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[Intro music] [Graver] Kansas Information Network News, I'm Sheila Graver. Still no verdict in the quadruple murder trial of 23 year old Paul Kaiser, Bill Oliver reports. [Oliver] There are four jurors between the ages of 61 and 75, six more between 41 and 57 and a 22 year old joining a 28 year old at the other end of the age spectrum. The average age of the jury is 52. The (inaudible) being dominated by older Reno County residents, the other parallel notice from jury questionnaires is family ties. While no one is related, eight are married, two are single, one's a widow, and one's divorced. Six of the 12 on board have adult-aged children, one has teens in their house, and one is raising a toddler. Biographies show six jurors work in some type of blue collar profession, two are in office-related positions, two are homemakers, and two are unemployed. It's the group who have given up their routines for ten dollars a day plus mileage and all the coffee and donuts they want, for tapping one of the most notable criminal cases in Reno County history. Bill Oliver, Hutchinson. [Graver] Jury trial for a Wamego man charged with kidnapping and terrorizing a female coworker is

set for May. 49 year old Joseph ?Jacovic? allegedly waited for 40 year old Debby ?Liker? in her St. George home. He's accused of hand-cuffing her, wrapping wire around her throat, and shocking her with a stun gun. Psychiatric evaluation was ordered for ?Jacovic? before trial was set. He's now scheduled to go to trial the third week of May. Now this. [Speaker in advertisement] Shelter Insurance. We'll always be there for you. Providing protection against the unforeseen. An assurance that you and your family will be taken care of even in the most turbulent times. For home, auto, and life insurance, we've never been in a stronger position to help you now or 25 years from now. We're proud to be your shield of shelter. Shelter Insurance, we'll always be there for you. See your nearby Shelter agent soon. [Speaker in Ad] Here's some straight talk from an American cattle producer. [Speaker from ad] Aside from helpful beef products many don't understand the contributions cattle make to our daily lives and the economy. I'm Jan Lyons, a rancher from Manhattan, Kansas. Cattle byproducts are used in

many medications vital to human health, including insulin for the treatment of diabetes. Jobs are another benefit created by the sale of more than five billion dollars of Kansas beef annually. Brought to you by the Kansas livestock association and this station. It hasn't been accepted by a federal judge yet, but some Topeka residents are already critical of the school board's desegregation plan. The plan would close four schools and build two new magnet schools. Randy Robin's daughter will start school in three years; he preferred closer neighborhood school. "Well I think the tax money would be a lot better spent maybe making some changes in the neighborhood school system." The desegregation plan is an attempt to meet a court order to reopen Brown vs Topeka Board of Education case. This is KIN. The Clinton administration's pitch for health care reform has reached rural Kansas. Mike Mattson reports. The President's Secretary of Health and Human Services brought the Clinton message to the Pottawatomie town of Onega this morning, meeting with doctors and patients in a twenty

five bed rural Onega hospital, Donna Shelena stressed that without the President's healthcare reforms, the quality and availability of rural health care will continue to decline. The Clinton plan would provide tax credits to fledgling doctors and nurses who set up shop in rural areas. Second district Democratic congressman Jim Flattery is playing close this morning to Shelena, he says as crucial as rural healthcare reforms are, unless the President and the congress can come up with some solid method of financing the reforms they will not get his vote. Although he does predict Congress will enact some sort of healthcare reform before the fall. Mike Mattson, Onega. The board of tax appeals is ordering state property valuation director David Cunningham to conduct an in house reappraisal of Kansas farmland. Cunningham previously told legislative committees that said that reappraisal would be necessary to determine whether county appraisers properly valued agricultural land as required by law. There will be no on-site inspections by appraisers connected with the review. Now this. [Instrumental Twinkle, twinkle little star begins] I'm Sean Cam, life is no lullaby for children growing up in poverty, and children are the largest group of Americans living in poverty. But this is a problem we we can solve. Programs that provide kids with proper medical care, balanced meals, and counseling have proven they can make a difference. Become part of the solution. Volunteer

now. You don't need any special skills, just a desire to help children. For more information, call 1-800- 6-CHILDREN. Change the world of a child, and you change the world. A public service announcement from the Ad Council. [Twinkle, twinkle instrumental stops] Sheila Graver. Kansas information and work. [sustained beep] [sustained beep]. Here's the Bottom Line with Mark Koppold. Thank you very much welcome to our program "Bottom Line." We look for the grain trade to be a bit higher at the close tomorrow, ahead of the major reports from USDA. Look for the cattle trade steady to a bit weak here, a very slow trade. Hogs could be more steady and maybe even show areas of strength ahead of

the long weekend. We look for the grain trade to be a bit higher ahead of the USDA crop report. Another private estimate of acres released, placing corn acres 79.3. We think anything below 80 million is going to be considered friendly by the corn trade. The soybean number number the private estimate sixty point seven million acres.