Rezoning talk draws interest near Quail Creek area
Harvey County Planning Commission pushes public hearing to July for proposed rezoning along Old Highway 81 near Quail Creek Estates. Residents largely back suburban residential zoning with some opposition to a light industrial section. July 5 hearings set for other property changes and plats. several parcels approved for agriculture two and special residential permits.
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Quail Creek Estates
Harvey County Planning Commission
Lewis Boyd
Gar Seitz
Newton
Quail Creek
Danner
Summer playground program opens at seven Newton locations
The Newton Recreation Commission announces a seven week summer playground program starting Monday at seven sites: Military, Caperland, Havens, Washington Road, Sunset, 10th and Ash. Walton serves as an out-of-town location. The last day is July 29. all sites close July 4.
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Newton Recreation Commission
Military
Caperland
Havens
Washington Road
Sunset
10Th
Ash
Walton
Washington
Military Park
Weekend Notices Include Taxes Due and Class Reunion Quest
Old Knute faces June 20 real estate and personal property tax due while seeking a loan for a vacation. Newton High School Class of 1927 seeks missing members for a Labor Day weekend reunion and asks for information to contact Mrs. Clyde Thudin or Mrs. Gus Enst. An art exhibit at Kansas State Bank features Watercolors by Wilma Buckley. The PRIDE Committee meets Thursday at 4 15 p m in the Chamber of Commerce office. The Walton Pacemaker Dinner Bike-A-Thon reports and park summer programs outline daily activities and special events at local parks and camps with hours and locations listed.
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Knute
Newton High School
Crystal Archibald
Jessie Clemens
Verda Dedrick
Roy
Mildred McGaughay
Nelson
Willard Myers
Josephine (Newell) Caudill
Theodore Pierce
John Tatman
Kansas State Bank
Wilma Buckley
Chamber of Commerce
Walton Pacemaker
Weather Update Sunny and hot with isolated storms
Weather data shows sunny and hot conditions today with a slight chance of thunderstorms this afternoon. Highs near 92 with winds from the south to southwest. Tonight partly cloudy and cooler with a 30 percent thunderstorm chance, lows around 60s. Sunday Iow winds, highs near 80s with 30 percent precip.
Dutch commandos free hostages in dawn rescue
Dutch commandos stormed a train and a school 12 miles apart in northern Holland freeing most of 55 hostages held for 20 days by South Moluccan gunmen. Two hostages and six terrorists were killed. twelve people were wounded including one terrorist, two commandos, and nine passengers. In other news, James Far Ray escaped Brushy Mountain jail for the second time in ten years, after escaping Missouri State Penitentiary in 1967.
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The
Netherlands
Holland
Kansas City
James Far Ray
Brushy Mountain
Tennessee
Ray
Martin Luther King Jr
Missouri State
Jefferson City
King
Bell seeks rate increase in Kansas filing
Southwestern Bell seeks a $24.6 million annual rate hike after a court review of the KCC decision that granted only $5.7 million of a $25.9 million requested increase. The company also replaces a prior proposal for $27.1 million based on projected profits with this new, experience-based request.
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Southwestern Bell Telephone Co
Cowley
Winfield
Kansas Corporation Commission
The
Corporation Commission
Southwestern Bell
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