Clutter murders haunt Western Kansas memory decades later
The 1959 Clutter family murders in Holcomb still resonate in western Kansas. Survivors and residents recall fear and changes such as locking doors and cautious travel. The story, amplified by Capote’s In Cold Blood, continues to shape local memory and even spurs documentary plans in Holland.
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Clutter
Holcomb
FBI
Harold Nye
Truman Capote
Kansas
John F Kennedy
Finney County
Scott, Lane
Kearny
Haskell
Gray
Pam Jennison
Healy
Herb
Bonnie
Nancy
Kenyon Clutter
Louise Benning
Scott City
Benning
Security State Bank
Herb Clutter
Perry Smith
Dick Hickock
Dorothy Spitzer
State Theater
Garden City
Smith and Hickock
Delores Hope
The
Telegram
Capote
Holland
Hans van Dijk
al Dewey
KBI
J A lenders to seize assets over debt default
Garden City moves to recover value from J A Cattle Products Inc as the company’s lease ends and bondholders led by Commerce Bank prepare to take possession of equipment, building, and land. IRS liens, local loans, and a 1992 bond issue monitor the possible recovery. Up to a year may pass before final action.
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J & A Cattle Products Inc
Garden City
Bob Halloran
William Ekey
Commerce Bank
Kansas City
Ekey and
Halloran
Ekey
Heyco Inc
John Prins
Heyco
Prins
Corona
Calif
Internal Revenue Service
IRS
Finney County Register of Deeds
Kansas Department of Human Resources
David Stell
Finney County Appraiser
Finney County
Department of Commerce and Housing
Great Plains Development Inc
Great Plains
Patty Richardson
Farm loan delinquencies shrink in Kansas due to crops and cattle
In Kansas boosted by record cattle prices and a bumper winter wheat crop, FSA data show delinquent farm loans falling. September delinquency at 6.4 percent, down from February's 22.2 percent, as drought relief and loan restructuring help farmers refinance or pay off debts.
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Wichita
Kansas
US Department of Agriculture
Farm Service Agency
FSA
Karen Eifert Jones
Eifert Jones
Congress
Five church members plead no contest in abuse case
In Kansas City Kansas five members of God's Creation Outreach Ministry pleaded no contest to reduced charges of attempted child abuse. Prosecutors said a 9 year old adopted son of the church leaders died from abuse. Sentencing set for Wednesday in Johnson County District Court.
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Kansas City
Kan
Neil
Christy Edgar
God's Creation Outreach Ministry
Chasity Boyd
Brian Edgar
Neon
Johnson County
Wyandotte County
Boyd
Edgar
Brian
Nick A. Tomasic
Renita Allen-Jackson
Barbara Clark
Neil Edgar
Julia Edgar Montgomery
Idella Horton
Patricia Walker
USD 457 Board to review district goals Monday night
USD 457 Board of Education will review district goals and responsible parties at 7:30 p.m. in the Educational Support Center board room. Superintendent Jim Lentz notes the agenda includes presenting the district audit by Lewis Hooper and Dick LLC and Abe Hubert Middle School’s annual report. Garden City High School girls golf team to be recognized for fourth place in the 6-A state tournament.
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USD 457
Board of Education
Fleming St
Jim Lentz
Ann Goodman
Office of Instruction
Goodman
Lewis, Hooper and Dick LLC
Lentz
Witnesses Threatened at Costa Rica Murder Trial
Prosecution witnesses in the trial of three people accused in the 2001 killing of Shannon Martin in Golfito report death threats. Witness Rosibel Munoz testified behind closed doors amid the threats, while Leidy Hernandez served as a middleman witness.
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Golfito
Costa Rica
Rosibel Munoz
Juan Carlos Arce
Shannon Martin
Munoz
Rio Claro
Martin
Leidy Hernandez
Kattia Cruz
Kansas Bureau of Investigation
Larry Thomas
Arce
Topeka
Kansas
San Jose
Cruz
Rafael Zumbado
Luis Alberto Castro
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Will Card
Miguel Reyes
Finnup Park
USD
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