County GOP stays right in Douglas County election
Conservative wing swept top posts as Jim Mullins held the county GOP chairmanship with a 58-56 precinct vote over Craig Templeton. Moderates argued factional fights hurt the party after defeats for Brian Kubota and Vince Snowbarger, and Templeton pledged unity and healing.
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Douglas County
Republican Party
GOP
Jim Mullins
Craig Templeton
Mullins
Republican County Commission
Brian Kubota
U.S
Vince Snowbarger
Templeton
Professor recalls pilot's sacrifice for country
James Gilchrist reports on Charles L. Cone a Lawrence native and Kansas University alumnus who joined the early American Air Corps before World War I. Cone taught pilots trained others and perished in a 1916 lowlevel reconnaissance stall crash during training. His memory is honored by KU military science students.
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RicHarn
Kansas University
United States
Charles L. Cone
Kansas Union
Cone
Tennessee
Oak Hill
Lawrence
Army Air Corps
James Gilchrist
Iowa State University
England
France
Belgium
Eddie Rickenbacker
Norton-Hares Ambulance Corps
Hemingway
Dos Passos
E.e. Cummings
Plains Snowstorm Paralyzes Plains Midwest Regions
A major first snowstorm of the season crippled hundreds of miles of highways across the Plains and Midwest. Minnesota saw over 10 inches as blizzard winds zeroed visibility in the Dakotas, with one regional airport shut and many schools closed. Three deaths were reported while widespread outages affected tens of thousands. 50,000 in southeastern Wisconsin alone. Roads like Interstates 29 and 1-90 closed, and power lines toppled, causing blackouts across multiple states. Severe winds felled roofs, forced evacuations, and even a water tower near Kaukauna was pressured by the storm. Reports noted 93 mph gusts and significant infrastructure damage across Wisconsin Nebraska and Illinois as far as Texas.
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Plains
Midwest
Minnesota
Dakotas
Amby Burianek
Grafton
N.D
North Dakota
Wisconsin
Kaukauna
Wis
Wisconsin Electric Power Co
South Dakota
Nebraska State Line
Ellsworth Air Force Base
Jackson
Minn
Bill Janklow
Nebraska
Illinois
Arkansas
Alliance
Neb
Great Lakes
Ohio
Mississippi
Texas
Columbia
Somerville
Tenn
Impotence Warning Tied to Smoking Campaigns
A global push links smoking to sexual impotence to motivate quitting. California runs a $21 million ad effort with the slogan Cigarettes Still Think They're Sexy. Thailand orders new packs warning Cigarette smoking causes sexual impotence. CBS 60 Minutes covered the topic. activists seek warnings England may follow.
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California
Thailand
England
CBS
60 Minutes
United States
Elizabeth Whelan
American Council On Science and Health
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Lawrence High
Wichita
Amy Air Corps
America
Air Force
Canada
Lee Pilot
KU Military Science
Upper Midwest
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Associated Press
Zacharie Kindle
Aberdeen
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