State Officials Hitch Up For Seat Belt Law
Kansas moves to enforce a $10 fine for not wearing seat belts starting July 1 under the 1986 law. Troopers issued nearly 39,265 warning tickets through April and officials project belt use to rise from about 25 percent to near 50 percent, with potential life-saving benefits and big public funding savings.
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Topeka
Kan
Kansas
Bill Jacobs
Kansas Highway Patrol
Jacobs
Sherry Blair
Safety Belt Education
Kansas State University
Ms. Blair
Safety Belt Education Office
Cooperative Extension Service
Blair
Robert T. Stephan
Five Vehicle Crash Damages Plaza Cinema in Ottawa
Ottawa Department of Public Safety continues to investigate a five vehicle crash in the 200 block of South Main. James Sullivan, 71, Paola RFD 5, reportedly lost control of his light colored car, then backed into Pamela Crabb, whose car hit Bruce Davis. Sullivan then caused a chain reaction including Janice Stahl and Dorothy Haag. Stahl’s 1985 Monte Carlo is a total loss. No charges filed yet, investigators seek accelerator malfunction details.
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Steve Bagby
Plaza Cinema
Francine
South Main
Ottawa Department of Public Safety
Rick Geist
James Sullivan
Paola
RFD
Sullivan
Pamela Crabl
King
Bruce Davis
N. Poplar
Janice Stahl
Parker
Stahl
Dorothy Haag
Ottawa
Geist
DPS
Gaza Palestinians Seek Independent State Voice Of Freedom Fighters
In Gaza City Palestinian activists and leaders including Yusra Barbari of the Palestinian Woman's Union describe the struggle under occupation. They push for an independent Palestinian state while noting Israeli settlements and U S pressure. The piece interviews Barbari and Constantine Dabbagh on refugees statelessness and hopes for peaceful coexistence despite regional unease.
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John McCormally
Harris News Service
Gaza
Yusra el
Gaza Strip
Mediterranean
Tel Aviv
Haifa
Israel
U. S
United Nations Relief and Works Agency
UNRWA
Gaza City
Ms. Barbari
U.S
Yassir Arafat
Lawmakers Say Reagan Acted Without Intelligence Input
Washington lawmakers criticized President Reagan for vowing to shield Kuwaiti oil tankers in the Persian Gulf without consulting U.S. intelligence agencies. Rep. Les Aspin and Sen. William Cohen warned that policy decisions preceded threat assessments and urged congressional review before the reflagging plan proceeds.
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Washington
Reagan
Persian Gulf
U.S
United States
Les Aspin
D-Wis
House Armed Services Committee
William Cohen
Maine
Senate Intelligence Committee
CIA
Defense
State Departments
Cohen
Congress
Aspin
U.S. Navy
Gulf
Kuwait
Iraq
Stark
House
Senate
Separation Of Church And State Reaffirmed
New Orleans delegates report the Supreme Court 7 2 decision overturning Louisiana's evolution creationism law. Officials claim the court ignored extensive evidence. critics say the state wasted about 1 million taxpayer dollars on the gamble devoid of constitutional basis.
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New Orleans
U.S. Supreme Court
Louisiana
Bill Keith
Mooringsport
Supreme Court
Keith
Ron Wilson
American Civil Liberties Union
Quentin Dastugue
William Guste
Dastugue
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China
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France
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Arabia
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Africa
NATO
Warsaw Pact
Soviet Union
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