Four convicted in Trade Center bombing
Four Muslim fundamentalists were convicted on all charges in the World Trade Center bombing case. Jurors found Mohammed Salameh Nidal Ayyad Mahmud Abouhalima and Ahmad Ajaj guilty after a five month trial with 207 prosecution witnesses and 1 000 exhibits. Defense lawyers said the government twisted the evidence.
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EW York
World Trade Center
Mohammed Salameh
Mohammad Salameh
Nidal Ayyad
U.S
Israel
Mahmud Abouhalima
Ahmad Ajaj
Ajaj
Houston
New Jersey
New York City
Westin Crown Center water outage leaves guests scrambling
About 500 guests at the Westin Crown Center in Kansas City faced a water outage after a broken pipe. Management learned of the rupture around 11 45 p m and issued notes to guests. Shuttle buses and taxis transported roughly 75 guests to nearby hotels for toilet and shower access. Some used the connected walkway to reach the Hyatt Regency Crown Center.
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Kansas City
Westin Crown Center
Hilton Plaza Inn
Hyatt Regency Crown Center
Westin
Hyatt
Daytime curfew eyed to curb youth crime in KC
Kansas City officials study a daytime curfew proposal to ban children from streets during school hours. Freshman Janell Carter doubts the plan will curb day time crime or truancy, noting students may not stay in school even if required. Officials are reviewing models from other cities, including San Antonio.
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Kansas City
Janell Carter
Central High School
San Antonio
Explosion at Great Bend dry cleaners causes heavy damage
An explosion at a dry cleaning business in Great Bend Kansas caused at least 100000 in property damage. No injuries were reported. Fire officials said the state fire marshal will investigate the cause. The blast occurred about 630 pm Thursday, blew out front plate glass windows, and was under control within about an hour.
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Great Bend
Kan
Jeff Davis
Davis
Veterans plates OK'd in Kansas for Purple Heart recipients
Gov. Joan Finney signed a law allowing the Motor Vehicle Division to issue distinctive license plates for Purple Heart recipients. Kansas veterans groups estimate about 6,500 living recipients nationwide who earned the medal for combat wounds.
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Topeka
Kan
Joan Finney
Kansas
Kansas House approves prison budget and parole bill
The Kansas House approved a $173.49 million prison system budget for fiscal year 1995, a 3.8 percent increase, by 94 to 31. The measure moves to the Senate. A second bill tightens parole laws by returning parolees to prison for new felonies in some cases, while others may warrant probation.
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Topeka
Kan
House
Department of Corrections
Senate
Early childhood educator drives efficiency for local council
Andrews, a service coordinator for the Ottawa Wellsville Early Childhood Council, works to streamline the child referral system for ages up to five with special needs. She focuses on Part H for children up to age three and Part B for three to five, noting free screening and services funded by an $18,445 three year grant, with six Part H and twenty Part B children currently enrolled.
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Ottawa- Wellsville
Andrews
National park trust eyes Z-Bar ranch purchase near Strong City
National Park Trust holds a 4.7 million dollar option to buy the Z-Bar ranch of 10 980 acres near Strong City Kansas from Boatmen s Trust Co The group has until June 30 to raise the funds for the sale The plan contemplates Park Service operation while the ranch remains private ownership The deal has sparked local resistance and split Kansas lawmakers amid Flint Hills prairie scenery and historic structures including an 1881 limestone house a large stone barn and a one room schoolhouse
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National Park Trust
Strong City
Boatmen’s Trust Co
Kansas City
National Park Service
Kansas
Kansas Flint Hills
Fox Creek
Paul Pritchard
The
Trust
Park Service
White House wary of Whitewater fallout
President Clinton seeks to distance the White House from the Arkansas Madison Guaranty and Whitewater probes amid Republican claims of meddling. He defends the investigations as necessary and says aides mishandled briefings tied to confidential inquiries.
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Ashington
White House
Arkansas
Bernard Nussbaum
Nussbaum
Clinton
Local groups seek volunteers for community programs
The Herald highlights The Life Care Pregnancy Center in Ottawa offering free testing, counseling, adoption services, maternity and baby items, and volunteer needs for counseling mothers and office help. Call 242 4500. Franklin County Extension Office seeks volunteers for fair exhibits, office work, newsletters, 4 H leaders, and program support. Call 242 3166.
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Life Care Pregnancy Center
S. Main
Ottawa
Franklin County Extension Office
Extension Homemakers Units
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