Accidents near Lawrence kill 3
Two unrelated crashes near Lawrence Tuesday afternoon left three dead and three children injured. In Fall Leaf area Linwood, Guthrie and a Linwood couple were in a single vehicle that veered off the road, killing Guthrie and his fiancee Donna McKnight while three Guthrie children were treated for injuries. In Baldwin, Elva Ikenberry died after her Oldsmobile ran into a ditch possibly amid a heart attack. Autopsies were planned.
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Lawrence
Linwood
Fall Leaf
Baldwin
Leavenworth County
Ron Craner
Douglas P. Guthrie
Guthrie
Lin
Elva Ikenberry
11Th
Ikenberry
Steve Butell
Douglas County
Laurance Price
Pinckney wins power struggle over rail line route
Kansas utility planners embrace the PNA route north of the river and rail tracks linking Sixth and Kentucky to Lawrence Hill substation, with an estimated extra cost of 355 441 dollars passed to Lawrence's 31 000 electric customers. The plan would raise monthly bills about 33 cents for five years totaling 19 62 dollars, while critics question the estimate and impact on downtown businesses and residents. The Kansas Corporation Commission will decide on how to allocate the added cost.
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PNA
Santa Fe
Sixth
Kentucky Streets
Lawrence Hill
Lakeview Road
KPL
Neighorhood Association
Lawrence
Lawrence Electric Cus
Tomers
Hamburg
Jim Haines
Western Resources Inc
Soo
Haines
Pinckney Rep
Fifth Street
Pinckney
Bob Schulte
Sam Dixon
Camelback Dr
Iowa Street
11Th Street
Dixon
Commission
Kansas Corporation Commission
KCC
Police warn of adverting scam promising fictitious magazines
Police report a solicitation scam where a caller sought funds to advertise in fake magazines named Police News Fire News Chief of Police News and Lawrence Police News. A business paid 190 dollars to San Diego addresses after four calls between Aug 10 and Thursday. Suspect(s) brief, contact attempts in person, fake letterhead. Similar scam occurred June 29 and July 2 at a Lawrence restaurant. 590 dollars sent. Residents urged to avoid local police or firefighter news magazines and report suspicious solicitations to 841-7210.
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Fire News
Police News
Lawrence Police News
Mark Warren
San Diego
Lawrence
Senior center retains full-time post
A staff meeting discussion left the plan intact as the senior center faces budget cuts. The board approved reducing Lawrence city bus service hours and driver shifts, while a fire damaged a new North Lawrence child care center delaying its reopening. The center plans weekend cleanup to reopen Monday for about 40 enrolled children.
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North Lawrence
Child Care Center Inc
Plymouth Congregational Church
Perry
Perry Street
Lawrence Fire Department
Rich Barr
Kay Davis
Davis
Baby Bells win round in cable services battle
A federal judge struck down a 1984 rule barring regional telephone firms from providing cable in the same areas as their phone service. The decision could spur more competition and lower rates but faces likely appeal. Critics warn of higher prices and possible monopolies if overturned.
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Baby Bells
Washington
Jim Young
Bell Atlantic
Congress
Federal Communications Commission
U.S
T.S. Ellis
Alexandria
Ellis
Ed Markey
D-Mass
House Telecommunications Subcommittee
Heart Association Directors Elected in Douglas County
Volunteers of the American Heart Association Douglas County Division elected the board for the 1993 to 1994 campaign year. Officers: Rusty Thomas president, Diana Deutsch vice president, Lois Sanders treasurer, Jeff Weeast secretary. Board members include Bill Sutcliffe Dorcas Stoffer Gloria Morton Sean Williams Betty Markley Donna Osness and Vicki Lysen. The organization is the nation’s largest voluntary health group fighting heart and vessel disease.
