Garden City Firemen push for ideas on new downtown station
Firemen told Garden City commissioners they are frustrated that their input on a planned new downtown station is being overlooked and that blueprint plans may be scrapped. Mayor West backs touring facilities to guide decisions while some officials question the need for a new building. Architects indicated the design could serve any department and a witness added firemen support the concept as growth continues.
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Garden City
Rodney Hoffman
Gary Fuller
Labrador
Kansas
Duane West
West
Fuller
Lewis Lyman
Allen Shelton
Shelton
Frank Schmale
Deane Wiley
Bob Halloran
Holcomb High Wins Sculpture Title In High Plains Show
Holcomb High School senior Jill Villanueva won the sculpture division with life size panty hose figures nicknamed stuffed shirts. Holcomb placed first overall in the High Plains League Art Show, beating Sublette by a single point.
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Jill Villanueva
Holcomb High School
Sublette
AG backs gas line easements and farmer rights
Attorney General Robert T. Stephan urged FERC to adopt rules allowing automatic natural gas sales to Kansas farmers with pipeline easements even without written agreements. He argued such practice existed for residential and irrigation needs and said past limits due to shortages no longer apply.
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Topeka
Kan
Robert T. Stephan
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Kansas
FERC
Stephan
Kansas boy dies in Towanda house fire brief
In Towanda Kansas a 5-year-old boy Paul Ray Guthrie died and four relatives were injured when a fire tore through the Guthrie home just after midnight. Jimmie Guthrie 26 and neighbor Larry Wescott saved his wife and two 4-year-old twins Brian and John before flames forced a retreat. The surviving family members were in good condition at El Dorado hospital. Investigators cite a discarded cigarette in a chair as the likely cause.
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Towanda
Kan
Paul Ray Guthrie
Guthrie
Jimmie R. Guthrie
Larry Wescott
Brian
John Guthrie
Paul
el Dorado Hospital
Pagan volcano erupts forcing villagers to seek caves
A Pagan eruption sent ash to 40,000 feet and lava toward the village on the Northern Marianas island as 54 residents ducked into caves. Rescue vessels rush to retrieve inhabitants after the shortwave radio operator vanished. In Israel, Begin vows to press for peace while Syrian officials threaten action if threats are carried out.
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Honolulu
Marianas
Pagan
United States
U.S
Mount
Tel Aviv
Israel
Philip C. Habib
Menachem Begin
Beirut
Abdul-Halim Khaddam
Begin
Index Legislators Ignore Sin Taxes for School Revenue
Page 4 reports legislators dismissed sin taxes as a revenue source for funding schools. Page 10 promotes adopting an animal at Lee Richardson Zoo. Page 11 previews the Preakness Stakes as the second jewel in the Triple Crown.
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eAdopt
Lee Richardson Zoo
Pope John Paul II in better condition after shooting
The pope remains in distinctly better shape on the second day after the attack but has a slight fever and pain. Doctors say recovery is favorable though infections loom as officials monitor gunshot wounds and await infection signs. The pontiff, who turns 61 Monday, received visitors and Communion as prayers continued.
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John Paul II
Gemelli Policlinico
ANSA
Luigi Candia
Associated Press
Holy Father
Candia
Vatican
Romeo Panciroli
Mehmet Ali Agca
St. Peter’s Square
Achille Gallucci
Turin
la Stampa
Hays plant emptied by bomb threat
About 350 employees at Travenol Laboratories Plant in Hays Kansas were evacuated after a bomb threat shortly before 10 p.m. A caller warned of a bomb in one hour. deputies and plant staff later found nothing. Investigation will be joint by plant security and the sheriff.
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Hays
Kan
Travenol Laboratories
Jim Venners
Ellis County Emergency Services
Bud Whitfield
Sheriff's
Bruce Hertel
Sheriff's Department
Oil Giants Offer Rebates to Boost Lagging Station Sales
Major oil firms Mobil Texaco Shell and Skelly affiliate stations plan 4 cent rebates on sales that exceed 70 to 80 percent of 1980 output to spur consumer demand as gasoline sales remained down through early 1981. Dealers report 15 percent plus declines while majors face tougher pricing against independents.
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Kansas City, Mo
Mobil
Texaco
Shell
Shelly
Kansas City
Bob Jacobs
Getty Oil Co
Tulsa
Okla
Skelly
Jacobs
Lee Lauer
Missouri-Kansas Petroleum Retailers Organization
St. Louis
Panies
Lauer
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