Western Resources to pursue national marketing strategy
Western Resources plans a national marketing push and internal realignment at its annual meeting. Chairman John E. Hayes announced David Wittig of Salomon Brothers will join as executive vice president for corporate strategy, focusing on growth areas. The company will form generation, transmission and retail market units to target evolving customer demands.
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Topeka
Kan
Western Resources
Kansas
John E. Hayes
David C. Wittig
Salomon Brothers Inc
New York
Hayes
Wittig
Prairie Village
University
KBI Receives 160000 Drug Forfeiture Donation
Kansas Highway Patrol turned over 160000 in drug forfeiture funds to the Kansas Bureau of Investigation at a statehouse ceremony. The donation supports DRUG FIRE firearms identification and lab equipment as part of a cooperative crime fight announced by Gov. Graves and Attorney General Stovall.
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Topeka
Kan
Kansas
Kansas Highway Patrol
Kansas Bureau of Investigation
KHP
Terry Maple
Bill Graves
Carla Stovall
Graves
Graves recalls Holocaust memory at Kansas commemoration
Gov. Bill Graves joined speakers for the 13th annual Holocaust Commemoration in Topeka, noting the event honors 11 million who died in Nazi camps. Margarith Clarenburg, who hid in Dutch marshes for three years and survived, urged all people to live gratefully and dedicate themselves to remembrance.
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Topeka
Kan
Bill Graves
Statehouse
Stink Bomb At Kansas School Sends 37 to Hospital
A pesticide laced stink bomb exploded at Coldwater High School in Comanche County Kansas. The mixture of malathion urine and aquarium water was dumped in a men's restroom around 10 30 AM. Thirty seven students and teachers were treated and released from the hospital with no serious injuries.
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Coldwater
Kan
Nancy Graham
Comanche County
Feds release men detained as witnesses in bombing case
Two drifters linked to a nationwide manhunt for the Oklahoma federal building bombing were released after 18 hours of questioning at FBI offices in Springfield, Missouri. Gary Land and Robert Jacks, who drove away in Land’s Thunderbird after a dawn raid in Carthage, Missouri, denied involvement and said they passed a polygraph.
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Klahoma Os
Federal Building
Gary Alan Land
Robert Jacks
Timothy McVeigh
FBI
Springfield
Land
M&m
Carthage
Sacramento
Calif
Jacks
Official malls proposals by Lawrence L Knutson
The Justice Department's No 2 official acknowledged the White House proposals to combat domestic terrorism might overreach and said the administration would not seek to give the president absolute power to designate groups as terrorist organizations, with FBI and other agencies involved.
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Washington
Justice Department
White House
Dodson brings jets and pilots to Ottawa for repairs
A Finnish pilot and a Swedish co pilot delivered a Falcon 10 jet to Dodson Aviation in Ottawa marking the first in a planned series. The Kansas company buys overseas jets, repairs them, and then sells or leases them, aiming to expand the program with more arrivals.
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Dodson
America
Ukraine
Ahti
Falcon
Dodson Aviation
Gunnar Samuelson
Helsinki
Finland
Samuelson
Stockholm
Sweden
Ottawa
Bob Dodson
Dodson Aviation Inc
Joan Finney
Russia
Kansas
Cessna
Raimo Ahu
Missiles Hit Zagreb Amid Croatian-Serbian Tensions
Serb missiles again struck Zagreb injuring dozens and killing one police officer during a wave of retaliatory attacks as the UN sought a cease-fire. Dr Jadranka Hreljec said 43 were hurt at the trauma clinic while officials noted several cluster devices causing the chaos.
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Zagreb
Croatia
U.N
Jadranka Hreljec
Revenue shortfall in April hits state budget hopes
April revenue fell 54 million short of a revised estimate, with 45 million missing from individual income tax. Analysts attribute two extra filing days and processing delays, expecting most or all shortfall to be made up by June as returns are processed and May deposits flow in. Insurance premium tax also underperformed by 10.7 million.
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Topeka
Kan
Dan Hermes
Revenue Department
Hermes
State General Fund
Richard Ryan
Legislative Research Department
Legislative Budget
County appeals win on Ottawa Lodge cases and drug charges
Two Franklin County cases involving armed robbery at the Ottawa Econo Lodge and marijuana possession, both overturned on appeal by the Kansas Supreme Court. The Ottawa arrests hinged on fresh pursuit, with Green and Smith and the Bockert drug case raising issues of probable cause and circumstantial evidence. Two justices dissented in the Bockert ruling.
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Franklin County
Jules V. Duty
Kansas Supreme Court
Ottawa Econo Lodge
Doty
David Julian Green
Kansas City
Kan
Green
James Arthur Smith
Ottawa
Smith
Smith and Green
State
Steven Bockert
Beckert
Howell
Supreme Court
Bockett
State Court
District Court
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