Lecompton Bridge Fears as Route Plans Surface
Lecompton residents dread loss of their sole Kansas River crossing as a new bridge east of town could divert traffic and threaten the town’s survival. Mayor Roy Pasley warns the town could die if the bridge falls into disuse. officials estimate replacement costs up to 30 million dollars in the future.
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Guana
Johnson
Joanna- Wol
Lecompton
Kansas River
South Lawrence
Paul Bahnmaier
Lecomfipton
Lawrence
Topeka
Roy Pasley
Keith Browning
Douglas County Public Works
Browning
U.S. Highway 59
Williamstown
Lecomp
Spacecraft hits moon for science
Washington AP reports Lunar Prospector collided with the moon near the south pole in a 4:52 a.m. CDT impact. Observatories scanned for a water vapor plume, seeking H2O or OH signatures, to confirm ice stores and enable future lunar bases. final results await telescope data from multiple sites and the Hubble Space Telescope.
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Washington
Observatory
Moon
Edwin Barker
University of Texas McDonald Observatory
Barker
Texas
California
Massachusetts
Hawaii
Hubble Space Telescope
Lunar Prospector
David Morse
NASA
Ames Research Center
Moffett Field
Calif
Murderer linked to past killings slips from justice
Sheriff Roy Wynn in Centre Alabama mourns as Mark O Barton, already suspected in a 6 year old Cherokee County double homicide, reappears in Georgia with a deadly Atlanta shooting spree. Months of Alabama police work failed, leaving families and officials seeking accountability.
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Roy Wynn
Atlanta
Cherokee County
Alabama
Mark O. Barton
Georgia
Wynne
Centre
Ala
Learned Club closes after 16 years at KU center
The Kansas University Alumni Association permanently closed the Learned Club at the Boots Adams Alumni Center to preserve its tax exempt status after an IRS audit found club activities lacked ties to the university or alumni. The board privately decided two months ago to end operations. no taxes or penalties are owed, and a refund of previously paid income taxes was secured. Existing bookings will use facilities without campus catering.
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Alumni Association
Learned Club
K.S
Boots” Adams
Internal Revenue Service
Kansas University Alumni Association
Food Service
IRS
Association
Williams
Alumni Center
Quanal
World FreeHoro
The
Sais
Fred B. Williams
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