Westernitis satire sparks editor feud in Kansas
A Kansas columnist mocks Olathe News editor Dick Buzbee and his Garden City editorial on a governor office project. The piece ridicules eastern editors view of western Kansas, notes Buzbee’s tennis hobby, and ends urging readers to laugh at the satire rather than take it seriously.
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Kansas
Dick Buzbee
Falderal
Buzbee
Olathe News
Garden City
Gov
Governor's Office
Topeka
Brother Buzbee
US 8
Kansas State Fair
Hutchinson
Hutchinson News
Olathe
Johnson County
Holcomb
Kansas City
Ann Landers announces divorce after 36 years of marriage
CHICAGO AP syndicated columnist Ann Landers Esther Lederer says she and her husband Jules Lederer are divorcing after 36 years. She describes the decision as unreal and asks readers not to seek details. Their daughter Margo previously wrote columns for Chicago papers.
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Chicago
Ann Landers
Miss Landers
Chicago Sun-Times
Esther Lederer
Jules
Lederer
Field Newspaper Syndicate of
Jules W. Lederer
Budget Rent-A-Car Corp
Margo
United States
City to Spray Elm Trees for Beetle This Week
City officials warn motorists to move cars from blocks slated for elm leaf beetle spraying starting 7 p.m. Wednesday. The clockwise route will cover streets around Stevens Park north to Kansas Ave then east to 6th and 7th, with instructions for residents to report flowering crabapple trees and to wash spray from vehicles within 12 to 18 hours to avoid paint damage.
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Lee Dawson
Stevens Park
Kansas Ave
Main
7Th
Dawson
Kansas
6Th
Flattery
Gas Garden
Nine Blocks Of Main To Be Resealed On Main Street
Gladden Excavating Service of Dodge City will reseal nine blocks of Main Street from Fulton to Kansas on a 23725 dollar contract starting July 7. Three-block sections will be closed to traffic for a day each, with two-way traffic on the east half once a section is sealed.
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Main Street
Gladden
Dodge City
Main
Fulton
Kenneth Gladden
Gladden Excavation
Bob Halloran
Kansas
Halloran
Plans spark worry over Garden City ball complex fate
Garden City softball fans fear the west edge ball complex may be moved or reduced for 3 1 parking as engineers study the site. City leaders note current plans include straightening 9th Street to Lake Avenue and possible future relocation, but no immediate actions to remove the complex. Local officials cite costs and governance from the city and county commissions, recreation board, fair board, and chamber of commerce.
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Finney County Fairgrounds
Garden City
Togo
Deane Wiley
Wiley
9Th Street
Lake Avenue
9Th
Lake
Garden City City Commission
Finney County Commission
Recreation Commission
the Fair Board
Chamber of Commerce
Ray Calihan Jr
Duane West
Joe Garner
Kansas to keep state withholding at 10 percent of fed rate
Kansas will not raise its personal income tax withholding rate this year to offset lower federal withholding. Revenue Secretary James T. McDonald said the rate remains flat at 10 percent of the federal rate, despite Gov. Bennett's request. Kansans will likely owe more tax when April 15 returns are filed.
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Topeka
Kan
Kansas
James T. McDonald
Robert F. Bennett
McDonald
Congress
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Arkansas River
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Fred Stoeckly
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Emporia
Goodland
Hill City
Russell
Salina
Wichita
Garden
West Complex
City
Leon Younger
Younger
Sth Street
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