County CHIP to present road plan at open county meeting
The CHIP committee and Franklin County Commission schedule a 7 p.m. session in the county courthouse second floor courtroom to reveal a yearlong road condition study and proposed recommendations. The event, open to the public, aims to deliver the report to commissioners and is not an open forum for individual road complaints.
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Franklin County Commission
Franklin County
County Commission
Kansas sees record corn crop despite soybean dip
Kansas Agricultural Statistics cut the soybean yield to 86.0 million bushels from 90 million while raising the 1998 corn production forecast to 410.4 million bushels, aiming to top last year's 386.1 million. Sorghum remains the nation’s leader at 254.1 million bushels, though 7 percent below 1997’s 273.0 million.
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Federal grand jury indicts Weston in Capitol shooting deaths
Russell E. Weston Jr. is indicted on six counts for the July 24 Capitol shootings that killed Capitol Police Officers Jacob Chestnut and John Gibson and wounded a Virginia tourist. The 41 year old faces two murder counts, one attempted murder, and three firearm counts with possible death penalty exposure. Weston is jailed without bond after being wounded by Officer Gibson during the incident. An arraignment is scheduled for Wednesday.
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Washington
Russell E. Weston Jr
U.S. Capitol
Weston
Capitol
Jacob J. Chestnut
John Gibson
Virginia
Bond
Gibson
Tom DeLay
Texas
Clinton awards grants to hire 428 police officers
President Clinton announced 27.4 million dollars in Justice Department grants to 151 police agencies to hire 428 additional officers as part of his pledge to add 100,000 cops and support Brady law enforcement, citing a drop in crime.
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Washington
Clinton
Justice Department
Franklin County Child Development offers licensed care
The Franklin County Child Development program serves 300 children a year with licensed child care for ages 12 months to 12 years. It runs a structured preschool five days a week and an active school age program with transportation, hot lunches, and snacks. Brenda Boldra directs the program.
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Franklin County Child Development
Brenda Boldra
Graves touts jobs and tax cuts at Ottawa event
Governor Bill Graves touted higher job creation, investment in highways, and tax cuts during a Ottawa University luncheon with area service clubs. He cited Kansas’s low unemployment, welfare declines from 90,000 in 1993 to about 32,000 by August, and Work First reforms, but warned remaining welfare cases face learning disabilities or substance abuse challenges.
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Ottawa
Ottawa University
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Ottawa First Baptist Church
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Franklin County
GOP
Kansas
Graves says more balance in legislature would aid governorship
Kansas Governor Bill Graves told Ottawa University students that he favors greater balance between Republicans and Democrats in the state legislature. He noted the Senate 27R 13D and House 80R 45D, saying a two thirds majority is needed to override vetoes and that compromise benefits all Kansans.
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Bill Graves
Ottawa
Ottawa University
Graves
Kansas
Senate
House
Richmond quilter Edith Hornberger to be spotlighted in Ottawa
Edith Hornberger of Richmond will be featured tonight at the Kansas Quilters Organization fall meeting in Ottawa. Her lifelong passion began with a Sunbonnet Sue doll quilt at age four and continued through fieldwork, family caregiving, and quilting as therapy after her husband’s 1978 death. She also serves as Richmond city clerk from home, with a daughter and two grandchildren in Arizona.
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Steve Morse
Edith Hornberger
Richmond
Kansas Quilters Organization
Westminster Presbyterian Church
Hornberger
Ottawa
Alvin
Arizona
Impeachment inquiry launched by House Judiciary Committee
House Judiciary Committee members authorized an impeachment inquiry against President Clinton and may seek to question Monica Lewinsky Linda Tripp and Vernon Jordan. White House aides meet with committee staff to discuss process while it is unlikely Clinton will be subpoenaed. Potential witnesses Lewinsky Tripp Currie and Jordan could appear before televised hearings after the elections as Henry Hyde plans planning and interviewing to be ready for hearings.
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Henry Hyde
Lewinsky
Tripp
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Kenneth Starr
Betty Currie
Vernon Jordan
Hyde
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