Head Start expansion outlined by regional conference
President Bush aims to fund Head Start for 95,000 more children, with Mary Gall leading expansion from Health and Human Services. Regional workshop in Overland Park, Kansas, shares research on preschool gains and stresses parental involvement. Speakers describe personal growth, improved self-esteem, and community outreach to broaden program reach.
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Overland Park, Kan
Bush
Lyndon Johnson
Mary Sheila Gall
Department of Health and Human Services
Ms. Gall
Kansas
Missouri
Iowa
Nebraska
Pam Coughlin
South Dakota
Lincoln
Ronald Gaspard
Omaha
Julie Sauer
Granville
Lucinda Kimsey
St. Joseph
Head Start
Leigh Thomas
Elmer Wilson Jr
Vanessa Schermerhorn
el Dorado, Kan
Ms. Schermerhom
Licensed to Win Bond Lottery Opens Thursday
Kansas Lottery launches a $1 scratch ticket game titled Licensed to Win tied to the Bond film theme License to Kill. Tickets go on sale at 12:01 a.m. Thursday with two patches showing spy imagery. Prizes include free tickets, cash amounts up to 50 dollars and a London vacation drawing worth 7,000 dollars. spelling James Bond earns 25,000 dollars.
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Topeka
Kan
Kansas
Bond
James Bond
United States
London
Johnson County grand jury backs limits on X rated films
A Johnson County grand jury urged bans on films depicting incest, minors, bondage, violence for sex, bestiality, rape scenes, fetishes, or lacking coherent plot. The panel also proposed restricting X rated films to those over 21, with District Attorney Paul Morrison pledging action. Erie high schools consider combining smaller sports programs under district review.
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Olathe, Kan
Johnson County
Olathe
Paul Morrison
Grand Jury
Kansas
Paul and
Thayer
Paul Bingle
Bingle
Overland Park hikes guest tax to fund center
Overland Park voters approve raising the hotel guest tax from 2 to 4 percent starting September 1 to generate about $650,000 annually for a planned convention center and related projects. The plan includes potential outdoor drama tied to Johnson County history and expansion.
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Overland Park
Overland Park, Kan
Nick
Jordan
Convention and Visitors Bureau
Johnson County
Kansans Debate Small Child Care Tax Breaks
Kansas will offer tax credits to businesses for creating or funding child care for employees starting July 1. Credits cover 50 percent of start up and operating costs or 30 percent of purchased services, capped at 45 000 per year per business and 3 million in a fiscal year. Some say the incentives are too modest to spur real change.
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Robert A. McNeely
Harris
Topeka
Kansas
Mike Hayden
Marilyn Ward
Everywomen's Resource Center
Hopeful in San Francisco urges daily eco changes
Dear Ann Landers column shows a successful businessman advocating major lifestyle shifts to save the environment. He recycles cans and bottles, uses public transit, supports Earthday 1990 and the Sierra Club, and notes fossil fuel use disparities. He believes widespread care can save the planet.
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Ann Landers
Earthday 1990
Sierra Club
Ann
San Francisco
Sacramento
Clarifying Bypass Numbers and Mammography Timing
In a reader Q A format Dr Donohue explains that bypass counts reflect blocked vessels and not just three arteries, so six bypasses can occur. The column also notes mammography mild discomfort varies and suggests timing a Pap test after ovulation.
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DR. Donohue
B.L.J
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Douglas
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Kansas Department of Revenue
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Ohio
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