Margie Phelps apologizes in contempt hearing
Margie Phelps daughter of Rev. Fred Phelps and attorney for Westboro Baptist Church says she did not intend contempt toward Shawnee County District Judge Michael Barbara. She and her father face contempt charges after a second court day, with proceedings to resume Friday.
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Shawnee
Margie Phelps
Westboro Baptist Church
Shawnee County
Michael Barbara
Barbara
Trafficway costs rise in Douglas County funding push
Douglas County officials who hoped to save money with a low bid for grading and bridge work on the south Lawrence trafficway now face cost overruns. Project director John Pasley said the price could reach 80 to 85 million dollars, up from 62 million. Delays from legal challenges and the environmental statement eroded the budget, pushing eastern section construction back at least two years.
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Lawrence
Kan
Douglas County
South Lawrence
John Pasley
Pasley
Soldiers to study Gulf deployment lessons at Fort Leavenworth
Two Fort Leavenworth soldiers from the Center for Army Lessons Learned are being sent to the Persian Gulf to study effective and ineffective troop deployment. Their final destination may depend on developments along the Iraq Kuwait border.
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Fort Leavenworth
Kan
Persian Gulf
Center For Army
U.S
Iraq-Kuwait
Khrushchev Son to Join Kansas State as Visiting Professor
Sergei Khrushchev, son of Nikita Khrushchev, will serve as visiting distinguished professor of history and political science at Kansas State University in May 1995. He will lecture and meet with faculty students and local civilian and military leaders.
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Manhattan
Kan
Nikita Khrushchev
Kansas State University
Sergei Khrushchev
Topeka wins bid for Czars exhibit at White Lakes Mall
Topeka officials plan a 3 million line of credit to guarantee the Moscow exhibit Treasures of the Czars. Mayor Butch Felker announced the selection after outbidding Denver Dallas and San Diego for the 265 artifact show to be housed in a renovated J C Penney at White Lakes Mall in late 1995 following a six month run in St Petersburg Fla. James E Broughton of the Florida International Museum notes the venue size helped land the display.
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J.C. Penney
White Lakes Mall
St. Petersburg
Fla
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Dallas
San Diego
James E. Broughton
Florida International Museum
Troops stage show of force near Kuwait and Iraq
In a staging exercise, seven transport helicopters dropped 180 Marines with equipment and four jeeps at al Mutlaa near Kuwait City, signaling deterrence aims as Washington seeks measures to prevent future crises with Saddam Hussein. The move follows past Gulf War events and ongoing deployments in the Gulf region.
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Iraq
Washington
Saddam Hussein
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Kuwait City
Bom
Bardment
U.S
Gulf
United States
Arm of Kansas AG race highlights diverging views
Richard Schodorf of Wichita contrasts with Carla Stovall on crime policy. Schodorf advocates first offense penalties with community service and mandatory license suspensions for juvenile offenders. He says Stovall favors prison after conviction and expanding prison capacity, arguing juveniles face no consequences. He cites a 35 percent rise in juvenile crime over two years and warns about the system.
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Kansas
Richard Schodorf
Wichita
Ottawa Herald
Carla Stovall
Schodorf
Stovall
Kansas school finance reform under Supreme Court review
The piece traces Kansas school finance history from 1971 to a 1990s reform, noting a pending Supreme Court decision due next spring that could reshape how education is funded. It outlines four constitutional standards from Shawnee County District Court of October 1991 and frames ongoing disputes among schools, legislators, and taxpayers.
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Kansas Association of School Boards
Kansas
Herald
Kansas Supreme Court
Shawnee
Free Dump Week at Franklin County Landfill Opens Next Week
Franklin County landfill will run a free clean-up week from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Saturday. A temporary traffic-director will speed access and vehicles will not be weighed. Tires incur a 2 dollar fee and certain waste types remain restricted. commercial customers do not qualify.
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Franklin County
Blur win marks odd award for worst photo at York event
Tom Pemberton, 74, captured a blurred self portrait for the Daily Telegraph worst photograph prize in York England in April. Across six weeks, Rupert Idaho and Weatherford Texas police logged burglary and vandalism cases where men visited churches and offices to steal or vandalize then left copies of their faces. Rupert officer Val Maxwell lamented the trend toward exposing offenders through careless acts.
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Daily Telegraph
York
England
Tom Pemberton
Rupert
Idaho
Weatherford
Texas
Val Maxwell
Williamsburg 125th anniversary events set in motion
Residents Beulah McCurdy and Willa Spencer recall Williamsburg history from its 1869 town map filing to fires that shaped the town. The celebration on the 125th anniversary features a food sale starting 8 am at Dehn's store and a 4 pm parade from the water tower with a community meal and historical sharing planned.
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Franklin County Register of Deeds
William H. Schofield
Beulah McCurdy
Williamsburg
Stauffer and Lamont
McCurdy
Willa Spencer
Dehn's
Water Tower
Beulah
Peop
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