Feuerborn appointed to Kansas House to fill Teagarden seat
In Garnett Democrat Bill Feuerborn, longtime clothing store owner and Garnett Industrial Development Corp director, becomes state House member replacing resigned George Teagarden. Governor Finney formalized the appointment. Feuerborn seeks a full two year term in November.
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Topeka
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Bill Feuerborn
House of Representatives
Feuerborn
Garnett
Garnett Industrial Development Corp
George Teagarden
Democratic
Stn
Teagarden
Joan Finney
Teens arrested in Salina after five day theft spree
Two teens, ages 15 and 16, were captured Wednesday morning at an apartment building in Salina after escaping from an Emporia group home last week. They face felony theft charges in Saline County and are under Juvenile Detention. additional charges are pending in several counties. Authorities connected them to stolen vehicles, a Gridley grocery break in, a Toronto liquor store theft, and a Coffey County house break, plus car chases and a county search.
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Salina
Kan
Emporia Group
Dickinson County
Woodson County
Saline County
Gridley
Toronto
Coffey County
Kansan Musicians to Tour Russia in September Exchange
More than 30 Kansas musicians will travel to Russia in September for a cultural exchange in the St. Petersburg area. The trip completes a program begun by Gov. Joan Finney, follows May 1993 visits by over 100 Russian performers, and aims to foster friendship and understanding between Kansas and the Leningrad region.
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Topeka
Kan
Kansas
Russia
St. Petersburg
Joan Finney
Leningrad
Morey Sullivan
International Cultural Exchange of Kansas Inc
Fed moves to halt dollar slide with coordinated action
The United States and G-7 partners launched a new effort to halt the dollar decline on international currency markets. Treasury Secretary Lloyd Bentsen announced the Fed would buy dollars in a multilateral intervention, the third such move this year, after the dollar briefly fell below 100 yen. If needed, additional steps were signaled to protect economic growth and low inflation.
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Fed
Martin Crutsinger
Ashington W
United States
Federal Reserve
Treasury
Lloyd Bentsen
Group of Seven
Bentsen
Clinton
Alan Greenspan
Court narrows government power over private land
The Supreme Court ruled 5-4 that cities cannot compel landowners to dedicate property for public use as a condition for permits. In the Oregon case Tigard must seek alternative methods to handle traffic and flood risks while pursuing public greenways. Additional decisions limit mental hospital commitment notices, restrict punitive-damages rulings, and bar suits over criminal convictions unless overturned.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Oregon
Tigard
Wal-Mart distribution center plans reportedly unchanged
Wal-Mart officials could not confirm any timetable shift for a Ottawa area distribution center. Public relations said construction remains scheduled for fall 1996 with about 500 initial jobs and up to 700 at full operation. County earlier certified road improvements for the K-68 and Nevada Terrace site as contractors prepare work.
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Wal-Mart
Bentonville
Ark
Ottawa
Gerardo Ruiz
Franklin County
Tion Center
K-68
Nevada Terrace
Shalala attacks conservative critics on welfare reform
Health secretary Donn Shalala denounces conservative critics including Empower America for opposing the Clinton welfare reform plan. At the National Press Club she warns their approach would create a generation of street urchins and permanently destitute children.
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Health and Human Services
Donn Shalala
Shalala
National Press Club
Empower America
Jonathan
Hendrix Pushes New Lead Role for Kansas Insurance Commissioner
Senate candidate and Ottawa resident Walker Hendrix argues the insurance commissioner's office shapes major costs for small businesses and will play a pivotal role in national health care. He calls for leadership reform, broader insurance markets, user friendly consumer information, rate relief for workers, and daily legislative involvement to inform policy. He faults prior leadership for a lax consumer-claims approach while stressing the office's long Republican stewardship on rate stability.
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Walker Hendrix
Hendrix
Ottawa
ADA
Insurance
Kansas
Insurance Commissioner
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