Weather Improves Across Plains Boosting Crops
Farmers report fall rains finally materializing boosting garden and trucking crops toward normal yields. Horticulture experts note mild weather lifts pasture and hay fields, with rainfall in North Dakota subsoil and forecasted sprin g benefits. Oklahoma and Missouri producers anticipate better cotton and oats as conditions improve.
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Ansas
Jannier
Stre Dion
Univ of
Minnesota
Iowa
Gul- Texas
Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Kan
J. C. M Ler
State Board of “Agriculture
Ike
North Dakota
F. Anderson
Nebraska
Missouri
Rogers
U.S
Columbia
F. Nichols
Cone County
Ozark Hill
Paola Pastor Praises Better Government Drive in Kansas
Rev. David C. Doten of Paola spoke in Lawrence for his Better Government campaign in Kansas Second Congressional District. He addressed the Ketchum for Governor club at Democratic Headquarters and urged continued citizen effort, criticizing statehouse governance and urging repudiation of current policies.
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David C. Doten
First Christian Church
Paola
Lawrence
Canmaign
Kansas
jEven
Governor Club
Democratic
Alson
Repudi
Topeka
Republican women sponsor reception in Douglas County
The Douglas County Young Republican Women’s club sponsors a program and reception Saturday at 8 pm for county Republicans and their wives. County GOP officials and workers will be introduced. Mrs. T. T. Solander, state senator from Osawatomie and the only woman elected to the state senate, will be principal speaker. The event’s program to be announced later. Chicago minister to visit here next: Rev H Mansfield Collins, Quinn Chapel A. M. E., will preach at St Luke A. M. E. church Wednesday at 8 pm. Col l ing a Vietnam veteran in the U.S. Army in WWI. Wilberforce graduate with BA and BD. He will be the guest of Rev and Mrs Knight in Lawrence. music provided. Usual services at St Luke. All are welcome.
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Douglas County
Young Republican Women's Club
Repiblican
G.O.P
Irs
T. Solander
Sena
Osawatomie
As Senate
Aker
Chicago
Qydhe “Ray
H. Mansfield Collins
Quinn’ Chapel
A.M
E. Reh
St Luke A. M
Wednes
Gay
Colling
France
Wilberforce University
Lawrence
P Or
Mrs Sankey Acquitted In Boettcher Kidnapping Case
Mrs Fern Mae Sankey is freed on complicity charges in the Charles Boettcher kidnapping. After a four hour jury deliberation in Sioux Falls federal court, she was acquitted and plans to return to her Gann Valley ranch with two children. Boettcher was held captive after a February 12, 1983 abduction. $60,000 ransom was paid. Three men, Gordon Alcorn, Carl Pearce, and Arthur Youngberg, are serving prison terms for roles in the case. Sankey was arrested in Chicago and later committed suicide while awaiting a hearing in the state penitentiary.
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Sioux Falls
Fern-Mae
Sankey
Charles Boettcher
We Sankey
Gann Valley
S. D
Boettcher
Gordon
Alcorn
Carl Pearce
Arthur
Youngberg
Chicago
State Penitentiary
Edison answer to brightest American boy query revealed
Pittsburgh reports that Charles Edison declares there was no right answer to the desert expedition puzzle. The Edison Memorial Foundation will resume the search next year, honoring the inventor’s tradition. Winners Wilbur Huston and A C Williams Jr. earned first prize for science excellence at MIT and work at Edison laboratories in East Orange New Jersey
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Pittsburgh
Thomas A. Edison
Charles Edison
Edison
Edison( Memorial Foundation
Wilbur B. Huston
Seattle
Wash
A. C. Williams, Jr
East Providence
R. I
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Edison Laboratories
East
Ange, N. J
Eva the Fifth Opens Dramatic Season by Kanass Players
The Kanass Players present Eva the Fifth a light comedy by Gol den and Nicholson as the first show of the E. U school year in Fraser theater with four performances October 29 30 and November 1 2. Reserved student tickets cost 50 cents and may be obtained in Green Hall basement. phone K U 174 for reservations.
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Kanass
E. U
Fraser Theater
Eva
John Golden
Kenyon
Nicholson
Kansas
Green Hall
Registration boom expected in Topeka for November vote
In Topeka, a record number of eligible voters was recorded as registration books closed. City election commissioner Miss Alice Peyton estimated about 38,000 Topekans could vote, up from 36,825 two years ago, signaling a heavy turnout in the upcoming general election on November 6.
