State Welcomes Taiwan Trade Delegation at Kansas Capitol
A 20 member Taiwan trade delegation arrived at the Kansas Capitol for a formal welcome with a military color guard and flags. The event featured national anthems and a high school band, culminating in contracts signed for over 13 million dollars of Kansas wheat purchases.
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Topeka
Kan
Kansas
Republic of China
Taiwan
United States
Koppel
Continental
Taiwan Flour Mills Industry Association
Taiwan Provincial Food Bureau
Japanese PM Faces Crises Amid Global Turmoil
TOKYO AP Japanese Prime Minister Zenko Suzuki, rising from obscurity on a war or harmony platform, confronts his deepest crisis as government disharmony sparks market turmoil. The Tokyo stock market falls with the Dow Jones average dropping 187.88 yen, the worst single session of the year.
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Tokyo
Zenko Suzuki
Tokyo Stock Exchange
Wall Street Mixed as Banks Hike Prime Rates
Wall Street posted a mixed session with more gainers than losers, Dow slipping 0.18 to 985.77 at midday. Morgan Guaranty Trust raised its prime rate from 19% to 20% with banks nationwide following, while Dean Witter Reynolds fell 4% to 31% amid takeover rumors denial. NYSE composite rose to 76.66, AMEX index fell 1.25 to 369.65. Volume reached 20.23 million shares at noon.
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Dean Witter Reynolds
NYSE
American Stock Exchange
Drought Not Over Despite Rainfall Brings Hope
Kansas rainstorms delivering up to 10 inches over a week eased drought but do not end it. Cities such as Belleville Topeka Abilene Concordia reported over an inch. La Cygne saw nearly nine inches. Subsoil recharge remains the key challenge while forecasts call for mixed skies and possible rain midweek.
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Topeka
Kan
Kansas
National Weather Service
Belleville
Abilene
Concordia
Emporia
Salina
Beloit
la Cygne
Kansas City
Phil Shideler
Weather Service
Shideler
Supreme Court limits police interrogation after suspect asks for lawyer
The Supreme Court unanimously voided convictions of Robert Edwards after he invoked counsel during questioning following an October 1974 armed robbery in Tucson. Justice White led the ruling that a suspect who requests counsel cannot be interrogated further until a lawyer is provided unless the suspect initiates contact.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Robert Edwards
Tucson
Ariz
Edwards
Byron R. White
William J. Brennan
Potter Stewart
Thurgood Marshall
Harry A. Blackmun
John Paul Stevens
Five Die In Irish Explosion Near Camlough
An explosion near Camlough in South Armagh killed five British soldiers aboard a Saracen carrier. The blast occurred as two patrol vehicles approached a bridge, with the leading carrier escaping unharmed. No immediate claim of responsibility was reported amid tensions over IRA hunger striker Raymond McCreesh.
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Belfast
Northern Ireland
Raymond McCreesh
South Armagh
Irish Republic
Warrenpoint
Lord Mountbatten
Newry
County Down
McCreesh
Camlough
Sinn Fein
IRA
Bobby Sands
Francis Hughes
Maze
Provisional’ Wing
London
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Masayoshi
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New York
Kansas Senate
John Carlin
Benjamin C. Lu
Board of Foreign Trade
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Morgan Guaranty Trust Co
Goodland
Wichita
Chanute
Coffeyville
Pittsburg
Hill City
Massey Ferguson
Allis Chalmers
Ottawa
Johnson County Equipment, Inc
Metcalf
Stillwell, Ks
Arrow Kent
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Shelden
Furniture Dealers
China
Pulaski
Door Buster
Stan
Swafford
Flexatael
LINO
Stratford
Flexstee
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Aship
Boon Buster
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Nas
Garsett
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Postal Hotel
Tresses Sons ES
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