Saturday Sidewalk Review and Local Notes
Old Knute jokes about lawn care and election promises while Harvey County Attorney Dick Morgan rescues two Reno County boys from drowning at Willow Lake during Memorial Day weekend. He swam out with the boys clinging to his back and shoulders, ending with a sore back. The courthouse filer deadline approaches with some offices still unfilled and more candidates possible.
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Harvey County
Dick Morgan
Reno County
Willow Lake
Morgan
Morgans
Weather Data South Central Cloudiness and Showers Forecast
Increasing cloudiness today with widely scattered showers or thunderstorms developing by afternoon and continuing into Sunday. Highs mid 70s to around 80, lows near 60, Sunday highs upper 70s to low 80s. Southeasterly winds 5 to 15 mph today and tonight.
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South Central
Nuclear plants alert extended until after California vote
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission said the security alert at all 58 U.S. nuclear plants remains in effect until after California voters cast ballots on a nuclear proposition. The agency cited unverified intelligence of planned intrusions over Memorial Day weekend and early June, with notices also noting incidents at other utilities.
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Washington
California
Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Illinois
Connecticut
Convictions seal the Thai connection heroin ring
Federal jurors convict nine people in a multimillion dollar heroin smuggling operation linked to retired Army Sgt. Leslie Ike Atkinson and his relatives. The case alleges smuggling from Thailand via military channels with GIs aiding false bottoms in furniture and luggage. Sentences could reach 15 years plus fines. Atkinson faces up to 30 years for dual heroin counts.
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Raleigh
N.C
Army
Leslie
Ike”’ Atkinson
U.S
Thailand
Atkinson
Atlanta
Don Ashton
U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration
North Carolina
Newton planners to review two subdivision plats and park plan
The Newton Area Planning Commission will consider a final plat and a preliminary plat for two subdivisions at 7:30 p.m. in the city administration building. One is a 16 lot replat between North Plum and Main, south of West 15th, and the other a 69 lot plan north of the Country Club. The Park Development Committee seeks approval of the Park and Recreation Plan as an amendment to the city’s comprehensive plan, and two alley vacation requests are on the agenda by Gary Carteman and James Albertson respectively.
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Newton Area Planning Commission
Gary A. Seitz
City Planning and Zoning
Newton Development Corp
N. Plum
Main
W. 15Th
Newton Country Club Subdivision
Country Club
Gary Carteman
Hillcrest Rd
Vine St
W. 12Th
James Albertson
Oak St
Pine St
EF. 12Th
Curtain falls on primaries in three-state finale
In Ohio New Jersey and California the last primaries before the conventions shape the race. Carter with 960 delegates eyes victory to clinch the nomination while Udall and Church campaign in Dayton Akron and Cleveland. Ford seeks to balance Reagan in Ohio and California gains.
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Associated Press
Ohio
Jimmy Carter
Ford
Ronald Reagan
California
Morris Udall
Frank Church
Carter
New Jersey
Reagan
Columbus
Washington
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Kansas City
Church
Toledo
Dayton
Sen
Hubert Humphrey
D-Minn
Udall
Akron
Cleveland
Arizona
Edmund G. Brown, Jr
Sacramento
Humphrey
Rhode Island
Brown
Charles T. Reilly
Reilly
Roper
United Rubber Workers
Idaho
UAW
the Nation
America
Sam Nunn
D-Ga
Henry Jackson
D-Wash
Carter Nunn
Jackson
Morford Seeks Third Term as Harvey County Sheriff
Galen E Morford 48 filed Friday as a Republican candidate for sheriff aiming for a third term. He began with Newton Police in 1959 rose to lieutenant and juvenile officer later serving eight years as juvenile probation officer. Morford has FBI KBI KU and Prairie View training and lives with his wife in the sheriff's apartment at the county courthouse.
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Galen E. Morford
Harvey County
Newton Police Department
Department
Newton
Morford
Newton High School
U. S. Army
Ft. Riley
Fort Hays station chief named secretary of Kansas Board of Agriculture
W. W. Bill Duftsman, longtime superintendent of the Fort Hays branch experiment station for 24 years, was chosen Friday by the Kansas State Board of Agriculture to become secretary, effective August 1, succeeding Roy Freeland.
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Topeka
Kan
Fort Hays Branch
Kansas State Board of Agriculture
Bill” Duftsman
Roy Freeland
Nixon aide calls Nixon love letters forgeries
Col Jack Brennan said copies of alleged Nixon love letters are a hoax and forged. A Meredith spokesman denied receiving any telegram and a Birmingham source claimed 20 letters exist, detailing a long rumored affair with a European or European-descent woman.
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Washington
Richard M. Nixon
Richard Nixon
Jack Brennan
San Clemente
Brennan
Nixon
New York
Scott Meredith
Meredith
Birmingham
Ala
Dicate
Birmingham News
White House
Alabama
California
D.C
Paris
Florida
Spain
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