Nation Faces Voter Decisions on Wide Range of Issues
National voters will determine the fate of a multitude of issues as pages 10 and 14 cover politics and aviation topics. The reference notes the public weighing of choices on domestic concerns and the evaluation of stealth bomber capabilities.
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America
County wrestles with RMH board fate
Franklin County Commission weighs forcing RMH trustees to resign and reconstitute the board after criticism of actions under Dewey Smith. Aimed at expanding the board from seven to five or seven, with resignations potential and two new seats to fill, while considering meeting time and trustee loyalty amid ongoing contract severance disputes.
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Dewey Smith
Mavity
Smith
County Commission
Drumright
Mettenburg
Trustee Chairman Returns Some Fire By JAY BEMIS
Franklin County Commissioner Merle Haas criticized Ransom Memorial Hospital Board over a six month benefit clause in the administrator contract. RMH Chairman Dewey Smith would not gain benefits if he resigns, only if terminated by the board. McKelvey defended benefits as longstanding and argued commission meeting times affect public participation.
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Mavity
Smith
Dave Drumright
al Mettenburg
County Commission
Jay Bemis
Don McKelvey
Ransom Memorial Hospital Board of Trustees
McKelvey
Chiropractic
Franklin County
Ottawa Herald
Merle) Haas
Haas
RMH
Dewey Smith
Board of Trustees
Freed Hostage Urges Faith As Others Remain Unseen
David Jacobsen, after 17 months in Lebanon, tells American hostage families to keep faith amid ongoing recoveries. He arrives in Wiesbaden for exams after a Beirut release, cites Psalm 27 and thanks Terry Waite for support. Waite, acting as negotiator, hopes to return to the Middle East to aid remaining hostages.
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Wiesbaden
West Germany
David Jacobsen
Lebanon
Jacobsen
American University Hospital
Beirut
U.S
State Department
Cyprus
Larnaca
Jean Sutherland
Terry Anderson
Terry Waite
Anglican Church
Waite
Middle East
Kansas Campaign 86 See-Saw Governor Race Analysis
AP analysis notes dramatic shifts in the Kansas governor race between Democrat Tom Docking and Republican Mike Hayden. Multiple polls late in the campaign show Hayden with a slight edge or a razor-thin lead, while undecided voters remain large and a classification amendment looms amid voter confusion.
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Mike Hayden
Hayden
South Africa
Docking
Topeka, Kan
Kansas
Tom Docking
Topeka Capital-Journal
Hayden Law and Order
Wichita Eagle Beacon
Kansas City
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