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t keep KU from success
September 6, 2002
State budget cuts shouldn’t keep Kansas University from working toward its goal of being a top-25 public university, Chancellor Robert Hemenway said Thursday. Hemenway spoke to about 200 faculty and staff members at their annual convocation at Budig Hall.
Neighbors, preservationists ask Kansas University for permission to move three dilapidated housing units
September 6, 2002
Time for Plan B. Opponents of Kansas University’s plan to raze three houses in the 1300 block of Ohio Street are asking the university to let them move the houses instead.
wing-T
September 6, 2002
Perry-Lecompton High coach Mike Paramore will have his team ready for anything during its season-opener tonight against Mill Valley High at Perry. He knows the Jaguars will be. “I’m sure they’re very excited to play us after last year,” Paramore said.
Briefly
September 6, 2002
Most wanted terrorist suspect surrenders Pope says ‘deviants’ must not be priests Wife of former leader says Israel ‘can burn’ President defends land reform policies
Home to roost
September 6, 2002
It is not difficult to understand fan distress over greedy people in baseball. As major-league baseball players were on the verge of a strike recently, fans gathered in the various stadiums to let the athletes and their handlers know how distressed they were. In Kansas City, for example, spectators made it quite clear they were not sympathetic to the highly paid players and dared them to walk out.
s pay-to-ride decision prompts cuts in school bus system
September 6, 2002
A rider revolt against the Lawrence school district’s new pay-to-ride bus system will force elimination of more than a dozen routes that have too few passengers, officials said Tuesday. One route already has been dropped. Others will be axed next week. Even more consolidation may occur.
Cleric faces Oct. 18 sentencing on charge
September 6, 2002
Wanting to “clear a tortured conscience” and spare his victim the ordeal of a courtroom trial, a former Lawrence priest on Thursday pleaded guilty to taking indecent liberties with a child. The Rev. Dennis Schmitz admitted in Douglas County District Court that on a fall night in 1998 he “inappropriately touched” a 15-year-old boy while sleeping with him.
Defense strong suit for Rebels
September 6, 2002
Iowa State’s defense limited Kansas to 150 yards and three points in a season-opening loss last Saturday. KU coach Mark Mangino thinks UNLV might be even tougher. “They are very strong defensively,” said Mangino, whose team meets the Runnin’ Rebels at 9 p.m. Saturday at Las Vegas.
Vidricksen rolls to senior golf title
September 6, 2002
Approximately 60 seniors hit the links Thursday at Lawrence Country Club, hoping to come away victorious in Event 15 of the Kansas Golf Assn. Senior Series. Little did they know, their chances were all but dead before many of them even finished.
Three sentenced in murder
September 6, 2002
Three people convicted last month in the slaying nearly three years ago of a Jefferson County man are headed to prison. Despite last-minute efforts to fire his attorney and represent himself to get a new trial, Noah J. Gleason, 43, rural Lawrence, was sentenced Thursday to life in prison for first-degree murder.
De Niro, McDormand explain different approaches to film
September 6, 2002
The poster for “City by the Sea” makes the film’s marketing priorities clear: The first words trumpeted are “Academy Award winners Robert De Niro and Frances McDormand.”
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September 6, 2002
“What are you: a cop or my father?” “I’m both.” This exchange between Robert De Niro and James Franco sums up the dynamic at work in “City by the Sea.” Because it places such an emphasis on the moral friction between key characters, the real life-inspired film is a cut above most Hollywood cop dramas.
Couch’s elbow ailing before season opener
The Associated Press
September 6, 2002
There were two surprising developments at the Cleveland Browns’ practice Thursday: Tim Couch didn’t throw and William Green didn’t show.
Democrats reject Bush’s nominee for appeals court
By David G. Savage, Los Angeles Times
September 6, 2002
Senate Democrats rejected President Bush’s choice of Texas Supreme Court Justice Priscilla Owen for a U.S. appeals court Thursday, calling her a conservative “judicial activist” who had regularly sided with big business and insurance companies over injured workers and consumers.
2nd transfusion may have link to West Nile virus
The Associated Press
September 6, 2002
Health officials are investigating whether a Mississippi woman contracted the West Nile virus through a blood transfusion, the second suspected case of West Nile transmission through blood.
Medical Center offers peek at med school
September 6, 2002
The Kansas University Medical Center is accepting patients for its annual Mini Medical School. The eight-week program runs from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. Tuesday nights beginning Sept. 10.
