KU Endowment hits record private gifts in 1995 year
The University of Kansas Endowment Association raised a record 37.9 million in contributions for fiscal year 1995, marking a fifth straight year of record private giving. Assets hit 420.3 million book value and 530 million market value, with the nonprofit funder dating to 1891 having given 561.3 million to KU. It ranks 11th among public schools in endowment size and supports scholarships, campus construction, loans, and farmland management.
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Lawrence, Kan
University of Kansas Endowment Association
Association
Jim Martin
Martin
Sale to fall short in Faith Metro bankruptcy debt
In Wichita, lawyers say the assets from Faith Metro Church likely won’t cover the 9.5 million dollar debt. Trustee Jim Lee oversees the bankruptcy in Oklahoma City federal court, with Rev. David Brace and his wife Tammie as New Life Fellowship Inc. officers. Brace was arrested in San Antonio on laundering charges tied to undercover agents posing as a cartel gang.
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Wichita, Kan
Faith Metro
David Brace
Les Arvin
Jim Lee
Oklahoma City
Brace
Tammie
New Life Fellowship Inc
Faith Metro Church
San Antonio
Inmates Work, Save at Leavenworth Prison Programs
About 560 Lansing Correctional Facility inmates in Leavenworth work at Henke Manufacturing Heatron and Zephyr Products. They earn $4.25 an hour, pay taxes and room and board, support restitution and victims compensation, and deposit savings for post release. The effort has raised over $2 million for the state, with funds also entering a savings account for inmates leaving prison.
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Leavenworth, Kan
Robert
Lansing
Leavenworth
Henke Manufacturing
Heatron
Zephyr
Saddam Hussein wins seven-year mandate in referendum
Saddam Hussein received 99.96 percent support in Iraq according to his government, with nearly all 8.36 million ballots cast for the sole candidate. The ruling regime staged pro-government demonstrations as it faced UN criticism, a faltering economy, and the defection of a top official.
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Baghdad
Iraq
Saddam Hussein
Saddam
United Nations
Ezzat Ibrahim
Spirit Week at Ottawa High aims for homecoming game
Ottawa High School kicks off Spirit Week with daily dress themes from sweats to dress-up and spirit decorations by the drill team and cheerleaders. The homecoming game vs St. Thomas Aquinas is set for 7:30 p.m. Friday, with a parade at 6 p.m. Wednesday from Forest Park to Main Street and a pep rally on the courthouse lawn after.
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Rhotogy
Jay Thomson
Ottawa High School
Scott Spooner
Sarah Lee
Wade Hepner
Jenni Meyer
Dustin Grant
Kristen Baylor
St. Thomas Aquinas Saints
Forest Park
Main Street
Shot fired at Ottawa teen. 17-year-old arrested
A 17-year-old boy was treated for shotgun pellet wounds to both calf muscles after a shooting at Sixth and Cherry streets. Ottawa police arrested a juvenile driver of a blue mini van involved. multiple other suspects sought as investigators pursue leads and search for the shotgun.
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Sixth
Cherry Streets
Heath Griffin
Ransom Memorial Hospital
Charlie Bowling
Ottawa Police Department
Ottawa
Bowling
Cherry
S. Main
Million Man March Shapes Capitol Rally for Self Respect
Tens of thousands of black men gathered at the Capitol in a celebratory Million Man March called by Louis Farrakhan. The event echoed the 1963 Washington March as Marion Barry praised recovery and declared the vision a message from God, with a strong religious tone guiding the rally.
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Darlene Superville
Associated Press
XV Ashington II
Capitol
America
Nation of Islam
Louis Farrakhan
National
Washington
Martin Luther King Jr
Marion Barry
Washington, D.C
God
Barge Sinks in Sea Storm Roxanne Near Campeche
A pipe laying barge with 245 aboard sank in the Bay of Campeche as Hurricane Roxanne whipped seas. Three confirmed dead, 23 missing, and 222 rescued by two offshore supply boats and two tugs. Coast Guard search ongoing from New Orleans amid rough conditions.
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Campeche
Mexico
Bay of Campeche
U.S. Coast Guard
Coast Guard
New Orleans
James Stewart
CCC Fabricaciones Y Construcciones
Roxanne
Treasurer urges check for unclaimed property in Kansas
Anderson County residents may have unclaimed property held by the Kansas State Treasurer's office. The Kansas Cash Connection lets residents learn if they are owed cash, dormant accounts, insurance benefits, stocks, bonds, refunds, and other assets. About $6 million is held, funded by abandoned assets, with no taxpayer cost. last year over $10 million was returned.
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Anco News Service
Garnett
Anderson County
Kansas State Treasurer's Office
Sally Thompson
Kansas Cash Connection
Thompson
State of
Kansas
Blimpie opens inside Ottawa Co-op in Ottawa
Blimpie and Salads opens at 6 a.m. inside the Ottawa Co-operative, 302 North Main, serving subs and salads from 6 a.m. to 11 p.m. daily. Adrian Derousseau, Blimpie general manager and Ottawa Co-op owner, says the store offers quick, nutritious food alongside fuel and supplies. A taste preview for media and the Ottawa Area Chamber of Commerce was held on Sunday.
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Ottawa Co-op
N. Main
Adrian Derousseau
Blimpie
Ottawa
Blimpie offers breakfast plus diverse subs and snacks
Blimpie serves breakfast with coffee donuts and a breakfast sandwich. Cold subs feature ham salami provolone turkey Swiss roast beef and more. Hot subs include tuna melt Italian meatball and steak and cheese. The chain offers chips cookies and beverages and is ranked by Forbes among top small businesses with over 1000 franchised units in 42 states.
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Blimpie
America
Forbes
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