Bulk of farm aid flowed to rich owners last year
AP analysis of 22 million Agriculture Department checks shows about two thirds of 27 billion dollars in federal farm subsidies went to 10 percent of farm owners. Payments reached corporations, agencies, celebrities, and wealthy individuals, while wealth among Congress and Fortune 500 firms benefited from programs meant to aid farmers.
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America
Associated Press
Ted Turner
Scottie Pippen
Congress
Chicago
New York
Tom Harkin
Iowa
Senate Agriculture Committee
American Farm Bureau Federation
Kansas
Willacas At 11 A.M Dow Jones Rises To 9615.33
At 11 a.m. the Dow Jones average stood at 9615.33, up 9.48 points from this morning's opening. The brief market snapshot notes a modest gain as traders monitor early trading activity.
Weather Outlook: Warm Tuesday With Clear Nights Across Regions
Outside Tonight clear. Lows 55 to 60 east and lower to mid-50s west. Tuesday warmer and mostly sunny with breezy central. Highs mid-80s east to 90-95 west. Tuesday night clear to partly cloudy with lows 55 to 60, 60 to 65 in the central area.
Lune Bs its v feds feature in local report
Local government and federal interests appear in a brief Telegram summary. reads as a placeholder OCR fragment with limited readable facts. No clear names dates or locations are provided in the accessible text.
Independence Fiesta Kicks Off With Mass Exhibit and Parade
Garden City marks Mexican Independence Week with a Mass at St Marys Church and the opening of La Fiesta 75 years of tradition at the Finney County Historical Museum. The exhibit showcases Garden City history including the 1927 Fiesta queen, 1907 sugar factory workers, and veterans. Fiesta events continue with Monday youth program, a Saturday parade, food, music, and a dance at the fairgrounds.
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St. Mary’s Catholic Church
Finney County Historical Museum
Garden City
Nick Bratkovich
Frida Kahlo
Finney County Fairgrounds
Stevens Park
Fairgrounds
Jose Rodriguez
Armando Rodriguez
Octavio Rodriguez
Finney County
Sisters reunite as Garden Valley residents
A weekly 100k at the wig mane Our Millie Douglas left Veronica Schreibvogel and Geraldine Stoecklein to live together again as residents of Garden Valley Retirement Village marking a family reunion under one roof.
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Millie Douglas
Veronica Schreibvogel
Geraldine Stoecklein
Garden Valley Retirement Village
Superintendents Skeptical On State Education Funding Plan
Kansas superintendents react to the three year 1.16 billion state education funding package. They praise aims to raise teacher salaries and student achievement but doubt passage given the budget crunch and election year politics.
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Topeka
State Board of Education
Kansas
Charles Stockton
Lorraine
Legislative Educational Planning Committee
Statehouse
House
Senate
Associated Press
State Board
Craig Neuenswander
Iola
Neuenswander
Together again on the Finney County family farm
Veronica Meier at ninety, Millie at eighty nine, and Geraldine at seventy six, three sisters from Finney County born in Marienthal Holcomb and Garden City. The trio recall childhood on the sugar beet farm, Holcomb dance hall outings, family trips with siblings, visits to the zoo and the Big Pool, and teenage double dates.
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Veronica
Millie
Geraldine Meier
Finney County
Marienthal
Holcomb
Geraldine
Garden City
Police arrest teen suspected in gang shooting
Police say they arrested 18 year old Justin Lermon during a Sunday morning search at 1501 A St for criminal discharge of a firearm aggravated assault aggravated burglary and criminal damage in a case where four men shot at Frank Molina on his porch Thursday night. Officers were attacked by a pit bull during the operation and returned fire.
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Garden City
Justin Lermon
Finney County Sheriff’s
GCPD
Bers
Frank Molina
Molina
Utz
Lermon
Mike Utz
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