Marines Celebrate Birthday at City Hall
Marines will march into City Hall on Monday for the seventh annual Marine Corps Birthday Party starting at 10 a.m. The event, open to all Marines, marks 222 years since the first recruiting office opened in a Philadelphia tavern. About 50 Marines are expected, with cake for the oldest and youngest Marines.
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Missing Lawrence teen Retta Gates last seen Sunday
Lawrence mother seeks help locating 16 year old Retta Gates who vanished after leaving home Sunday. She is 5 9, 130 pounds with long dark brown hair and eyes, last seen wearing blue jeans and a black blouse, driving a red 1984 Subaru wagon with tag LVS 510. Police have four leads and a fifth to follow, contact 841 7210 with sightings.
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Lawrence man given 34 year minimum for brutal rape
Ricky Payne, 31, was sentenced to 40 1/2 years for the Jan. 31 rape in Lawrence. Prosecutors noted a 15 percent potential reduction for model behavior, meaning earliest release near age 65. He was convicted of aggravated criminal sodomy, rape, aggravated burglary and kidnapping stemming from the assault on a 19-year-old woman in her east Lawrence home.
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Vinland Valley Estates suit heads to ruling
A Douglas County District Court judge will decide if the Douglas County Commission and Lawrence-Douglas County Planning Commission erred in denying a rezoning for Vinland Valley Estates. Judge Jack Murphy will review closing briefs as landowner William Lemesang seeks to overturn the denial of a 208 acre parcel north of N 700 Road with a 69 acre lake.
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Douglas County
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Matthew Ail
Murphy
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Former Gorbachev aide to speak at KU
Alexander Yakovlev, former adviser to Mikhail Gorbachev, will speak at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday in the Kansas Union Big Twelve Room on Russia’s future in the next century. The lecture, “The Mystery of Russia on the Eve of the Third Millennium,” is sponsored by the Center for Russian and East European Studies with the Office of the Provost and Office of International Programs.
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Center For
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