Lobbyist clashing with state over Unisys ethics probe
In Topeka an administration secretary vowed to review lobbyist Ron Hein’s statements to legislative committees after Unisys alleged six years of state wrongdoing. The dispute centers on ethics, state computer problems, and a push to upgrade or replace the current Unisys system with an IBM-compatible setup amid staffing and program delays.
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Topeka
Kan
Administration
Shelby Smith
Unisys Corp
Smith
Ron Hein
Unisys
Hein
House of Representatives
Senate
Congress
Department of Administration
Carmel Hinkle
Ter
Hinkle
IBM
Virgil Basgall
Division of Information Systems and Communications
Basgall
Goetz declines subway ride after jail release
Bernard Goetz, freed early after 8 1/2 months for shooting four teens in 1984, refused the city’s offer of a ride to the nearest subway. He left Brooklyn Detention Center through a side door amid cameras, avoiding media. He faces a mult i million dollar lawsuit from victim Darrell Cabey and may leave New York.
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New York
Bernard Goetz
Goetz
Brooklyn Center of Detention
Pete Mahon
Ruby Ryles
City Correction Department
Ryles
World Trade Center
Darrell Cabey
New York City
DNA evidence allowed in Johnson County murder trial
A Johnson County judge ruled DNA test results may be used as evidence in the first Kansas City area case. Ernest L. Thomas Jr. faces first degree murder and aggravated robbery charges for the January killing of 77 year old Marguerite Martin at her Olathe liquor store. The FBI tested blood samples and the judge deemed the methods generally accepted and reliable.
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Olathe, Kan
Johnson County
Kansas City
Robert Jones
Ernest L. Thomas Jr
FBI
Olathe
Jones
Thomas
Marguerite Martin
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