Preservationists gain extension to save McPherson Opera House
In McPherson Kansas District Judge Richard Walker granted the McPherson Opera House Preservation Co until September 5 to repair the decaying structure or secure investors for restoration. The court will hold a September 18 hearing to assess summer progress as the city health board previously ordered repairs and the city filed suit to pursue demolition.
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Mcpherson, Kan
McPherson Opera House
Richard Walker
Newton
McPherson Opera House Preservation Co
City Health Board
Governor Creates Leadership Center for Teen Leaders
Governor Mike Hayden announces the Governor's Center for Teen Leadership to curb youth substance abuse. Based in the Kansas Safety Action Project in Lawrence, it will train leaders statewide in prevention with a $228,000 grant from the Kansas Department of Transportation's office of traffic safety.
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Topeka
Kan
Mike Hayden
Governor’s Center For
Kansas Safety Action Project
Lawrence
The
Kansas Department of Transportation
Office of Traffic Safety
Bowlus Sporting Goods Makes Bush Jersey in 1989 Deal
Bowlus Sporting Goods Inc. of Pittsburg, Kansas produced the White House Lone Stars softball jersey for President Bush for the 1989 season. The No. 1 shirt cost 5.95 dollars, with Bowlus winning the contract after a bid following a tip from Michael Trent, a former Pittsburg resident now in the White House.
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Pittsburg
Kan
Bush
White House
Lone Stars
Bowlus Sporting Goods Inc
Ron Gray
Bowlus
Michael Trent
Trent
Gray
Lotto America Jackpot Rises After No Wednesday Winner
Des Moines reports no Lotto America winner for Wednesday, boosting Saturdays prize to about 13 million dollars. The Wednesday drawing produced numbers 12 13 17 23 38 53, with a potential six-number match worth 11.5 million. Kansas Cash Lotto drew 2 3 4 5 23 30 for an estimated 341,387 jackpot.
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Des Moines, Iowa
Kansas
Restless legs and Indian arm wrestling cautions
A reader asks about vitamin E for restless legs and is told no proven benefit. The doctor notes some cases respond to other drugs and urges checking for nerve disturbances. Separate aside suggests elbow bursitis from contact wrestling and advises padding.
Veto saddles workers with stalled wage rise
The Associated Press reports mixed views across the nation after President Bush vetoed a bill to raise the federal minimum wage from 3.35 to 4.55 per hour. Workers like Isa Hart in Oklahoma City and Lee Soule in San Francisco say the raise is needed, while managers warn of hiring and wage pressures. Interviews in Seattle, Maine, Boston, Ocean City and Pennsylvania show many businesses already paying higher than the minimum, with some small shops warning of layoffs or closures if the increase becomes law.
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Associated Press
Isa Hart
Oklahoma City
Bush
Lee Soule
San Francisco
Congress
Soule
Pacific
California
Ms. Hart
Anita Feeley
Seattle
Shari Hudson
Washington State
Yakima
Spokane
Wash
Maine
Pamela Potter
McDonald's
Boston
Chinatown
Ocean City
N.J
Roy Gillian
Wonderland Pier
Vera Kelly
Queens
Lamston’s
Manhattan
Nancy Silks
State College
Johnstown
Nittanny Mall
Canaries
Trip cut short by wife revenge in Hartford flight
Dear Ann Landers recounts a passenger whose fellow traveler joked about returning home with a suitcase of old newspapers after a quarrel with his wife. The note suggests that marital anger can lead to extreme acts of petty punishment and ends with a moral about packing.
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Trip
Ann Landers
Hartford
Fred
Avon
Roy
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