Hayden Puts Super Collider Efforts Into Motion
Gov. Mike Hayden signs bills creating a fund and appointing the commerce secretary to pursue a superconducting super collider site in Kansas if federal funding comes through. The measure outfits the commerce agency with coordination duties while the Kansas Corporation Commission would oversee regulatory aspects. Budgeted site research funds total 250,000 amid broader spending plans across transportation, health, welfare, and state agencies.
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Mike Hayden
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Kansas Corporation Commission
Gambling Hall Guards Quit in Bonner Springs Raid
Two Wyandotte County sheriff's deputies working outside a Bonner Springs gambling hall resigned after an FBI and Kansas Bureau of Investigation raid. About 75 agents confiscated equipment and cash. no arrests were made. Deputies cited not wanting to burden the department and a desire to avoid a bad name.
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Robert Huckaby
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John Quinn
Quinn
Arizona Professor Named Kansas Education Commissioner
After a private two hour meeting the state Board of Education chose University of Arizona associate professor Lee Droegemueller as Kansas education commissioner effective July 1. He will earn 70500 dollars annually and succeeds retiring Harold Blackburn after 30 years in the post.
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Kan
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Tucson
Kansas
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Amnesty filings slow in Mo Kan as offices open
In the first week, Missouri and Kansas legalization offices handled few amnesty applications. In Kansas City 97 visitors by noon Monday, with applicants from 31 countries including Thailand, Nigeria, Iran, and Jamaica. Officials expect a surge, noting the act grants amnesty to those who arrived before 1982 and have continuous residence, with another provision for agricultural workers taking effect June 1.
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Leavenworth
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Finney seeks spot on Kansas Lottery Commission
State Treasurer Joan Finney asked Governor Mike Hayden to appoint her to the Kansas Lottery Commission. She would coordinate with her office, the commission, and the new state agency it will oversee. The request follows the March signing of lottery legislation limiting party balance and requires Senate confirmation. Finney defeated the agency's current director, Larry Montgomery, in November.
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Kan
Joan Finney
Mike Hayden
State Lottery Commission
Hayden
Commission
Senate
Finney
Lottery Agency
Larry Montgomery
Hasenfus: would not assist Contra supply ops again
Eugene Hasenfus, the Marine veteran tied to the Iran Contra saga, says he still believes in stopping communism but would not take part in another Contra weapons mission. He states he was abandoned by government and recalls his two months in a Managua jail and subsequent pardon by President Ortega.
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Wis
Eugene Hasenfus
Central America
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Exence
Managua
Daniel Ortega
Associated Press
Wisconsin
Capitol Hill
CIA
Southeast Asia
Uncle Sam
Nicaragua
el Salvador
U.S
United States
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