State Gets Highway Bids Will Appeal Land Award
The Kansas Highway Commission appealed a court ordered land settlement delaying 74 miles of K-10 work east of DeSoto. Bids were opened and may be awarded if within estimates, with low bidders listed for parts one two and three including Amino Brothers Co and Reno Construction Co. The project costs about 7.785 million for the first 7.5 miles, part of a 19 mile Lawrence to K-7 freeway completion.
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DeSoto
Bob Slease
Highway Commission
Slease
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Amino Brothers Co., Inc
Kansas City
Kan
Reno Construction Co
Overland Park
Walter Yount Construction Co
Olathe
Amino Brothers Co
Tri-City Construction Co
L.G. Barcus Co
S. R. Brunn
Lawrence
Lansing Escapee Caught by Car
Kansas City AP reports John L. Manley a 38 year old medium security inmate escaped Monday and rode with another inmate to hitchhike Wednesday night on Kansas 132 where he was struck by a northbound car. He is in Providence Hospital with a fractured pelvis and a facial cut. The other escapee William P. Huessing of 34 remains at large. The pair allegedly stole an instructor’s car from the Lansing prison automotive shop.
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John L. Manley
Kansas Penitentiary
Manley
Kansas
Providence Hospital
William P. Huessing
Lansing
Car fire causes minor damage to Gary Coffman’s vehicle
Firefighters say gasoline leaking near the carburetor sparked a small blaze at 4 57 p m Wednesday in the 800 block of Maple. The car owned by Gary Coffman, 315 Perry, sustained about 20 dollars in damage.
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Gary Coffman
Perry
Ten Killed in Christmas Special Transport Plane Crash
An El Capitán four engine C118 with ten men aboard crashed on Great Sitkin Island during a landing approach to Adak Alaska on a Navy mission for Christmas transport. Navy officials say there are no signs of survivors. The crew included Lt Cmdr David M Monroe Seattle and eight other reservists from Washington and Texas with pilots from Alaska Airlines Pan American Airways and Northwest Airlines. The crash followed a refueling stop at Elmendorf Air Force Base after departing Whidbey Island Wash.
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Great Sitkin Island
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Whidbey Island
Wash
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Elmendorf Air Force Base
Anchorage
David M. Monroe
Seattle
Northwest Airlines
1.C. Alfred H. Dahlgren
1.C
David J. Dobesh
Oak Harbor
James
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