County official challenges law cited by tax talker
Douglas County Commissioner Louie McElhaney asked House Speaker Tim Shallenburger to name the law allowing local officials to exempt property owners from property tax increases. The dispute centers on calls to intervene for elderly taxpayers facing steep valuations amid development, highlighted after a 93 year old's tenfold rise on West Sixth Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Douglas County
Commission
Louie McElhaney
Kansas
Tim Shallenburger
Shallenburger
Douglas County Property Owners Assn
West Sixth Street
McElhaney
Ammonia vapor prompts GDG plant evacuation in Lawrence
Ammonia smelling vapor from Farmland Industries ponds caused 75 GDG employees at the Garage Door Group plant to evacuate between 7 30 and 8 30 a m. No dangerous levels were found inside the plant. One employee was hospitalized briefly while two treated on site. Fire and city responders assessed the scene.
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Garage Door Group Inc
Farmland Industries
Lawrence
Kansas Highway 10
Greenway Cir
Nia
Lee Freed
GDG
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Jackie Whitaker
Jason Helms
Lexie Engleman
Tom Welsh
Engleman
Mike Yoper
Journa LeWonn
Phare Karr
Greenway
Cir
Wheat harvest battered by hail and rain in Lawrence area
Wet weather has damaged the Lawrence area wheat crop with hail and disease. Fred Gantz of Farmers Co-op in North Lawrence notes unharvested fields south of Highway 56. Yield ranges from five to 30 bushels per acre, well below 39.4 last year, and quality is mixed to poor. Prices rose from 3.15 to 4.50 per bushel as production declines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Overbrook
Farmers Co-op Assn
Fred Gantz
Co-Op
Gantz
Lawrence
Eudora
Danny Akin
Farmers Elevator Co
Melvin Lang
North Lawrence
Lang
Kansas
Sumner County
Douglas County
Lawrence Co-Op
Woman Dies In Turnpike Tractor-Trailer Crash
A Missouri woman, 89, Juanita Peery of Chillicothe, died in a four-vehicle wreck on the Kansas Turnpike 14.1 miles west of the West Lawrence interchange in eastern Shawnee County. Sharon L. Rupp, 55, Chillicothe, was seriously injured with a broken leg and possible head injuries. David Rupp, 58, Chillicothe, had possible internal injuries. The car was driven by Mark A. Rupp, 26, of Kansas City. Tractor-trailer driver Michael Ragland, 42, Wichita, had minor injuries. Dennis Vines, 40, Topeka, driver of a tow truck, was uninjured. The four were returning to Missouri after a fireworks program in Wamego. cause under investigation.
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Missouri
Kansas Turnpike
Juanita Peery
Chillicothe
West Lawrence Turnpike
Shawnee County
Kansas Turnpike Authority
Sharon L. Rupp
David Rupp
Mark A. Rupp
Kansas City
Kansas Highway Patrol
Gary Herman
Wamega
Michael Ragland
Wichita
Dennis Vines
Topeka
Graves plans record pace for Kansas judicial appointments
Gov Bill Graves will have appointed twelve judges by fall with thirteen pending as he fills four district judges plus vacancies on the Supreme Court and Court of Appeals following Chief Justice Holmes retirement. He aims to interview eighteen candidates over eighteen days, stressing nonpartisan selection and age neutrality.
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Toreka
Bill’ Graves
Graves
Supreme Court
Court of Appeals
Kansas
State Supreme Court
Richard Holmes
Mary Beck Briscoe
10Th
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Denver
Sedgwick County moves to evict Black Historical Society church
Sedgwick County plans a court fight to evict the First National Black Historical Society from a church building it leases for 1 dollar a year to enlarge the jail. County Counselor Stephen Plummer has outlined eviction steps to the county commission as the process begins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sedgwick County
First National Black Historical Society
The
Historical Society
Stephen Plummer
Sedgwick County Commission
Loud music in cars triggers police tickets in Olathe
Olathe city council, voting unanimously, authorized police to cite motorists for loud music without a citizen complaint. The ordinance bans loud sound amplification systems in autos, measuring unlawfulness by distance from 50 feet rather than decibels. Violations carry up to 180 days in jail and a $500 fine.
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Olathe
Deaths and services for Robertson and Heyl in Kansas towns
Obituary item notes Curtis W. Robertson age 95 of McLouth and Jennie Heyl age 97 of Lawrence. Robertson services at Oskaloosa United Methodist Church with burial at Pleasant View Cemetery. Heyl died July 6 1995 at Sterling Heights care home. birth dates listed. Survivors and family details provided for Robertson. memorials suggested to Oskaloosa United Methodist Church.
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Oskaloosa
Curtis W. Robertson
McLouth
Oskaloosa United Methodist Church
Wayne Feuerbacher
Pleasant View
Robertson
Jefferson County Memorial Hospital
Winchester
Doniphan County
Jesse
Laura Sharp Robertson
Valley Falls
Red & White
Kansas Highway Department
Jefferson County
Myrtle [. Pease
Troy
Lila Rogers Gensler
Etta Andrus
St. Joseph
Curtis J. Robertson
Barnett Funeral Home
Jennie Heyl
Lawrence
Rumsey-Yost
Heyl
Sterling Heights
Gift establishes Sealy scholarship at KU
A $245,000 gift from the estate of Mary Lynn Tuley of Clark New Jersey will fund unrestricted scholarships for Kansas University students through the Marie Patience Sealy and Frederick Sealy Scholarship Fund. Tuley, KU class of 1942, died September 2 1992.
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Mary Lynn Tuley
Clark
N.J
Kansas University
Marie Patience Sealy
Frederick Sealy
KU Endowment Association
Kansas
Tuley
Robert Sealy Tuley
Marie Sealy
Sigma Kappa Sorority
New York
Scudder, Stevens and Clark
Kingsley
R.H. Macy
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Ric Anderson
Journal- World Writer
Wichita County
Seawood
Rod Laubenstein
Laubenstein
Hurny
Bob Carr
Frito-Lay
Robertson Services
Sealy
New Jersey
Bloomingdales Department Stores
University of Vermont
KU Alumni Association
Gold Medal Club
Ellsworth
Somerset
England
Buster
Jarrett Small Animal Clinic
Homer Frank
Rence
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