. Eighteen years cancer free she has shared that recovery by displaying roughly 400 dolls at the Haskell County Museum in Sublette Kansas, inspiring the community.
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Sublette, Kan
Frances Hoffman
Hoffman
Sublette
Haskell County
Wellsville baby death a result of child abuse case trial
Pediatrician testified that 3 week old John Andrew Harris died from battered child syndrome at KU Medical Center in December 1993. Evan Harris, the baby's father, faces first degree murder charges while Shelly Harris, the mother, had charges dismissed. Evidence included multiple fractures and conflicting caregiver explanations, with testimony continuing on the details of the incidents.
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Wellsville
Kenn Goertz
University of Kansas Medical Center
John Harris
Evan Harris
John Andrew Harris
Shelly Harris
Ottawa
KU Medical Center
Goertz
Craig Davis
Franklin County Sheriff's Office
Medical Center
Ottawa Social and Rehabilitation Services Office
Davis
State Board Rejects Franklin County No Fund Warrants Plan
County officials sought no fund warrants to fund a trash transfer station and landfill closure, citing state tax board rejection. State statute allows warrants for machinery or emergencies. board found landfill closure not an emergency. Without warrants, a 9.8 mill levy rises. with warrants, 2.5 mills needed. County to pursue alternative funding.
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of State Board of Tax Appeals
Franklin County
Gardner Hayden
Tax Board
Hayden
Larry Wright
Topeka
U.N. Fails to Deliver Water to Rwandan Refugees
U.S. troops struggled to ship clean water to about 1.2 million Rwandan refugees around Goma as the U.N. supplied only two leaky trucks. Purified water sat unused while officials pleaded for more tanker capacity and truck reliability amid a cholera outbreak and mounting deaths.
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Oma
Zaire
United Nations
Goma
U.S
Lake Kivu
U.N
Timely potty break saves paratrooper on Pope base crash
In March Judy Amos of Dayton learns her son Chad Van Cleve nearly perishes when two planes collide at Pope Air Force Base North Carolina and a third catches fire while he was about to use a restroom break minutes before the deadly crash 20 killed 80 injured. Also notes Fran Casto and Moe facing a sequence of births and tubal ligation and vasectomy around 1977 to 1994.
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Judy Amos
Dayton
Ohio
Pope Air Force Base
North Carolina
Chad van Cleve
Pope
Amos
van Cleve
Moe
Fran Casto
Fran
Henderson
N.C
Chuck Shepherd
P.O
St. Petersburg
Fla
Sebelius tops fund-raising in Kansas insurance race
Kathleen Sebelius, a Topeka Democratic state representative, raised over 136000 in campaign contributions from Jan 1 to July 21, nearly double that of incumbent Republican Ron Todd. Todd pulled about 70000 in the same period, with more than twice his rivals in the Republican primary. Todd and his spokesman were unavailable for comment.
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Qopeka
Kan
Kathleen Sebelius
Sebelius
Topeka
Ron Todd
Todd
Walker Hendrix
Ottawa
Secretary of State
Mra. Sebelius
Chris Miller
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