Three die in two vehicle crash near Emporia Kansas
Kansas Highway Patrol reports a 2:35 a.m. collision on Kansas 57 half a mile south of Emporia involving a pickup and a car. Car occupants Dustin J. Lacrone 24 of Fredonia and passengers Michael R. Omara 21 of Iola and Charity H. Smith 22 of Yates Center were killed. Broc A. Solander 19 of Yates Center and pickup driver Jeffrey L. Conrade 34 of Olpe were hospitalized at Wesley Medical Center in Wichita. condition of the two men not immediately known.
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Emporia
Kan
Kansas
Kansas Highway Patrol
Oren Patterson
Dustin J. Lacrone
Fredonia
Michael R. Omara
Iola
Charity H. Smith
Yates Center
Patterson
Broc A. Solander
Jeffrey L. Conrade
Olpe
Wesley Medical Center
Wichita
Kansas Drug Interdiction Boosts on I 70 and VFW Forms Women Post
Kansas Highway Patrol expands its drug interdiction along Interstate 70, raising seizures from 10 million to 56 million in recent years as cocaine and marijuana haul totals climb. In Topeka, the first all women VFW post is chartered at Forbes Field, led by state commander Lewie B. Cooper, with many members from the Persian Gulf War and other units.
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Hays
Kan
Kansas
Kansas Highway Patrol
Interstate 70
Topeka
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Forbes Field
Lewie B. Cooper
VFW
Cooper
Persian Gulf War
Southeast Asia
Dillons union votes to reject offer and strike
In Wichita, more than 500 Teamsters Local 795 members at Dillons Stores rejected the companys last offer and authorized a strike when a contract extension ends at noon today. The workers cover transportation, warehouse, advertising units and Jackson Ice Cream Co. with Hutchinson and Lenexa facilities involved.
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Wichita, Kan
Dillons
Teamsters Local 795
Larry Landwehr
Kansas
Local 795
Jackson Ice Cream Co
Hutchinson
Lenexa
Landwehr
Republicans seek $500 billion in five year savings plan
A draft Senate GOP report outlines nearly half a trillion dollars in five-year savings by slowing Medicare growth, shifting welfare control to states, trimming Medicaid and other benefits, and revising inflation calculations. The plan targets a 2002 deficit goal and signals broader budget restraint amid political sensitivity.
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Alan Fram
Associated Press
Ashington
Senate
Judd Gregg
R-N.h
Gregg
Federal Reserve Board
Alan Greenspan
House
Detective cites spare tire bag in Simpson Bronco
AP reports detective Mark Fuhrman testified the plastic bag found in Dr. Simpson's Ford Bronco was a standard spare tire bag used to hold dirty tires. He described a muddy right hand glove found at Simpson's residence the morning after Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman were killed.
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OS Angeles
Dr. Simpson
Mark Fuhrman
Marcia Clark
Clark
Ford Broncos
Fuhrman
Simpson
Nicole Brown Simpson
Ronald Goldman
Kathleen Bell
Bell
F. Lee Bailey
Juror panel seated in Stephan fraud perjury trial
Federal jurors were seated in the Bob Stephan perjury case in PERA Kansas. Judge Bruce S Jenkins presided as 64 potential jurors were questioned, with selection likely to run into Tuesday. The trial may span the week as witnesses such as Vern Miller and Marge Phelps could testify about Stephan allegedly lying in 1988 during a breach of contract suit by Marcia Stingley.
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Pera
Kan
Federal District Court
Bob Stephan
Bruce S. Jenkins
Salt Lake City
Stephan
Vern Miller
Topeka
Marge Phelps
Fred W. Phelps Sr
Marcia Tomson Stingley
Attorney General’s
Stingley
99-Year-Old Vet Receives Purple Heart After 77 Years
Fred Roberts, 99, was awarded the Purple Heart for World War I injuries decades after his service. At a ceremony in Os Alamitos, Major General Stephen Bisset pinned the medal as Roberts recalled mustard gas exposure during the Belleau Wood advance. Roberts’ records delay stemmed from a mixup. he lived in Idaho before moving to Temple City with his daughter Barbara Pettit.
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OS Alamitos
Calif
Fred Roberts
Roberts
Stars and Stripes Forever
Stephen Bisset
63Rd U.S. Army Reserve Command
151St Machine Gun Battalion
42Nd Rainbow Division
Champagne
Belleau Woods
Marne
France
Kripp
Germany
Woodrow Wilson
Idaho
Barbara Pettit
Temple City
Los Angeles
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Birzer
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Superior Court
Lance Ito
Andrea
Marcus Allen
Annie Shooman
Bisset
Armed Forces Reserve Center
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