Lewis Telethon Sets Record Pledges at 60.5 Million
The Jerry Lewis Labor Day Telethon raised a record 60.5 million in nationwide pledges for the Muscular Dystrophy Association from CBS Televisions City Los Angeles. Ed McMahon and guests aided the 21 and a half hour drive, with an 18.3 million donation from the International Association of Fire Fighters as the largest single pledge.
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Labor Day Weekend Rain Rains Across Kansas West of Dodge City
Flooding along U S Highway 50 and damaged railroad near six miles west of Dodge City. Garden City saw a drop from 95 to the 60s with cooler, unsettled temperatures through the weekend. Residents report spotty rainfall totals from about 1 inch to over 2 1/2 inches.
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Low German migrants from Mexico settle in Kansas farms
Immigrants including Old Colony Mennonites migrate to Kansas from Mexico seeking farm work due to drought and a weak economy. The influx, largely un documented, challenges schools with low German dialects, literacy in any language, and parental communication under No Child Left Behind, while communities adjust to more Dutch border dialect speakers in Southwest Kansas.
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Garden City
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At least 12 Die On Kansas Highways During Holiday
During the Labor Day weekend at least 12 people died on Kansas roadways, up from last year. Included were four Missouri children who died when their minivan was washed off the Kansas Turnpike. Other victims included a Barton County motorcycle crash involving Brian Frenzl, 40, and a one vehicle crash in Butler County that killed Christopher Poe, 21, and Kelcee Lowry, 20.
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Hoisington
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Butler County
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Christopher Poe
el Dorado
Kelcee Nicole Lowry
Plainville
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West Nile linked death in Kansas woman Friesen
A Kansas woman, Friesen, may have died from West Nile after a July hospital admission. KDHE expected to confirm after Labor Day. if so, she would be the state's second West Nile death. Friesen, 72, from Ottawa, faced a severe brain swelling pattern, required ventilation, and passed after weeks of illness. Her family included husband Kenneth and daughters Sue and Dena.
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