Changes delay Eudora project
By Mark Fagan
September 6, 2002
The reconstruction of a wider, smoother and safer Winchester Road is about to begin nearly six months after it was supposed to. “It’s a big project with a lot of moving parts,” said Michael Yanez, city administrator.
Incubus keeps incubating
Modern rock act constantly finds ways to reinvent itself
By Jon Niccum
September 6, 2002
“I’m a little jet-lagged,” vented Incubus guitarist Mike Einziger. The statement is hardly a shock, considering his fellow road warriors are currently in the midst of a months-long European/U.S. tour that concludes on Halloween in the band’s home state of California.
Fewer riders, fewer routes
District’s pay-to-ride decision prompts cuts in school bus system
By Tim Carpenter
September 6, 2002
A rider revolt against the Lawrence school district’s new pay-to-ride bus system will force elimination of more than a dozen routes that have too few passengers, officials said Tuesday. One route already has been dropped. Others will be axed next week. Even more consolidation may occur.
Couple breaks Times’ taboo
Ellen Goodman
September 6, 2002
The smiling couple in the Sunday New York Times met all the paper’s criteria for weddings of the meritocracy. Together, the two held the requisite number of degrees from Yale, Harvard, Brandeis and Columbia. There was a summa in one past and a Fulbright in the other. The couple even had a funny how-we-met story, a feature that has turned the stuffy wedding pages into scripts worthy of a Nora Ephron movie. They met 10 years ago through a personal ad: “Nice Jewish boy, 5 feet 8 inches, 22, funny, well-read, dilettantish, self-deprecating, Ivy League, the kind of boy Mom fantasized about.”
Home to roost
J-W Editorials
September 6, 2002
It is not difficult to understand fan distress over greedy people in baseball. As major-league baseball players were on the verge of a strike recently, fans gathered in the various stadiums to let the athletes and their handlers know how distressed they were. In Kansas City, for example, spectators made it quite clear they were not sympathetic to the highly paid players and dared them to walk out.
Hillbilly ‘reality’ concept isn’t funny
Leonard Pitts Jr.
September 6, 2002
Dear CBS Television: I’ve got this pal. Native of the Appalachian mountains in North Carolina. Among her friends, she’s been known to refer to herself as “Hill Mama.” And that dialect she speaks? Well, that’s “Hill-bonics.”
Local briefs
September 6, 2002
 Couple give $250,000 for KU law professorship  Heat forces early release at Eudora Middle School  Authorities investigate possible double homicide  Pump Patrol seeks deals
Insurance companies have contributed more than $50,000
September 6, 2002
Democratic candidate for insurance commissioner Jim Garner on Thursday blasted Republican opponent Sandy Praeger of Lawrence for accepting tens of thousands of dollars from the insurance industry. Standing in front of the headquarters of a conglomerate of insurance companies, Garner said Praeger should give back the $50,750 she has received from insurance interests. About $20,000 of that, including the in-kind donation of office furniture, came from AmVestors Financial, its executives and related companies.
Kansas guardsmen return home
September 6, 2002
About 75 Kansas Army National Guardsmen gathered for lunch Thursday at the Lawrence armory, 200 Iowa, marking the return of E and B companies from nearly seven months of duty in Europe.
Modern rock act constantly finds ways to reinvent itself
September 6, 2002
“I’m a little jet-lagged,” vented Incubus guitarist Mike Einziger. The statement is hardly a shock, considering his fellow road warriors are currently in the midst of a months-long European/U.S. tour that concludes on Halloween in the band’s home state of California.
Hill
September 6, 2002
Services for Armeta “Marguerite” Hill, 94, Lawrence, will be at 11 a.m. Monday at St. Luke’s A.M.E. Church. Burial will be in Clinton Cemetery. Mrs. Hill died Tuesday, Sept. 3, 2002, at her home.
Robinson able to joke about power outage
September 6, 2002
Kansas University football fans making the trip to Las Vegas for Saturday night’s football game might want to review their checklists of items they need to pack. “Just bring a flashlight,” UNLV coach John Robinson said with a chuckle. “If everybody brings a flashlight Â”
Jayhawks aide Young no stranger to Vegas
September 6, 2002
To Bill Young, Las Vegas is not about gamblers, showgirls, magicians and Wayne Newton. It’s about football and only football. “I probably went there about five times my last year at SC. I was there working,” said Young, Kansas University’s first-year defensive coordinator who recruited the Las Vegas area during the 1999-2000 school year for the University of Southern California.
