Franklin County jail expansion shows progress with new trailer
Lori Alvarado reports construction activity for the Franklin County jail addition begun earlier in the week. Resco Construction of Joplin is the chosen contractor with a two contract plan approved by the commission, including Stevenson Company for food service at 61309.90 and Womall Electronics for alarm intercom and CCTV at 157742. Change orders may adjust bids. arbitration clause concerns delay penalties. Project phase one targets October 18, 1991 completion with phase two following after a 120 day window and inmate relocation.
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Lori Alvarado
Franklin County
Resco Construction Company
Joplin
Stevenson Company
Topeka
Womall Electronics
Kansas
Barker
Resco
Steve Smith
Chet Thompson
FBI reports surge in murders in big cities in first half
FBI data show murders in the largest U.S. cities rising 20 percent through June, driving a 10 percent jump in violent crime. Regional patterns vary with the Northeast up 18 percent, West 8, South 4, and Midwest 5. Rapes up 10 percent, robberies 9, car thefts 6, burglaries down 5, thefts down 1.
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Washington
FBI
Bureau
Uniform Crime Index
Northeast
West
South
Midwest
Joseph R. Biden Jr
Senate Judiciary Committee
Biden
D-Del
Dan Bramian
Dick Thornburgh
Uniform
Provisions Tentatively Agreed In House Senate Negotiations
Legislative negotiators reach tentative agreement toward final approval in Congress. Plan cuts smog causing pollution by 15 percent across all years, then 3 percent annually until federal air quality standards are met. Cities must meet standards within five to 15 years, Los Angeles 20 years. Automobiles.
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House-Senate
Congress
Los Angeles
ERA
Toughest clean air bill advances for broad cuts and jobs aid
Negotiators reach a tentative agreement on a wide ranging clean air bill to slash pollution over the next decade. The measure tightens federal rules and includes a five year 250 million dollar aid program for workers displaced by tougher controls.
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H. Josef Hebert
Associated Press
House-Senate
Congress
White House
Bush
House
Senate
Midwest
Gerry Sikorski
D-Minn
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