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American Heart Assn
Douglas County
Rusty Thomas
Diana Deutsch
Lois Sanders
Jeff Weeast
Bill Sutcliffe
Dorcas Stoffer
Gloria Morton
Sean Williams
Betty Markley
Donna Osness
Vicki Lysen
The
Deaths and funeral notices for Cook Tuttle and McGinnis
Deaths are reported for Judith V. Cook 96 of Winchester with arrangements pending at Barnett Funeral Home Oskaloosa. George E. Tuttle 79 Pekin Dl died Aug 13 1998 with services at Abts Mortuary Pekin led by Rev John Bussone. he worked for Corn Products Corp Pekin and is survived by wife Anna Lee Bandy and three sons a daughter two brothers nine grandchildren and ten great grandchildren. Clayton Charles McGinnis 63 Independence died Aug 20 1993 in North Kansas City Hospital. former news editor of The Landmark Plat te City. survived by wife Nancy and son Andrew, with memorials to American Heart Assn.
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Judith V. Cook
Winchester
Barnett Funeral Home
Oskaloosa
Cook
Jefferson County Memorial Hospital
George E. Tuttle
Pekin, Dl
Abts Mortuary
Pekin
John Bussone
Mr. Tuttle
Morton Terrace Rest Home
Douglas County
George A. and
Nellie Childs Tuttle
Corn Products Corp
Eagles Lodge
Pioneer Club
Anna Lee Bandy
Big Springs
George
Bloomington
Ill
Vernon R
Germantown
Tenb
Steven R
Marquette Heights
Carole
Independence
Clayton Charles McGinnis
Hinton Chapel
Raytown
Brooking Cemetery
McGinnis
Landmark
Platte City
North Kansas City Hospital
Jefferson City
University of Missouri-Columbia
Nancy Bignall
Lawrence
Andrew
Police report details 1991 Toyota damage and list of injuries
Police reported a 1991 Toyota damaged between 10 p.m. Tuesday and 12:15 a.m. today in the 800 block of New Hampshire with a 1500 dollar loss from a vinyl top hole. The notes list numerous injured individuals in accidents near Lecompton and Lawrence, with several treated at St. Francis Hospital, KU Medical Center, and Lawrence Memorial Hospital.
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New Hampshire
Timothy Manis
Meriden
Walter Deidge
Lecompton
St. Francis Hospital
Topeka
Ruben Martinez
Penitas
Tex
St. Francis Regional Medical Center
Wichita
Globe
U.S. Highway 56
Wendy D. Graham
Del
Kansas University Medical Center
Kansas City
Kan
21St
Tennessee Street
Troy Goff
Maple
Naismith
Lawrence
Ronald D. Ball
Princeton
Kansas
Regulators probe paramedic in fatal dog attack case
Kansas Board of Emergency Medical Services began investigating whether a Medevac Ambulance paramedic violated state law or agency rules in an Aug. 11 attack that mauled 6 year old Reggie Walker and led to his death. Firefighters and the Wyandotte County coroner questioned the care quality as state officials review potential disciplinary action.
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Ampride
Haskell
Highland
Kansas City
Kan
Kansas Board of Emergency Medical Services
Medevac Ambulance
Wyandotte County
Reggie
Hospital Dismissals And Births In Topeka And Lawrence
Dismissals list includes Mary Guy Lawrence Carol Thawnghmung and baby boy Topeka and Mary Rice boy Lawrence Violet Askins Garnett. Births show Matt and Sandy Bostick Lawrence a girl Monday Christina Davis and Willard Beers Lawrence a boy Tuesday Mr and Mrs Howard High Lawrence a boy Tuesday.
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Mary Guy
Lawrence
Carol Thawnghmung
Baby Boy
Topeka
Mary Rice
Boy
Violet Askins
Garnett
Matt
Sandy Bostick
Christina Davis
Willard Beers
Mrs
Howard High
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University of Southern California
Annenberg School For Communication
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National Cable Television Assn
Heart Association
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Engel
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Kansas State University
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