Briefly
September 6, 2002
New York: Confession may cast doubt on ‘wilding’ case New Mexico: Police officers kill teen holding BB gun New York: Broker charged in plotting murders Ohio: Suspected Nazi guard may lose citizenship
People
September 6, 2002
Actor takes one step at a time Miss America lands F-15 pilot McCartney nixed prenuptial deal Dr. Quinn, designer woman
Vidricksen rolls to senior golf title
By Ryan Wood, Journal-World Sports Writer
September 6, 2002
Approximately 60 seniors hit the links Thursday at Lawrence Country Club, hoping to come away victorious in Event 15 of the Kansas Golf Assn. Senior Series. Little did they know, their chances were all but dead before many of them even finished.
American league roundup: Rodriguez slams 49, 50
Texas shortstop hits 50 home runs for second year
The Associated Press
September 6, 2002
Alex Rodriguez hit two home runs to become the first player in the majors to reach 50 this season, and three of his teammates also connected as the Texas Rangers cruised past the Baltimore Orioles 11-2 Thursday.
Prep openers on tap
Another daunting Sunflower League schedule awaits Free State, LHS
By Mike Miller
September 6, 2002
Any way you measure it, the Sunflower League rules Kansas high school football. Olathe North has won five of the last six Class 6A state titles. Lawrence High won nine titles in a 13-year span. Heck, a Sunflower League school has played for the state title every year since 1969.
Senate approves plan to arm commercial pilots
The Associated Press
September 6, 2002
The Senate voted overwhelmingly Thursday to allow commercial pilots to carry weapons in the cockpit after the Bush administration dropped its opposition to the idea. The administration, though, said a number of safety and logistical issues needed to be resolved.
L.A. tries to trump Kansas church
Two dioceses claim first new cathedral in 30 years
By Sandra Marquez, Associated Press Writer
September 6, 2002
When Cardinal Roger Mahony unveiled his towering Our Lady of the Angels this week, he hailed it as the first Roman Catholic cathedral to be dedicated in the United States in 30 years.
Horoscopes
By Jacqueline Bigar
September 6, 2002
Briefcase
September 6, 2002
Dow gives back gains Banking: Mortgage rates hit low Kansas City, Mo.: Interstate Bakeries announces new CEO Terrorist attacks: State regulators to study rise in insurance rates
No-call strategy
September 6, 2002
To the editor: I agree with Mike Eslick concerning telemarketers. I never answer the phone when my caller I.D. says unknown caller. I never buy anything over the phone unless I make the call. I never give money to anybody in response to a phone call. I’m on the no-call list, but I don’t have much faith in it. There are too many loopholes. So, telemarketers might as well take me off their list.
No-call strategy
September 6, 2002
Debra June Ridgeway
September 6, 2002
Topeka  Services for Debra June Ridgeway, 46, Topeka, will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Parker-Price Chapel, Topeka. Burial will be in Mount Hope Cemetery, Topeka. Mrs. Ridgeway died Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2002, at Stormont-Vail Regional Health Center in Topeka.
Haskell ‘anxious’ about opener
By Chuck Woodling
September 6, 2002
More than a month of preseason practice has Haskell Indian Nations University’s football team champing at the proverbial bit. “We’re definitely anxious,” first-year coach Eric Brock said.
UNLV coach: ‘Bring a flashlight’
Robinson able to joke about power outage; Kansas not a hot ticket
By David Mitchell
September 6, 2002
Kansas University football fans making the trip to Las Vegas for Saturday night’s football game might want to review their checklists of items they need to pack. “Just bring a flashlight,” UNLV coach John Robinson said with a chuckle. “If everybody brings a flashlight “
Area briefs
September 6, 2002
Governor hopefuls begin debates Saturday West Nile now in 55 counties Judge unseals documents in diluted drug civil case LMH to stage blood drive Arthritis walk planned NASCAR driver to unveil KU-inspired paint job United Way plans events for Day of Caring volunteers
Debra June Ridgeway
September 6, 2002
Embryonic stem cells most promising for tissue development, study suggests
The Associated Press
September 6, 2002
A study that found adult blood stem cells were unable to transform themselves into other types of tissue raises new doubts about whether they could be used to reinvigorate ailing organs.
