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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 2001
Page
7
Tuesday forecast for Lawrence shows tonight storms then partly cloudy with a low around 56 and Thursday partial sun with a small chance of an afternoon storm and highs near 79. A 1917 weather note reports disk shaped hailstones six to ten inches in diameter and two to three inches thick near Topeka, accompanied by a tornado.
Kansas state government faces about 40 million dollars in revenue losses from federal estate tax cuts, with four yearly 10 million dollar impacts. Budget officials cite a 185 million shortfall in tax revenues, forecasting a tight 2002 legislative session while Gov. Graves supports the tax repeal. Senate leader Kerr calls removing the estate tax a problem. May receipts rose 34 million beyond projections due to early corporate tax payments, with June likely to balance out.
A brief staff note identifies Scott Rothschild as the staff writer and provides a contact number 832-7221 for readers seeking follow-up information.
In Topeka a dry creek bone may or may not be from a murder victim as investigators assess a jawbone found Saturday by a passerby. Ameatha Martin of Wichita earned a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation award for leading a health center serving a medically underserved area, while in Iola a one year old died after tangling in a car seat and suffocating. an autopsy confirmed the cause and authorities investigate.
Kansas farmers report early signs of harvest with two percent of wheat ripened statewide and most grain headed. Kiowa area expects test cuts late this week while harvest offices open in Kingman and Wellington to connect farmers with cutters. Northern Kansas lags due to cooler temps.
Crop conditions this week show about 2 percent of hard red wheat ripened while most wheat headed and 34 percent colored. Wheat 1 percent very poor to 4 percent excellent. corn 3 percent poor to 11 percent excellent. soybeans 2 percent poor to 7 percent excellent. sorghum 1 percent very poor to 4 percent excellent. Sunflower planting 52 percent finished with 33 percent up. Wheat harvest slowed by drought and cold winter, with at least a million acres abandoned. fields hit by spring fungus infection across Kansas.
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