Kansas aims to preserve historic frontier forts with new legislation
Kansas senator Nancy Landon Kassebaum introduced a trio of bills to study eight frontier cavalry forts Fort Leavenworth Fort Dodge Fort Hays Fort Harker Fort Larned Fort Wallace Fort Scott and Fort Riley The measures seek Interior Department studies on unified preservation and interpretation to boost tourism and present a cohesive Old West story without touching private land Future bills may study national designation for cattle drive trails and the Great Military Road while preserving private property rights.
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State
Sen
Nancy Landon Kassebaum
Kassebaum
Kansas
Interior Department
Fort Dodge
Fort Hays
Fort Harker
Fort Larned
Fort Wallace
Fort Scott
Fort Riley
Old West
Great Plains
Minnesota
Louisiana
Linwood council studies street repairs and notices
The Linwood city council studied which streets need chip and seal surfacing and will send the list to the county. They discussed John Miller property cluttered with materials and decided to write him. The mayor announced dog licenses due by end of May and Carmen Johnson was elected president.
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Linwood
Leavenworth
Linwood man's extended wrestling life earns oldest competitor trophy
Dean Sheets, 63, of Linwood, won a trophy as the oldest competitor in the Old Timers Wrestling Tournament in St. Marys in the over 30 division, where he faced his son Jeff. He placed third in his weight class, but remains active in coaching 40 youth in USA Kid Wrestling and local clubs.
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Dean Sheets
St. Marys
Sheets
Jeff
Kansas State University
Missouri Valley Amateur Athletic Union
USA
Linwood Recreation Assn
DeSoto Wrestling Club
Juanita
Monte
Stephanie
KSU
Jocelyn
Iola Register
Richard Gwin
Lawsuit Filed Over 1989 Propane Center Spill
The McGee family seeks over 50,000 in Clay County District Court accusing Dwight Baer Propane Center owner and city Fire Chief Ray Nash of negligence after an April 26 1989 ethyl mercaptan spill. Plaintiffs Anita Vernon and Dawn McGee report headaches dizziness nausea and respiratory distress from inhalation.
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Clay Center
Clay County
Anita, Vernon
Dawn McGee
Ray Nash
Dwight Baer
Baer
Nash
McGees
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