Kansas City Grand Jury Demands City Cleanup Action
The attorney general urged immediate removal of Edward J. Meyers as Superintendent of streets and parks and called for legal action against K. Frye Asphalt Co over city purchases. Three grand juries criticized tax management and demanded a public audit by a non-resident firm plus compliant city purchasing procedures. Meyers remains on leave as officials reportedly grant him a two week vacation.
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K U Engineering School Gains Additional 5000 Endowment
An anonymous donor added 35000 to the University of Kansas Engineering Scholarship Fund, bringing it to 30000 and creating the largest endowment for engineering students. Dean T. Dewitt Carr notes the fund funds three scholarships and may increase awards for juniors and seniors in engineering and architecture.
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Parsons Women Charged With Murdering Husband
Mrs Margaret Burgess, 39, charged with first degree murder in the Dec 13 shooting of her husband William Burgess. Police report a family quarrel feud climaxed in a .22 pistol murder. Burgess died Monday from a stomach wound. Mrs Burgess held without bond in city jail with a preliminary hearing set for January 5 before Justice Fred Evison. Previous assault with intent to…
Three Wichita Children Die in Home Flash Fire
A Wichita frame house burned Tuesday killing three children Charles Fleming 3 James Magnus Fleming 2 and Rebecca Fleming 11 months old. Mother Nellie Fleming 44 hospitalized in shock. Two other children at school. deputies seek father Daniel Fleming who had not learned of the tragedy.
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James Magnus Fleming
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Bank Robbed in Arkansas Town. Loot About 30600
Farmers and Merchants Bank in Reyno Randolph County Arkansas was robbed Tuesday for the second time in five months. Two gunmen escaped with about 30000 after locking three employees in the vault. A masked gunman previously robbed the bank last August 20 of 17414 whose loot remains unrecovered.
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Arkansas
Randolph County
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Ancient Roman villa uncovered near Vienna by earthworms
Austrian scientists exposed remnants of a two story Roman villa about 30 yards wide near the Carnuntum fort site east of Vienna. They believe murals colored the buried walls and that the villa formed a city linked to the ancient fort, unearthed by researchers before World War I. The report notes a court sequence with a prisoner sentence and a judge in a district court.
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Pathe
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Silent Night origin linked to 1818 Oberndorf parish scene
The article recounts how the Christmas carol Silent Night was conceived in 1818 at Oberndorf Austria. Priest Joseph Mohr drafted the words after a holiday play inspired him during a nocturnal meditation. Franz Gruber composed the melody and the first performance occurred with Mohr and Gruber singing with a guitar due to a broken organ. The piece quickly became the world’s beloved Christmas song.
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Outlook Brighter to Peaka After Weekend Rain
The weekend rain and show storm improved surface moisture across Kansas, according to federal and state Departments of Agriculture officials on Tuesday.
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