Elderly Wichita Woman Fights KG&E Over Wolf Creek Rates
Mary Margaret Rogers a 72 year old Wichita resident leads a lone intervenor role in the Kansas Corporation Commission Wolf Creek rate case. Her low income and elderly status shape her stance against KGEs plant costs and proposed rate hikes. She volunteers with Legal Aid and plans to speak at Wichita public hearings, promising to speak her mind as she has since age five.
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West Wichita
Wolf Creek
Kansas Corporation Commission
KCC
Miss Rogers
Legal Aid Society
Wichita
Salvation Army
Red Cross
Legal Aid
Kg&e
Florida Firefighters Seek Rain Over Large Wildfire Outbreak
Firefighters across Florida, up to 5,000 strong, battle wildfires scorching about 130,000 acres and 400 homes across 67 counties. Winds ease, forecasts call for rain in north and central regions as crews work extended shifts amid drought and two firefighter deaths.
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Daytona Beach
Fla
Nature
Florida
Forestry Division
Paul Wills
Atlantic
St. Augustine
Cape Canaveral
Josie Bohac
State Division of Forestry
Everglades
Dade County
Big Cypress Swamp
Gorbachev slows reforms in Soviet agriculture says report
A Washington AP summary of an Agriculture Department outlook notes Gorbachev is unlikely to spark radical agricultural reforms quickly. Progress in China and Hungary could prompt changes if his power solidifies, with emphasis on planning reforms, vertical integration, worker pay tied to output, and private plots under state contracts.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Mikhail Gorbachev
China
Hungary
Soviet Union
Gorbachev
Kathryn Zeimetz
Robert Koopman
Department
Economic Research Service
Central Committee
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Wichita, Kan
Mary Margaret Rogers
Kansas Gas and Electric Co
Town & Country Supply
Walnut
Ottawa
National Weather Service
Ron White
White
Naples
Fort Lauderdale
Tomoka
Volusia County
Ge & Supply
Gap Gutomnaive van
Gap
McPherson
T Lay
T-Bone
Homestyle
Paxson
Elemmae Tin Retin
Old
van Camp
Aly
Oya Gere
R.C. Cola
Milliarntaie TD
Monroe Auto Equipment Co
Bargain Center
Lipton
Turkey
Soviet Ag
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