Rain brings hail and moisture as wheat needs ongoing rain
Storm south of Garden City formed between 5 and 5:30 p.m. leaving ground covered by half an inch of hail and .25 to .30 inches of rain. Local weather officials and farmers urge continued rainfall through April to sustain wheat. Sheriff and forecasters note variable rain with wind and dust. some forecast rain for Friday and Saturday depending on storm track. Garden City station shows 2.72 inches this year, higher than last April.
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Garden City
Garetson
Lakin
Kearny County
Becky Williams
Umscheid
Lane County
Kansas State University State
Mary Knapp
Finney County
Knapp
Garden City Experiment Station
Kansas
Free long distance calling cards offered to service members
Albert Klaus of the local Veterans of Foreign Wars post promotes Operation Uplink free long distance calling cards for active duty service members. Cards are available via the VFW post after 6 p.m. on weekends with instructions to leave contact details if not reached, and new cards are on the way for notification.
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Albert Klaus
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Klaus
Operation Uplink
VFW
Iraq
Afghanistan
Armed Services
United States
VFW Club
Suspect's Lawyer Seeks Venue Change for Pham Case
In Finney County Kansas the defense asks for a venue change citing pre trial publicity from a Telegram article published February 22. Pham, 49, a parolee convicted of two Wichita murders in 1982, was released from INS custody in January 1999. Co defendants Nam Nguyen and Giang Nguyen face trials in late April and later, raising concerns of unfair jury pool as pre trial publicity grows. Judge Philip Vieux notes such motions are not unusual in serious cases.
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Pham
Wichita
Immigration and Naturalization Service
Nam Nguyen
Giang Nguyen
Pierce
Finney County
Kansas
Philip Vieux
Vieux
Trial details reveal fatal home invasion on Colony Street
Morning attack saw Thai Nguyen’s brother Thang Nguyen shot during a robbery at 522 Colony St. investigators describe two gunshots, a blood drenched shirt, and Thang’s death after being bound and tied with white cloth. Family testimony details gunmen, escape in a red car, and injuries to Thang’s parents.
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Thang Nguyen
Thai Nguyen
Strauter
Thang
Giang Nguyen
Nam Nguyen
Pham
Colony St
Nguyen
Larry Watson
Garden City Police Department
Sedgwick County Regional Science Forensic Center
Wichita
Kansas
Watson
Mary Dudley
GCPD
Jerry Schiffelbein
David A. Falletti
Schiffelbein
Ter
Hong Nguyen
IBP
Holcomb
Mother Bau Tran
Baghdad raid and crowds clash as U S forces face rock throwers
U S special forces raided a Baghdad home of a microbiologist while troops secured a government building. townspeople threw rocks and lit cars, and some Americans fired back as attackers tried to breach the compound. Across Mosul, three killed and 11 wounded. Gen. Franks visited Baghdad, terrorism alert lowered, and a terrorist camp found near the capital. Marines recovered 3.6 million in currency from the Iraqi National Bank amid ongoing patrols and looting.
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Brooks
Mosul
U.S
Tommy Franks
Baghdad
Washington
United States
Iraq
Department of Homeland Security
John Hoellworth
Palestine Liberation Front
Hoellworth
Saddam Hussein
U.S. Army
Stewart Upton
Central Command
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Richard Myers
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Alaina
Viel, Taup
Buimmer
Y & Taupe
Mr Re Ae
Ind
North Main St
Gardan City
Larly
Falletti
Bau Tran
Bush
Myers
CNN
Larry King
Abul Abbas
Achille Lauro
Cal
GCCC
Saffell Library
Garden City Community College
Campus Drive
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