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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 2009
Page
7
The heat will combine with humidity to push our 97 degree high to a heat index above 105. Very few clouds will appear though a strong south wind 15 to 30 mph may offer brief relief. Low temperatures stay stuffy around 76. Sunrise sunset details and lake level notes follow with scattered city readings and weather figures.
Thunderstorms roll across the Great Lakes and northern Plains with risk of flash flooding and strong gusty winds. High pressure in the Southeast and West brings dry, calm conditions, while Reese River Nevada appears in the forecast context.
Topeka reports two prominent Republicans will visit Kansas to aid Rep. Todd Tiahrt’s Senate bid. Former Education Secretary William Bennett will tour Wichita on August 27 for a Hyatt Regency fundraiser. Former House Speaker Dennis Hastert will come to Leawood on September 1 for a Tiahrt supporters’ event as Moran also campaigns in nearby districts. Reynolds’ burn incident leaves Newton responders investigating after hands were severely burned.
North Newton Police say a 55 year old man, Terry Reynolds, was critically injured when a propane leak caused his home to explode while he attempted to fight a hot water heater. The blast lifted the house off its foundation and Reynolds drove to North Newton before being hospitalized in Wichita.
Peace activists in Kansas hold an annual memorial this weekend to mark the 1945 atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The 7 pm Sunday event at Riverside Park includes readings from Thomas Merton's The Original Child Bomb and a talk by Wichita State University anthropology professor Dotty Billings about her trip to China.
David Price 47 of Topeka began serving an indefinite jail term for contempt as the Kansas Supreme Court cited him for practicing law without a license and missing a hearing. His wife calls him a political prisoner while a federal judge reviews the case. five days was ordered as the minimum confinement.
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