Whitewater sells Clinton tie in Kansas town slogan tees
In Whitewater Kansas a nickname twist fuels a local windfall as residents embrace the presidential flap. Merchants formed an association to capitalize on the Whitewater name selling slogan T shirts for 10.50 dollars. Demand remains brisk as locals turn controversy into commerce.
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Whitewater
Kan
Clinton
Kansas
Wichita
Arkansas
Whitewater Merchants Association
Woman racer, 91, dies in Kansas racing pioneer
Grace McAdams Harris a pilot known in the 1940s and 1950s for racing aircraft and sports cars died at 91 in Overland Park Kansas at Americana Healthcare & Rehabilitation Center She lived in the Kansas City area since 1926 Harris placed three straight years in the National Air Races for women in Cleveland finishing second in 1947 and in 1948 set a speed record of 235 mph winning the Kendall Trophy.
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Overland Park
Kan
Grace McAdams Harris
Harris
Americana Healthcare & Rehabilitation Center
Cleveland
Kansas City
Tribes abandon plan after Kansas Senate defeat on casino compact
In Topeka the Kickapoo and allied tribes said they will pursue federal court action after the Kansas Senate rejected the latest casino compact, barring their western Wyandotte County project. Attorney Lance Burt stated the fight shifts to the federal arena under Indian gaming law. In Dodge City a Carnegie building faces a leaky roof and costly repairs estimated at 225000 dollars, nearly four times the arts council’s annual budget.
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Topeka, Kan
Kansas City
Kan
State Senate
Wyandotte County
Lance Burt
Dodge City
Andrew Carnegie Foundation
Arts Council
Supreme Court levels ruling on trash to energy ash
In a 7 2 decision the Supreme Court ruled municipal garbage to energy plants must treat ash as hazardous waste if it contains dangerous material Chicago officials argued federal law exempts plants burning municipal trash from hazardous waste handling rules.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Chicago
Legislative wrapup stalls after failed funding bill
In Opera Kansas AP report the legislative wrapup enters its sixth day as a key funding bill fails in the Senate at 1 30 a m. After a nine hour Sunday budget conference the omnibus bill passes the House 65 60 but is rejected by the Senate. Leaders plan reconvening and caucuses to reassess next steps and potential strategy.
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Opera, Kan
Senate
House
Roger Aeschlimann
Bob Miller
Sheila Frahm
Donnelly College keeps tuition steady for 1994 95
Donnelly College will keep tuition at 2600 dollars for full time students in 1994 95, keeping prices unchanged for a fourth straight year. President John Murry cites affordability while Ottawa University posts a 4 percent rise to 7590 dollars. The school serves urban Kansas City Kansas with 920 current students, 801 last fall, and is supported by the Archdiocese of Kansas City Kansas.
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Ansas City
K Kan
Donnelly
John Murry
Leges
Tabor
Mid- America Nazarene College
Olathe
Kansas City College and Bible School
Ottawa University
Murry
Kansas City
Kan
Archdiocese of
Ransom Memorial Roie Health Fair Set for May 14
Ransom Memorial Roie will sponsor its 1994 health fair Saturday May 14 at the hospital 13015S Main. More than 40 health related organizations will be featured with screening tests for cholesterol levels and prostate cancer. Hours are 8 am to noon.
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Ansom Memorial Roie
Franklin County
Pam Harris
AMH
De Klerk Concedes To Mandela In South Africa Vote
President F W de Klerk conceded defeat as 40 percent of the vote counted showed Mandela leading with 61.4 percent for the ANC and 24.5 percent for the National Party. He thanked Mandela and pledged to work constructively in a government of national unity.
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Johannesburg
South Africa
F.W. de Klerk
Nelson Mandela
Mandela
de Klerk
National Party
African National Congress
Pretoria
National Unity
Day at the Farm aims to educate Franklin County third graders
The Ottawa Area Chamber of Commerce will sponsor a Day at the Farm for Franklin County third graders at the Franklin County Fairgrounds. Sessions cover field crops, machinery, wildlife, sheep shearing, soil conservation, and livestock demos with coloring books, seed packets, and soil for planting projects. The group plans annual fall events beginning next year.
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Agribusiox Committee
Ottawa Area
Williamsburg
Atherton
Chamber
Franklin County
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Carnegie
Aran Lander
Donohue
the Daily Report
Ralph Young
Donald Kormhaus
Ottawa Veterans of Foreign Wars
Kenneth Nichols
Wilbert F. Batdorf
VFW Memorial Post 5901
Ottawa
Ransom
ANC
Linda Williams
Herald
Lou Atherton
Ottawa Chamber of Commerce
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