Primary election wraps up smoothly in Douglas County
Douglas County Clerk Delbert Mathia, 56, 11 terms, praised a smooth primary with light voting and swift tallies across 43 precincts. State Sen. Arden Booth appeared set to defeat Gary Condra while Beverly Bradley narrowed a county contest. Voter turnout surprised Mathia at 7,001 counted votes including absentees.
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Mathia
Babcock Place
Babcock
Paul Daggs
Douglas County
Delbert Mathia
Arden Booth
Sue Booth
Douglas
Crash Kills Victorious Congressman Jerry Litton
Missouri Congressman and his family died in a plane crash after Litton won the Democratic primary for the U S Senate. The Chillicothe Democrat, 39, his wife Sharon 38, children Scott 12 and Linda 13, pilot Paul Rupp Jr. and his son were killed near Chillicothe as the plane nosedived after takeoff en route to a victory celebration.
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ST. Louis
Jerry Litton
Missouri
Litton
U. S. Senate
Chillicothe
Sharon
Scott
Linda
Paul Rupp Jr
Paul Rupp III
Kansas City
U.S. 36
Booth and Neis win sole county races in Lawrence primary
Lawrence area Republicans boosted turnout in a quiet primary. Arden Booth easily won the State Senate nomination, defeating Gary Condra two to one. Robert Neis edged Baldwin businessman John Whitford for the county commission, 949 to 917. Booth faces Democrat Arnold Berman in November. Neis will meet American Party candidate Robert Elder. Largest vote getter was county clerk Delbert Mathia in an unopposed bid for a 12th term.
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Booth
County Commission
Robert Neis
Condra
Neis
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Eudoran
Lawrence
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Eudora
Baldwin
Arnold Berman
Contra
South Eudora
Douglas County
Leavenworth County
Kansas Senate
Sen
Reynolds Shultz
Jefferson County
Senate
Neil
Whitford
Eudora Area
South Baldwin
American Party
Robert Elder
Delbert Mathia
Register of Deeds
Sue Neustifter
Ruth Vervynck
Freeman Wins GOP Nod In Kansas Primary Battles
Ross Freeman, a 37 year old insurance lawyer, captured the 2nd District GOP primary in northeastern Kansas, defeating Ken Johnson and Nina Strahm to face Democrat Martha Keys in November. In the 4th District Dan Glickman won the Democratic nomination to challenge veteran Rep. Garner Shriver, while Rep. Joe Shubitz secured renomination to an eighth term and could meet Virgil Lee Olson in November.
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Topeka
Kan
Ross Freeman
Kansas
Congress
Freeman
Nina Strahm
Sabetha
Martha Keys
Rep. Keys
Garner Shriver
Dan Glickman
Glickman
Wichita Board of Education
Shriver
Joe Shubitz
William F. Tyler
Caney
Skubitz
Virgil Lee Olson
Chanute
Kay Camin
Whitewater
John Barnes
Farmers Seek Deluge as Dry Spell Threatens Harvest
Local farmers urge substantial rain despite scattered showers forecast by the National Weather Service. Douglas County Extension agent Julian Toney warns that lack of rain means potential corn losses this week, echoing concerns from Baldwin farmers about hay shortages and damaged early corn. Cooler periods have eased some dry effects, but forecasters expect hotter weather with a chance of more showers Friday and Sunday.
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National Weather Service
Julian Toney
Douglas County Extension
Toney
Weather Service
NWS
William Rice
Milo
Mystery legionnaires disease toll reaches 22 in Philadelphia area
Harrisburg officials report 22 deaths tied to a Legion convention linked illness. researchers mobilize 1,000 plus federal and state experts to identify a flu like agent as 122 remain hospitalized with high fever and lung symptoms. authorities say the outbreak shows no sign of easing while vaccine debates stir from Congress actions.
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American Legion
Leonard Bachman
Bachman
Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
Federal Center For Disease Control
Atlanta
New Jersey
New York
Connecticut
Congress
House Health Subcommittee
David Mathews
Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare
Pennsylvania
Lawrence housing project abandoned after bond setback
The Lawrence Housing Authority abandoned plans for an 80 unit elderly housing project after commissioners declined to back a bond issue funded by Section Eight subsidies. A private developer route may open if interest exists, with Frontier financial support uncertain and a Friday federal deadline looming.
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Housing Authority
City Commission
Dick Peters
Peters, Williams, Kubota
Kansas City
Ing
Federal Housing Administration
Billings
Mont
Kansas
Lawrence
Stern Brothers & Co
Peters
Marnie Argersinger
Buford Watson
Watson
Kay Calvin
The
Congress
Babcock Place
Edgewood Homes
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Raney Drugs
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Paul Deggs
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Mike Wildgen
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