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Topeka
Harness Theft Reported Near Euodora
Frank Page reports two heavy work harnesses stolen from his barn last night. thieves took half the set and two leather collars. evidence of someone on the premises noted when the gate was found open after a Heyer school program. nearby display alert.
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Frank Page
Eudora
Statue Vandalism Sparks Campus Pranks On Mount Dr
Early risers found the bronze Uncle Jimmy statue painted in bright cardinal red at Mount Dr. Ensuing clean up by Kansas University painters revealed the prank involved a turpentine and paint removal effort. At the stadium, students labeled O U L, while jokes and light humor circulated about Beta friends and a German exchange scholar in the nightshirt parade. A local economics instructor noted graduates struggle with grammar, citing the phrase He don't as an example, and Tau Sigma held social dancing classes for students with modest turnout and modest fees.
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Mount Dread
Uncle Jimmy
Green
University
Oklahoma
K. U
Jimmy
Tau Sigma
Elizabeth Dunkel
Joe
Ruth Pyle
Astho
Dunkel
Sunday Forum Speaker Dr Bacote To Address Lawrence Event
Sunday forum at 4 30 o'clock features Dr W S Bacote minister to the Second Baptist Church Kansas City Mo delivering an address on The Modern Trend of Education.
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Forum
W.s.bacote
Kansas City
Mog
Lawrence
Oklahoma Editor to Speak at Roundtable Meeting
Walter M. Harrison editor of the Daily Oklahoman and Times of Oklahoma City will headline the Editors Roundtable conference at the University of Oklahoma November 16 and 17 under the journalism department. Harrison previously spoke in 1928 when he led the American Society of Newspaper Editors.
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Walter M.harrison
Daily Oklahoman
Times of Oklahoma
City
K. U
Department of Journalism
L.N. Flint
Harrison
Flint
American Society of Newspaper Editors
Jury Hears Reppert In Union Station Slaying Case
Federal grand jury in Kansas City, investigating the June 17 1983 union station killings, summoned Eugene C Reppert former police director for questioning. Adam Richetti, tied to Pretty Boy Floyd, was captured and faces extradition questions in Missouri related to deaths of two officers in Columbia. Miller, also linked, was found dead in Detroit last year as eight defendants face conspiracy charges.
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Kansas City
Federal
Union Station Plaza
Eugene C. Reppert
Adam’ Richetti
Richetti
Charles
Pretty Boy) Floyd
Liverpool
Lawas
Frank Nash
Deaths and Funerals Amanda Faust and James A Priestly
Mrs Amanda Faust 83 of Kansas City Mo died after a long illness Funeral services set for Sunday at 2 pm at New Comer chapel with burial in Lexington Mo Survivors include daughter Mrs Fred Beverstock of Lawrence and relatives Miss Gertrude J Priestly and George Priestly of Lawrence Also Mrs James A Priestly of Kansas City Mo died October 25 funeral in Kansas City.
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Amanda Faust
Kansas City,Mo
Fred Beverstock
Lawrence
Newcomer Chapel
Lexington, Mo
James A. Priestly
Kansas City
Gertrude J.priestly
George Priestly
Bank Robbers Captured In Wendell NC Doe Heist
Wake County officials ambushed an attempted Wendell Bank of Wendell robbery at dawn after a tip. Five men were captured as they forced entry with an acetylene torch, while a sixth fled. Officers fired 40 to 50 shots in the air. no injuries reported. Wendell is 18 miles east of Raleigh in a tobacco market town.
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Raleigh
N. C
Wake County
Bank of
Wendell
Here
Steritt Turner
College Notes and Weekend Student Activities in Kansas Town
Asa Goff reports a con position in Washington D C and his enrollment from Hill City Kansas. Carlton Dickinson balances varsity theater duties with accounting studies as the student body showcases an excellent Friday morning assembly program including Spanish Medley vocal duet and minstrel sketches. A new shorthand class starts next week as rooms buzz with industry and students push toward completing their courses.
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Asa Goff
Washington D.C
Goff
Hill City
Kaw
W C T U Workers Promote Prohibition Campaign Night Meet
Douglas county W C T U institute at Evangelical church on Tenth and Connecticut streets drew strong attendance and urged Kansas to retain prohibition. Speakers included Dr John R Golden Toneki and Floyd Hobbs county attorney who argued against repeal and noted no beer in his county. Additional speakers addressed legal status of women voting and jury service. Rev G W Landis to speak tonight and again Sunday morning. Radio stolen from a car on Dread Avenue.
