Telephone plan orders four-year rush to improve
Sprint United Telephone must finish its eight year improvement plan in four years per a Kansas Corporation Commission preliminary order. A liberal customer refund policy is also required for ongoing local service problems affecting hundreds of Kansas communities including Princeton Pomona and Burlington. A formal order is expected later Friday.
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Melvern
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Burlington
Lyndon
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Two Volunteer Firefighters Suspected in Malibu Fire
Investigators suspect two volunteer firefighters started the November Malibu wildfire that killed three people and destroyed about 350 homes to gain full time jobs. NBC News cited unidentified LA County sheriff investigators and said no charges have been filed. The case is under grand jury scrutiny per NBC and the Los Angeles Times.
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Los Angeles
Malibu
NBC
Los Angeles Times
Wal-Mart plans new east has Wal-Mart super center
Mayor announces Wal-Mart will build a 178000 square foot super center east of 23rd Street and Princeton Road with a restaurant grocery and deli planned. The store expected to employ about 450 people and open in 1995 after summer construction.
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Itana
Ove Cummiskey
Wal-Mart
23Rd Street
Princeton Road
Susan Hochlander
Hochlander
ORC issues unresolved on Davis reappointment
Ottawa Recreation Commission meeting leaves Davis reappointment unresolved as two commissioners support and two oppose. No final vote recorded, prompting continuation on page 2 for further details.
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Craig Davis
Ottawa Recreation Commission ‘Board
Davis
Retirement may prompt county refit in Franklin County
Franklin County Engineer Bob Pepple will resign later this year due to health reasons but will help find a replacement. County Attorney Larry Wright says retirement could allow reorganizing county management. Pepple, 67, had February prostate cancer surgery and reports feeling well. he has asked his contract not be renewed after June and plans to retire, while also serving as county public works director.
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David Boren
D-Oklaw
John Chafee
R-R.i
Bob Kerrey
Nebraska
Congress
Kerrey
Pepple
Larry Wright
Ottawa volunteer Jack Wallace receives Rotary Service Above Self award
Jack Wallace, 70, accepted the Ottawa Rotary Club honor at a Ottawa University luncheon. He credits extensive church, hospital, library, and education center work, plus Meals on Wheels deliveries and driving patients to health care in Topeka and Kansas City. His 1,000 hospital hours pin was recently awarded.
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Ottawa Rotary Club
Sran
Bob Shields
Wallace
Virginia
Ottawan
David Bartroski
Herald
Rotary Club
Ottawa University
Ransom Memorial Hospital
Clinton condemns Singapore caning of teen Fay
President Clinton denounced the four lashings of 18 year old Michael Fay in Singapore as a harsh punishment for spray painting and vandalism. He questioned Fay's guilt and involuntary confession while the State Department prepared to summon Singapore's ambassador and consider further action.
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Clinton
Singapore
United States
Michael Fay
Rose Garden
State Department
White House
Dee Dee Myers
Myers
Franklin County crops face income drop from 1992 to 1993
Kansas Agriculture Statistics reports 1993 crop value projected at 21 to 23 million dollars, down from 1992's record year. Franklin County agent Darren Hibdon notes 1993 is average to above average, while 1992 benefited from excellent weather. He cites cold 1993 temperatures and ongoing farm consolidation reducing cropland.
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Kansas Agriculture Statistics
Topeka
Darren Hibdon
Franklin County
Hibdon
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