Dietary guidelines double exercise recommendation
Experts suggest boosting daily workout to one hour
By Randolph E. Schmid, Associated Press Writer
September 6, 2002
People who want to stay healthy need to exercise for at least an hour a day double the previous workout recommendation according to new dietary guidelines on fat, protein and carbohydrate intake.
Priest admits abusing teenager
Cleric faces Oct. 18 sentencing on charge
By Mike Belt
September 6, 2002
Wanting to “clear a tortured conscience” and spare his victim the ordeal of a courtroom trial, a former Lawrence priest on Thursday pleaded guilty to taking indecent liberties with a child. The Rev. Dennis Schmitz admitted in Douglas County District Court that on a fall night in 1998 he “inappropriately touched” a 15-year-old boy while sleeping with him.
Most wanted terrorist suspect surrenders
By Mike Belt
September 6, 2002
Three people convicted last month in the slaying nearly three years ago of a Jefferson County man are headed to prison. Despite last-minute efforts to fire his attorney and represent himself to get a new trial, Noah J. Gleason, 43, rural Lawrence, was sentenced Thursday to life in prison for first-degree murder.
Iran’s first female taxi drivers take the wheel
The Associated Press
September 6, 2002
Fixing her black head-to-toe cloak, Zahra Langroudi settles in behind the wheel and pulls away from the curb with her first passenger, officially becoming Iran’s first female taxi driver.
Saddam removal is only choice
By Jack Anderson and Douglas Cohn - United Feature Syndicate
September 6, 2002
It is time to review the logic of those people warning against an effort to bring about a regime change in Iraq.
Most wanted terrorist suspect surrenders
September 6, 2002
Three people convicted last month in the slaying nearly three years ago of a Jefferson County man are headed to prison. Despite last-minute efforts to fire his attorney and represent himself to get a new trial, Noah J. Gleason, 43, rural Lawrence, was sentenced Thursday to life in prison for first-degree murder.
LHS soccer falls to Thunderbirds
J-W Staff Report
September 6, 2002
Lawrence High’s soccer team outshot Shawnee Heights, 25-15, in a 1-0 loss on Thursday at the T-Birds’ field.
O-North easy pick to claim league title
By Mike Miller
September 6, 2002
There’s nothing worse than a misinformed pundit, though some would say there’s nothing worse than a pundit, period. With that in mind, I hesitate to write the annual football picks column. I’ve never seen a Sunflower League game.
Arab states voice opposition to any U.S. attack on Iraq
By Rajiv Chandrasekaran, The Washington Post
September 6, 2002
The foreign ministers of 20 Arab nations jointly pledged Thursday to support Iraq in its showdown with United States, warning that American threats against Saddam Hussein’s regime were threats to the entire Arab world.
Annalee Pearl Stewart
September 6, 2002
Heart of the ‘City’
De Niro, McDormand explain different approaches to film
By Jon Niccum
September 6, 2002
The poster for “City by the Sea” makes the film’s marketing priorities clear: The first words trumpeted are “Academy Award winners Robert De Niro and Frances McDormand.”
Team pieces together the past
By Mindie Paget
September 6, 2002
Bob Sieber and Lloyd Wisdom don’t know a thing about dinosaurs. Yet there’s a 65 million-year-old triceratops skull suspended from an engine pull in Sieber’s garage.
Local briefs
September 6, 2002
Couple give $250,000 for KU law professorship Heat forces early release at Eudora Middle School Authorities investigate possible double homicide Pump Patrol seeks deals
Briefly
September 6, 2002
United Arab Emirates: Al-Qaida members detail planning of Sept. 11 attacks India: Government seeks extradition of ex-Union Carbide chief Washington: Stewart faces legal action
Miss N. Carolina fight goes federal
Pageant winner battles for recognition after ex-beau exposes topless photos
By Estes Thompson - Associated Press Writer
September 6, 2002
An ugly battle over which woman will walk on stage as Miss North Carolina later this month in the Miss America Pageant moved to federal court Thursday.
Team pieces together the past
September 6, 2002
Bob Sieber and Lloyd Wisdom don’t know a thing about dinosaurs. Yet there’s a 65 million-year-old triceratops skull suspended from an engine pull in Sieber’s garage.
