Kansas City bribery trial jurors review secret tapes
Jurors in the public corruption case against Mayor Joseph E. Steineger Jr. and aide Peter Adams asked to review two FBI tapes after beginning deliberations on bribery and obstruction of justice charges. Deliberations ran from 12:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. with no verdict. they resumed the next day.
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Kansas City
Kan
FBI
Joseph E. Steineger Jr
Peter Adams
U.S. District Court
Steineger
Adams
Judge rules Kansas not violating federal law on officer pay
Federal Judge Dale Saffels denies a suit by Kansas troopers and agents seeking pay for non overtime hours beyond 160 per month. He says Kansas is within its legal rights under the Fair Labor Standards Act to use deviated schedules and notes the state has taken full advantage of those provisions.
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Topeka
Kan
Dale Saffels
Kansas
Saffels
KBI
Z Bar Ranch to Open to Public in December
The Z-Bar Ranch in Chase County Kansas will open to the public in December for the first time. National Park Trust which bought the 17 square mile Flint Hills property in June for 4.79 million dollars announced management plans and named a caretaker to provide interpretation resource management and visitor services. The property includes a 19th century limestone house and barn on the National Register of Historic Places and the mansion will be open during the Chase County Christmas Open House Tour on December 3 and for scheduled tours thereafter.
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Strong City
Kan
Chase County
National Park Trust
Flint Hills
Trust
Paul Pritchard
United States
Pritchard
Memorial memorializes soldiers with corrections to list
The Herald reports corrections to a proposed Franklin County Veterans Memorial list. Donald Bryant, once listed as killed, is alive after four months as a German POW. Bryant, an Ottawa High School graduate living in California, earned three Bronze Battle Stars and a Purple Heart. His sister Mary Ludwig provided proof from a 1945 Herald issue.
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Franklin County Veterans Memorial
Herald
Harvey Nicholson
Memorial Project
Nicholson
Donald Bryant
Bryant
Ottawa
Petaluma
Calif
The
California
Mary Ludwig
S. Main
the Herald
Elder program praise at ECKAAA 1994 Volunteer Banquet
The East Central Kansas Area Agency on Aging honored senior programs at Elliott Hall on Thursday night. Secretary Joanne Hurst praised SHICK and the Prescription Drug Program led by Caren Rugg, noting SHICK saved residents over 300,000 dollars and PDP grew regionally. The agency serves Anderson, Coffey, Franklin, Linn, Miami and Osage counties and Heart-By-Heart received recognition for its intergenerational work.
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East Central Kansas Area Agency On Aging
Elliott Hall
Joanne Hurst
Kansas Department of Aging
Hurst
Caren Rugg
Eckaaa
Rugg
Anderson, Coffey
Franklin
Linn
Miami
Osage
SHICK
PDP
Planners OK towing service request in Franklin County
Franklin County Planning Commission voted 6-1 to recommend approval of a special use permit for Arnold and Michael Topp to build a towing service at US-50 and I-35 near Village Inn Motel. Six operating conditions were set, with final approval by the county commissioners.
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Franklin County Planning Commission
Arnold
Michael Topp
Us-50
I- 35
Village Inn
Franklin County
City Eyes Clarification On Kansas Open Meetings Act
Ottawa officials plan to ask state lawmakers for two clarifications to the Kansas Open Meetings Act. Mayor Vicki Cummiskey will present a draft letter to a legislative committee seeking that two commissioners may converse casually in public without violating the act. The city also asks that two or more commissioners seen together in public not be defined as a meeting unless they discuss city business.
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Ottawa
Vicki Cummiskey
Scott Lambers
Lambers
Haiti gears for invasion in tense capital parade
In Port au Prince thousands of young men jog in cadence as Haiti's auxiliary army marches weekly. The display follows President Clinton's ultimatum to Haiti's military leader to flee or be ousted, amid rising U S tensions and continued pre invasion propaganda.
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Port-Au-Prince
Haiti
Clinton
United States
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