Oz themed park plan advances with $50 million pledge
Reading Co. joins with Robert Kory & Associates to form Reading Resorts & Entertainment for a $450 million Wonderful World of Oz project. About $400 million financing remains, groundbreaking eyed this year. The 3500 acre site near the Agricultural Hall of Fame will host hotels, a conference center, water park, golf course, theaters, restaurants, a Baum museum and more.
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Philadelphia
Reading Co
Reading Resorts & Entertainment
Robert Kory
Agricultural Hall of Fame
Baum Museum
Kansas tackles rival casino proposals and tribal pacts
In Topeka a House committee reviews compacts with the Kickapoo and Sac and Fox tribes that would let casinos operate on their northeast Kansas reservations or in Wyandotte County. The Federal and State Affairs panel also weighs three proposals including state run, privately run, and constitutional casino bans.
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Kan
House
Joint
Kansas
Wyandotte County
Federal and State Affairs Committee
Small-plane aid urged in liability shield proposal
Senator Nancy Kassebaum from Kansas seeks Senate passage of a bill to shield aircraft manufacturers from liability lawsuits for crashes occurring 15 years after purchase. She argues the measure would revive an aviation industry based in Wichita with Cessna, Learjet, and Beech and save or create thousands of jobs after a decade of losses.
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Senate
Nancy Kassebaum
Kansas
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Learjet
Beech
Stephan objects to bill easing drunk driving penalties
Kansas lawmakers heard little support for a measure to cut penalties for drunken driving when ignition interlock devices are used. Attorney General Bob Stephan and a Mothers Against Drunk Driving spokeswoman opposed the bill before the Senate Judiciary Committee, which took no action. Richard Freund of LifeSaver of Kansas urged approval, noting interlock devices prevent car starts after alcohol detection.
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Kan
Legislative Committee
Bob Stephan
Senate Judiciary Committee
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Mitchell casts GOP calls for hearings as political circus
President Clinton aides prepare for grand jury testimony in Whitewater under subpoena. Senate leader Mitchell says congressional hearings would interfere with the independent investigation by Robert Fiske. D'Amato argues hearings are not aimed at obstructing Fiske, while Dole backs hearings as Congress asserts its right to questions.
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Whitewater
Senate
George Mitchell
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Mitchell
NBC
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Dole
Congress
Ottawa set to choose six for city commission race
Ottawa voters heard six candidates Duane Hall Gene Ramsey Mary Willoughby Greg Hernandez Tony DeLaTorre and Jon Cook discuss housing jobs and high electric rates Tuesday night after Tawny Hiatt withdrew due to a Lawrence job. They praised city progress including a clean up and trail funding while debating infrastructure land readiness and tax incentives.
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Ottawa City Commission
Duane Hall
Gene Ramsey
Mary Willoughby
Greg Hernandez
Tony DeLaTorre
Jon Cook
Mers
Sghe Public Forum
Tony Keim
Richard Jackson
Tawny Hiatt
Jackson
Hiatt
Lawrence
Commission
Remain
Ing
Ottawa
Stand-in’s not what she had in mind in Nassau judge ruling
Nassau County New York Judge Michael Gallaso dismissed sexual misconduct charges against Lamont Hough who faced claim of unconsented sex with his brother Lenny’s girlfriend. The accuser described waking at 5 a.m. to find a man at her door and mistaking him for Lenny before the encounter. The case hinged on consent and mistaken identity questions.
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Nassau County
N.Y
Michael Gallaso
Lamont Hough
Lenny
Lamont
Washburn admission bill aims to delay Senate debate
TOPEKA Kansas AP supporters of a measure to make Washburn University a state institution seek to delay the Senate debate until next week to build backing. Washburn lobbyist David Monical said he expects at least 21 senators to vote or delay, while the bill’s fate remains uncertain as the Ways and Means Committee endorsed pay raises for Regents university faculty this Tuesday.
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Washburn University
Senate
Board of Regents
David Monical
Washburn
Hugh Thompson
Topeka University
Monical
Ways and Means
Kansas Board of Regents
Yeltsin cancels Nixon meeting over opposition talks
President Boris Yeltsin angrily canceled a planned encounter with former U.S. President Richard Nixon after Nixon met with opposition leaders, including a figure from the October uprising. ITAR-Tass and Interfax noted he also withdrew Nixon’s government bodyguards and car. Yeltsin had used a similar move against Gorbachev two years earlier.
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Boris Yeltsin
Richard Nixon
Nixon
Clinton
Yeltsin
Itar-Tass
Interfax
Mikhail Gorbachev
Realistic parenting: CARE values reshape modern guidance
Malcolm Smith, a schools consultant, told about 200 at Ottawa Middle School that today’s children face AIDS, crime and teen pregnancy, demanding parents adopt a discipline approach over punishment. He outlined CARE—commitment, altruism, respect, and effective guidance—as keys to better parenting.
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Ottawa Middle School
Smith
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