Defense strong suit for Rebels
By Richard Brack
September 6, 2002
Iowa State’s defense limited Kansas to 150 yards and three points in a season-opening loss last Saturday. KU coach Mark Mangino thinks UNLV might be even tougher. “They are very strong defensively,” said Mangino, whose team meets the Runnin’ Rebels at 9 p.m. Saturday at Las Vegas.
Jayhawks aide Young no stranger to Vegas
By Jim Baker
September 6, 2002
To Bill Young, Las Vegas is not about gamblers, showgirls, magicians and Wayne Newton. It’s about football and only football. “I probably went there about five times my last year at SC. I was there working,” said Young, Kansas University’s first-year defensive coordinator who recruited the Las Vegas area during the 1999-2000 school year for the University of Southern California.
Wage duty
September 6, 2002
To the editor: Kudos to the J-W (Aug. 29) for revealing that, according to a draft report by city staff, city tax breaks aren’t working as hoped. Over half of the 13 companies that now receive tax breaks “in exchange for creating jobs in the city (have fallen) short of their employment projections.” And over three-quarters of these corporations “may be paying below-average wages.”
KU needs
September 6, 2002
To the editor: As a KU faculty member, I would like to give my perspective on the “100 new positions” mentioned by the provost in the Journal-World last week. While we have received the news that there will be no hirings this year, unless we have grant money to do so, department chairs have been asked to come up with innovative ideas for interdisciplinary appointments for future hiring  evidently these 100 new positions.
Connie Lynn Hamm
September 6, 2002
Services for Connie Lynn Hamm, 51, Lawrence, will be at 11 a.m. Monday at St. Anne Catholic Church, Wichita. Mrs. Hamm died Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2002, at Via Christi Regional Medical Center in Wichita.
A relaxing drive?
September 6, 2002
To the editor: Off we go.
6Sports video: KU cross country prepares for its only home meet
September 6, 2002
The Bob Timmons Invitational has four men’s teams and five women’s teams.
6Sports video: KU’s next football opponent also had a poor opener
September 6, 2002
UNLV had a weak showing against Wisconsin, but Coach Mangino isn’t taking the Rebels lightly.
J-W Area football game of the week: Perry worried about Jags’ wing-T
By Mike Miller
September 6, 2002
Perry-Lecompton High coach Mike Paramore will have his team ready for anything during its season-opener tonight against Mill Valley High at Perry. He knows the Jaguars will be. “I’m sure they’re very excited to play us after last year,” Paramore said.
National league roundup: Bagwell lifts Astros past Pads
The Associated Press
September 6, 2002
Jeff Bagwell broke a scoreless tie with an RBI single in the 11th and Brian Hunter capped Houston’s five-run inning with a bases-loaded triple as the Astros beat San Diego in 11 innings.
6News video: Locals are assembling a triceratops skull in a garage
September 6, 2002
The skull is being rebuilt for a private collection.
Sampras reaches semis
Schalken stands in American’s path to final
September 6, 2002
As Pete Sampras pumped his fist to celebrate a volley winner that closed the second set, Andy Roddick flashed an admiring thumbs up and then bowed, acknowledging that his idol still has what it takes.
Niners edge Giants after kickoff festivities - San Francisco 16, New York 13
The Associated Press
September 6, 2002
What seemed like a dud of a season-opening party for the NFL actually turned into a thriller. Jose Cortez kicked a 36-yard field goal with :06 to play, giving the San Francisco 49ers a 16-13 victory over the New York Giants on Thursday night.
Owners approve labor contract
The Associated Press
September 6, 2002
Baseball owners approved their new labor contract quickly and overwhelmingly, voting 29-1 Thursday to ratify the deal negotiators struck last week to avert a strike. The New York Yankees, the team that stands to lose the most, voted against the agreement, which ensures labor peace until December 2006.
Yugoslavia hands U.S. another loss
The Associated Press
September 6, 2002
George Karl sighed as he dug his fingers into his forehead, struggling to find the correct words to express his disappointment. Next to him sat Michael Finley, his chin resting on his fist and his eyes barely open.
Not much of $20 billion promised to New York after 9-11 has been spent
The Associated Press
September 6, 2002
Soon after Sept. 11, President Bush promised New York City more than $20 billion in federal aid. A year later, only a fraction of that money has been spent. Thousands of aid applications are sitting in government offices, while the cash flow has been slowed by red tape and a lack of consensus over how to rebuild the World Trade Center site.
