Snow Blankets Southwest Area Brings Hazardous Roads
Light general snow fell overnight across the Southwest area creating slick, hazardous roads. Garden City reported its first season snowfall with 2 to 3 inches on runways at Lawn and airport readings near 29 degrees by 11 a.m. Cited areas include Kansas Highway Patrol, Kansas State University station northeast of town, and area farm districts as crews salted streets.
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Garden City
Southwest County
Kansas
Lawn
Kansas Highway Patrol
Kansas State University Agriculture Experiment Station
Timme
Hickock Clemeny Appeal Likely Delayed by Board Action
Gov George Docking appears unlikely to hear Richard Eugene Hickock's clemency appeal as the Kansas Board of Probation and Parole in Topeka says it will await State Supreme Court action before issuing any recommendation on Hickock and two others facing death sentences.
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George Docking
Richard Eugene Hickcock
Kansas Board of Probation and Parole
Topeka
Supreme Court
Hickock
Perry Smith
Hopital
State Supreme Court
Harrison Smith
John Anderson
Court Refuses Wilsons Try To Withdraw
The Kansas Supreme Court refused Earl Wilson’s bid to withdraw his appeal leaving him under a death sentence for rape. The court upheld Lowell Lee Andrews’s murder conviction and death sentence for killing his parents and sister Jennie Marie. Andrews was 19 at the time of the 1958 killings. the court found abundant premeditation. The piece links clemency prospects to Gov. George Docking, who leaves office January 9, and notes Attorney Harrison Smith’s role for Hickock.
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Topeka
Kansas Supreme Court
Earl Wilson
Lowell Lee Andrews
Wilson
Kansas City
Kas
George Docking
Andrews
University of Kangag
Jennie Marie
Supreme Court
Hickock
Docking
Sen
Jene
Harrison Smith
District Court
Smith
Ice and Snow Hit Kansas Roads From Wichita to Manhattan
Freezing rain coated eastern Kansas highways and sidewalks with hazardous ice. The Weather Bureau projected melting with rising daytime temperatures but warned of possible additional glazing tonight or Sunday morning, especially in the far east. Snow and rain were reported across Kansas Friday night with light totals.
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Topeka
Kansas
Weather Bureau
Wichita
Manhattan
Garden City
Docking Names Cimarron Man to Kan sas Forestry Board
Gov. George Docking appoints C. L. Deardorff Jr. of Cimarron and John Umberger of Belleville to the Kansas Forestry Fish and Game Commission. Four year terms start Dec 31, confirmations lie with a Republican Senate. The board must have equal party representation. Deardorff is Republican, Umberger Democrat.
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Topeka
George Docking
C.L. Deardorff Jr
Cimarron
John Umberfer
Belleville
Kansas Forestry, Fish and Game Commission
Docking
Senate
Deardorff
Umberger
J. S. Brollier
Hugoton
Charles Kaup
Manhattan
Fish and Game Agency
Garden Sass Gas Garden Snow Boosts Christmas Mood
Garden Sass Gas Garden believes this snow should boost Christmas shopping or put him in the mood for holiday generosity as winter scenes unfold.
Infant Suffocated By Plastic Bag in Wichita
A 22 month old boy, Timothy Keith Plamann, died Friday in Wichita after a plastic bag adhered to his face during an accidental suffocation. Deputy Coroner Jim Bratt concluded the autopsy findings, noting the mother found him on the bedroom floor after stepping outside briefly.
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Wichita
Jim Bratt
Timothy Keith Plamann
Merlin K. Plamann
Plamann
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