DEA shifts focus to drug victims over criminals in new policy
Hiram Haggett of the DEA said the agency will team law enforcement, courts, and treatment to help victims of drug abuse via community rehabilitation rather than incarceration. He noted the need to distinguish victims from pushers and emphasized directing pre trial histories toward treatment options. The Wichita conference marked a typical DEA affiliation for future states.
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Wichita, Kan
Federal Drug Enforcement Administration
Hiram Haggett
DEA
Wichita
Haggett
Bureau of Narcotics
Topeka woman Mabel Hoffsommer 83 dies after long illness
Funeral services were held for Mabel M. Hoffsommer of Topeka 83 with burial at Topeka cemetery. A Santa Fe Railway clerk, she died Friday in a Topeka hospital after years of illness. She leaves three sisters and two brothers among other relatives.
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Mabel M. Hoffsommer
Topeka
Penwell-Gabel Funeral Home
Miss Hoffsommer
Battle Hill
Funeral for Benjamin R. Baker Held in Ottawa
The 85 year old Benjamin R. Baker of Ottawa died Friday at Ransom Memorial Hospital. A 2 p.m. Tuesday funeral at Lamb-Roberts Funeral Home will be followed by burial in Union Cemetery north of Centropolis. Officiating is Rev. Paul Pentz. He was born February 11, 1888 in Douglas County and lived in Douglas and Franklin counties. Survived by Elizabeth Pearl a son Leland D. in Seattle Washington two daughters Elinore Perry Jaffrey New Hampshire and Alysse Weast Kansas City Mo a brother Roy Overbrook six grandchildren and a step grandson. Friends may call at the funeral home until the service.
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Benjamin R. Baker
Rt. 4
Ottawa
Lamb-Roberts
Union Cemetery
Centropolis
Paul Pentz
Baker
Ransom Memorial Hospital
Douglas County
Douglas
Franklin Counties
Ottawa University Academy
Kansas City
California
Bethel United Methodist Church of
Globe
Elizabeth Pearl
Leland D
Seattle
Wash
Elinore Perry
Jaffrey
N.H
Alysse Weast
Roy
Overbrook
Funeral set for Allen Oscar Mosler in Oswego
The funeral for 80 year old Allen Oscar Mosler will be held at 2 p m Tuesday at Hammons Funeral Home Oswego with burial in Oswego. He died Sunday at Lawrence Memorial Hospital and was a retired farmer born April 26 1893 near Argola Kansas. He is survived by a nephew Merle Clowers and three brothers Clyde and Dewey of Oswego and another sibling.
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Allen Oscar Mosler
Funeral for Patricia Griffiths Turnbull Held in Kansas City
The funeral for Patricia A. Griffiths Turnbull of Kansas City was held at 10 30 a.m. Saturday at Newcomers Funeral Home. She died in Lawrence on Thursday. Born in Lawrence she graduated from the University of Kansas in 1957.
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Patricia A. Griffiths Turnbull
Kansas City
Newcomers Funeral Home
Funeral for Harriet Bristow Scott at Eudora United Methodist Church
Harriet Bristow Scott 91 of Eudora died Sunday at Lawrence Memorial Hospital. Funeral 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at Eudora United Methodist Church with Rev. Rex Kelly officiating. Burial in Oakwood Cemetery Baldwin. She was born June 2 1882 in Howard and was deputy postmaster in Mammoth Utah and Mescalero New Mexico. Survived by nieces and nephews. Memorials to Eudora United Methodist Church.
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Harriet Bristow Scott
Eudora
Eudora United Methodist Church
Oakwood
Baldwin
Rex Kelly
Scott
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Howard
Mammoth
Utah
Mescalero
N.M
Funeral for Charles Gil bert Bayles Held at Rumsey
Charles Gilbert Bayles 82 a retired superintendent of physical properties at Kansas University died today at Lawrence Memorial Hospital. He was born December 17 1890 in Garrison and will be buried in Memorial Park Cemetery after a 10 a.m. Wednesday funeral at Rumsey Funeral Home.
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Charles Gilbert Bayles
Miss
Kansas University
Rumsey Funeral Home
Memorial Park Cemetery
Bayles
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Garrison
Two Thefts Reported In Separate Break-ins
Two thefts reported Saturday afternoon followed Friday incidents. William L. Cox Jr. and Thomas E. Komin said a door to their apartment was forced open and items including clothing a television and a stereo valued at 680 dollars were stolen. Robert L. Fuller reported four saddles two shotguns and other items worth 2325 dollars taken from a barn near Clinton Reservoir after a door lock was broken.
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William L. Cox Jr
Thomas E. Komin
Robert L. Fuller
Wellington
Douglas County
Clinton Reservoir
New Zealand Embraces American Style Poultry Demand
A USDA Foreign Agricultural Service report notes New Zealand, a major beef exporter, is developing a taste for Kentucky fried chicken and prepared turkey items. Growth in broiler production may shift dairy farmers toward corn and soybeans, potentially affecting beef exports later.
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Washington
New Zealand
U.S
Agriculture Department
New
Australia
United States
Foreign Agricultural Service
USDA
Rolland E. Anderson Jr
Anderson
USS
Youth Held in Slayings In Missouri
A 16 year old boy remains in Douglas County jail after a shooting that killed his former stepfather Carl Emory Lawson 41 and his mother Nona Lawson 77 near the Missouri 5 mobile home. The youth faces charges possibly as an adult after juvenile court action.
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Ava
Douglas County
Clint McFarlin
Harry Stafford Jr
Stafford
Dorothy Lawson
Missouri
Here
Nona Lawson
Carl Emory Lawson
Missouri Highway Patrol
Professor Chu-Tsing Li to Speak on The Challenge of China
Kansas University East Asian studies professor Chu-Tsing Li will present a slide talk on his recent trip to mainland China at 7 30 p m Tuesday in the Forum Room of the Kansas Union The lecture titled The Challenge of China opens this year s Oriental languages and literatures humanities series.
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Chu-Tsing Li
Kansas University
China
Kansas Union
Salvation Army Gains Support From 1973 United Fund
In Lawrence the Salvation Army participates in the United Fund drive with a $29,000 allotment from a $179,850 goal. The campaign runs Oct 12 to Nov 6, funding food clothing rest welfare programs and youth services via trained officers and volunteers.
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Salvation Army
Lawrence United Fund
Army
United Fund
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Elna Graham
Oswego
Lawrence
Georgia
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Overland Park
Robert
Mr. Bayles
ALLEN
Mosler
Patricia Turnbull
Harriet B. Scott
Charles G. Bayles
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Japan
Colorado
County Welfare Department
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Mansfield
Lawson
Sanger
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Moody
Fay Simmons
Lawsons
Devon Sherwood
Henrys
MR. Moonlight
Henry
6Th & Missouri
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Norman Jewison
Jesus Christ Superstar
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Kief
James Coburn
Michael Sarrazin
Walter Pidgeon
United Artists Times
Robert Mitchum
Peter Boyle
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Tillcrest Shopping Center
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Seige
Aner
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Duo-Vision
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Will Rogers
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Doctor Satan
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