the Salina Journal Serving Kansas since 1871 Salina, Kansas Thursday, August 8, 1991. 28: 131 WORKERS 4-h Tom Journal Max Ewalt (left) and Walt Swearingen watch the Tri-Rivers Fair and Rodeo parade from the second floor of a downtown building. Crowds cheer parade, but want candy By ORLANDO DE BRUCE favorites." off event for the 1991 Tri-Rivers Fair and Rodeo. Journal Staff Writer Elijah, Smith's son, said the animals, bands Salina police estimated 8,000 people watched the The horses, music, dancing ballerinas, floats and floats are for the children, but the candy is parade. and antique cars caught their attention.
But for older people. Elijah is 12. The parade opened the fair, and a rodeo, what they really wanted, they didn't get until the "That's what I'm sitting here waiting for," carnival and fair queen selection also were part conclusion of the 1991 Tri- Elijah said. "I don't know when they are going to of opening day. Rivers Fair and Rodeo The throw it." Spectators said clouds that gave a break from parade Wednesday on TAI-RIVERS Corey Rogers, 1015 E.
Republic, said he likes the sun made the parade more enjoyable. The Santa Fe Avenue. the motorcycles, animals and colorful floats, but temperature was around 100 during the lateThe Smith and Rogers FAIR really enjoys the treats. afternoon parade. families come to the pa- "I like it when they pass out the candy.
That Today's forecast calls for a high near 90 rade each year with a and RODEO makes it really fun," Rogers said. "The kids degrees. goal to race for candy really enjoy it, and we like to bring them. We "If it was any hotter, we would have not that is usually thrown by people riding in the usually have the candy by now." come," Smith said. "The clouds are doing a parade.
This year, candy was given to children at the great job." "We all fight for the candy they throw during end of the parade instead of being thrown into John Bruckmer, 2036 Lewis, said he enjoys the parade," said Yvette Smith, 231 N. Second, crowds as floats passed by. seeing military personnel in the parade, alwhile sitting in her lawn chair along Santa Fe. The Smiths and Rogers were among horses are fine, but the treats are our sands of people who went downtown for the kick- See RODEO, Page 9 School budget passes despite criticism By ALAN STOLFUS Journal Staff Writer The Salina School Board approved the school district's $36.2 million budget for 1991-92 Wednesday, and some people turned out to criticize the document that will require higher property taxes. That alone is noteworthy.
Usually no one from the public attends the annual meeting. "This is the seventh budget hearing I've sat through, and this is the first time anybody has shown up," board member Larry Mathews said. "I really appreciate you showing up." Sex education Program backed to reduce teen pregnancies, Page 10 After a 25-minute public hearing, board members unanimously approved the budget, which is up $3.7 million from last year. That's an increase of 11.3 percent. The budget calls for a tax levy of 83.7 mills, up 4.2 mills from last year.
A mill raises $1 in property tax for each $1,000 of assessed valuation. Ernest Cole, 153 S. Front, asked the board to consider not increasing the U.N. sanctions to continue, but Iraq allowed to sell oil By The New York Times UNITED NATIONS The five permanent members of the U.N. Security Council have decided to continue sanctions against Iraq but agreed Wednesday to allow the Iraqis to sell oil to buy food and medical supplies.
Iraq will be allowed to sell up to $1.6 billion worth of petroleum. The council members also imposed a set of restrictions that would keep the revenue out of Iraqi hands and make sure that others, including the United Nations and countries with war-related claims against Iraq, get paid first. "The United Nations has Iraq spread-eagled against the car and is going through its pockets," a Western diplomat said. "Iraq will never touch any of this money." The head of Iraq's mission to the United Nations, Abdul Amir Anbari, IN SPORTS Royal roll Kansas City Royals complete a sweep of Boston Red Sox Page Feds say filing doesn't back clinic protests By The Associated Press WASHINGTON The Bush administration insisted Wednesday it was not siding with protesters who have blockaded Kansas abortion clinics even though it filed legal documents opposing a federal judge's injunction against the demonstrations. The Justice Department's filing unleashed a storm of protest from women's groups and a Republican organization.
They charged the administration was condoning mob violence by protesters who have blocked the entrances to two Wichita abortion clinics. In Kennebunkport, Maine, President Bush declined to comment on the volatile Wichita case, saying the Justice Department's position was based solely on a "jurisdictional problem." Told that U.S. District Judge Patrick Kelly had attributed the filing to political motivation, Bush said, "I can't imagine why. That's an unfair charge." In Washington, Mary Dent Crisp, chairwoman of the National Republican Coalition for Choice, said she was "dismayed and horrified by the Justice Department's actions." "A small band of militant antichoice activists is again being allowed to illegally violate someone's rights in this country," she said. "It's a matter properly handled in state and local courts." Dick Thornburgh U.S.
