Man dies, senator hurt in Highway 40 crash near Big Springs
A two vehicle crash on U S Highway 40 near Big Springs left Randy L. Doore dead and State Sen. Phil Martin injured. Doore, 38, from Lawrence, swerved off the road in a 1987 Jeep and was hit on the driver's side by Martin's 1979 Lincoln. Martin, 47, was flown to St Francis Hospital in Topeka and listed in serious condition. State Rep. Ed McKechnie said Martin's injuries did not appear life threatening and alcohol did not seem a factor. Police noted Doore's hometown was not immediately known.
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U.S. Highway 40
Big Springs
Kansas
Randy L. Doore
Stormont-Vail Regional Medical Center
Topeka
Doore
U.S. 40
Phil Martin
Pittsburg
Kansas Highway Patrol
Douglas County
Lawrence
Martin
St. Francis Hospital
Ed McKechnie
McKechnie
KHP
Ukrainian ambassador to speak at KU and Topeka event
Ukrainian ambassador Yuri Shcherbak will visit Kansas University and state offices in Topeka next week. He will give KU’s Paris Memorial Lecture titled Ukraine New Realities for the 21st Century and meet with KU officials, Gov. Graves, and Commerce Department leaders to discuss Kansas Ukraine ties and academic exchanges with Lviv University.
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Kansas University
Topeka
Yuri Shcherbak
Shcherbak
Malott Room
Kansas Union
Ukraine
Robert Hemenway
Bill Graves
Department of Commerce
U.S
Chernobyl
France
L'viv University
Partnership links Haskell with South Junior High and Haskell Indian Nations
Lawrence schools expand school business education partnerships to 48 nationwide, pairing South Junior High School with Haskell Indian Nations University. A steering committee seeks shared resources while former South principal notes land history linking campuses. Haskell departments eye student teaching, math and science collaboration. South bands to perform at Haskell events.
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Lawrence
South
McDonald's
Russell Blackbird
Haskell
Orvel Criqui
Broken Arrow
Criqui
Askell
Lawrence High School
Ricky Robinson
Robinson
Obituary notices and services for Burgess Faubion Sampson Cre arview City
Funeral services are announced for Arlene D Burgess 63 of Lawrence with two services set at Indian Hills Church of God and Evans Miller Funeral Home in Poteau Oklahoma. Burial at Oakland Cemetery Poteau. Also listed are memorials and survivors for Dr James William Bill Faubion Merle Sampson and others with service details and burial plans near Lawrence and Abilene.
Deaths Robert McKay 77 of Clearview City funeral set
Robert McKay 77 of Clearview City will be laid to rest at 3 p.m. Sunday at Village Community Church with the Rev. Jeff Jackley officiating. He died Friday, November 17, 1995, at Lawrence Memorial Hospital. Born January 19, 1918, in Henrietta Oklahoma, he lived in Topeka and California before returning to Topeka and later settling in Clearview City. He worked as a switchman for the Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe Railway until 1955 and later was a decorator and painter. Survivors include his wife Ruby Bodell McKay, a daughter Barbara Fuller, two sisters, eleven grandchildren and nine great grandchildren. He was preceded in death by two sons. Rumsey Yost Funeral Home, Lawrence, is handling arrangements.
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Lawrence
Indian Hills
Bacone College
Muskogee
Okla
California
The
Five Civilized Tribes
Haskell Indian Nations University
Haskell Baptist Mission
Kansas
James William
Bill” Faubion
Warren McElwain
Faubion
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Manhattan
Clyde and
Ruth Orr Faubion
Kansas State University
Beta Theta Pi
University of Missouri
Kansas City School of Dentistry
Kansas Dental Assn
American Dental Assn
Golden Belt Dental Society
First Presbyterian Church
Mary Geraldine
Jerry” Baumgardner
Wichita
Jon M
Jane E. Faubion
Elizabeth A. Dowe
Burlington
United Parkinson’s Foundation
Abilene
Merle Sampson
Danner
Nancy McAdam
Rose Meron
Longford
Sampson
Highland Personal
Talmage
Edmund John
Alice Rebecca Peters Sampson
Sampson and Sons Soil Conservation Service
Longford United Methodist Church
Highland
Mildred Housel
Merlin
Gary
Robert McKay
Clearview City
Village Community Church
Jeff Jackley
McKay
Henrietta
Robert
Isabelle McNiven McKay
Topeka
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway
Ruby Blanche Bodell
Miami
Barbara Jean Fuller
Waterbury Center
Kathryn McKeown
Crownpoint
Ind
Christina Glen
Larry McKay
Robert McKay Jr
Rumsey Yost Funeral Home
GOP refines Kansas 1996 platform line by line
Central committee vice chairman Jim Lock says the Kansas GOP is debating 45 platform issues with open discussion. The platform emphasizes deficit reduction and opposes abortion on demand while backing private school vouchers and restoring state rights. Committee to collect proposals from 105 counties by January end.
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Lawrence
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Republican Committee
Kansas
Lecompton renovation hits snag at city council
Lecompton residents must weigh in as the city and Northeast Kansas Education Center rework plans for the old Lecompton High School. Pettijohn Kinney Architects propose eight bathrooms and storage in the stage area to meet codes and free space for offices, risking the auditorium community center use. A public hearing is set for December 4 to review options and costs.
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Lecompton
Pettijohn-Kinney Architects
Overland Park
James Pettijohn
Kinney
Northeast
Kansas
Pettijohn and Kinney
Ed Smith
Baldwin OKs water study for city planning needs
Bald win City Council approved an engineering study of the water system for up to 13000 with Larkin Associates Consulting Engineers of Kansas City. The study will review pipes water tower and pumping station and begin next month for approximately three months.
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Larkin Associates Consulting Engineers
Kansas City
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Douglas County Sheriff's Department
Wilcox
Baldwin Public Library
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