Former first lady Bess Truman in critical condition
Former first lady Bess Truman, 96, remained hospitalized in critical condition at Research Medical Center in Kansas City after hip surgery complications. Doctors reported kidney failure, low potassium, and heart irregularities, with ICU care and diuretics aiding stabilization amid ongoing treatment.
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Kansas City
Bess Truman
Helen Roush
Research Medical Center
Graham
Truman
Hazardous waste findings haunt Clinton Massachusetts area
A string of animal deaths and unexplained hair loss led EPA to name Clinton as a New England hazardous waste trouble spot. Tests target soil water and people after ducks died from lead and thallium exposure linked to possible tannery flood remnants or a filled wetlands. Local residents Ginny Frye and David Forbes recall the impact as officials probe sources and safety.
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Clinton
Mass
Chewbacca
Lady
Shannon
Environmental Protection Agency
New England
Ginny Frye
University of Connecticut
Louis van der Heide
Ms. Frye
Elaine Stevenson
David Forbes
Heather
Forbes
Forbeses
Frye
National
Centers For Disease Control
Atlanta
Death of Marjorie Ruth Johnson 65 in Garden City
Marjorie Ruth Johnson 65 of 516 Eugene died Monday at St. Catherine Hospital from an apparent heart attack. A former Production Credit Association bookkeeper, she was born January 19 1916 in Ellsworth County and moved to Garden City in 1965 from Salina. She is survived by a son Kenneth of Dodge City a daughter Jan Greathouse of Imperial and five grandchildren. Funeral Thursday 2 pm at First Christian Church with Rev Charles Durham officiating burial Valley View Cemetery. Memorials to Heart Fund or Phillips White Funeral Home. Friends may call Wednesday all day and until 10 am Thursday.
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Graham
Mrs. Truman
Kansas City
Marjorie Ruth Johnson
Eugene
St. Catherine Hospital
Production Credit Association
Ellsworth County
Garden City
Salina
Cecil O. Johnson
Scott City
Johnson
First Christian Church
Kenneth
Dodge City
Lee
Jan) Greathouse
Imperial Rt
Ruth Scott
John Scott
Denver
Colo
Dorothy Duesing
Spearville
Charles Durham
Valley View Cemetery
Heart Fund
Phillips-White Funeral Home
Garden City Telegram Classified Subscription Rates
Garden City Telegram lists subscription prices by carrier within Finney county at 3.75 dollars per month and outside county at 3.25 dollars per month. Motor car delivery outside city zone costs 4.00 dollars per month.
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Finney County
French stock market rattled by sell orders after Mitterrand win
In Paris investors flooded the French stock exchange with sell orders after Socialist Francois Mitterrand won the presidency. Opening was delayed 45 minutes as brokers faced a market with few buyers and prices down as much as 7 percent from Friday’s close. Some stocks later drew institutional buyers as panic cooled, while the franc fell and gold rose as traders hedge against upheaval.
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Paris
Francois Mitterrand
French Stock Exchange
Mitterrand
Valery Giscard d
Bank of France
Stock Exchange
France
Carlin vetoes bill to make Kansas Fish and Game Commission bipartisan
Governor John Carlin rejected a bill that would restrict the Kansas Fish and Game Commission to at most three members from any one party. He said the measure interfered with his replacements and would not improve wildlife management. The governor stressed party affiliation should not drive commission qualifications.
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Topeka
Kan
John Carlin
Kansas Fish and Game Commission
Carlin
Fish and Game Commission
Senate
Two more bills signed as Legislature adjourns
Carlin signed into law two final measures as the Legislature adjourned on May 4. One bill funds travel expenses for the 15 member Corrections Ombudsman Board for trips to state prison facilities to gather information. The other requires State Finance Council approval of all settlements the attorney general negotiates, with a transfer of 500000 from the general fund to the state tort claims fund to cover such settlements.
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Topeka
Kan
John Carlin
Corrections Ombudsman Board
State Finance Council
Finance Council
General Fund
State
Hutch educator to Parsons post
Parsons Board of Education selects Willis Heck from Hutchinson schools as superintendent of Unified School District 503 Parsons. He succeeds Dr. Al Alioto who resigns effective June 30. Parsons is a southeast Kansas town of about 12 614 residents, roughly 35 miles west of Pittsburg.
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Parsons, Kan
Parsons Board of Education
Willis Heck
Hutchinson
Unified School District 503
Parsons
Heck
al Alioto
Kansas
Pittsburg
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Harry S. Truman
Independence
New England Mill Town
Seiko
N. Main
Diamond Jewelers
Marjorie R. Johnson
Garden City Telegram
Telegram Publishing Co., Inc
Advertising & Business
P.O. Box
Fred Brooks
John Frazier
le Roy Allman
Ad & Business Manager
Associated Press
French Stock Mart
Vetoes
Hutch
Parsons Post
Kansas & Fleming
F.D.I.C
Garden National Bank
Southwest Kansas
J & M Paint & Wall Covering, Inc
Hattie
Moore At Paints
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