Rescue ends as 18 month old freed from Midland well
In Midland Texas Jessica McClure was pulled from an abandoned well after 2% days of drilling through rock. Civil rescue teams hoisted her on a backboard to an ambulance bound for a hospital. Her mother and father waited as officials described her condition and the tense operation.
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Midland
Texas
Jessica McClure
Jessica
Chip
Reba Gayle McClure
Ron Short
Wells left unplugged spark Kansas health worries
KDHE spokesman Bob Moody warns thousands of unplugged wells may dot Kansas as groundwater contamination risk grows. He cites an Midland Texas accident where 18 month old Jessica McClure became trapped in an eight inch to three foot opening. Landowners are urged to hire licensed plug contractors and contact KDHE offices in Topeka Chanute Dodge City Hays Lawrence Salina and Wichita for guidance.
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OPERA
Kan
Kansas
Midland
Texas
State Department of Health and Environment
Bob Moody
KDHE
Moody
Wells
Jessica McClure
Topeka
Chanute
Dodge City
Hays
Lawrence
Salina
Wichita
Motions Spark Revelations In Jari Wills Case
Four co defendants in the Jari Wills stabbing case faced pre trial motions in Franklin County District Court. Judge Jules V Doty denied motions to dismiss second degree murder charges and ordered a bill of particulars. Barker publicly clarified possible stabber identities and released statements from Sherrell Burgess. Hicks and Burgess defense lawyers reacted as the court ordered the bill of particulars to be filed next week.
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Jay Bemis
Herald
Jari Wills
Franklin County District Court
Jules V. Doty
Wendell Barker
Barker
Wills
Sherrell Burgess
Mike Hicks
Donald Burgess
Charles Tevis
Hicks
Kansas State University
Ottawa University
Saddleback
N. Main
Ottawa
Wellsville
Tevis
Scranton
Kansas
Jon Lowe
Thomas Gleason Jr
Doty
Lowe
Gleason
Agriculture Caught In Latins Destructive Rent
Kansas officials warn Latin American debt strategy harms farming and U S exports. Sam Brownback cites shrinking wheat and other grain sales to Mexico, falling U S shares of soybean and corn markets, rising Latin American exports, and growing poverty. He calls for agriculture impact statements in debt restructuring and supports the Foreign Agriculture Investment Reform Act.
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Diane Yeamans
Herald
Sam Brownback
Kansas Secretary of Agriculture
Kansas State Grange
Ottawa University
Brownback
Kansas Grange
National Grange
U.S. Congress
United States
Japan
Taiwan
U.S
Mexico
Kansas
Brazil
Argentina
Latin America
Treasury Department
Infamous Day Drives Dow to First 100-Point Drop
Stocks tumbled in a frenzied session as the Dow Jones average slid 108.36 to 2246.73, a record point loss. Weekly decline reached 235.48 points, while volume rose to 338.48 million shares as investors dumped both weak and previously solid issues amid fears over international trade and rates.
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EW York
Newton Zinder
E.F. Hutton & Co
Dow Jones
New York Stock Exchange
Zinder
Robert Farrell
Merrill Lynch
Dow
NYSE
International Business Machines
Exxon
Ford Motor
American Express
Eastman Kodak
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