Former State Historian and author charged with theft
Dan Fitzgerald, author of Ghost Towns of Kansas, was charged with felony theft and related counts for alleged false travel vouchers submitted as a state employee. He was arrested at the Cray Museum in Atchison where he works. charges filed in Shawnee County District Court. Attorney General Bob Stephan's office led the case.
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Topeka
Kan
State Historical Society
Dan Fitzgerald
Kansas
University of Kansas Press
Cray Museum
Atchison
Bob Stephan
Shawnee County
Stephan
Fitzgerald
KNEA Talks Contract Averts Possible Strike in Kansas
Kansas National Education Association and its staff reach tentative contract terms, avoiding a strike. Kansas Staff Organization president Lee Quisenberry says the deal is good and voting on the agreement will occur October 13. KNEA represents over 20,000 Kansas public school teachers.
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Topeka
Kan
Kansas National Education Association
Lee Quisenberry
Kansas Staff Organization
KNEA
KSO
Quisenberry
K-Nea
Kansas
Todd orders refund from Travelers for Kansas group plan
Insurance Commissioner Ron Todd ordered Travelers Insurance Co to refund 61,276 in premium overcharges to 17 members of a Kansas Chamber of Commerce and Industry group health plan. He said premiums exceeded Kansas small employer rating laws and Travelers paid a 5,000 penalty without admitting or denying violations.
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Topeka
Kan
Ron Todd
Travelers Insurance Co
Kansas Chamber of Commerce and Industry
Todd
Kansas
Clinton taps Carter to lead Haiti delegation amid invasion fears
President Clinton enlists Jimmy Carter, Colin Powell, and Sam Nunn to head a high level delegation to Haiti to persuade military leaders to surrender power. The mission aims to avoid bloodshed while the invasion threat remains, with Aristide urging peace and nonviolence as nations back a transition.
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Terence Hunt
White House
Ashington
Clinton
Jimmy Carter
Haiti
Colin Powell
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Sam Nunn
D-Ga
Senate Armed Services Committee
National Security
Anthony Lake
U.S
Jean-Bertrand Aristide
Aristide
Ottawa Students Show Gains On State Tests
State officials report Ottawa students scored two to three points higher than in 1993 on math reading and writing tests. Fourth seventh and 10th graders took math, third seventh and 10th read, and fifth eighth and 10th wrote. Ottawa scores generally match or exceed state averages, with superintendent Don Duncan noting aim to keep rising each year and address deficits.
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Kansas
Ing
Paul Adams
State Board of Education
Ottawa
Don Duncan
Grants Named for Ottawa Area Cities Reach Nearly 14.7 Million
Forty eight cities and 13 counties including Ottawa Osage City and Paola received grants totaling about 14.7 million for infrastructure improvements public housing and economic development. The Kansas Small Cities Community Development Block Grant Program administered by the state awarded funds announced by Gov. Finney.
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OPERA
Kan
Ottawa
Osage City
Oswatomie
Baldwin City
Paola
Miami County
Kansas
State Department of Commerce and Housing
Joan Finney
Barton
Bourbon
Crawford
Dickinson
Ellis
Labette
Lincoln
Miami
Nemaha
Osborne
Sedgwick
Sheridan
Almena
Andale
Arcadia
Arkansas City
Baldwin
Pace
Mayor Steinéger and aide cleared of bribery charges
A Kansas City jury acquitted Mayor Joseph Steineger and his top aide Peter Adams of taking a $4,000 bribe in exchange for city favors to promote Shadows topless bar expansion. The six by six panel found both men not guilty on bribery and related charges after two days of testimony and eight hours of deliberation. Steineger thanked supporters and his defense team, saying he trusted in God and his innocence.
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Ansas City
Kan
Joseph Steinéger
Aus
Steineger
Peter Adams
Adams
Patrick John
P.J
McGraw
1994 CMA Awards nods and tribute albums preview
Richard and Huey Lewis among nominees for Album of the Year with Alan Jackson and George Strait Also listed are tributes and compilations including Asleep at the Wheel Bob Wills Common Thread Eagles Rhythm Blues and a Tammy Wynette Aaron Neville duet project The music industry seizes on compilation albums with future releases from George Jones Dolly Parton and Lynyrd Skynyrd tributes plus a Merle Haggard benefit album Hungry Eyes and a Red Hot Country release.
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Paulette Flowers
Otto Ettsinger
Richard
Huey Lewis
Natalie Cole
CMA
Alan Jackson
Who I
George Strait
Asleep At the Wheel
Bob Wills
The
Eagles
Music Row
Tammy Wynette
Aaron Neville
Sting
Wynonna
George Jones
the Possum
Keith Richards
Travis Tritt
Vince Gill
Keith Whitley
Lorrie Morgan
Dolly Parton
Emmylou Harris
Linda Ronstadt
Lynyrd Skynyrd
Merle Haggard
Second Harvest Food Bank
Red Hot + Country
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Sro
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Defense
William Perry
Ralph Young
Don
Norma Waymire
Ottawa Pride Committee
Duncan
Toni Cardarella
Associated Press
Little Richard
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