City approves beer sales at softball complex
City leaders backed beer sales at the Mid-America complex to boost revenue, noting a 400 percent rise in income and city take of up to 20 percent of gross receipts. Officials claim beer helps socializing after games despite objections from some opponents.
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Mid-America
Wilkerson
Bob Stancliff
Stancliff
Bonnie Augustine
Marty Kennedy
Augustine
Kennedy
Gorbachev adviser speaks at KU in Big 12 Room talk
A crowd of about 160 heard Yakovlev discuss Russia's problems including corruption and a heavy state bureaucracy. He urged promotion of glasnost and perestroika, praised Russia's future, and noted the need for individuals to rise above the state for democracy.
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Kansas Union
Office of International Programs
Russia
Yakovlev
Yakoviev
Gorbachev
Midwest science grant to fund regional network
A $2.5 million two year grant from the National Science Foundation will back a joint project by Kansas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota and Oklahoma State University to build a regional high capacity computer network. Kansas University will host the network through the Kansas Association for Networked Supercomputing Applications. The aim is to reduce virtual distance, improve north south scientific collaboration, and lower annual costs to about $500,000 for the whole region compared with up to $500,000 per state if done separately.
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National Science Foundation
Great Plains
Kansas
Oklahoma
Arkansas
Nebraska
North Dakota
South Dakota
Kansas Association For
Jerry Niebaum
Kansas University
Ted
Kawana
Kansas Science and Technology Advanced Research Program
K*star
Nelbaum
Ambulance Crash Kills 80-Year-Old Rider Near Lawrence
An 80-year-old man, Orvil E. Fisher of Baldwin, died from blunt-force injuries after an ambulance he rode in struck a bull on U S Highway 59 south of Lawrence. The non-emergency call to transport Fisher to Lawrence Memorial Hospital led to the crash as the driver swerved to avoid the animal, overturning the ambulance. The bull died. owner identity may never be known.
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Kansas Highway Patrol
RHP
Robert Mitchell
Orvil E. Fisher
Baldwin
Suf
Fered
Fisher
Lawrence-Douglas County
Lawrence
U.S. Highway 59
Mitchell
Obituaries for Sawyer Masuch Minor and Keyes Fanning
Funeral notices and obituaries from Baldwin to Las Vegas list Floyd M Sawyer aged 92 of Baldwin with services at Lamb Roberts Heise and burial at Oakwood, Clara Masuch 63 of Wellsville at Cedar Crest Memorial Chapel in De Soto, Pearl Minor 88 of Lawrence at Warren McElwain Mortuary, and Mary Elizabeth Keyes Fanning 64 of Las Vegas with private services. Survivors include multiple children grandchildren and great grandchildren. Memorials to Baldwin Care Center Hospice or Douglas County Hospice are suggested.
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BaLdwin
Floyd
Louisburg
Baker University
Oakwood
Lamb-Roberts Funeral Home 2
First ‘United Methodist Church
United Methodist Men
Presbyterian Church
Edgerton
Methodist
Zula Loretta Larrick
Ottawa
Junadah Admire
Kerrville
Tex
Dollie Jean Moore
Donald
Howard
St. Paul
Kan
Leon
Lawrence
Harold Sawyer
Wellsville
Dale Sawyer
Gardner
LaVern Sawyer
Lucille Knabe
Hiawatha
Nadine Larrick
Robert Edward DeMeisseman Jr
Patrick Wayne Zachary
Nicholas Dale Moore
Lamb-Roberts-Heise Funeral Home
P.O. Box
DeSoto
Clara Masuch
Cedar Crest Memorial Chapel
Olathe Memorial Cemetery
Tuary
Memorial Park Cemetery
Minor
Babcock Place
Walter
Mary Woods Hamilton
Kansas Union
Kansas University
Church of Christ
Eudora
Ruby Lickteig
Carolyn Schian
Etta Mae Kapps
Delores Gilges
Douglas County
Warren McElwain
13Th St
Las Vegas
Mary Elizabeth Keyes Fanning
Nevada
Ms. Keyes
Las Vegas woman with extended Las Vegas life and family survivors
Born September 28 1933 in Lawrence she grew up there and later lived in Las Vegas for 17 years. She attended Lawrence schools and Liberty Memorial High School and worked as an entertainment manager for the Platters singing group. Survivors include companion Patrick Maxwell of Las Vegas a son Martyn Braun of New Orleans three daughters Alynn Amundson Leslie Becker both of Las Vegas and Randi Johnson of Birdsboro Pa her mother Adelaide Moller of Las Vegas and 10 grandchildren.
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Las Vegas
Lawrence
Liberty Memorial High School
Platters Singing Group
Patrick Maxwell
Martyn Braun
New Orleans
Alynn Amundson
Leslie Becker
Randi Johnson
Birdsboro
Adelaide Moller
Teen to face hearing on adult trial for Sept fight stabbings
A 17 year old, William Alan Rector of 2111 Maple Street, awaits a hearing in Douglas County District Court to determine if he will be tried as an adult on three counts of attempted second degree murder for a Sept 7 fight in the 200 block of Glenview Drive where three teens were stabbed. Rector was moved to Douglas County Jail from the Northeast Kansas Juvenile Detention Center, without bond. Prosecution notes that hearings for other involved juveniles and five adults continue, with dates set to begin later this month.
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Douglas
Michael Malone
William Alan Rector
Maple
Rector
Northeast
Kansas
Douglas County
Diehl
Glenview Drive
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Institute of World Economics and International Relations
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Commission For
Joseph Stalin
Mike Bekker
Dekker
Jworld.com
Pony Express
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Midwest
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Gowen
Ljworld.com
Michael Dekker
Journal- World
Floyd M. Sawyer
Mrs. Masuch
Stanley
Gardner-Edgerton
Charles Willard Masuch Sr
Charles Willard Masuch Jr
Pamela Sue Masuch
Shelia Reed
Eva Moore
Melody Schultz
Clathe
Terry
Pearl D. Minor
Warren-McElwain Mor
Mary Fanning
Rise
American Legion Hall
West 6Th Street
Big Brothers
Big Sisters
Boys and Girls Club
Children's Center
Science Fair
Medical Arts Pharmacy
The
Lawrence Journal-World
Stephens Real Estate
Sunflower Cablevision
Starr
Bruce
Joyce Beresford
Lecompton
Thank You
Joyce Dexter Beresford
Ohn School Development
Ndowment Fund
Ase
Bruce Smith
Tyke Callicott
Solid Waste Division
Creatlonvely
At Bread Co
Vermont
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