House committee backs Taiwan defense resolution
The House International Relations Committee approved a non-binding resolution urging U S defense of Taiwan if attacked by China. The vote was mostly party-line, with no more than two opposed, and State Department officials said the Clinton administration could not support the measure. Rep. Lee Hamilton warned Congress could worsen East Asia tensions.
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World Digest
Dukakis speaks at Johnson County Community College
Olympia Dukakis told about 600 people at Johnson County Community College that she once aimed to prove she could be American while keeping her Greek name. The Oscar winner discussed age in acting and career challenges for a 50-year-old woman in a male action film era.
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Overland Park, Kan
Olympia Dukakis
Dukakis
Johnson County Community College
Mr. Holland
Women Today
No tolerance bill targets under 21 drivers in Kansas
In Topeka the Senate Judiciary Committee heard a measure limiting under 21 drivers. It would suspend licenses for 30 days on a breath test of .02 percent. Refusal to test would trigger a yearlong suspension. A House panel also eyed a second bill tying schooling to eligibility for a license, risking license suspension for students who drop out.
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Topeka
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Kansas
House Transportation Committee
Franklin County property values rise 16 percent in 1996
Franklin County Appraiser Steve Brown reports that 1996 valuation grew across most property categories from about 525.3 million to 611.35 million, a 16.38 percent rise, with tax exempt property surging the most while commercial property fell. Residential values climbed to 307.64 million, up 11.25 percent, and residential parcels increased by 138 units. Farmsteads also rose near the overall rate as a seller's housing market continued.
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Ansas
Franklin County
Steve Brown
Brown
Contempt hearing for Ottawa police chief postponed again
The contempt hearing for Ottawa Police Chief Jeff Herrman was continued to Friday morning April 12 to give city attorneys more time to prepare. Judge Thomas Sachse questioned remarks by Herrman and emphasized preventing extrajudicial statements in pending criminal cases amid the Sept. 24 shooting death of 14 year old Stephanie Perez and related charges.
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Jeff Herrman
Thomas Sachse
Forrest Lowry
Bob Bezek
Herrman
Wendell Barker
Paula Ellis
Ellis
Barker
Lowry
Kansas Supreme Court
Sachse
Larry Wright
Stephanie Perez
Rain improves dry region as county waits for more
The area received a trace to .21 inch of rainfall, breaking a drought lull since Feb. 26 in Ottawa and Feb. 1 in nearby notes. The total fell short of February’s 1.30 inch average, prompting a county burn ban extended by the Franklin County commissioners and a state ban by Gov. Bill Graves until April 7. Firefighters and officials welcomed the rain but warned moisture will vanish quickly in the dry ground, and two to three more inches are hoped for to ease conditions and aid crops.
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Ottawa
City of
Franklin County
Bill Graves
Kelly Jones
Franklin County Firefighters Association
Jones
Darren Hibdon
Court may oversee community service transition discussed
Valerie Wolf reports a possible shift of the Freer County community service program from juvenile services to the county court system. Court administrator John Steelman, Judge Thomas Sachse, Sheriff Rex Bowling, Juvenile Detention Center director Ethel Wallace, and commissioners weighed liability, structure, and who should manage the program, noting a need for supervision about five to ten hours weekly.
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John Steelman
Thomas Sachse
Rex Bowling
Ethel Wallace
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Juvenile Services
Steelman
Charles Mavity Jr
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