Deaths Services for Maurice C. Crook 86
Death notices report Maurice C. Crook 86 of Lawrence died at Lawrence Memorial Hospital. Services set for Saturday at Rumsey Funeral Home with private burial in Iola Cemetery. Memorials suggested to American Heart Association. Visitation Friday 9 a.m. to service time. Also note inurnment for Lottie L. Lesh 87 of Ill. and graveside for Marion N. Wheelock 70 of Lawrence.
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Maurice C. Crook
Lawrence
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Rumsey Funeral Home
Iola
American Heart Assn
Crook
Kansas University
Lottie L. Lesh
Mont Ida Cemetery
Garnett
Miss Lesh
Warren McElwain
Oak Hill
Marion N. Wheelock
J.C. Ford
Wheelock
Bluffs, II
Raymond Wheelock
Vincent Brackett
Springfield
Ill
Ronald
Russell Brackett
el Dorado
Bruce Brackett
Lee’s Summit
Virginia Heil
la Mirada
Calif
Mildred Ploeger
Sacramento
Lottery official plans D C trip
Kansas Lottery Director Larry Montgomery travels to Washington on September 15 with six states and the District of Columbia to review a multistate lottery pact. If approved, signing is expected September 16 to form a super lottery with first games likely by January or February next year. New York and Illinois have extensions to decide participation.
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Topeka
Kansas Lottery Commission
Kansas
Larry Montgomery
Washington
District of Columbia
Nancy Zogelman
Montgomery
Missouri
Iowa
Oregon
Rhode Island
West Virginia
D.C
New York
Illinois
Zogelman
Officials to discuss county sales tax plan meeting
Douglas County commissioners will present a countywide sales tax proposal to the League of Women Voters of Lawrence Douglas County at 7 30 p m next Thursday at Plymouth Congregational Church 925 Vt They aim to place a 1 cent or half cent tax on the ballot by year end to bolster human service budgets and fund long range capital improvements with revenues targeted to specific needs before the vote A question and answer session follows the presentation There is no current countywide tax while the state levy is 4 cents and area cities add a half cent each
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Douglas County
League of Women Voters
Lawrence- Douglas County
Plymouth Congregational Church
Lawrence
Baldwin
Eudora
Worden Sees Heavy August Rainfall Far Above Average
Walter Schwarz, Worden area weather observer, reports August rainfall of 6.4 inches, 1.58 inches above average. Year-to-date precipitation reaches 29.66 inches, 3.03 inches above average and 1.75 inches ahead of last year’s pace. Worden lies about 14 miles southwest of Lawrence.
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Worden
Walter Schwarz
Lawrence
Theft and forgery haunt Mount Hope area in 1985 report
An attorney for Continental Door Co. Inc. reported 1985 thefts of door parts and construction supplies worth 28208 dollars in Mount Hope. A former Lawrence partner forged credit documents to guarantee payment. The incident spurred a civil suit for payment while other local incidents include a hay shed fire, a motorcycle crash, a false alarm at KU, and forgery charges against Ronald Mole.
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Mount Hope
Ohio
Lawrence
Continental Door Co. Inc
Ohio Company
Gunshot victim flown from LMH to KU Medical Center
A Jefferson County man was shot in the head and evacuated by two ambulances to Lawrence Memorial Hospital before a Lifeflight helicopter carried him to the University of Kansas Medical Center in Kansas City Kansas. Officials see no foul play but cannot confirm if the wound is self harm or accidental.
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Jefferson County
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Kansas
LMH
KU Medical Center
DCAS
Hospital Admissions and Birth Notices
Patricia Gibson of 1908 E 19th admitted to hospital. Sheila Hooper of 1606 W 28th dismissed. Sherry Brann and baby girl at Baldwin. Sylvia Spain and baby girl at 2110 Barker. Births: Michelle Hoyt Brouchard Ozankie a girl born Wednesday. Del and Dee Dee Walls Lawrence a girl born Wednesday. Kirkland and Raylene Smith,
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Sheila Hooper
Sherry Brann
Baldwin
Sylvia Spain
Barker
Michelle Hoyt Brouchard
Ozankie
del and
Dee Dee Walls
Lawrence
Kirkland
Raylene Smith
Radio station WREN starts and soon ends service in Lawrence
The 5,000 watt WREN in Topeka-Lawrence area shut down amid a frequency sharing with KU campus KFKU. Kansas University officials weigh options to acquire transmitter and tower, with KFKU temporarily off air and questions about license status and future broadcast plans.
