Injured Kansans Remain Hospitalized After Ice Accidents
Four Southwest Kansas residents remain hospitalized Thursday after Monday ice incidents. Iva Hurst, 73, has a broken leg and arm from a Johnson home slip. Janice Howell, 36, and Dr Horace Wiley, both listed in good condition, were hurt in separate ice events. Dennis Hayzlett, from Lakin, also suffered a broken knee and is now at St. Catherine in good condition. A Ulysses woman involved in a rollover near Lakin was listed in good condition.
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Johnson
Stanton County Hospital
St. Catherine Hospital
Iva Hurst
Janice Howell
Ulysses
Lakin
Horace Wiley
S. Star Rt
Garden City
Dennis Hayzlett
Main and Waterman
Kearny
Question and answer session on Wichita County health merger
Wichita County residents with questions about the January merger of Wichita County Hospital and Golden Acres Nursing Home are invited to a 7 30 p.m. Q and A at the Atkinson Senior Citizen Center on the town’s west edge. County commissioner Betty Barr will moderate with other commissioners hospital board members task force members and hospital administrators present. Roger Pearson, named to run the combined facility, spoke for the group.
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Wichita County
Wichita County Hospital
Golden Acres Nursing Home
Atkinson
Betty Barr
Roger Pearson
Pearson
Garden City Scouts Collect Lids For Special Olympics
Lids from 16 ounce Citrus Hill orange juice cans are sought by Garden City Girl Scouts to raise funds for the local Special Olympics committee. Drop off at Dillon grocery store or the Girl Scout office 710 N Main.
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Garden City
Citrus Hill
Dillon Grocery Store
Girl Scout
N. Main
Girl Scout Office
Marina Lee
Toy Run and Party for I Care Children Sunday
ABATE hosts a Christmas toy run and party Sunday from 2:30 to 4:30 p.m. at Garden City Community College cafeteria. Weather permitting, riders depart the VFW around 1:30 to 2 p.m. Toys collected will be distributed to I Care children and to SRS for redistribution to needy kids. I Care is a program sponsored by Garden City Community College.
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I Care
Garden City Community College
VFW
Motorcycle Club
SRS
Senators urge action to head off EU meat boycott
A bipartisan group led by Sen John Danforth asks Secretary Shultz Black and Yeutter to block a European Community plan to require U S meat inspections. They warn of a virtual boycott hurting U S exports and propose retaliation if needed. Sales to the EC account for about one third of U S meat exports. Missouri led cattle sales exceed 600 million dollars in 1984. Signers include Bentsen Symms Baucus McClure Gore Pressler Simon Andrews Exon Simpson Abdnor Quayle Kassebaum Heinz.
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John Danforth
Missouri
Reagan
U.S
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United States
EEC
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Agriculture
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Clayton Yeutter
Senate Finance International Trade Subcommittee
Lloyd Bentsen
Texas
Steve Symms
Idaho
Max Baucus
D-Mont
James McClure
Albert Gore
D-Tenn
Larry Pressler
R-S.d
Paul Simon
D-Ill
Mark Andrews
R-N.d
J. James Exon
D-Neb
Alan Simpson
R-Wyo
James Abdnor
Dan Quayle
R-Ind
Nancy Kassebaum
R-Kan
John Heinz
R-Pa
Rebels kidnap two engineers in Colombia oil camp
Guerrillas from the Popular Liberation Army seize about 100 attackers raiding a remote oil camp in Tibu near the Venezuelan border. They demand six million dollars for the release of two American engineers identified as Edward Scholl and Jack Gilles. No injuries reported. Occidental Petroleum and Bechtel International Co. were not immediately reachable for comment.
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Colombia
Defense Ministry
Edward Scholl
Jack Gilles
U.S
Occidental Petroleum and
Bechtel International Co
Popular Liberation Army
Tibu
Occidental
Bechtel
Kansas budget plan proposes sales tax increase to four cents
Carlin advocates a four percent sales tax to fund education highways water plan and economic development amid tough times. He notes property taxes are near limit and aims to keep Kansas competitive for business. He expects a political challenge in an election year while urging public support if tax use is clear.
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Kansas
Carlin
Plane crash kills 258 on North America Europe route
A four engine DC-8 jet, 16 years old with about 50 000 hours and 27 million miles, crashed in Canada. The disaster is the worst air crash in Canadian history and adds to a record annual aviation death toll surpassing 1 400 people.
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North America
Europe
McDonnell Douglas
Canada
Pentagon advises families of Sinai crash victims call desk
Washington AP Pentagon said on Thursday families of soldiers killed in the Newfoundland DC-8 crash should contact the Army Casualty Desk. Families were told to call 703-325-7576 as the Army opened additional lines. Those killed were mainly from the 3rd Battalion, 502nd Infantry, 101st Airborne Division.
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Pentagon
Sinai
Newfoundland
Army Casualty Desk
Army
502Nd Infantry
101St Airborne Division
A Worst Year of Crashes Marks 1985 Aviation Toll
The Associated Press reports 1985 became the worst year for civil aviation deaths, with over 1,400 fatalities across global commercial flights. A Turkish jet crash near Paris in 1974 and a Japan Airlines disaster in August were headline milestones. The International Civil Aviation Organization notes 1985’s toll exceeds prior years, yet cautions against drawing broad safety conclusions from a single year.
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Canada
Japan
Dallas
Spain
Japan Air Lines
Eugene Sochor
International Civil Aviation Organization
Montreal
Paris
Sochor
Air Transport Association
Aviation Organization
Year of air disasters lists multiple fatal crashes
A chronology of deadly air crashes this year totals many victims. Incidents span from January to September across Milwaukee Manchester England Ireland Spain Bolivia and Nevada involving DC-9 737 747 L 1011 727 and DC-6 aircraft with suspected sabotage and mountain impacts reported.
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British Airtours
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England
Japan Air Lines
Delta Air Lines
Dallas-Fort Worth
Amazon Jungle
Air India
Ireland
Spain
Galaxy
Reno
Nev
Eastern Airlines
Mount
Illimani
Bolivia
Actress Anne Baxter dies at 62 in New York
Actress Anne Baxter, famed for an Academy Award and the scheming Eve Harrington in All About Eve, died after collapsing with a cerebral hemorrhage on December 4. She was 62, and died at Lenox Hill Hospital at 10:50 a.m. under care of attorney Henry A. Perles. She never regained consciousness.
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New York
Anne Baxter
Eve Harrington
Miss Baxter
Baxter
Madison Avenue
Lenox Hill Hospital
Henry A. Perles
Blue Valley approves 21 million bond for four schools
Secretary of State Jack Brier reports in Topeka that Blue Valley in Johnson County backed a 21 million bond issue for four new schools by 3,832 to 1,963. Turnout reached 65.4 percent, the smallest mail election since 1983 when polling by mail was approved.
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Kan
Blue Valley
Johnson County
Jack Brier
Brier
Kansas
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