6News video: Reverend Schmitz pleads guilty
September 6, 2002
The priest admits that he fondled a 15-year old boy.
No intruder found after alert at depot
By Paul Foy, Associated Press Writer
September 6, 2002
Officials at an Army depot where nerve gas and other chemical weapons are stored found no trace of a reported intruder after a terrorist alert was sounded Thursday. Col. Peter Cooper, commander of the Deseret Chemical Depot, said the security of the depot was never at risk and that the person didn’t get close to the chemical storage area.
Bush seeks to speed thinning of forests
The Associated Press
September 6, 2002
The Bush administration asked Congress Thursday to speed up fire-prevention efforts by scaling back environmental studies and eliminating appeals of logging projects meant to reduce risk in forests in danger of burning.
6News video: The school district cuts several bus routes
September 6, 2002
The pay-to-ride bus system has caused a dropoff in riders, forcing the district to remove up to a dozen routes.
On the record
September 6, 2002
Four killed in ambush
The Associated Press
September 6, 2002
Four women were shot to death in their car in an ambush early Thursday near the Mexican border after they drove home from the nightclub where they worked, police said. A fifth woman in the car was wounded and hospitalized in guarded condition, and a sixth fled the scene and returned the next morning to turn herself in to investigators, sheriff’s Capt. Roy Quintanilha said.
Lawyer demands new job for client in anthrax case
The Associated Press
September 6, 2002
A lawyer for Dr. Steven J. Hatfill, called a “person of interest” in the anthrax attacks, demanded Thursday that Atty. Gen. John Ashcroft find the fired researcher a new job.
Survey: 1 in 5 young adults use illegal drugs
The Associated Press
September 6, 2002
America has almost 16 million illegal drug users, including one in five young adults, according to a government survey that suggests use of marijuana and cocaine may be on the rise after leveling off in recent years.
Chancellor: Cuts won’t keep KU from success
September 6, 2002
State budget cuts shouldn’t keep Kansas University from working toward its goal of being a top-25 public university, Chancellor Robert Hemenway said Thursday. Hemenway spoke to about 200 faculty and staff members at their annual convocation at Budig Hall.
Kansas guardsmen return home
By Dave Ranney
September 6, 2002
About 75 Kansas Army National Guardsmen gathered for lunch Thursday at the Lawrence armory, 200 Iowa, marking the return of E and B companies from nearly seven months of duty in Europe.
Connie Lynn Hamm
September 6, 2002
Armeta ‘Marguerite’ Hill
September 6, 2002
Productivity growth slows in second quarter
The Associated Press
September 6, 2002
The productivity of U.S. companies grew at its most sluggish pace in a year during the second quarter as the nation’s economic recovery lost momentum. The Labor Department reported Thursday that productivity the amount of output per hour of work rose at an annual rate of 1.5 percent in the April-June quarter.
Retail sales sluggish in August
Wal-Mart, Target post results below predictions
The Associated Press
September 6, 2002
Back-to-school sales failed to give the nation’s largest merchants a much-needed lift as consumers fretted about job security and stock market volatility.
Three sentenced in murder
By Mike Belt
September 6, 2002
Three people convicted last month in the slaying nearly three years ago of a Jefferson County man are headed to prison. Despite last-minute efforts to fire his attorney and represent himself to get a new trial, Noah J. Gleason, 43, rural Lawrence, was sentenced Thursday to life in prison for first-degree murder.
Boeing union seeks compromise
Machinists continue talks with federal mediators to avoid strike
The Associated Press
September 6, 2002
Boeing Co.’s union expects to keep talking with a team of federal mediators until at least Saturday in an attempt to avoid a strike. Negotiators for the International Association of Machinists, which represents 25,000 Boeing workers in Washington state, Wichita, and Portland, Ore., resumed negotiations at 8 a.m. Thursday at the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service.
Fleming shares slide on worries about debt, supplier complaints
The Associated Press
September 6, 2002
Shares of Fleming Cos., the nation’s largest wholesale food distributor, fell again Thursday as the company faced questions about its relations with suppliers and sluggish sales at its own stores.
‘Harvard Man’ has its smart side
By Philip Wuntch, The Dallas Morning News
September 6, 2002
James Toback’s “Harvard Man” is a brave movie, but not in the way you’d expect. Sure, it features mind-blowing scenes of LSD trips and eye-opening sex interludes. But what’s brave is its desire to merge storytelling and philosophizing. The attempt is courageous, even if the result is wildly uneven.
