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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 2004
Page
7
Matt Sayers reports temperatures in Lawrence rise to 94 degrees with a few clouds this afternoon. Southerly winds of 10 to 15 mph will keep temperatures in the 70s into tonight and a low around 2 is expected.
Fragmentary notes report mixed weather with brief hints of rain and sun, plus a small amount of snow and cold air. Reads as an incomplete forecast fragment from a local page.
The 77 room YMCA dormitory in downtown Kansas City Kansas closed after 77 years as part of a national retreat from dorm housing. The YMCA of Greater Kansas City planned the move three years ago, keeping the adjacent health and community center open. Don Reynolds, a long-time resident, laments the loss of the city’s final Y dorm as rent for a room stood at 250 dollars with shared facilities.
Mike Lynch, founder of Wichita station KFDI and creator of a radio group with country music stations in five states, died Thursday in Houston at 74 after a battle with leukemia and pneumonia. He and former partner Michael Oatman sold the company to Journal Broadcast Group in 1998.
Sylvester Lynn Jones, 20, pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter and aiding a felon in the June 13, 2003 deaths of Caney residents April Melholland and Samuel Yanofsky. Melholland’s body was found in the back seat of a 1990 Thunderbird. Yanofsky’s in the trunk. Sentencing set for Sept. 7. Separate item notes Kansas Republicans naming 39 delegates and 36 alternates for the 2004 Republican National Convention in New York City from Aug. 30 to Sept. 2, with Jesse Borjon the lone Lawrence alternate.
National Transportation Safety Board findings cited airspeed and low altitude at takeoff as factors in the Aug 8 2003 crash near Buena Terra Airport in Shawnee County that killed Col Mike O'Toole 51 commander of the 190th Air Refueling Wing. His wife Pamela and daughter Shannon survived.
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