Kansas university urged to boost western outreach
State Rep. Eugene Shore urged the University of Kansas to be more responsive to southwest Kansas. Shore told Chancellor Robert Hemenway to go to schools and meet teachers and administrators, stressing the need for a lasting presence. Residents say KU has little contact with western Kansas and often follows eastern Kansas patterns.
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Topeka
University
Lawrence
Oklahoma City
Denver
Yellow Freight to consolidate Baxter Springs terminal
Yellow Freight Systems plans a workforce reduction at its Baxter Springs Kansas distribution center in a consolidation with operations in Kansas City St. Louis Oklahoma City Dallas and Memphis. The end-of-the-line terminal will serve customers in southwest Missouri southeast Kansas and northeast Oklahoma.
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Kan
Yellow Freight Systems Inc
Kansas City
St. Louis
Oklahoma City
Dallas
Memphis, Tenn
Dana C. Eisele
Kansas
Missouri
Oklahoma
Free State High School Name Narrowly Okayed
Lawrence Kansas AP The Lawrence school board voted 4 2 to name the city’s second high school Lawrence Free State High School honoring founders who kept the state free during the Civil War A final vote is set for June 26 with the school scheduled to open in 1997
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Lawrence, Kan
Lawrence
Free State High School
Salina motel killing convictions upheld by court
In Topeka the state Supreme Court upheld the convictions of Andrew Juan Anthony Joel D. Butler and Artis Swafford for first degree murder and aggravated robbery in the August 1992 Salina motel night clerk killing. The defendants had argued for a change of venue but Saline County Judge Daniel Hebert denied the request.
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Salina
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Joel D. Butler
Artis Swafford
Saline County
Daniel Hebert
Hebert
Officer shoots felon after foot chase in Kansas City
Wyandotte County District Attorney Nick Tomasic ruled the fatal shooting of Phillip Patrzykont, 35, justified. Patrzykont, a convicted felon with a long criminal record, threatened the officer with a steel post as the officer attempted the arrest following a foot pursuit and recognition amid active warrants.
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Kansas City
Kan
Wyandotte
Nick Tomasic
Phillip Patrzykont
Patrzykont
Clinton plan risks bold stroke or major blunder
President Clinton unveiled a 10 year balanced budget plan aiming to cut deficits by 1.2 trillion dollars, prompting early Democratic backlash over Medicare cuts and triggering debate with GOP leaders led by Bob Dole. The move seeks political impact ahead of an upcoming Halifax meeting, but faces internal White House cautions and party rifts.
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D-S.d
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Clinton plan seeks 10 year budget balance with tax cuts
President proposes balance in ten years with a 60 billion five year tax cut making college tuition deductible for families earning under 100000. Subsidies and write offs for corporations total 20 to 25 billion. Elderly programs including in home health care total about 20 billion. Cabinet department closures vary by House and Senate plans with Commerce Education and Energy affected.
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Ottawa teens win Suzuki World Convention scholarships
Ottawa's Beth Lewis 13 and Wellsville's Treesa Dowling 4 each won $2000 scholarships to perform at the Suzuki Method World Convention in Dublin Ireland this summer. Michaela Borth 14 of Olathe also earned a scholarship. They will perform violin solos and Lewis and Dowling will duet a Bach concerto.
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Ottawa
Beth Lewis
Wellsville
Treesa Dowling
Kansas Cultural Trust
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Will
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Rita
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Borth
Man killed en route to Garnett mortuary in two-vehicle crash
Garnett resident William E. Yeager, age 65, died near here in a crash with a semi on K-31 about 8 a.m. He was en route to Garnett to arrange his mother Kate Yeager's funeral. Larry A. Isola, 44, of Menahga Minn, drove the semi. A double funeral for Yeager and his mother is planned Thursday at Farris-Feuerborn Chapel.
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Here
William E. Yeager
Kansas Highway Patrol
Farris- Feuerbomn
Yeager
Kate
Larry A. Isola
Menahga
Minn
Isola
Farris-Feuerborn
FBI Seeks Kansans Information On Oklahoma City Bombing Trailers
FBI spokesman Max Geiman said about 150 calls from Kansas residents were received by mid morning about a red trailer and plastic barrels possibly linked to the Oklahoma City bombing. Leads are sent to the Fort Riley command post for evaluation and follow up.
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Topeka
Kan
FBI
Max Geiman
Oklahoma City
Geiman
Fort Riley
Jayhawker Day 1995 Features Cow Pattie Bingo in Westward Ho
Williamsburg hosts Jayhawker Day with events under the Westward Ho banner at City Park. A 6 p.m. Saturday Cow Pattie Bingo promises a $500 prize if 400 spaces sell, plus $60 shares for adjoining squares. proceeds fund new ballfields.
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Williamsburg
City Park
Diana Macoubrie
Macoubrie
Recreation Commission
Williamsburg Post Office Opens Open House At New Site
The Williamsburg post office invites festival-goers to an open house from 8:30 am to noon Saturday at 100 Williams Street. Postmaster Patsynna Easley hosts the event with refreshments and sales of old brass door fronts. Several students earn second and third place in a local contest.
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Williamsburg
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Patsynna Easley
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