GM and UAW Reach End to Flint Strike at Buick City
General Motors and the United Auto Workers Local 599 reached an agreement ending a strike that began after workers left Buick City on Tuesday over overtime and staffing concerns. UAW leader Dave Yettaw said ratification would occur Saturday as factory shutdowns threatened GM plants nationwide. The union cited illness and unsafe conditions from understaffing as key issues.
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Flint, Mich
General Motors Corp
UAW
Dave Yettaw
Buick City
Judge ignores plea in McGraw arson sentence
Kansas City attorney cries foul as Wyandotte County Judge Bill D Robinson Jr sentences former topless bar owner P J McGraw to three to 10 years for arson. The judge said he was not bound by any plea deal and rejected the probation arrangement in place for testifying against Mayor Joe Steineger.
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Kansas City, Kan
P.J. McGraw
McGraw
Wyandotte
Bill D. Robinson Jr
Kansas City
Kan
Joe Steineger
Robinson
Bruce W. Simon
Man waives prelim in Wichita murder case
Don Lane, convicted murderer, waives preliminary hearing as judge rejects statute of limitations claim. Disappearance of 9-year-old Nancy Shoemaker occurred July 9, 1990 with remains found February 1991 in Sumner County. Lane faces death penalty in a Texas case.
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Wichita, Kan
Wichita
Sedgwick County
Paul Clark
Don Lane
Lane
Nancy Shoemaker
Sumner County
Texas
Kansas Airports Land Grants Total 5.7 Million
The governor's office said five Kansas airports plus the state will receive 5.7 million dollars from the U S Department of Transportation for improvements. Salina Airport Authority gets 1 92 million for apron overlays, Wichita Airport Authority 1 85 million for air carrier apron reconstruction, Pittsburg 1 4 million to overlay runway and taxiway and extend them, plus smaller grants of 218 000 to Johnson County Airport Commission for snow equipment and lighting electrical vault, 185 000 to Dodge City for visual approach aids and snow gear, and 124 000 to the state.
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Topeka
Kan
Governor’s Office
Kansas
U.S. Department of Transportation
Salina
Johnson County
Dodge City
Youths lawyer weighs open hearings in murder case
The lawyer for 14 year old Jerry Lee Robinson Jr. said he may seek a jury trial and public hearings in the second degree murder case. Judge Fromme set adjudication for Oct 13 and kept the youth in custody without bond.
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Ottawa
John Cole
Jerry Lee Robinson Jr
Ottawa Man Seeks Rides for Radiation Treatments
Charles Cook of 207 South Cedar requires daily rides to St. Francis Hospital in Topeka from Monday to Friday for about a month. After brain tumor surgery in August, he starts radiation therapy as part of aftercare, but lacks hands and legs, making transport a critical need.
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Charles Cook
S. Cedar
Cook
St. Francis Hospital
Topeka
St. Francis
International visitors arrive in Ottawa for two day stay
Seven international visitors arrive in Ottawa for a two day visit arranged through the National Council for International Visitors. Hosts in Ottawa include David Rostan Davis of Bahamas and Roger Maxwell, plus Gopalakrishnan of India, Dave Ludwick, Claire Gebhardt of Johannesburg, and Majali of Jordan Export Development.
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Sie
Ottawa
National Council For International Visitors
David Rostan ‘Davis
Bahamas
Roger and
Belinda Maxwell
Gopalakrishnan
Edi
Tor
The
Week
India
Dave
Pam Ludwick
Claire Gebhardt
the Daily Star
Johannesburg
South Africa
Jim and
Joyce Hitch
Nida Mohammad
Majali
Jordan
Silver Lake shootoff canceled for golf course owner change
Silver Lake Golf Course owner Lee Butler canceled the closest-to-the-pin contest planned for Sept 19–22 to decide the new owner after not enough entrants. The event would have required a $1,000 entry fee. money was refunded by Citizens State Bank, Pomona, while course operations continue as normal. Butler expressed disappointment but remained upbeat about future events.
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Silver Lake Golf Course
Lee Butler
Butler
Citizens State Bank
Pomona
Bank
George Sayers
Bow door missing linked to Estonia sinking, Swedish official says
Sweden's maritime safety chief states the bow door was gone before the Estonia sank in the Baltic Sea. Witnesses report water pouring into the ship, with investigators probing why the 14 year old ferry lost its door as more than 900 died in Scandinavia's worst maritime disaster.
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Tockholm
Sweden
Estonia
Baltic Sea
Bengt Erik Stenmark
Scandinavia
Stenmark
Senate sets December vote on GATT pact after debate
Senate Majority Leader George Mitchell announced a two day debate on the world trade accord with a Dec. 1 vote. Senator Ernest Hollings pressed to keep the 45 day delay for committee review before allowing the full chamber to act, while House Speaker Thomas Foley urged swift passage for the benefit of American workers and economy.
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Ashington
Senate
George Mitchell
Clinton
Ernest Hollings
D-S.c
Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee
Mitchell
Dmaine
Hollings
House
Thomas Foley
Washington
Gatt
Day care licensers list rules from state
State rules require home day care for non relatives with 20 plus hours weekly to register or face crime charges. A nurse from Franklin County Health Department clarifies: six or fewer children need registration, $15 fee, first aid. six to ten require state license with 15 hours in safety health nutrition or child development. Continued on page 12.
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Nyone
Barbara Conus
Franklin County Health Department
Southeast Kansas
Herald
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