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Douglas County
W. C. T. U. ‘Institute
Evangelical Church
Tenth
Connecticut
John R. Golden Toneki
Mes
Golden
Floyd Hobbs
Jackson County
Hobbs
W. C. Nelson
George K. Melvin
Nelson
Tennie Severtson
Anne Flwell
Baldwin
FE. Jacqmain
Wilbur Pine
SM. Smith
A.J. Miller
Virginia
Detler
G. Wi Landis
Greenwood Valley social roundups and 4-H notes
Dorothy Rynoks spent Saturday with Maxine Goff while Magnolia Eagles suffered a broken arm on a swing. A series of dinners visits and travels spread through Overbrook Savannah Lecompte Topeka and Lawrence as 4-H events and a Democratic rally filled the week.
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Dorothy Rynoks
Maxine Goff
Magnolia Eagles
Dark
Charley Hart
Overbrook
Harley Dark
Savanah
Eugene Harding
Lecomp- On
Eileen Glenn
Elsie Kellogg
John
Dorothy Brooks
Tom Brooks
Riley Goff
S. Holloway
Woodkteel
Alen
Harley
SL. Dark
Dorothy ‘Brooks
Lawrence
Chas
Wells
Belleview
T. Brooks
Ladies of
Catholic Church
Clinton Belvoir Church Notices and Local Visits
Local residents attended a Loyal Crusade meeting in Topeka and visited the First Presbyterian church. Funeral services for Mrs. Patton were held in Lawrence with her history in Clinton noted. Sunday schools gathered for the southwest district meeting at the local church, with Baker University students speaking on prohibition.
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Ebon .Anderson
John “Dreyer
Big Springs
Hall
Howard
Kamp_schroeder
Presbyterian Church
Topeka
Fred Baldwin
Arthur Johnson
Pisernice
Mickey
Dreyer
Will
Ebon Anderson
Ernest
Nelson
Effie Kampschroeder
Fred
Bert McIntyre
Mollie
Halderman
Lawrence
Oleon Halderman
Frank Bidinger
Yarnold
Maggie Gibbar
Fred Patton
Springfield
Patton
Cuba
Hawaii
Southwest
Presbyterian
Baker University
Mre Nulfer
Worden
Orville
Elmer
Arthur, Losh
Incal Church
Washington Creek
Lone Star
Stone Church
Glinton
Hadl
Albert Anderson
Clarence Springer
Lawprance
Harry Murphy
Qleen- White
Chester
Local City Ledger Totals and Disbursements Report
City records show balances and receipts including interest on bank balances and numerous warrants issued. The ledger lists disbursements totaling thousands with specific amounts and dates, reflecting city accounting activity through the period ending October 11.
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Yund
Butane
Rome
Tesuedee
Raiani
Ren 'Mlenee
City CD Te
FUSD
Cos
Ub Insacon Water Fund
Nisnstasenan
City Cle Clark
Lance
Nrrssmsereenene
Gyrnage Fund
Baleneenjeocqemnsioenyoanjuss
Langmuetssdaiaiee
Receipitar
Sonsumere
Piarar
Pureha
Pere Natea
Frank Me Irolliday
Balaner
Spocleonsianpet
Perry
Washington County
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JW. Nurray
BIG Topeka Registration
Clyde Barrow
Bonnie Parker
Winter Chevrolet Company
Charles Stanley
Stanley_lshows
Louise “Thomas
Sweek
Patel Pee Sanahter
Correl
Aegh On University
Kanass Cenoue
Jimmy Green
North Bowl
Herbert Mueller
Iso
Cecil
B. DeMille
Reppert
Kansas City Police
North ‘Carolina
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Marianna
Fla
Claude Neal
Chipola
Greenwood
Haskell
Olathe Mutes
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Douglas County’ Institute
Elon Gamage
Dread Avenue
Greenwood Valley
Clinton-Belvoir
Business College
Herbert Weatherby
Youtica
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Voli
Douglas
Cobaty
Carl Hird
Oklahe
Abe
Lawrenderry Trestinda Rat
Geet
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Panateae
Satan
Fira -Balanee
Rakange
Charl Ene
Temued
Tia
Iterumenenn Park Fund
Receinte
Sera
Nertarnsnseenuatenreylern
Vamdad Sreeesreeisiaees
Nner
White Way
Malencg
Pr- Recelvar
Chey
Atemreretem Airport Fund
Balaner Uly
Anna Ence
Ganse
Aare
Euad
Setenndeta
Westington County
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Nate
Atmerpy
General Fund Water Fund
Licht Fund
Improv Cemetery Fund
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