Quake toll rises as Bush tours quake zones and aid programs unfold
President Bush toured the damage as officials reported 54 bodies recovered from the Oakland I‑880 collapse and 2,000 injuries. Damage estimates surpassed 5.5 billion across a 75 mile region as rain threatened rescue efforts and landslides near Boulder Creek. Stanford and Oakland City Hall faced closures while 60 homes were destroyed in Boulder Creek.
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San Francisco
Bush
Oakland City Hall
Stanford University
Palo Alto
Oakland
Bob Jacobs
California Department of Transportation
Santa Cruz
Boulder Creek
Todd Viele
Transportation
Samuel Skinner
California
Idyllic lives shattered in San Francisco salvage
In the Marina district, residents frantically salvaged belongings from damaged homes as 60 may be razed or collapsed. Jenifer Ritz described feelings of being alive yet lost while cramming clothes and prized items into a blue Mercedes. Gas leaks prompted eight blocks to be cordoned off as salvage crews and neighbors hauled couches, TVs, chairs, and more into cars and sidewalks.
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San Francisco
Jennifer Ritz
Ms. Ritz
Marina District
Ottawa DPS crime prevention officer uses school visits
Patrol officer Bobbie Y Hawkins works full time on crime prevention and education for the Ottawa Department of Public Safety. She meets 1,715 students in the first month, using McGruff the Crime Dog and DARE to teach safety, drug resistance, and police friendliness.
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Lorie Hyten
Hawkins
Ottawa
DPS
McGruff
DARE
Connie Sams
Ottawa Middle School
State officials wary of 90 census power shift
Washington AP reports Kansas lawmakers urge excluding illegal aliens from the 1990 census for House reapportionment. Despite support from Rep. Jim Slattery and senators Dole and Kassebaum, the effort falters as projections favor Kansas losing one seat after the 1990 count. Census and legal hurdles cited.
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Washington
Jim Slattery
D-Kan
Kansas
Slattery
Census Bureau
House of Representatives
House
U.S
Congressional Research Service
California
Florida
Texas
Justice Department
Senate
Richard Shelby
D-Ala
Bob Dole
Nancy Kassebaum
Dole
Ottawa High School expansion contract decision upcoming
Ottawa school board will award a contract for the addition’s architect Hollis and Miller Group after finalizing building needs. A spring bond issue is planned to finance the project while a multi year plan for curriculum and computer technology is reviewed. The meeting at 7 30 p m at 420 S Main also includes recreation commission updates and an executive session on negotiations.
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Ottawa High School
Prairie Village
Hollis and Miller Group
Hollis and Miller
Nancy Hale
Ottawa Recreation Commission
S. Main
Ethics dispute grows over Sunflower deposit case
Two state Racing Commission members urge an ethics investigation of Attorney General Stephan over his handling of Sunflower Racing Inc. deposit recovery. Commissioner Cantwell says Stephan violated legal ethics at least four times by taking the case to the state Supreme Court and plans to file an ethics complaint and seek censure.
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Topeka, Kan
State Racing Commission
Robert Stephan
Wichita
Bert Cantwell
Kansas City
Kan
Stephan
The
Racing Commission
Sunflower Racing Inc
Sunflower
Kansas
Cantwell
State Supreme Court
Bruce Miller
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