Kansans at Johnson Space Center on Endeavour flight
Three Wichita State University graduates now work in Mission Control for the space shuttle Endeavour mission. Stan Schaefer guides guidance systems, Becky Swanson coordinates payload interfaces, and Kelly Humphries handles public affairs for the team.
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Wichita, Kan
Wichita State University
Johnson Space Center
Stan Schaefer
Endeavour
Becky Swanson
Kelly Humphries
Man Found Competent to Stand Trial in Parental Murders
Kim Ordway, 33, accused of killing his parents in 1993 and driving to New York with his mother's body in the car trunk, has been ruled competent to stand trial on two counts of first degree murder. District Judge Ed Booker announced after a competency hearing that jury selection will begin today in Rooks County District Court Stockton Kansas.
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Stockton, Kan
New York
Ed Booker
Kim Ordway
Rooks County
State urges hold on agricultural land reappraisal
TOPEKA Kan AP A state official orders county appraisers to carry over current figures when valuing agricultural land for property tax. Susan Duffy acting director responds to a Shawnee County judge order after the state Board of Tax Appeals ordered statewide reappraisal. Land values have not been updated statewide since 1992.
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Topeka
Kan
Susan Duffy
Department of Revenue
Shawnee County
Terry Bullock
Bullock
State Board of Tax Appeals
Jury finds Ottawa boy guilty of second degree murder
A Franklin County jury found Jerry Lee Robinson Jr. guilty of reckless second degree murder in the death of Clyde Richard Crowley, 57, of Ottawa, who died Sept. 27 from a blow with a golf club. Sentencing set for April 10 with a guideline range of 68 to 77 months.
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Franklin County
Ottawa
Jerry Lee Robinson Jr
Clyde Richard Crowley
Crowley
Robinson
Dan Dunbar
Wendell Barker
Dunbar
Douglas County
Thomas Sachse
Barker
Sachse
Powerball could become jackpot record
The AP reports Powerball’s estimated Saturday jackpot could be the third highest in the game’s history as millions buy tickets. Charles Strutt of the Multi-State Lottery Association notes the prize could rise beyond 100 million, with speculation of 130 million or more if nobody wins.
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Charles Strutt
Lottery Association
Strutt
California
Wisconsin
Vets' committee seeks teens' help in inscription contest
Franklin County Veterans Memorial Committee announced an inscription-writing contest for county teenagers in grades seven through 12. Entries may be original poems or prose, typed or word-processed, due by April 17, 1995. First prize is a $100 savings bond and inscription on the memorial listing county servicemen who died in World War I to Vietnam.
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Franklin County Veterans Memorial Committee
Franklin County
Korea
Vietnam
Harvey Nicholson
Lopez memory questioned in Simpson alibi witness grilling
Rosa Lopez testified again about her alibi for O J Simpson, struggling to recall the day month or season while recounting details such as boiling water at 10 p m and walking the employer’s golden retriever before seeing Simpson’s white Ford Bronco. She remained firm on her account despite memory lapses.
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Los Angeles
O.J. Simpson
Rosa Lopez
Lopez
Simpson
Lugar launches bid for GOP presidential nomination
Indiana senator Richard Lugar announces bid for the GOP presidential nomination. He frames himself as a trustworthy leader capable of handling the serious duties of the office and vows to protect his record and conduct as a key credential in running for president.
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Washington
Richard Lugar
Indiana
Roll over, Beethoven and other odd items in brief
Two Beethoven fans bought a four inch hair lock of the composer at a Sotheby's London auction for 7300 dollars and plan tests on blood history and syphilis. The New York Times notes Boutros-Ghali ideas for 1995 UN anniversary ads. Parole violator Lane L Fontes fingerprinting follows a finger-chewing arrest. James R Scott convicted for removing flood sandbags in 1993 Mississippi River floods. Army stockyard deodorant tests in 1964-65 to study aircraft Soviets enter stockyards.
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London
Beethoven
New York Times
United Nations
Boutros Boutros-Ghali
U.N
Missouri
Illinois
Scott
Fowler
Ill
U.S. Army
Congress
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Garner
Leavenworth, Kan
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Martha Ross
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Ann Cawileds
Eoccores
Abe
BRES
the Daily Report
Mary Harvey
Rex Bowling
Harvey
Ransom Memorial Hospital
Ralph Young Robinson
John Cole
Kansas
Lotto America
Vets
Lugar
Binghamton
N.Y
Lane L. Fontes
Virginia
Fontes
James R. Scott
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