Iraqi court upholds eight year sentences for two Americans
World News Digest reports in Nicosia that Iraqi appeals court upheld the eight year prison terms for William Barloon and David Caliberti who were convicted of illegally entering Iraq. The court indicated further appeal exists and a pardon from President Saddam Hussein is required for release. Caliberti's wife Kathy spoke to WINZ AM after the decision.
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Nicosia
Cyprus
Iraq
al-Jumhuriyya
William Barloon
David Caliberti
U.S
Kuwait
United Nations
Saddam Hussein
State panel okays casino deals for two tribes
In Topeka, a legislative committee approved recom mendations to send two tribal gambling compacts to the Legislative Coordinating Council. The Kickapoo Nation and Sac and Fox Nation would be allowed casino gaming including poker, blackjack, roulette, keno, baccarat and wheel of fortune, mirroring earlier agreements for Prairie Band Potawatomi and Iowa.
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Topeka, Kan
Legislative Coordinating Council
Iowa
Park Service declines support for church relocation plan
In Wichita, the National Park Service refuses to endorse Sedgwick County's plan to move Calvary Baptist Church, a 78 year old National Register site housing a black history museum. County officials insist the church will be moved, despite designation concerns and protest from community members.
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Wichita, Kan
National Park Service
Sedgwick
Calvary Baptist Church
Park Service
Bill Buchanan
Rock shifts fault blamed for two luxury homes collapse
Overland Park Kansas engineers say May 18 collapse of two upscale homes resulted from movement in an underground shale block possibly weakened thousands of years ago. Primary cause appears to be shale movement aided by heavy rain high groundwater Tomahawk Creek swelling and loose fill material, said Terracon engineer Craig Denny.
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Overland Park, Kan
Craig Denny
Terracon Consultants
Remains Found Near Marais des Cygnes River
Franklin County sheriff's investigators and Kansas Bureau of Investigation searched the riverbank area near the Marais des Cygnes River after two people found what appeared to be a human hand and bones. The site, near the 3200 block of Neosho Road in The Hollows, is being examined with help from an anthropologist and Ottawa Police. Detectives are reviewing missing persons reports, including a case logged April 9, 1995, to assess potential connections.
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Marais Des Cygnes
Here
Lucia Canteras
Neosho Road
the Hollows
Brad L Gilges
Sheriff’s Department
Kansas Bureau of Investigation
Ottawa Police Department
Michael Finnigan
Kansas State University
Gilges
Franklin County
County association shuffles finances amid cash crunch
The Kansas Association of Counties board votes to shed its cars, halt settlement payments to a former executive director, and limit dealings with two county pools auditing past finances. The pools allege overcharges of tens of thousands over services. Bank balance shows $33,058.55 with $34,524.29 in debts, $10,947.24 in money market investments. Policy would sever ties with the pools, leaving them to cover their own expenses.
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Traci
Associated Press
Peka, Kan
Kansas Association of Counties
Anderson County
Dudley Feuerborm
Association
Ethel Evans
Grant County
Kansas Workers Risk Cooperative
Kansas County Association
Franklin County
Jim Reardon
Reardon
Wichita Eagle
Kansas
Serbs Free 111 Peacekeepers in Two Batches
Bosnian Serb rebels released 111 UN peacekeepers in two waves as Serbia's Milosevic said remaining hostages could be freed within days. Three observers abroad and 108 others freed overnight joined the convoy to Novi Sad amid heavy fighting in Sarajevo.
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Sad
Yugoslavia
Serbia
U.N
Sarajevo
Kosovo
Novi Sad
Belgrade
Banja Luka
NATO
Manuel Cortes Mendez
Drina
Slobodan Milosevic
Inaugural Starck Toilet Brush Art Goes Stateside
A Philippe Starck toilet brush declared the apotheosis of his career will sell in the U S for about 30 dollars, as part of a Paris show featuring a spider snake scorpion frog cage by Huang Yong Ping and a provocative poem about Madeleine Albright in an Eraqi newspaper. The piece appears in a broader Arts section noting Helmut Federle and a NYT reference to mundane art criticism.
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U.S
Philippe Starck
Huang Yon Ping
Paris
United Nations
Madeleine Albright
Eraqi
Albright
Helmut Federle
Artforum
New York Times
Davis Council Weighs Historic Alley Preservation
In February, Davis California councilwoman Julie Partansky used the Environmental Quality Act to delay a standard alley maintenance payment, arguing the 80 year old gravel path deserves historical protection. Residents call the alley muddy, dusty, and a mosquito breeding ground while Partansky calls it mellow as the council studies the issue.
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Davis
Calif
Julie Partansky
Partansky
Wall Street Journal
Heights Teachers Reach 1995 96 Contract Agreement
Central Heights Board of Education ratified a contract with teachers. Average raise 3.25 percent overall, base salary up 500 to 22 100 for 1995 96. Last year base 21 600. Two more days added to the year calendar and an early retirement benefit of a $10 000 one time payment after retirement.
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Central Heights Board of Education
Central Heights
Betz
Henry Huddleston
Heights
Huddieston
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Herald
Conteras
Franklin County Sheriff’s Office
Ralph Young
W.A. Dunbar and Son
Lawrence
County Association
Nevada
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