Dyche and the Kansas Museum of Natural History
Lawrence AP report recounts Lewis Lindsay Dyche the first KU Museum director whose Arctic rescues and 4000+ specimen collection shaped the museum. Dyche brought Peary rescue, mounted 105 North American animals at the 1892 Chicago World’s Fair, and built a state funded museum opened 1900.
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Missing pigs audit spurs state committee referral
In Topeka the special legislative post audit committee referred the missing pigs case from the Kansas Penitentiary to the Institutions Committee. The audit by W. Keith Weltmer highlighted 119 pigs missing in 1972, traced to dogs. The report also noted milk supplies, a warden boat dock, horse keeping, buffalo reimbursements, and related items. The committee directed action to the Institutions Committee led by Sen. Wint Winter.
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Special Legislative Committee
Kansas Penitentiary
W. Keith Weltmer
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Director of Penal Institutions
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