Grain theft at White Cloud elevator in dawn raid
Thieves stole about 3,000 bushels of corn worth roughly 10000 from White Cloud Grain Co. elevator in northeastern Kansas before 4 a.m. Five trucks and two cars were seen leaving. alerts sent to Kansas Missouri Nebraska and Iowa authorities as Sheriff Batchelder and Kansas Bureau of Investigation continue inquiries. President Reagan invites Egyptian President Sadat and Israeli Prime Minister Begin to talks in early August in Washington with possible sessions at the president's California ranch.
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White Cloud
Kan
Kansas
Doniphan County
White Cloud Grain Co
Troy
Missouri River
Iowa
Mike Batchelder
Kansas Bureau of Investigation
Washington
Reagan
Anwar Sadat
Israel
White House
Larry Speakes
Menachem Begin
Speakes
Santa Barbara
Calif
Cheysson in Washington to reassure U S France alliance
Claude Cheysson, France’s external relations minister, travels to the United States to reassure the Reagan administration that France remains a steadfast ally after Mitterrand’s election. He will hold three days of meetings with Secretary Haig and will also meet Reagan, Bush, and several cabinet members and senior officials.
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Washington
Claude Cheysson
France
United States
Cheysson
Alexander M. Haig Jr
Reagan
George Bush
Federal Reserve Board
Secretary of
Defense
Caspar Weinberger
Secretary of the Treasury
Donald T. Regan
Commerce
Malcolm Baldrige
Baseball legends and family tales span pages midweek
On page 4 a family shares its Crossroads story concluding a series as star George Brett is acknowledged as human. Page 6 highlights a human moment with Jerry Grote at 38 still swinging. Page 11 notes Grote’s continued bat skill at age 38.
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George Brett
Crossroads
Jerry Grote
Downtown fire station approved after heated council vote
Garden City commissioners backed a new downtown fire station by a 3 to 2 vote, choosing to draft work drawings for a facility on 9th Street near the Garden City Administrative Center. Mayor West and Gary Fuller opposed, favoring a $374,148 plan for an addition to the existing 7th and Fulton station and a $260,000 ladder truck.
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Garden City
9Th Street
Duane West
Gary Fuller
7Th and
Fulton
Central Business District
West
Fuller
Frank Schmale
Staton
Wiley
7Th and Fulton Station
James Earl Ray stabbed in Brushy Mountain prison
James Earl Ray, longtime king slaying convict, was stabbed several times in the chest, arm, and neck this morning in the Brushy Mountain Penitentiary law library. He was transported under guard to Oak Ridge Hospital for surgery and is described as stable. two unidentified inmates are being held as suspects.
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Ray
Ron .Bishop
State Corrections Department
Bishop
Missouri
King
London
England
East
Tennessee
Knoxville
Modoc Girl Crowned Beef Empire Days Queen at Fairgrounds
Kansas Governor John Carlin presented a bouquet to 1981 Beef Empire Days Queen Robyn Cole a 17 year old Modoc student as live cattle judging opened the 13th Beef Empire Days at Finney County fairgrounds. Cindy Martin crowned the queen and Penny Hughs won Miss Congeniality with Marilyn Miller and Missy Tenorio named attendants.
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Robyn Cole
Modoc
John Carlin
Cindy Martin
Fairgrounds
Jess and
Joy Cole
Ben Bigler
Finney County Fairgrounds
Kansas
Jess
Miss Cole
George
Daisy Martin
N. Main
Martin
Penny Hughs
W. T
Sandra Hughs
Syracuse
Missy Tenorio
Jann I. Tenorio
Wichita
Marilyn Miller
Satanta
Jim K. Miller
David Ames
Kansas State University
Larry Jones
Bittersweet eviction saga tests Kansas couple's 58th anniversary
Ed and Elizabeth Johnson, ages 88 and 77, face eviction filed by their son Clarence, 50, from the Sedgwick County home they deeded to him in 1974 to borrow for their granddaughter's college. The couple, aging with health issues, confront life in a small red-brick bungalow as court action looms.
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Wichita
Kan
Elizabeth Johnson
Clarence Johnson
Sedgwick County
Johnson
Ed Johnson
Johnsons
Clarence
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Francois Mitterrand
U.S
Hi Lo Prec
Dodge City
Goodland Hutchinson
Russell Salina Wichita
Labrador
Deane Wiley
James Earl Ray
Hoovers
Miss Beef Empire
Holcomb
David Schafer
Ray Purdy
Dennis Kleysteuber
Kleysteuber
Ames
Tryig
Otis Griggs
County Agriculture Extension
Dennis Lundgren
Mr. Johnson
American Automobile Association
Mrs. Johnson
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