Garden City Class of 1981 Graduation Interrupted by Rain
Senator Leroy Hayden urged 267 Garden City High School graduates to pursue opportunity and face global challenges after cloud bursts forced a move from stadium to gym. He noted a $1,500 per student yearly education investment and urged repayment via taxes. Student speakers Kelli Clemence and Mark Bigler inspired peers with goals, dreams, and resilience.
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Sen
Leroy Hayden
Garden City
Mother Nature
National Weather Bureau
Bart Albright
Bureau
Hayden
Kelli Clemence
Mark Bigler
Clemence
Bigler
Albright
City commissioners table two matters for study
Garden City deliberations paused on buying a half stake in a new Wheatland Electric substation or paying a facilities charge, and on establishing an industrial district near US 83 and the bypass. Also approved: paving bid at Finnup Park, zoning 32 acres for a condo project, and arts program funding for Stevens Park events.
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Garden City
Wheatland Electric
Mary Street
Jenny Barker Road
11Th
Santa Fe
Wheatland
Black and Veatch
Kansas City
Duane West
Gary Fuller
Northwest Development Company
Commission
US 83
US 50
Chuck Owen
Skip
Finney County
Owen
Fansler Tires
Smith Land
Finnup Park
John Bruno
John Lindner
Garden City Recreation Commission
Stevens Park
Two Injured In Garden City Car Truck Collision
At about 1 a.m. in downtown Garden City a pickup driven by Bud Arnold collided broadside with a car at Main and Fulton. Ralph Ortega aged 23 was treated and released, Connie Pendergraft 19 was taken to St. Catherine and refused treatment. Arnold faced charges of speeding and driving with more than three in front.
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Garden City
Ralph J. Ortega
8Th
St. Catherine Hospital
Connie J. Pendergraft
St. Catherine
Finney County Emergency Medical Service
Main
Fulton
Ortega
Bud Albert Arnold
Arnold
Pendergraft
Groundwater Decline Tops 1980 Kansas Readings
Grants County records show the deepest drop with wells sinking nearly seven feet amid a dry year. State experts note overall groundwater depletion since 1966 ranges from 20 to 29 percent in representative counties and warn pumping still exceeds rainfall in western Kansas.
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Topeka
Kan
Kansas
State Water Resources Board
U.S. Geological Survey
Kansas Geological Survey
Himes
Methodist ministers appointed in Kansas West Conference
New appointments announced by Bishop Ben Oliphint list changes effective June 1 across districts. Dodge City District shifts include Loren Chapman to Elkhart, Ronald Lowry to Jetmore and Hanston, Alvin Smith to Lakin and Kendall, Donald Zook to Scots and Pleasant Valley, Warren Ruble to Manter, Clifford Rykerd to Satanta, James Little to Scott City, and Holcomb's replacement pending. Hays Hutchinson Wichita Concordia districts receive further redeployments among Rollin Dillinger Eugene Slack Gene Shoemaker Gordon Tasker Lucile Wehmeyer and associated towns.
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United Methodist
Kansas West
Supreme Court bars further police interrogation after lawyer request
The Supreme Court ruled unanimously that suspects who request a lawyer in custody cannot be interrogated further until counsel is provided unless the suspect initiates contact. The decision overturns the Edwards conviction tied to a 1974 Tucson armed robbery and related charges. Justice White wrote the majority opinion, joined by six colleagues.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Robert Edwards
Tucson
Ariz
Edwards
Byron R. White
William J. Brennan
Potter Stewart
Thurgood Marshall
Harry A. Blackmun
John Paul Stevens
Western Kansas feedlot sales and weekend activity
Western Kansas feedlot market reports confirm 2,800 sales with slow trade and light inquiry. Slaughter steer and heifer sales details include 2,600 steers and 1,000 heifers. fall in prices noted for slaughter steers. In Fulton Washington crash, Roger Martens 19 suffered lip injuries. police say Martens followed too closely after collisions involving Edward Noll and Dona Schwartz.
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West Kansas
Dodge City
Kan
Western Kansas
Golden Girl wins 1981 Calaveras Jumping Frog Jubilee
In Angels Camp California Golden Girl the big beautiful frog owned by Henrietta Giudici wins the 53rd Calaveras Jumping Frog Jubilee leaping 18 feet 6 inches to take 300 dollars and the top trophy before about 7000 spectators. The record remains 20 feet 3 inches set in 1976 by E Davey Crockett.
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Ms. Giudici
Golden Girl
Calaveras County Fairgrounds
San Joaquin Delta
Frogdom
E. Davey Crockett
Tenny Matasci
Mountain View
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Grant County
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Marienthal
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Wamego
Dona L. Schwartz
Fitz
Allied Corp Allis Chaim
Alcoas
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Tblat Am Brands
Am Cyan
Am Motors
Amer T&t
ArkLaGass
AdRichild
Avco Corp
Beat Food
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CBS
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Contl Group
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Curtiss Wrt
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Echlin Mfg
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Esmark
Exxon
FMC
Firestone
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GaDynam
Elec
Gen Mills
Gen Motors
GenTel&El
GaPacif Gerber
Goodrich
Goodyear
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Hercules Inc
Homestie
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IBM
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Nat Gypsm NobleAss
Norton Sim
Okla GE
ONEOK
Pan Am
Panhep
Penney JC
PhilipsPet
Polaroid
RCA
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TRW Inc
Texaco Inc
Timken Co
TW Corp
Ty UN Carbide
Union Elec
Uniroyal
US Steel
Upjohn Co
Mark Twain
Calaveras County
Coop
Garden City Co-op Car Care & Farm Center
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