Roberts Urges Farm Bill Conference Negotiations
Rep. Pat Roberts pressed House and Senate negotiators to start meeting next week to resolve a long-awaited farm bill compromise. The Kansas Republican cited delays from Senate Democrats over appointing their conferees, noting the bill’s stalled progress after President Clinton vetoed a previous version tied to a balanced budget plan.
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Washington
Pat Roberts
House
Senate
Roberts
House Agriculture Committee
Kansas
Senate Democrats
House- Senate
Clinton
KU Endowment receives 10.5 million pledge from Anderson family
Dana Anderson and his wife Sue along with son Justin pledged 10.5 million to the University of Kansas funding an athletics building fund with 90 percent and an unrestricted business school fund. The gift includes life insurance and annual cash donations.
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Lawrence
Midwest
Anderson
Business School
Kansas gambling amendment risks loss from committee change
A Senate subcommittee discussion on a constitutional gambling amendment in Kansas could jeopardize the measure if language alterations pass, potentially expanding to full casino gambling. State Sen. Doug Walker proposed the change as the Federal and State Affairs panel began work on submitting the amendment to voters.
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Kan
Senate
Kansas
Federal
Doug Walker
D-Osawatomie
Graves seeks backing for diversity commission reform
Gov Bill Graves urged individual Kansas lawmakers to support his executive order creating a new state Commission on Diversity and Human Rights. The plan would replace the Advisory Committee on Hispanic Affairs with an office of multicultural affairs and merge it into the new commission, a change standing unless either legislative house acts to reject it.
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Topeka
Kan
Bill Graves
State Commission On Diversity and Human Rights
Kansas
Office of
Multicultural Affairs
GM Strike Shuts Fairfax Plant Over Ohio Shortage
GM shut the Fairfax assembly plant in Kansas City Kansas on Tuesday evening due to a parts shortage tied to a strike at two Ohio GM plants. Local union officials back the Ohio workers and oppose further GM job cuts. Janine Fruehan said workers were told not to report today. Fairfax produces the Pontiac Grand Prix and Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme.
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Kan
General Motors
Fairfax Assembly
Ohio
Janine Fruehan
Detroit
Fairfax
Franklin County opens juvenile detention center to curb costs
The Franklin County sheriff’s office remodels the old admin building into a county juvenile detention center for youths 10 to 17. The facility will reduce high board and transport costs by housing suspects locally, with annual savings cited. Open by month’s end pending licensing inspection next week and the following. Continued on page 2.
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Sheriff’s Office
Rex Bowling
Franklin County
Topeka
Kansas City
Gunman Kills 17, Self in Scottish School Massacre
In Dunblane, Scotland, gunman Thomas Hamilton stormed Dunblane Primary School with four handguns, killing 16 children and one teacher before taking his own life. Thirteen children died instantly. three more died later in hospital, and at least 12 others plus an adult were wounded. Panic gripped the town as parents rushed to find their children.
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Dunblane
Wilson
Thomas Hamilton
Thunderstorm fires devastate two homes in Afi County
Two houses burned after a thunderstorm brought lightning to Afi County two weeks ago. John and Kathy Peimann and Eugene and Gerry Bromert lost everything, with community aid plans including a Sunday benefit supper at Faith Lutheran Church and a Saturday shower at Ransom Memorial Hospital to help the families recover.
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Afi County
John
Kathy Peimann
Rock Creek Road
Eugene
Gerry Bromert
Kentucky Road
Peimanns
Nancy Leadbetter
Faith Lutheran Church
Ransom Memorial Hospital
Edie Derousseau
Franklin County Receives Federal Grant for Nutrition Education
Franklin County and 10 neighboring Kansas counties will join a federal program funding nutrition education for low income residents. A $10,000 grant funds a part time nutrition education position plus supplies and materials, enabling coordination with Social Rehabilitation Service Hope House ECKAN WIC and other agencies to serve limited resources audiences.
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Anklin County
Fie
Kansas
Marcia Houck
Franklin County
Family and Consumer Services
Houck
Social Rehabilitation Service
The
Hope House
ECKAN
Baldwin approves sports bar liquor by the drink permit
Baldwin city council approved special-use permits enabling a downtown sports bar to sell liquor by the drink, despite a planning commission warning. The action clears Mike Hercules to open the Wildcat Cafe at 713 High Street, a site within 500 feet of First Methodist Church, pending follow up permits.
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Baldwin
Mike Hercules
Lawrence
Wildcat
High Street
First Methodist Church
Random Acts 4 of Kindness by Jeff Howard
Jeffery Howard, 17, helped neighborhood children by building a fort during the last snowfall. The act was nominated by Francis Torren, praising kindness to smaller kids. Report forms are available at listed Ottawa locations and businesses for submitting acts of kindness.
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Francis Torren
Ottawa
Wal-Mart
Country Mar
Amoco
Town & Country Supply
John Brockway
Brown's Shoe Fit
Chris
Horeshoe Cafe
North Main
North Casey's
City Hall
Edward D. Jones
County Extension
Sunflower Plaza
South Poplar
Jeff's Foods
Wellsville
Price Saver
Pomona
Central Heights
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