Israel backs phased handover to PLO in West Bank
Israel's Cabinet approves a 30 percent Palestinian self rule area in the West Bank as part of a phased troop withdrawal. Arafat and Peres had held weeks of talks, with signing set in Washington. Disputes linger over troop withdrawal date prisoner releases and Jericho enclave expansion.
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Yasser Arafat
Shimon Peres
Washington
West Bank
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Gaza Strip
Jericho
Tunis
White House
Palestine Liberation Organization
Supreme Court to hear King case and census undercount dispute
The Supreme Court will hear arguments by Stacey Koon and Laurence Powell seeking stiffer sentences after a federal appeals court ordered a rehearing. Separately the court will decide if 1990 census figures must be adjusted for minority undercount, a move that could redraw some congressional districts. The Clinton administration and states contend against changing the count.
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Los Angeles
Rodney King
Supreme Court
Stacey Koon
Laurence Powell
Clinton
Oklahoma
Wisconsin
Commerce Department
Public records access urged for computer stored data
Sheri Dill of The Wichita Eagle urged Kansas lawmakers to keep public information accessible to all, warning against special exemptions for newspapers. She cited a failed lawsuit over the state’s driver license and car tag database and offered to pay copying costs, noting the state quoted a $2 fee per record and an eventual $6 million total.
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Topeka, Kan
Sheri Dill
Wichita Eagle
The
Eagle
State Department of Revenue
Dill
Joint Committee On Computers and Telecommunications
Juveniles charged in fatal shooting case
Six juveniles were charged in Franklin County District Court after the death of a 14 year old girl from Sunday's shooting. Charges include attempted aggravated battery and conspiracy to commit aggravated battery, both felonies. One defendant is charged as an adult with possible certification for others later. Two or three suspects remain at large. Continued on page 2.
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Franklin County District Court
Larry Wright
Darrel King
Topeka
UWSA
Perot backers mobilize for third party push in Kansas
Kansas United We Stand America leaders say Ross Perot's plan to back a national Independence Party will reenergize the movement. They cite renewed activity and broad support, with calls from supporters eager to start organizing again across districts and counties.
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Kan
Ross Perot
United We Stand
America
Kansas
Perot
Independence Party
Ida True Terry
Overland Park
UWSA
United We
Joe Dunlavy
Wichita
United Way drive kicks off in Franklin County
More than 40 volunteers attended the annual United Way kickoff at Poncho's as Glen Cahill announced last year's total of over ninety two thousand dollars, surpassing eighty eight thousand, with a new goal of 111000. Agencies include Compeer SPIRIT plus longtime groups like Girl Scouts and Salvation Army, with campaign expenses forecast at six thousand. The drive runs through the week before Thanksgiving with Bank IV as headquarters and mail campaigns planned in Franklin County.
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United Way
Compeer
Spirit
Paul Bean
Drive
Sheri Harris
Judy Hasty
Brent Fogle
Shannon Chenoweth
Herman van Arsdale
Girl Scouts
Boy Scouts
Salvation Army
American Diabetes
Girls Club
United Cerebral Palsy
Children’s Mercy Hospital
Phone Friends
Franklin County Child Development
Franklin County Outreach
Teens Inc
American Red Cross
Midland Hospice Care Inc
Bank IV
First Annual Natalie Hill Children’s Benefit Set at Forest Park
A Saturday event from 5 to 9 p.m. at Forest Park marks the first annual Natalie Hill Children’s Benefit sponsored by the Franklin County Mental Health Clinic. Proceeds will support the clinic’s children’s services, including emotional disability programs, after school groups, case management, and individual therapy. Activities include raffles, a cake walk, door prizes, a three legged race, concessions, and live entertainment by the Tough Guys.
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Natalie Hill
Franklin County Mental Health Clinic
Forest Park
Hill
Franklin County Mental Health
Sadowski
Jurors hear 1993 911 call in Simpson murder trial
Los Angeles jurors replay Nicole Brown Simpson recording of pleading for police help as O J Simpson storms her home ex husband rages in October 1993. Prosecutor Chris Darden emphasizes the tape shows Brown Simpson pleading and attempting to calm him while their two children were present.
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Simpson
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Darden
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