No spider bite for Tom Sawyer in Topeka hospital
AP reports in Topeka that House Minority Leader Tom Sawyer, a Wichita Democrat, spent hours in Stormont-Vail Regional Medical Center emergency room after colleagues mistook a sore ankle for a spider bite. Tests later showed an infectious wound and arthritic joint.
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Social Security opens test mailings in 1994
In April 1994 about 600000 individuals will receive a Personal Earnings and Benefit Estimate Statement from the Social Security Administration. The mailing runs into June as part of a nationwide effort to help people aged 25 or older understand their future benefits and investment in the system. The statement lists earnings from 1951 through 1992 and estimates of retirement disability and survivors benefits based on birth date and work history, with 1993 data available for most workers by mid 1994.
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As interest groups multiply, capital bogs down
AP News Analysis notes Alexandria Virginia hosts over 250 national trade and professional groups with a fivefold rise in associations and tens of thousands of lobbyists. It cites Jonathan Rauch on demosclerosis and quotes Rep. Mike Kopetski on the slowing yet expanding lobbying system and broad public participation in special interests.
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