Couple Faces Long Recovery After Motorcycle Crash
Charles and Maria Dillow, married nearly two years, remain in hospital with leg fractures after a June 11 motorcycle collision. Dillow, 23, Vietnam veteran, and Maria, 18, face at least six months of convalescence delaying work as a truck driver and waitress. Mrs. Dillow’s grandmother and her mother, Mrs. Mary Buck, organized a fund to help with medical bills and living costs.
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Charles Dillow
Charles
Maria
Omaha
Dillow
Vietnam
Miss Nobody Identified by Grieving Parents in Miami Case
Lisa Marie Johnson, 18, died of a drug overdose in a Miami motel room five months earlier and remained unidentified. A newspaper report sparked a mother to call police, revealing her daughter’s identity. The Fortsons, her Miami Springs family, will bury her Friday in Anderson Indiana.
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Miami
Elizabeth Everson
Robert Fortson
Miami Springs
Lisa Marie Johnson
Fortson
U.S
Homicide
Russo Leasburg
New York
Akron
Ohio
Walsh
Forstons
Fortsons
Anderson, Ind
Lisa
Anderson Memorial Park
Marriage Licenses Listed for Several Couples
Robert Michael Henry, 26 Berryton and Susan Jane Kropp, 22 Fr. Leavenworth. William Cornelius Hail, 58 Lawrence and Bernice Louise Bender, 58 Lawrence. Donald Gene Shirk, 24 Indep endence Mo and Melanie Katharine Veenboer, 25 Prairie Village. Robert Douglas Chambers, 20 Baldwin and Cheryl Jean Kreutziger, 18 Baldwin.
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Robert Michael Henry
Berryton
Susan Jane Kropp
Fr. Leavenworth
William Cornelius Hail
Lawrence
Bernice Louise Bender
Donald Gene Shirk
Independence, Mo
Melanie Katherine Veenboer
Prairie Village
Robert Douglas Chambers
Baldwin
Cheryl Jean Kreutziger
Pipestem Resort Features 20 Horse Stalls and Trails
West Virginia's Pipestem resort offers 20 horse stalls a tack room and corral with extensive riding trails spanning the property likely attracting equestrian visitors and trail riders to the scenic getaway.
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West Virginia
Pipestem
Dear Ann Landers Readers Share Life Lessons
A reader recalls a cruel mother who hid her ugly child, a teacher who praised her, and how that moment changed a life. The column offers encouragement, noting beauty fades into confidence and urging self acceptance. A second letter asks how to handle a lazy brother and overindulgent mother, with a psychologist’s view on parental boundaries. A Louisville reader reports a young boy and cousin exploring privacy, and guidance emphasizes supervision and teaching private boundaries.
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Ann Landers
Carraage
M.I
Louisville
Louie
Fort Hays Sophomore named Kansas Hereford Queen
Becky Douthett a Fort Hays State College sophomore and speech major from St. Francis Kansas was named Kansas Hereford Queen at the Kansas Junior Hereford Association Field Day near Fredonia. Clint Rusk of Sun City won a purebred Hereford in a drawing. Vince Gibson Kansas State University football coach spoke to attendees. Next year’s junior field day will be near St. Francis.
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Fredonia
Kan
Fort Hays State College
Becky Douthett
Miss Douthett
St. Francis
Kansas
Clint Rusk
Sun City
Fredonia Ranch
Vince Gibson
Kansas State University
Lynn Hagenbuch Exhibits Heifer at National Junior Show
Lynn Hagenbuch of Rt. 3 returned from Nashville Tennessee after showing her Angus heifer at the National Junior Angus Heifer Show. The event drew 250 exhibitors from 21 states with 348 head, the largest ever. Her heifer placed ninth in class and had previously been named Reserve Grand Champion at the Kansas Junior Angus Show in Alma.
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Lynn Hagenbuch
Rt. 3
Nashville
Tenn
Lynn
Kansas
Alma
Frank G. Hagenbuch, Jr
South Junior High School
Hair Style Winner Shines at National Convention
Reha Roy of Forest Miss won first in the hair styling contest at the annual convention of the National Hairdressers and Cosmetologist Association. Alice Reech Pasadena Md placed second, Lynn Glentall Creston Iowa third, Rudy Hernandez McAlester Okla fourth.
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Kansas City
Reha Roy
Forest
Miss
National
Hairdressers and Cosmetologist Association
Alice Reech
Pasadena
Lynn Glentall
Creston
Iowa
Rudy Hernandez
McAlester
Okla
Douglas County 4 H teams win Hereford judging contest
The Douglas County 4 H judging team won first place among 23 teams at the Kansas Junior Hereford Assn Field Day near Fredonia led by William Bradley Jr Philip Shirk Jayhawk and Lance Willits. Shirk was third high individual on a point basis. Junior team placed fifth among 25 teams with CinDi Browning Philip Bradley and Mike Johnston earning top placements. William Bradley Jr also placed second in a public speaking contest on pollution control in the cattle industry. Vince Gibson keynote speaker. judges included State Sen. Arden Booth.
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Douglas County
Kansas
CinDi Browning
Philip Bradley
Meadowlark
Mike
LanCe Browning
William Bradley Jr
Arden Booth
Lawrence
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John Walsh
Springs High School
Fedders
Co. Weers CO
Massachusetts Lawrence Kansas
Whelan’s, Inc
Topeka
le Wye
Hereford Queen
Capitol Federal
Assbooks
Tumded Baily
Dorest
Salone
Capitol Federal Savings
Sanders H.p
Big 25
Douglas Countians
Hereford
Shirk
Mike Flory
Allen Fishburn
Lone Star
Julie Schenck
Mike Johnston
Kansas Junior Hereford Assn
4-H
Darrel Browning
Bill Merhoff
County Extension
Blane el Hesse’s Beauty SaLons
Mini Plaza
Hillcrest
Dillons Plaza
Ceagtay
Black & Decker
Wickes
Nea
East Lawrence Turnpike
3Rd
Lawrence, Kansas
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