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KU officials say two sealed radioactive capsules were accidentally discarded with university trash. radiation safety officer says the capsules pose little health risk while in the machine. exposure could irritate skin with prolonged contact. Separate item notes KU admission deadlines amid enrollment surge and budget cuts.
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Lawrence, Kan
University of Kansas
Ben Friesen
EU Division
Biological Sciences
University
Jefferson-Douglas County
Friesen
Topeka
Kan
Delbert M. Shankel
Kansans
Shankel
Lawyer Fights Discipline Over Cocaine Conviction
Bradley J. Smoot’s attorney asks a Topeka disciplinary panel to decide if his misdemeanor cocaine possession conviction automatically breaches the Kansas Code of Professional Responsibility. Smoot, ex-assistant attorney general, was released from federal custody in Boron, California, after four months of a one year term and has not practiced law while living in Lawrence. The disciplinary administrator filed a complaint. if discipline is advised, the Kansas Supreme Court will determine punishment up to possible disbarment.
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Topeka
Kan
Bradley J. Smoot
Board For Discipline of Attorneys
Smoot
Boron
Calif
Lawrence
Bruce Miller
Kansas Supreme Court
Detective Battles Hess Prison Parole in Kansas City
Kansas Parole Board heard from Hank Goodman, a Paola police detective who helped locate former state Sen. Paul Hess in Egypt. Goodman said Hess threatened him during his 1985 action and should not be paroled from forgery and securities fraud convictions.
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Kansas City
Kan
Paul Hess
Kansas Parole Board
Hess
Hank Goodman
Goodman
Paola
Mid-Week Hail Flattens Crops Near Garden City Kansas
In western and central Kansas, hail and heavy rain toppled wheat fields and damaged beans milo and soybeans. Farmers like 68 year old Herman Baker near Marienthal report extensive loss while insurance payments will cover part of the damage. Harvests are delayed and fields show shredded heads and downed stalks across Finney and Sheridan counties.
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Garden City
Kan
Herman Baker
Marienthal
Wichita County
Baker
Kansas
Jack Clanton
Kansas Farm Bureau Insurance
Whitey Whitehill
Finney County
Whitehill
Holcomb
Mary Reitcheck
Sheridan County Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service
Kansas County
Barton County
Dwayne Wilson
Calflin Co-op Association
Group to Spend Millions Promoting U S Meat in Japan
Washington AP reports the U S Meat Export Federation will use 6 5 million in TEA funding to promote American beef pork and lamb in Japan. The group notes potential for higher access if quotas rise and consumer education expands demand, with current Japan beef quota at 58 400 metric tons and U S sales near 480 million annually.
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Washington
Japan
U.S
U.S. Meat Export Federation
Agriculture and Industry
Agriculture Department
Congress
Federation
USDA
Richard B
Study shows drugs and diet reopen clogged vessels
A two year USC Medical School trial of 162 bypass patients found 16.2 percent of those on cholesterol lowering drugs plus a low fat diet showed regression of narrowed vessels versus 2.4 percent in controls. Total cholesterol fell 26 percent and triglycerides 22 percent. diet played a key role alongside medication.
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Washington
Journal of the American Medical Association
Claude Lenfant
National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute
Lenfant
National Institutes of Health
University of Southern California Medical School
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Bill Chadima
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Clayton Yeutter
Tokyo
United States
Mutsuki Kato
Department
Foreign Agricultural Service
Washington, D.C
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W. Tecumseh
Ottawa
Farm Bureau Insurance
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