Tractors Roar At Vinland Grange Fair
The Vinland Grange Fair features real working tractors and a playful crowd. George Pfantz on his Ford Jubilee tests a sled load while locals recall the first pull in Douglas County and mock weigh-ins with live weight and eager youngsters.
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Vinland
Vinland Grange Fair
Paul Gibler
George Pfantz
Pfantz
Gibler
George
Ol’ George
Ford
Jay Vickers
Douglas County
County Fair
Herve Hoskinson
Grange
Kevin Gibler
Vinland-Baldwin
Hoskinson
KU Officials Brainstorm Housing Crunch For Record Enrollment
KU housing officials met to address a space shortage caused by record enrollment. Vice chancellor William Balfour and associate dean Fred McElhenne discussed adding temporary accommodations, noting ironing room units at McCollum Oliver and Hashinger Halls are full and new arrivals continue to come daily.
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Kansas University
William Balfour
Fred McElhenne
Men
McElhenie
McCollum, Oliver and Hashinger
Quarry permit decision pending at Jefferson County
The Jefferson County Commission has taken no action on N R Hamm Quarry Inc. request for a conditional use permit to turn a Perry quarry into a landfill. The planning commission denied the request. Hamm officials argue the site could serve Douglas and Jefferson County residents as an alternative to the Lawrence landfill.
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Oskaloosa
Jefferson County Commission
N.R. Hamm Quarry Inc
Perry
County Planning Commission
Planning Commission
Max Engle
County Commission
Allen Smith
Hamm
Lawrence
Douglas
Jefferson County
Lawrence School District 497 Reopens With Staggered Start
Heard in Lawrence District 497 plans return next week with teachers back Monday and students entering classrooms Thursday. Half day sessions run Thursday and Friday with grade specific start dates. kindergarten begins September 2, the day after Labor Day.
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Lawrence School District 497
Fleming Companies acquires Royal Food Distributors
Fleming Companies Inc. announced it has acquired Royal Food Distributors Inc., a Woodbridge New Jersey wholesale distributor of dairy deli and meat products. The agreement was executed Thursday and solidifies Fleming as a major national food wholesaler.
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Topeka
Kan
Fleming Companies Inc
Royal Food Distributors Inc
Woodbridge
N.J
Royal
Violence in Argentina leaves 10 dead in Cordoba attacks
In Cordoba and two other cities in Argentina, guerrilla attacks over two days killed at least ten people and wounded twenty four. Police say Montoneros and ERP carried out the strikes while authorities put units on alert for the anniversary of executions at a navy prison.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
Cordoba
Vicente Damasco
Navy
The
Ficial
Marcos Osatinsky
Osatinsky
Peronist Armed Forces
Montoneros
Poultry Egg Output Steady in Kansas July Report
Production data from the Kansas Crop and Livestock Reporting Service show July egg production at 46 million, unchanged from a year ago. Commercial hatcheries risen to 425,000 chicks in July from 305,000 in the same month last year.
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Topeka
Kan
Kansas Crop and Livestock Reporting Service
Kansas
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John Terrell
Balfour
Mately
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Food and Drug Administration
Roland
Antonio Serad Fernandez
Spain
Fleming
Alexander’s
Iowa Street
Santa Fe
BUD Jennings Carpets & Draperies, Inc
Hal Keltz
Flint Dr
North Lawrence
Molls Shopping Center
Cloud Rane
Lyle Davis
Torrid Tom
Tom
Cape Kennedy
Torrid
Cloud Trane
Lyle
Paine Park “i Jrane CT
Amd Tok
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