Cinco De Mayo celebration at Expocentre and weekend events
May activities fill the calendar at the Kansas Expocentre and Lawrence venues. La Sombra headlines Super Cinco De Mayo with proceeds subsidizing the Washburn University scholarship. The weekend also features auctions, fairs, arts shows, a Lipizzaner performance, and music at Midland Theatre and Truman Anniversary concerts. Tulsa? No, Kansas events highlighted with multiple cities hosting activities.
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Mexico
France
U.S
Topeka
Kansas
London
la Sombra
Cordero
Kansas City
Roger Whittaker
Midland Theatre
Call
Allen warns of mammoth tax hike in 1991
Kansas Republican Sen. Jim Allen predicts a large tax increase or a mix to fund programs and keep the state in the black after a chaotic 1990 legislative session. He cites a potential $100 million treasury shortfall next year, plus $25 million for January welfare costs and funds for a new El Dorado prison, higher education, and school finance.
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John Marshall Harris
Topeka
Jim Allen
Ottawa
Kansas
Allen
Treasury
el Dorado
Senate
Weather culprit in wheat disease
Manhattan Kansas AP Wheat farmers may need rapid measures as three diseases appear in eastern Kansas fields leaf rust powdery mildew and barley yellow dwarf Bowden Kansas State University extension plant pathologist says leaf rust risks are rising with warm damp weather and cool spring favors powdery mildew BYD also appears across some southeastern counties threatening yields with no immediate remedy and widespread stunting and yellowing flag leafs reported
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Manhattan
Kan
Kansas
Kansas State University
Robert Bowden
KSU
Bowden
Weather Summary for Kansas Monday to Wednesday
A weather brief notes a chance of showers and thunderstorms Tuesday mainly in the central and east. Highs reach 75 to 85 Monday, then fall to the 60s by Wednesday. Lows start in the 50s Monday and dip to the mid 40s to mid 50s by midweek with a rising barometer at 30.11 inches. Sunset tonight is 8 18, sunrise tomorrow 6 18.
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Woody
Manor Conference Centre
Kansas
Exhibition Hall
Mid-America
Ag Hall
Dole presses for compromise on campaign finance reform
Senate GOP leader Bob Dole signaled willingness to negotiate on congressional campaign finance reform while criticizing key Democratic provisions. He warned against miracles, clarifying Republicans oppose public financing and PAC bans, and estimated Democratic limits could yield a $1 million cap for Kansas Senate races with $700,000 public funds and $200,000 TV vouchers, plus wider state-sized limits.
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Washington
Senate
Bob Dole
R-Kan
Ameer
Dole
Tye
Sam
Federal Election Commission
Kansas
Penny-Laden Contempt: Man Jailed Over 441 Dollar Fine
Gary Wagner faced contempt for stubbornly paying a 441 dollar battery fine with pennies. He spent three hours in Wood County Jail after refusing to roll coins into 50 cent bundles as magistrates ordered. His parents paid the fine shortly after, and the contempt charge was dropped.
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Parkersburg
W.va
Gary Wagner
Wood County
Charles “Ed” Plum
Wagner
Plum
KU Senators Move to Ban ROTC Credits Amid Policy Clash
University Senate at Kansas proposes not counting ROTC courses for credit until DOD ends its ban on homosexuals earning military commissions. The move, approved Thursday, applies to 1995 graduates and could halt ROTC commissioning ceremonies on campus awaiting policy alignment. Captain Shorts of Navy ROTC comments on the clash with university anti discrimination standards.
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Lawrence
Kan
University Senate At
Kansas
Department of Defense
Defense Department
Judith Ramaley
Senate
Gene Budig
R.L. Shorts
Navy Rotc
McPherson Banker Files for 5th District GOP Nomination
Topeka AP Dick Nichols a McPherson banker filed for the Republican nomination for Kansas 5th District congressman by submitting 2802 petition signatures from voters in 25 counties. He needed 1982 signatures to make the August primary ballot becoming the seventh candidate to file alongside Sheila Barr Kent Hodges Doyle Talkington and Democrats John Barnes Charles Benjamin and George Wingert.
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Topeka
Kan
McPherson
Republian
Kansas
Dick Nichols
Secretary of State
Nichols
Sheila Barr
Independence
Kent Hodges
Ottawa
Doyle Talkington
Emporia
John A. Bames
Cherryvale
Charles Benjamin
Newton
George Wingert
Ottawa Herald Subscription Rates Effective April 1990
Ottawa Herald lists delivery and mail subscription prices starting April 1 1990 for various regions including Ottawa in town rural carrier motor route and Franklin County adjacent counties with monthly three month six month and yearly options. Prices range from 5.25 to 72.50 depending on method and location.
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Ottawa
Franklin County
State of Kansas
Local Briefs Preview May Events and Ad Notes
Ad briefs highlight a Talk of the Town rock item at a bar, a Kansas State Bank Living Trust Seminar on May 5 at the O U Student Union with John Richeson, and a phone line for reservations. Bruce Osladil relocates to Osladil Insurance Service offering life health and Medicare coverage. Also listed are a Fashion Allay clearance sale, interior decor promotions, a Spring Choral Concert series, a wallpaper giveaway, a Silver Lake season golf certificate, and a Suzie's Silks spring sale with Precious Moments items.
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Kansas State Bank Living Trust
John Richeson
O.U
Kansas State Bank
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Massachusetts
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Hallmark Card
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Kansas City Symphony Chorus
Jay Leno
Wichita Century
Concert Hall
Missouri Repertory Theatre
Cherry
Prairie Wind
Waldo Astoria
Municipal Auditorium
Children's Mercy Hospital
Scottish Rite Temple
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Dim A. Hitch
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Wayne Snow
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