True-life story powers drama ‘City by the Sea’
By Jon Niccum
September 6, 2002
“What are you: a cop or my father?” “I’m both.” This exchange between Robert De Niro and James Franco sums up the dynamic at work in “City by the Sea.” Because it places such an emphasis on the moral friction between key characters, the real life-inspired film is a cut above most Hollywood cop dramas.
‘Neutron’ cartoon gimmicky
Kevin McDonough
September 6, 2002
The success of two “Toy Story” movies, “Shrek” and “Ice Age” has proven that computer-generated animation is here to stay. Now the Oscar-nominated cartoon movie “Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius” has spawned its own TV cartoon series “Adventures of Jimmy Neutron, Boy Genius” (7:30 p.m., Nickelodeon).
Congressional leaders get top-secret briefing on threat posed by Iraq
Knight Ridder Newspapers
September 6, 2002
Vice President Dick Cheney and CIA director George Tenet on Thursday gave congressional leaders a top-secret briefing on the threat from Iraq as President Bush came under mounting pressure to win international approval for any military action. Senate Republican Leader Trent Lott of Mississippi said the classified briefing included some “interesting and troubling information” that will give members of Congress “a lot more to think about” in deciding how to deal with Iraq. He declined to elaborate.
Car blast rips Kabul; leader’s car fired upon
Afghanistan pins blame for violence on al-Qaida
The Associated Press
September 6, 2002
An assailant dressed in the uniform of the new Afghan army fired Thursday on a car carrying President Hamid Karzai, hours after an explosives-packed car tore through a crowded Kabul market, killing at least 10 people. The violence was the most serious challenge to Karzai’s government, which has been struggling to bring order and security to a country wracked by decades of bloodshed.
Controversial Sept. 11 movie applauded at Venice film fest
The Associated Press
September 6, 2002
A controversial movie about the Sept. 11 attacks was received enthusiastically Thursday at the Venice Film Festival, with the audience reportedly giving the longest applause to a segment considered among the most hostile to the United States.
Bush’s niece models in Arab-themed fashion show
By Sarah Andrews - Associated Press Writer
September 6, 2002
President Bush’s niece Lauren Bush made her first appearance on a Spanish catwalk Thursday when she modeled a simple black dress for the presentation of the label Toypes’ summer 2003 collection.
State briefs
September 6, 2002
State fair scales back free Friday preview Judge denies delay in serial murder trial Road grader operator dies in train collision
Some campaign donations cause flap in mayoral race
The Associated Press
September 6, 2002
Some corporate contributors to Carlos Mayans’ campaigns for the Kansas House say they don’t care if he uses the money to run for Wichita mayor next year.
Florist to mark 9-11 with 10,000 roses
The Associated Press
September 6, 2002
A Chanute florist plans to mark the anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks with a new expression of freedom actually, more than 10,000 of them. Alex “A.L.” Pitts plans to distribute 10,200 roses on Wednesday, the day he’s chosen to celebrate the floral industry’s Good Neighbor Day. This year he placed an order with Florist Trans-World Delivery, the national floral company, for 10,200 roses the largest single order received by FTD in the United States in connection with the special day.
Instead of razing, Ohio Street houses may find new home
Neighbors, preservationists ask Kansas University for permission to move three dilapidated housing units
By Joel Mathis
September 6, 2002
Time for Plan B. Opponents of Kansas University’s plan to raze three houses in the 1300 block of Ohio Street are asking the university to let them move the houses instead.
Opponent challenges Praeger donations
Insurance companies have contributed more than $50,000
By Scott Rothschild
September 6, 2002
Democratic candidate for insurance commissioner Jim Garner on Thursday blasted Republican opponent Sandy Praeger of Lawrence for accepting tens of thousands of dollars from the insurance industry. Standing in front of the headquarters of a conglomerate of insurance companies, Garner said Praeger should give back the $50,750 she has received from insurance interests. About $20,000 of that, including the in-kind donation of office furniture, came from AmVestors Financial, its executives and related companies.
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Annalee Pearl Stewart
September 6, 2002
Olathe  Services for Annalee Pearl Stewart, 73, Olathe, were last week. Private burial was in Leavenworth National Cemetery. Mrs. Stewart died Wednesday, Aug. 28, 2002, at her home.
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