Remembering Rev. Robert Allen A life blending song and faith
The Rev. Robert Allen 89, longtime senior pastor at Second Baptist Church, died Saturday at the Wichita VA Medical Center after a long aneurysm battle. He fused music and ministry, delighting congregants, family, and students with piano, bells, and warm hospitality. Family and friends recall his constant sociability and tireless talking, both in church and at home.
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Robert J. Dole Veterans Affairs Medical Center
Wichita
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Deadly coordinated attack hits three Saudi housing compounds
In Riyadh attackers struck three compounds in synchronized assaults and set off car hazards, killing 91 people including seven Americans. Nine attackers died in charred remains, Saudi officials said. blames point to al Qaida. US officials and President Bush vowed justice and pursuit of perpetrators.
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Saudi Arabia
Saudi Interior Ministry
Colin Powell
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Bush
United States
Indianapolis
At Least 20 Die in Riyadh Bombings Strike
The overnight terror attack in Riyadh killed at least twenty people including Americans. Seventy Americans housed by Vinnell Corp. in a four story building were affected, with fifty away on a training exercise. Witnesses described terrifying blasts as cars exploded and doors and windows were blown out.
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Sador Robert Jordan
Vinnell Corp
John Gardiner
Kinghorn
Scotland
British Broadcasting Corp
Woman brings dolls back to life in church mission
Minerva Lemons, age 87, refurbishes discarded doll parts into new dolls as a local church mission. For 25 years she and Lakin Wesleyan Women International group have packed and sent dolls to the Dineh Wesleyan Church in Keyes Canyon Arizona for Christmas, delighting Navajo and Hopi congregants.
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O'Loughlin Village
Minerva Lemons
Minerva
Steve Sparks
Lakin Wesleyan Church
Lakin Wesleyan Women International Group
Dineh
Kansas revenue trails forecast in April by 9.6 million
April state receipts totaled 461.9 million, short of the 471.5 million forecast by 9.6 million. Income tax payments undercut projections by 3.3 million, while officials caution this may reflect timing or broader trends. End-of-May data expected for clearer trend, as lawmakers review a 10.2 billion budget for next fiscal year.
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Legislative Research Department
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Joan Wagnon
House
Doug Mays
Senate
Ways and Means Committee
Steve Morris
Hugoton
Wheat crop rebound forecast in Kansas for 2003
Kansas farmers are forecast to harvest 388 million bushels of winter wheat in 2003, up 45 percent from last year’s drought. The estimate, based on May 1 conditions, predicts an average yield of 40 bushels per acre from 10.3 million acres planted, with gains over 33 bushels last year.
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Wichita
Kansas
Kansas Agricultural Statistics Service
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