1984 We May Be There No Knock Raid in Silver Spring
Police and federal agents entered the wrong apartment in Silver Spring Maryland during a no knock search for weapons. Kenyon Ballew was shot during the confrontation and is paralyzed. Five grenades and many firearms were seized while the warrant's validity is disputed. The incident raises alarm about home security and future no knock laws.
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Internal Revenue Service
Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms Division
Silver Spring
Kenyon Ballew
Ballew
Kansas
What Everybody in Town Wants to Know About the Fire
A jumble of town notes questions a fire official about the Mc Allister Building fire. Mentions NASA talk and a Proti que festival in Clay Center with the theme We’ve Only Just Begun. Strolls through local lore, Hearst, PTA links, and an upcoming bowling tournament stamp.
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McAllister Building
Clay Center
Chamber of Commerce
Garden City Telegram Issuing Rates and Staff Details
The Garden City Telegram lists its pricing for subscriptions by carrier and mail, including local, student, servicemen, and out of town rates. It also identifies staff roles Fred Brooks Le Roy Allman and John Frazier and notes AP affiliation and exclusive reproduction rights.
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Fred Brooks
le Roy
Allman
John Frazier
Garden City
Kansas
Acts
Ocean
How Do You Spot A Drug User 10 Signs
Grover Craig closes a weekly series for Finney County readers detailing ten signs of drug abuse in youths. He lists moral, mental and physical changes, fear, appetite shifts, mood extremes, needle marks, odor, eye symptoms, and offers consulting a doctor alongside common street terms used by drug users.
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Finney County
Grover Craig
McCormack Plays Final Love Scene Alone at Providence Hospital
John W McCormack, nearing 80, is depicted in a moving scene at Providence Hospital Washington as he bids farewell to Harriet Joyce his wife of 51 years while caring for her through a long private vigil. The profile notes his hard early life and his long tenure as Speaker of the House and recalls encounters with Truman Roosevelt and his use of a large appropriation. He remains steadfast and steadfastly by her side, awaiting the moment she slips away.
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Jocko
Lorna
John W. McCormack
South Boston
House of Representatives
Providence Hospital
Washington, D.C
Carl Albert
McCormack
Harriet
John
Harriet Joyce
Jesus
Gethsemane
John McCormack
South
Boston
Harry Truman
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Jacko
Space shuttle base for Garden City endorsed by local physician
Dr F Calvin Bigler of Garden City urges support for a western Kansas space shuttle base. He cites open land, transport links, airfields, skilled labor, and youth retention as strong regional advantages while noting technical concerns like absence of nearby aerospace facilities and landing elevation. He asks Mayor to relay views to decision makers.
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Tam
NASA
Garden City
Kansas
U.S
Robert Dole
NBC
Earth
Agricul
Western
Denver
Wichita
Kansas City
F. Calvin Bigler
M. D
Things I'd Like to See Says Hal Boyle
A humorous list of imagined improvements and absurdities spanning books, politics, medicine, transit, and daily life. Boyle jests about a historian with a revealing horse image, a promoter who overspends, a surgeon billing for a sponge, returns of fortune via a dog and a cat, Morse code on bald heads, Lady Liberty in a mini skirt, and a future language and gadgets that defy current norms.
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New York
Manhattan Island
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Jim Bishop
Public Pulse
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Hal Boyle
Statue of Liberty
Milton Berle
Eugene Sheffer
Madrid
Putin
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