PLO adviser Shaath to press Palestinian demands in Washington
News Digest Washington AP Nabil Shaath, key adviser and negotiator for the PLO, heads to press Palestinian demands before renewed talks with Israel on autonomy. Palestinians seek settlements on the agenda and ask Rabin to act tougher after last Friday’s Hebron mosque attack by a Jewish extremist.
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PLO
Yasser Arafat
Israel
Nabil Shaath
Egypt
Yitzhak Rabin
Hebron
West Bank
Kansas Mother of the Year winner is Lelia Mayden
91-year-old grandmother and columnist Lelia Ida Mayden of Smith Center wins the Kansas Mother of the Year award for encouraging eight children to attend college. She will represent Kansas at the National Mother of the Year event in Salt Lake City in April.
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Wichita, Kan
Lelia Ida Mayden
Smith Center
Kansas
American Mothers
Mayden
Salt Lake City
Teens charged in anti-Semitic graffiti prank in Kansas
In Overland Park, police sa y three teenagers sprayed anti Semitic graffiti on a synagogue a shopping center and a Jewish center as a prank. Yancy R. Jones, 19, faces three felony counts of criminal damage to property and one misdemeanor with charges likely for others in juvenile court. No link to organized hate group was found.
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Overland Park, Kan
Yancy R. Jones
Senate approves liquor alcohol credit card use proposal
The Kansas Senate approved a bill 25 to 14 allowing use of credit cards to buy alcohol at liquor stores restaurants bars and wineries. Current law bans credit card purchases of alcoholic beverages.
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Topeka
Kan
Senate
Death penalty and Three Strikes advance in Kansas Legislature
Kansas lawmakers approve a Three Strikes bill sending repeat violent offenders to prison for life. The Senate backs a death penalty measure with lethal injection and a Sexual Predator Act while Gov. Finney may sign if both chambers pass. Doug Walker among dissenting Democrats.
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Senate
House
Doug Walker
Osawatomie
John Carlin
Kansas
U.S. Supreme Court
Joan Finney
Damage assessment urged in Ames espionage case
Defense Secretary William Perry said a full damage assessment will take months to gauge the impact of accused spy Aldrich Ames. Prosecutors allege Moscow paid Ames 2.7 million dollars and promised a riverfront cottage in Russia while outlining his tasks and Swiss bank accounts. The FBI found a letter at Ames’s home detailing access to CIA penetrations of the KGB and GRU and trapping double agents. U.S. Magistrate Barry Peretz found sufficient evidence for a grand jury to proceed.
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William Perry
Aldrich Ames
Moscow
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Russia
Perry
NBC
Ames
FBI
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GRU
Leslie Wiser Jr
U.S
Barry R. Peretz
Ottawa Habitat fund-raiser slated with band preview
Habitat for Humanity in Franklin County hosted its first home rehabilitation project in Ottawa on February 19 and 26 with plans for more repairs and a new home. A 6:30 p.m. banquet at Ottawa University will feature the Ottawa High School Jazz Band and other ensembles. Keynote speaker Carolyn Talboys, Heartland Region director, will attend as sponsors purchase tables for eight at $200 each.
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Franklin County
Habitat For Humanity
Ottawa
Habitat
Ottawa University
Ottawa High School
Carolyn Talboys
Heartland
Quake Hums Through California Egg Farm Cracking Fewer Eggs
A 6.6 earthquake near California’s largest egg farm caused minor damage a snapped water line toppled pallets and one broken egg. Manager Robert Wagner joked that the quake broke fewer eggs than workers during shifts. The piece also notes varied unrelated items from Audubon dogs fleas and a Clinton-era equipment theft.
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California
United States
Robert Wagner
Audubon Magazine
Mexican rebels and government near peace deal
Rebel and government negotiators announced a tentative accord to end the Chiapas uprising. Bishop Samuel Ruiz said the dialogue has reached the end of the first chapter while Zapatista demands for democratic reforms were read and the government pledged rural aid and road projects this year. The nine-party electoral reforms accord was also hailed as a major advance.
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San Cristobal DE Las Casas
Mexico
Dialogue of the Reconciliation of Peace
Samuel Ruiz
Zapatista National Liberation Army
Chiapas
Roberto Saucedo
Manuel Camacho Solis
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