Barbara Gibson elected second vice president of BPW Kansas
Barbara Gibson of Ottawa was elected second vice president of BPW Kansas at the state convention in Topeka. Ottawa Retirement Village was named BPW Kansas Business of the Year, with five ORV staff attending the event. The Ottawa chapter earned multiple awards and officers were announced for incoming terms. The convention theme was Climb Mountains with BPW and speaker Cindy Winsckler of Davenport, Iowa addressed over 200 delegates.
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Barbara Gibson
State Organization of Business and Professional Women
Kansas
Topeka
Ottawa
BPW
Gibson
Ottawa Retirement Village
ORV
ORW
Ottawa Bpw
Cindy Winsckler
Davenport
Iowa
BPW/USA
Governor waits for transplant in hospital
Pittsburgh Governor Robert P. Casey faces a four to six week wait for a donor heart and liver transplant due to amyloidosis. If heart strength permits, doctors will proceed with a double transplant at UPMC, while Lt. Gov. Mark Singel would assume duties during surgery and recovery.
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Pittsburgh
Robert P. Casey
Casey
Mark Singer
Thomas Starzl
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
Lancet
Stormie Jones
White Settlement
Texas
County auction nets 37000 for seized drug property
Franklin County Sheriff Rex Bowling reported the first local auction of seized personal property in over three years brought just over 37000. About 400 people attended, with items including motorcycles and a tractor selling above 1000s. Proceeds will be split between tax claims, the county drug enforcement fund, and the clerk of the district court after expenses. The event ran six hours starting at 10 a.m. Saturday.
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Franklin County
Rex Bowling
Bowling
Kansas Department of Revenue
County Trust Fund
Doctors wary as Clinton health plan wins AMA cheers
In Chicago Hillary Rodham Clinton addressed about 2000 AMA delegates praising health reform while urging written details before backing the plan. Doctors, including Dr. James L. Cristol, welcomed her talk but remained skeptical about the forthcoming plan from Clinton's task force.
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Chicago
Hillary Rodham Clinton
American Medical Association
James L. Cristol
Penn Valley
Clinton
NCCC Trustees OK Tuition Increase and Staff Moves
Neosho County Community College board votes a $4.50 per credit hour tuition rise for 1993-94 to fund more scholarships and student services. Ottawa campus dean Ray Cummiskey named associate vice president for the Ottawa campus. Travis Kirkland and Gordon Dyson receive VP titles. Resignations noted include Melissa Jirgens Alana Vaughn and Eddie Vaughn.
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Franklin
Anderson
Dan Viergever
NCCC
Ottawa
Chanute
Travis Kirkland
Gordon Dyson
Melissa Jirgens
Alana Vaughn
Eddie Vaughn
GOP seeks all or nothing trifecta in Kansas tax plan
In Topeka the House Taxation Committee debated a trifecta approach to business tax breaks, aiming to repeal the 2.5 percent construction services tax, the 2.5 percent utility tax on goods production, and cut mineral severance tax. Some members urged full repeal, others doubted feasibility amid Governor Finney’s vetoes.
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Topeka
Kan
House Taxation Committee
Finney
David Adkins
Rleawood
Susan Wagle
R-Wichita
Supreme Court to rule on using RICO in abortion protest cases
The Supreme Court agreed to review whether abortion rights advocates may sue anti abortion groups under the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act for blocking access to clinics. The case involves Operation Rescue and others named by NOW and clinic owners. The government said a federal appeals court misruled in barring such suits.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Operation Rescue
High Court
National Organization For Women
Clinton
DeSoto to host Sealright packaging plant expansion
DeSoto will gain a 400000 square foot Sealright packaging complex on Santa Fe Railway line, housing central division sales, administration, manufacturing and warehouse ops. The plant will generate over 500 rail carloads of paper, plastic and food grade containers annually. Santa Fe Railway aided relocations for 380+ corporations across the West, Midwest and Southwest, and offered new schedules to fit production needs.
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Desoto
Sealright Company Inc
U.S
Santa Fe Railway
Sealright
Central Division
West
Midwest
Southwest
Ad Briefs Final Close-Out At Rosie’s Ceramics
Final close-out ad brief for Rosie’s Ceramics located at 727 North Poplar. Road grading contact 242-8126. The listing covers weekday business details from Monday to Friday.
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Rosie's Ceramics
N. Poplar
Terrorism experts warn of rising future threats to U S
Virginia Beach AP report describes a Pentagon chaired summit where experts project expanding and chilling prospects for terrorist attacks through 2010. They cite failures in long term strategy, the Soviet bloc collapse spurring ethnic conflict, and rising Muslim militancy spreading to New York and beyond.
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Virginia Beach
Pentagon
U.S
Europe
Middle East
Ottawa Herald Subscription Rates Listed for 1993
The Ottawa Herald publishes its 1993 delivery rates including in Ottawa monthly three and six month options. Rates cover rural carrier motor route mail Franklin County adjacent counties out of state and overall advance payment terms with state tax included.
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Ottawa
Franklin
Kangas
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Jabs Gibson
Charlene Lister
Cheryl Sylvester
Anne Ramsey
Laura Gragg
Donna Swearingen
June Butler
Carol Wright
Odette Schulte
Maxine Stephens
Joan Tyson
Audrey Smith
Gragg
Kathy Niehoff
Butler
Africa
Ralph Young
Harold Myers
Baldwin City
County
Hillary
AMA
Sym
John Miller
Wendall Warren
Richard Good
Gop
DeSoto Lands Packaging Plant
Otte
Hillsdale
Melvern
Pomona
Melvern Lake
Pomona Lake
Princeton
Ad Briefs
American Express
New York
World Trade Center
The
Ottawa Herald
R. Hitcher
Bemiscay & Publishe
Tam Love
Peg Armstrong
Virginia Howe
Wayne Snow Prees
Jean Roseman
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