Northeast Kansas Weather Update
Partly cloudy with little temperature change through Friday. Scattered thundershowers tonight with southerly winds five to 15 mph. Friday highs in the low 90s and tonight lows in the mid to upper 60s. Rain chances 30 percent tonight and 10 percent Friday. Extended: minor temp changes Saturday through Monday with highs in the upper 80s to lower 90s and chances of rain Saturday or Saturday night. Official readings: yesterday high 88 low 68. record for this date 109 in 1936, 52 in 1931.
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Indian Center Moves to Salvation Army Office in Lawrence
The Lawrence Indian Center relocates to the Salvation Army building at 946 N.H. in downtown Lawrence, with Karl Talawyma as founder. Volunteers staff five days weekly. Army personnel handle calls when volunteers are away. The new site aids access for Haskell Indian Junior College students and community members. a welcome for students is planned for Aug 21-22 along with fall fundraisers.
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Lawrence
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Charges Facing Teenage Sitter In Death Of Lonnie Hartley
In Gallatin Missouri a 16 year old babysitter is held as juvenile officials plan to file charges in the death of 2 year old Lonnie Hartley who died July 9 at his grandparents home in Pattonsburg. A coroner’s jury ruled the death a broken neck and skull fracture from unknown causes after exhumation and pathologist findings.
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Lonnie Hartley
Dale Hartley
Casper
Wyo
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Daviess County
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Sam Long
Chillicothe
Hartley
Welfare Ban For College Ruled Legal
Washington AP It is legal for states to cut off welfare payments for children in needy families if they attend college the Justice Department says Solicitor General Erwin Griswold said the aid cutoff is permissible under the 1935 Social Security Act in a brief to the Supreme Court. The court will hear Illinois regulation challenging aid termination at 18 for college students and Indiana rule delaying aid until the father is absent six months. Griswold noted Congress has not set a waiting period or banned such state action.
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Justice Department
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Supreme Court
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Soviets Launch Unmanned Satellite Cosmos 434
Tass reports Cosmos 434 launched to continue space exploration under the secret Cosmos program. The date of launch was not disclosed.
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Tass
Meteor Shower Visible Over Reno Through Thursday
In Reno, Nevada, atmospheric physicist Richard Norton says a temporary meteor shower from Aug 9 to 12 will be visible as bright lights in the sky. Perseid meteors are pebble sized, the largest pea sized, streaking about 60 miles away and entering the atmosphere at 30 miles per second. They are remnants of an old comet tail and are best seen after midnight.
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Marine Sgt. Sweeney Cleared of Deserter Verdict in Vietnam Case
Marine Sgt. Jon M. Sweeney, 21, of West Babylon New York, found innocent of running away from his unit in Vietnam and of communicating with the enemy after capture. The court martial concluded after his testimony. the desertion charge was dismissed earlier. Sweeney said he was left behind by his unit and described brutal imprisonment and propaganda coercion by North Vietnamese forces. He plans to work to raise POW awareness and pursue an honorable discharge.
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Deaths and funeral arrangements for Monte S Barnard
Funeral services for Monte S Barnard 17 of Rt 1 are set for 10 a.m. Monday at Rumsey Funeral Home with the Rev Don Berkich officiating. Burial follows at Memorial Park Cemetery. Barnard died from injuries in a two vehicle crash near Amarillo Texas earlier in the week. Memorials may be given to the Don Berkich Foundation in Topeka. Burial will be in Oakwood Cemetery. Friends may call at Lamb Funeral Home Friday and until Saturday noon.
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Oakwood Cemetery
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Baldwin Woman Rebekah Dixon Dies at 75 in Kansas
Mrs. Rebekah L. Dixon 75 of Rt 3 Baldwin died Wednesday night at Lawrence Memorial Hospital. Born June 24, 1896 in Baldwin she was survived by her husband Paul, two sons Paul of Temple Texas and Seth of Concordia one daughter Madeline Francgg of Baldwin two sisters Catherine Van Keuren Specklesville Hawaii and Ruth Sakai Honolulu Hawaii 14 grandchildren and three great grandchildren Funeral services set for 2 p.m. Saturday in Ives Chapel.
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Rebekah L. Dixon
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Lawrence Memorial Hospital
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Concordia
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Specklesville
Hawaii
Ruth Sakai
Honolulu
Ives Chapel
War Deaths Up Maintained Low in Vietnam
In Saigon the AP reports the American battlefield deaths rose slightly to eight teen in the past week, keeping a six year low for the month. South Vietnamese killed in action dropped to the lowest level in over two years, while enemy casualties fell about 40 percent from the prior week. Allied totals show 1,006 North Vietnamese and Viet Cong killed, a drop of 628 from the previous week.
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Miss Lucy Kaegi 91 Died At Home In Eudora
Lucy Kaegi 91 longtime Eudora resident died Wednesday at her home. She is survived by a niece Jemma Jean Kaegi of Leavenworth. Funeral services 1 a.m. Friday at Warren Mortuary Chapel Lawrence with Rev Rex Kelly officiating. Burial in Eudora Cemetery.
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Jemma Jean Kaegi
Leavenworth
Warren Mortuary Chapel
Lawrence
Rex Kelly
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Funeral services for Mrs Minna Cohen in Kansas City
Funeral services are set for 10 a.m. Friday at Louis Memorial Chapel Kansas City Missouri for Mrs Minna Cohen of 409 Utah. Interment will follow in Bnai Brak Israel. Contributions may be sent to the Jewish United Fund. Howard Hurwitz serves as local chairman. Mrs Cohen died Tuesday night at Menorah Hospital in Kansas City.
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Louis Memorial Chapel
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Israel
Jewish United Fund
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Memorial rites for S Drake Ellis in Huntsville
Drake Ellis 58 or 59 died May 2 in Huntsville Alabama. A memorial service at St. Thomas Episcopal Church was led by Rev. Harry H. Pritchett Jr. Ellis, a former FBI agent, served as Chief of the Security Division at Marshall Space Flight Center for the last decade. Survivors include his widow Ann Lindell Ellis, two sons Megory and Stephen, and daughter Kathryn Ann, all of Huntsville.
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Huntsville
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St. Thomas Episcopal Church
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Ellis
FBI
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Lawrence
Megory
Stephen
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Drug Hearing Set for Copp in Douglas County Court
William Michael Copp. 21, of 634 HS, was ordered to appear in Douglas County District Court on Sept. 3 for arraignment after a March 10 marijuana sale. A preliminary hearing was held in county court Wednesday. Copp remains free on $1,500 bond.
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Douglas County
William Michael Copp
Dwarfs Saved as Kansas City House Burns
Bekll Jenkins, 33, a ventriloquist and magician, saved seven solid rubber dwarfs from a Tuesday night fire that caused 1850 dollars damage to his Walt Disney themed home. His preserved prize is a door from Disney’s old apartment covered in drawings of familiar characters. Jenkins plans to donate memorabilia to a Walt Disney museum project in Burbank California.
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Bekll Jenkins
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Venriloquist
Walt Disney
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Burbank
Calif
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