attorney general 35 cents Attorney General Dick Thornburgh, who is preparing to launch a Senate campaign in Pennsylvania, said the department was merely restating an argument in a case before the Supreme Court that federal courts lack jurisdiction to enjoin such protests. "We have taken no sides in the case whatsoever," Thornburgh said. The department's friend-of-thecourt brief, filed Tuesday, supports a motion by Operation Rescue, the anti-abortion group staging the protests, to suspend the injunction pending an appeal. "The position we have taken before the Supreme Court of the United States is that the (federal) courts do not have jurisdiction, that it's a matter properly handled in state and local courts," Thornburgh said. Thornburgh said that U.S.
marshals will continue to enforce the ban on demonstrations Abortion battles change judge's life By MICHAEL BATES The Associated Press WICHITA For the first time in his 11 years as a U.S. District Court judge, Patrick F. Kelly is afraid for his life. Through scores of controversial civil and criminal cases, he has been an outspoken maverick known for his strength and wit. Last week, he raised the ire of antiabortion forces with his court order that two Wichita clinics be kept open.
And then he raised the stakes Monday with a bluntly worded threat to the protesters. "They should say farewell to their family and bring their toothbrush, and I mean it, because they are going to jail," the judge said at a news conference after a court hearing. Kelly's orders have thrust him to center stage in the national debate over abortion, and have prompted a rash of death threats. "Don't worry about being excommunicated. You are dead," a recent message left on his home answering machine began.
It went on to discuss how the judge would be killed and what would be done with his dismembered body. He got into a shoving match Monday with a man who wanted him to change his position on the abortion tax levy because property taxes already are high. "People are hurting," he said. "We're all for quality education for all children, but the thing is we've got to keep it within means that people can afford." Board members told Cole he could help bring about tax relief for the district by lobbying legislators to change the state school finance formula. The more state funding the district receives, the less money it needs to raise through local property taxes.
For this year, the district expects to receive $4.7 million in state aid, about $100,000 more than was received in the fiscal year that ended June 30. "I don't disagree with you at all," Superintendent Andy Tompkins told Cole. "We've got to continue to work on changes in the formula." Board member Jerry Lundgrin said Cole and other taxpayers can help the district lobby legislators. "We have lobbied (the Legislature), but we're kind of like a voice in the wind," he said. "If we're going to make any progress (the Legislature) can't be hearing from just a school See PATRONS, Page 10 The Associated Press Judge Patrick Kelly talks to porters Monday in his office.
clinics. He was out for an early morning walk with his wife at the time. Early this week, Kelly, 62, agreed reluctantly to accept 24-hour protection from the U.S. Marshals Service. Leaders of a radical, national antiabortion group, Operation Rescue, have depicted Kelly as an abuser of judicial power.
They have compared him to Nazi judges in Germany and have suggested he has ruled in a 'City of Salina' may find new home By DAN HESS Journal Staff Writer Jim Simmons sees a piece of Salina's history every time he drives by the old RB-47 aircraft sitting at the Salina Airport. Unfortunately, he can't see the plane as well as he'd like, because it is inside the airport's fence. He said it's hard to appreciate the plane from a distance of 75 yards. The Salina Airport Authority is seeking public comments about what to do with the RB-47, which was given to the city by the Air Force. The plane has no connection to Salina, but it is similar to planes that were stationed here when Salina was home to Schilling Air Force Base.
The RB-47 is a reconfiguration of the B-47. The RB-47 was designed for reconnaissance, and is an example of a type of aircraft that was the predecessor of modern-day go off the road and inspect it," said Simmons, who was a mechanic on both B-47s and RB-47s at McConnell Air Force Base in Wichita and Forbes Air Force Base in Topeka. "If that were visible from the interstate, there would be people who would stop and look at it." Simmons said the RB-47 is in about the worst place possible in Salina, and probably not more than one in 10 Salinans know the aircraft is here. Tim Rogers, executive director of the authority, said the authority next week will begin discussing the Tom Journal future of the RB-47. He said the first between 1966 and 1974.
step would be to appoint a committee to study options, which Simmons, 816 Mike, would like could include moving the the airthe plane in a more accessible craft, committing money to mainarea, perhaps even visible from the tain the aircraft, sheltering the interstate. plane or giving it away. "Most of us old Air Force types The plane might be coveted by when we see an old aircraft will See TOPEKA, Page 9 percent chance for rain, highs 85 to. 90. Rain likely tonight, lows in 60s.
See HE'S, Page 10 said Iraq would denounce the decision. "Iraq won't accept it both as a matter of principle and as a matter of practice," Anbari said. He said the proposed oil sale had become SO time-consuming and complicated that "it is simply not going to help us." Security Council members, including the United States, say they are certain Iraq needs some help, but they question how much. Iraq had asked to sell $2 billion worth of oil to pay for humanitarian aid but refused demands for a detailed accounting of its gold and foreign currency reserves. Western diplomats have questioned how desperate Iraqi needs are, noting the continued Iraqi importation of goods such as liquor and U.S.
brand soft drinks since the Persian Gulf war ended. Mostly sunny. today, 40 Tom The aircraft arrived in Salina electronic warfare aircraft. The silver RB-47 has the words "City of Salina" displayed on its side, but that was added after the plane arrived here, believed to be sometime between 1966 and 1974..
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