Kansas Legislature stalls on adjournment over museum funding dispute
The 1990 Kansas Legislature failed to adjourn Friday as planned after a conference committee deadlock over a state building program. Doyen seeks nine to eleven million for a proposed History Museum in Topeka, Hayden counters with seven million plus potential private funding. The stalemate threatens a multi year capital improvements program totaling about forty eight million, affecting university and medical center projects. Several other bills were unresolved, with final adjournment scheduled for mid May pending further talks.
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Lew Ferguson
Associated Press
Topeka
House
Senate
Ross Coyen
Mike Hayden
Doyen
Concordia Republican
State General Fund
State Historical Society
Hayden
Atwood Republican
Ways and Means Committee
Senate House Conference Committee
Mike
Wichita State University
Kansas State University
University of Kansas Medical Center
Nichols
KSU
University of Kansas
Chanute
E.B. Allen Hospital
Wichita
Medical Center
Department of Social and Rehabilitation Services
SRS
Carlin
Atchison
Carlin backs new state museum project in Topeka
Gov John Carlin voiced strong support for a new state historical society museum and rejected the idea of requiring millions in private donations. He warned that delaying action could endanger planning funds and inflation impacts, while noting broad backing from museum workers and society affiliates.
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Topeka
Kan
John Carlin
State Historical Society
Carlin
Historical
Refugees Face Storm as Cuban Exodus Grows
Cuban refugees swell to over 8,500 arriving in Key West amid a tropical storm targeting the Florida Straits. Coast Guard warns of high risk for refugee boats and potential drownings echo last weekend incident. White House plans a processing center at Eglin Air Force Base as Miami faces closure threats.
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Key West
Fla
Florida Straits
Coast Guard
Cuba
Mariel
U.S. Interest Section
Havana
State Department
Thomas Reston
Washington
Interest
Gulf of Mexico
Florida Keys
Samuel Dennis
Key West Coast Guard
Roland Isner
Dennis
White House
Eglin Air Force Base
Dade County
Miami
Strike Cripples Youngstown As City Declares Emergency
Youngstown Ohio faced a citywide emergency after all 1000 municipal workers including police and firefighters walked off demanding pay raises. The drumbeat of job losses in the steel industry has shrunk the tax base, leaving officials unable to offer higher wages amid cutbacks.
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Youngstown
Ohio
Mahoning County
Allen Seeks Re election for 14th District in Kansas
State Representative Jim Allen of Ottawa announced filing for re election from Kansas 14th District. A dairy farmer and former Ottawa USC 290 board member, he serves on House agriculture and livestock education and elections committees and appears unopposed on both major parties. Meantime in Ohio, Pleas Court orders workers to end strike as Mayor Vukovich declares emergency and considers Ferguson Act steps.
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Topeka
Jim Allen
Rottawa
Secretary of State
Allen
Ottawa U.S.C. 290
House
Agriculture and Livestock
Ohio
George Vukovich
Walter C. Scherz
U.S. Steel
Jones & Laughlin
Vukovich
James A. Rhodes
Iran Rejects Arab Mediation Over Embassy Siege
Iran refused mediation from Arab governments as British police pursued patient talks with militants who seized the Iranian Embassy in London. In Tehran the hostage crisis in Iran and the London takeover were linked, with militants accusing President Carter and warning the U.S. hostage issue would be harder to solve. The London gunmen, believed to be three, held a group of hostages in a tense standoff.
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London
Iran
Tehran
Carter
U.S
Khuzestan
Ayatollah
Ruhollah Khomeini
Sadegh Ghotbzadeh
Jordan
Algeria
Iraq
Ottawa University to stage 115th commencement crowning Carter era coverage
Ottawa University will hold its 115th annual commencement Sunday May 11 featuring former First Baptist minister and OU reporter Roger Fredrikson and UPI veteran Wesley Pippert as speakers. Honorary doctor of divinity to Charles N. Forsberg. International news notes report Iran hostage warnings and Khuzestan tensions alongside a county forecast of mostly sunny weather.
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First Baptist Church
United Press International
Ottawa University
Roger Fredrikson
First Baptist Church of
Wichita
OU Board of Trustees
Wesley G. Pippert
Carter
Chapel
Charles N. Forsberg
Minister's Council of the American Baptist Churches
ABC
Fredrikson
First Baptist
Sioux Falls
Ottawa
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Lyon Latimer
Pete Nouret
Mark Passiatore
North Bellmore
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Mike Fabian
Beachwood
N.J
Fred Solis
Andover-Newton Theological School
American Baptist Convention
Charles H. Percy
Jimmy Carter
Christian Century
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Chicago Tribune
Sunday Magazine
New York Times
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University of Michigan
National Endowment For the Humanities
American Political Science Association
University of Iowa
Wheaton College
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University of Wisconsin
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Irat
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