Walleye tale fuels world taxidermy honors
Alan Gaston of Eagan Minnesota rose from a December 1983 ice fishing double catch to win three awards at the fourth World Taxidermy Championships hosted by the Kansas Association of Taxidermists. He earned best of show gold, a 500 prize, and top master division wins for warm water fish skin and overall master category. His 1983 second walleye earned top honors two years earlier, with Gaston crediting TLC for the restoration.
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Alan Gaston
Eagan
Minn
Kansas University
Gaston
Kansas Association of Taxidermists
Kansas Union
Richard Gwin
Soviets threaten to scrap SALT II
Moscow reports the Soviet Union will cease honoring arms limits in SALT II if the United States surpasses the agreed levels. Tass said Moscow will take practical steps to prevent parity from being upset, while Washington denied a U.S. arms race and urged mutual restraint.
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Soviet Union
United States
Washington
U.S.A
Tass
White House
Edward Djerejian
U.S
Djerejian
U.S. Senate
Reagan
Dejerejian
Geneva
Mikhail S. Gorbachev
Park deaths spark debate on city park patrols
Lawrence officials say park disturbances are not a major problem despite two fatal park deaths this year. Police note a fatal shooting at Centennial Park after a large party and say patrols occur as work shifts allow. A second death in Burcham Park involved beating and river drowning in February. Authorities anticipate autopsy results Monday and say no arrests yet while witnesses are interviewed.
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Lawrence
Russell William Gensler
Centennial Park
Ron Olin
Olin
Gensler
Iowa Street
Sixth
Ninth
Douglas County
Journal-World
Flory
Wayne Schmiller
Schmille
Leslie Frank Barnes
Barnes
Burcham Park
Kansas River
Ernest Angino
Arew
Howard Hill
Labor of love inspires Vinland library spruce up
Martha Smith longtime Coal Creek librarian helped paint repair the Vinland library building on Saturday and led fundraising by collecting donations in a glass jar for future projects as volunteers pitched in.
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Martha Smith
Coal Creek
Vinland
Off-beat comedy to put Lawrence back in the movies
Kansas University graduate Doug Curtis brings an off-beat comedy to Lawrence for summer filming. Nice Girls Don't Explode centers on a mother who convinces her daughter she has psychokinetic powers as a firestarter. Curtis aims to boost local production, casting, and crew while keeping the budget low.
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Lawrence
Hollywood
Kansas University
Doug Curtis
Curtis
John Wells
AT&T unions call for nationwide strike over contract
The Communications Workers of America orders a 155000 member nationwide strike after last minute talks fail. The union rejects a 5 percent three year offer and union officials say the contract would let AT&T shift manufacturing overseas. Local service not expected to be affected immediately due to Bell System split.
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Washington
American Telephone & Telegraph Co
Rozanne Weissman
Communications Workers of America
CWA
Rocky Moun
Tain
Pacific Coast
Ms. Weissman
At&t
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
Bell System
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Chuck Martinez
Tommy Lee Jones
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Los Angeles
Kansas
California
Kansas Film Commission
Lee Lawrence
Inside the
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