Joplin man found guilty of killing two wives in separate attacks
Doyle Kelley was convicted in Jasper County Circuit Court of two counts of first degree murder for the deaths of Diana Kelley, 24, in 1990 near a Joplin paint store, and Christy Kelley, 21, in 1993 found in her bathtub. Families cried and welcomed the verdict as Kelley faced potential execution. Defense urged life in prison citing his Narcotics Anonymous work. prosecutors argued he deserved the death penalty.
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Jerry Nachtigal
Associated Press
Oplin
Joplin
Jasper County
Doyle Kelley
Diana Kelley
Christy Kelley
Kelley
Christy
Windall Mayes
Coffeyville
Kan
Christys
Dianas
Paul Stubblefield
Narcotics Anonymous
Jeremy
Robert Richart
Robert Ahsens
Hilton must pay Paula Coughlin for Tailhook security failure
A federal jury in Las Vegas found the Las Vegas Hilton and Hilton Hotel Corp acted with malice for inadequate security at the 1991 Tailhook convention. They awarded whistle-blower Paula Coughlin $1.7 million in actual damages for future income loss and medical expenses, with punitive damages to be considered.
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Las Vegas
Las Vegas Hilton
Paula Coughlin
Navy
Marine Corps
Coughlin
Veterans Affairs rep to visit Ottawa and area events
A Kansas Commission on Veterans Affairs representative will be in Ottawa at 1 p.m. Tuesday and on November 15 at Don Woodward Community Center to assist veterans and dependents with veteran service work. Contact William Morley in Lawrence for accommodations. Card shower for Ruth Bonskowski marks her 92nd birthday in Ottawa. The Ottawa Downtown Business Association will meet at 7 p.m. Tuesday at Rent To Own Center. The KNBC seeks input for a Swimming Hole Project to document Kansas streams for most of 1995. Baldwin City Theatre seeks a director for Arsenic and Old Lace with auditions in December 1994. Wellsville Library Friends meet November 7 to elect officers and plan bake sale activities.
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Veterans’ Affairs
Ottawa
Kansas Commission On Veterans Affairs
Don Woodward
William Morley
Vermont
Lawrence
Ruth Bonskowski
Bonskowski
W. 15Th
Downtown Business Group
Ottawa Downtown Business Association
S. Main
Kansas Natural Resource Council
Kansas
KNBC
Bill Craven
Topeka
Joan Vibert
Jackson
Baldwin City Theatre
Kathy Davis
Wellsville Library
Wellsville
Friends of the Wellsville Library
Kathy Reddy
Personal fortunes fuel bids for Congress across states
U S candidates tap personal wealth to fund campaigns. In Utah and Wyoming House races, candidates have given or loaned over 1 million each, while Texas open-seat hopeful Eugene Fontenot has spent or loans totaling above 2 million. Across the Senate and House, candidates have invested roughly 60 million of their own money, with notable figures like Michael Huffington and Herb Kohl leveraging family fortunes to boost campaigns.
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Ashington
California
Michael Huffington
Capitol Hill
America
Congress
Utah
Wyoming
House
Texas
Eugene Fontenot
Associated Press
Senate
Huffington
Dianne Feinstein
Feinstein
Edward Kennedy
McLean
Wisconsin
Herb Kohl
Kohl
Fortune
Fontenot
Ken Bentsen
Treasury
Lloy Bentsen
Bentsen
Enid Greene Waldholtz
Waldholtz
Joseph
Karen Shepherd
Shepherd
Robert Schuster
Schuster
Barbara Cubin
Malaria vaccine SP166 shows potential in Africa study
London AP reports an experimental malaria vaccine reduced illness by about a third among African children. The SP166 vaccine, previously successful in South America, lowered infection rates and offers cautious hope amid ongoing doubts about replication of results in Africa.
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London
Africa
South America
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Feuerborn
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