The Tinker Shop Moves Across Street After 42 Years
The Tinker Shop, a familiar locksmith and bicycle service in central town since 1930, relocates from 410 N 8th to 412 N 8th in expanded quarters. Run by John Whiteley and his son Earl, the shop offers key making, sharpening, bicycle service, and safe cracking, drawing customers from Western Kansas and beyond.
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Nolan Howell
Tinker Shop
Poppa
John Whiteley
N. 8Th
Jones
Bert Moses
Whiteley
Earl
Whiteleys
Kansas
Lamar
Springfield
Colo
Whitely
Finney County
US 83
Brookover
Truman Dies at 88 After Long Illness in Independence
Former President Harry S. Truman died at 8:50 a.m. EST at Research Hospital after three weeks of hospitalization for respiratory and cardiovascular failure. He will be buried Thursday at the Harry S. Truman Memorial Library with a 24 hour public viewing in the library rotunda. A memorial service for foreign dignitaries is planned in Washington, with the Independence funeral by invitation only at the library grounds.
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Kansas City
Harry
Truman
Independence
Harry S. Truman
White House
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Winston Churchill
Josef Stalin
United States
Korea
Asia
Research
Truman Library
Washington
National Cathedral
Vandals Strike Lee Richardson Zoo Killing Six Birds
Park superintendent Bob Fulton reports six mute swans and birds killed at Finnup Park with a loss of 226 dollars. Vandals climbed a five foot fence using branches to club birds, injuring one swan and damaging the breeding program after a prior 1969 vandalism that killed about 30 birds.
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Lee Richardson Zoo
Finnup Park
Bob Fulton
Fulton
Claude Owens
Harry S Truman Remembered As A 20th Century Giant
Political leaders from both parties and world figures mourn Harry S. Truman describing him as a common man with courage and decisive leadership. Nixon Johnson Agnew Thurmond Jackson Heath and Queen Elizabeth II sent tributes highlighting his pivotal postwar decisions and the Truman Doctrine Marshall Plan and Korea policy. Missouri Governor Hearnes notes the loss of a native son and global leader.
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Korea
South
Greece
Turkey
Europe
World
Nixon
Harry S. Truman
Lyndon B. Johnson
Truman
Spiro T. Agnew
Harry Truman
Missouri
Henry M. Jackson
Washington
Free World
Asia
Elizabeth I
Edward S. Heath
Warren E. Hearnes Osid
State
Double Deal on Personal Property Taxes for Campers
Kansas loophole allows pickup campers and sub 2000 pound trailers to dodge personal property taxes. Self assessment forms, lax enforcement, and lack of registration mean many owners evade taxes. estimates suggest up to half of campers in some counties go untaxed. Assessors warn evasion risks double payment if caught. neighbors sometimes report noncompliance. Next: are personal property taxes worth it?
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Leroy Towns Telegram
Topeka
Kansas
Johnson County
Prather Brown
The
Kansas County Assessors Association
George Schnellbacher
Shawnee
State Property Valuation Department
Schnellbacher
Forestry, Fish and Game Commission
Schmellbacher
Shawnee County
Riley County
Graves
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Strom Thurmond
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Teamparla
Tenengee
Garden City
Goodlance Ue
Russell Ee
Salina
Toy
Wichita
Leroy Towns
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