Steam Engine Show and Threshing Bee Returns to McLouth
The 19th annual three day event runs Friday through Sunday with parades demonstrations and rides. Highlights include threshing sessions log sawing wheat milling and a new bingo game plus a blacksmith forge and Indian dance groups. A Sunday church service ends the lineup with admissions including a three day pass and free entry for kids under 12.
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McLouth
Oskaloosa
Tonganoxie
Lawrence
Aftermath of Big Thompson flood continues victim search
In Loveland Colorado survivors burying dead focus shifts to body recovery over cleanup. HUD official cites 50 million property damage and 74 bodies in morgues with near 100 dead overall. Funeral for Sgt. Hugh Purdy 53 attended by Gov. Lamm as officials aid reconstruction efforts.
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Loveland
Colo
Big Thompson Canyon
Colorado Rockies
Robert Rosenheim
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
Delmer Hunter
Canyon
Joe Moore
Denver
Hugh Purdy
Colorado State Patrol
Richard Lamm
Kansas candidates begin bids to unseat incumbents
Five Kansas congressional hopefuls advance in primaries as they prepare to challenge incumbents Martha Keys Joe Shubitz Garner Shriver Keith Sebelius Larry Winn. Virgil Olson holds a slim lead for the 5th District with 299 votes awaiting canvassing. Olson defeated Kay Camin and John Barnes in the race.
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Topeka, Kan
Kansas
Sunflower State
Ross Freeman
Topeka
GOP
Martha Keys
Free
Virgil Leon Olson
Chanute
Joe Shubitz
Italian Reds Allow Minority Party to Rule
In Rome the Communist party will abstain on the confidence vote for Giulio Andreotti's minority Christian Democratic government. With 228 Communists abstaining, the CD leads a coalition with a guaranteed majority, while Socialist, Republican and Democratic Socialist partners also abstain. The government promises tax reform, anti corruption, bureaucracy cuts, and stronger security measures.
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Reds
Rome
Italy
Communist Party
Giulio Andreotti
Chamber of Deputies
Andreotti
Christian Democrats
Socialists
Republicans
Democratic Socialists
Alessandro Natta
Communist Group
Mortgages Set Record in July in Douglas County
Register of Deeds Sue Newstifter reported 191 mortgages filed in July totaling $232 202 67. The year to date mortgage value reached $26 6 million, about twice the amount for the same period last year.
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Douglas County
Register of Deeds Sue Newstifter
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McLouth Kiwanis Club
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Pullman Sprague & Carleton
Mastercraft
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Serta Perfect Sleeper
Dixie Link
Taylor Young
Hinkle
Whitlock Riverside Stanley Lewittes
Hershede Clocks
Laine Catnapper
Hooker Covey Omaha
Keller Howard Franklin Pictures
Betty Lee Copper House
Nion
Bud Jennings
IWC
Massachusetts
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Man
Dan Glickman
Wichita
Rep
Garner
Italian Social Movement
Jayhawk Siding CO
Jay
LouIe McElhaney
Bob Bloom
Acme
23Rd
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Oth & Lowa
Howard Furniture
Chair Retail
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Trice
Rocker
Pullman
CHIAA
Whitlock
Nyl
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