Talks on Cuban exodus at UN mission
U S officials and a Cuban delegation met at the U N in New York to discuss the Cuban migration crisis. More than 19 000 Cubans fled in the past month after Fidel Castro signaled he would not stop departures. Coast Guard and Navy ships rescued 2 159 Cubans and will transfer them to Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
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New York
United States
U.S
United Nations
Cuba
Fidel Castro
Havana
Michael Skol
Coast Guard
U.S. Navy
Navy
Guantanamo Bay
Kansas School Censorship Sparks National Debate
An advocacy group counts six censorship cases in Kansas public schools last year, many tied to two books about homosexuality. People for the American Way president Arthur Kropp ties the surge to a religious right influence amid 462 total challenges in 46 states, up from 347 in 44 states the prior year. In Kansas objections targeted Annie On My Mind by Nancy Garden and All-American Boys by Frank Mosca, donated by Project 21 to present homosexuals positively.
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Washington
Kansas
Arthur Kropp
Liberal
People For the American Way
Nancy Garden
Frank Mosca
Project 21
Jury trials back on after county funds approved
WAKEENEY Kan AP Jury trials will continue through year end after Trego County Commission approved a general fund voucher plan to cover a $200 remaining budget, avoiding a postponement warned by Administrative District Judge Tom Scott.
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Wakeeney
Kan
Trego County
Larry Johnson
Tom Scott
Kansas Highway Patrol unveils new mobile headquarters
Kansas Highway Patrol introduces a $136,372 mobile headquarters resembling a large RV with lights and live truck features. FEMA contributed $11,675 toward the purchase, with the remaining funds raised from drug bust proceeds to enhance state communications in disaster areas.
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Topeka
Kan
Kansas Highway Patrol
Federal Emergency Management Agency
FEMA
The
Highway Patrol
Tighter security planned for Franklin County court building
County Attorney Larry Wright and District Court Administrator John Steelman presented Devore and Associates drawings for renovations to the Franklin County court building. The plan calls for one monitored entry, locked exterior doors, a security desk near the juvenile area, soundproofing, and expanded records space. Commissioners approved bidding for the project.
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Larry Wright
John Steelman
Franklin County Commissioners
Steelman
Devore and Associates
Wright
Ottawa area calendar of meetings and events listings
Calendar information compiled by Ottawa Library and Ottawa Area Chamber of Commerce shows monthly submission deadlines and a dense schedule of area activities. It lists libraries, support groups, government meetings, arts events, markets, church gatherings, and civic committees across Ottawa, Franklin County, and surrounding venues with times and locations.
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B.J. Cunningham
Ottawa Library
Cunningham
Williamsburg
Ottawa Community Arts Council
Ottawa Art Guild
Osage Artists and Craftsmen
Ottawa
Sun
Chapel Auditorium
10Th & Cedar
Heartland Lanes
3Rd
Franklin Co
Dragonflies to buzz in local skies at Ottawa Fly In
Dragonflies will descend on Ottawa Municipal Airport for the annual Dragonfly Fly In. Experimental tandem wing planes from kits and homemade designs, built from plastic fiber glass and cloth, claim stall and spin resistance with speeds over 150 mph. Builders say the aircraft are very efficient with minimal drag. Continued on page 2.
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Superman
Ottawa
Ottawa Municipal
Bill “Spud” Spornitz
Olathe
Dragonfly
Spornitz
Spotnitz
Ottawa youth raise funds for Rwanda refugees drive
Ottawa youth group from Nazarene Church plans a week of fundraising for refugees from Rwanda as part of a Sunday night stay in a makeshift camp on church grounds. Pastor Jim Furnas notes Rwanda’s civil war has hit their church community hard with up to 2,500 killed in about five months.
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Ottawa
Ax People
Rwanda
Nazarene Church
Jim Furnas
Africa
Furnas
Controlling the energy business in Kansas
Kansas energy control centers on Western Resources Inc and its major subsidiaries. The Topeka headquartered firm reported 1993 revenue of 1.9 billion and owns vast assets including 31 large generators, 27,000 miles of electric lines, 611 substations, and about 20,000 miles of gas mains. It serves 578,000 retail electricity customers in 462 communities and wholesales to 67 others and five rural co operatives, plus gas customers across Kansas Missouri and Oklahoma. Westerns prominent board and lobbyists reflect its influence in state affairs.
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Sidiaries of Western Resources, Inc
Topeka
Western
Wolf Creek
Burlington
Kansas
Wichita
Lawrence
Manhattan
Salina
Hutchinson
Missouri
Oklahoma
Junction City
Great Bend
McPherson
Russ Meyers
Cessna Aircraft
Thomas Clevenger
Fourth Financial
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Ann Landers
MBC
Rts
Chris Anton Paul
RMH
S. Main
Woodcarver’s Club
Chamber of Commerce
Kansas Veteran's Commission
Don Woodward
Chamber Legislative Committee
Chamber
County Commission
Farmer's Market
City Commission
City Hall
4Th
Walnut Streets
Ottawa Recreation Commission
East Side
Ottawa Municipal Auditorium
Hickory
Kansas National Guard
Central China Painters
Sirloin Stockade
S. Art Guild
Joyce Hitchen
Willow
Herald
Air Force Band
OCAC
Board of Education
Chamber Board of Directors
Chamber Education & Health Committee
Habitat
Habitat For Humanity
Chamber of American Cancer Society
AMH
Barbara Geery
Sea ‘Oul
Bill Tellier
Shawn Beatty
Opera Kansas
KCC
State
Charles Q. Chandler
First National Bank
Genie Budig
University of Kansas
Western Resourc
John Bottenberg
Ed Schaub
Jim Ludwig
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