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WREN
Lawrence
KFKU
Federal Communications Commission
Cam
Pus
Agriculture College
Manhattan
R.C. Jackman
Lawrence Milling
WJAQ
Wibw-Am
Howard Hill
Kanu-Fm
Hill
FCC
Kansas University Administration
Kansas City
George Brett
Lawmakers brace for roads fight over highway funding
House leaders plan to amend a gutted Senate bill to raise highway funds to about 1.1 billion dollars with an indexed four cent gasoline tax and a vehicle registration fee rise. Debottlenecking projects would stay at Gov. Hayden's recommended level, with a proposal to reserve 100 million for those projects.
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Solbach
House
Senate
Transportation Department
Mike Hayden
Airlines face limits on data disclosures under new rule
Airlines criticized a Transportation Department data rule as weak and limited to 27 airports, excluding major hubs like Cincinnati Baltimore and Kansas City. Continental plans to petition for system wide reporting while the rule counts delays of 15 minutes or more and exempts mechanical breakdowns.
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Transportation Department
William Bolger
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Washington National
Douglas County aging boards seek three new members
The county seeks replacements for three openings on both the Douglas County Council on Aging board of directors and the Douglas County Advocacy Council on Aging. Applications accepted until 5 p.m. Sept. 18 at the county administrator's office on the second floor of the county courthouse. The Council on Aging boards oversee Lawrence Senior Center programs and advocate for older residents, meeting monthly.
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Douglas County Council On Aging Board of Directors
Douglas County Advocacy Council On Aging
Lrith
Massachusetts
Douglas County Council On Aging
Lawrence Senior Center
Baldwin
Eudora
Douglas County
Advocacy Council On
Council On Aging
Atchison Sheriff Hospitalized Amid Probe Into Funds
Atchison County Sheriff Dennis Weinmann 37 was hospitalized after collapsing at his parents home. He says he blacked out and will stay several days at Atchison Hospital as the Kansas Bureau of Investigation reviews county vehicle inspection fees and delinquent personal property taxes dating to 1985. An ouster request by County Attorney Gunnar Sundby is being considered by Attorney General Robert Stephan. Weinmann denies stress as cause, noting a prior similar illness and recent heart testing.
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Atchison (Ap
Atchison County
Dennis Weinmann
Weinmann
Atchison Hospital
Kansas Bureau of Investigation
Atty
Robert Stephan
Gunnar Sundby
Pomona Lake Weekend Programs Highlight Wildlife Talks
Pomona Lake near Lawrence hosts the final summer activities with POMONA-Talks on fisheries wildlife and survival skills this weekend. Kansas Wildlife and Parks official Jim Hale speaks Saturday night, Osage deputy Rick Kirkpatrick discusses survival techniques, followed by dam tour by Army Corps of Engineers at 10 am Sunday and two nature films at 8:30 pm Sunday.
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Pomona
Pomona Lake
Lawrence
Osage County
Jim Hale
Kansas Wildlife and Parks Department
Rick Kirkpatrick
Army Corps of Engineers
Outlet Park
Bunnie Watkins
Corps
Neighbors Review Bank Expansion Plan in Town Block
Evans outlines a post modern style for a new bank building with a surrounding 25 foot green space and a 146 space parking lot. Access would be from Kentucky and Tennessee streets with trees preserved and a potential mini park along Eighth Street near the municipal pool. Construction hoped soon but unlikely before winter.
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Evans
Colonial Bank
Ninth
Eighth
Kentucky
Tennessee
Eighth Street
Lawrence Municipal Pool
Four Boys Burned by Illegal Firework in Kansas City
Four boys were severely burned Wednesday afternoon when an illegal firework found in a vacant lot ignited. Clinton Wilson and T J Crockett, both 9, were in critical condition with third degree burns at Children’s Mercy Hospital. Monte Ross, 9, and Jeremy Crockett, 8, were in good condition in the burn unit. T J and Jeremy are brothers, Monte is their stepbrother, according to neighbors.
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Kansas City
Children’s Mercy Hospital
Clinton Wilson
T.J. Crockett
Monte Ross
Jeremy Crockett
T.J
Jeremy
Monte
KU Memorial Corp names officers and reps
Mary Loveland, Lawrence School Board member, elected president of KU Memorial Corp replacing Greg Bengston. Aug. 22 election. Gene Norton becomes Alumni Association representative, succeeding Janis R. Biehler Withers. New faculty reps are Robert Jerry and Suzanne Shaw.
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Mary Loveland
Lawrence
Kansas University Memorial Corp
Salina
Greg Bengston
Loveland
Corporation
Kansas
New
Alumni Association
Gene Norton
Kansas City
PKG Design Group
Parents and teachers assess roots of school difficulties
A Harris poll finds 62 percent of teachers and 59 percent of parents say children are left alone after school. Majorities blame parents for lax discipline and homework neglect. Morale rises among teachers with 85 percent job satisfaction and 22 percent planning to leave within five years.
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Harris
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