Weather storms flood central and eastern Kansas
Thunderstorms with heavy rains dominated central and eastern Kansas for a fifth day. Winds up to 60 mph blew a sheriff’s car into a field near McPherson. a trooper reported his car skidded sideways. Rain totals ranged from 2 to 3.4 inches at several reporting points with many locations under an inch.
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Associated Press
Kansas
McPherson
Chase
Clinton
Topeka
Paola
Rains Hit Kansas Wheat Crop Across Regions
In east central and central Kansas heavy weekend rains damaged the 1977 wheat crop, with lodging highest in those areas. About 15 percent harvested by weekend, ahead of the five percent ten year average. By weekend 90 percent turning stage and 50 percent ripe. spring planting progressing with 85 percent sorghum and 75 percent soybeans. Pastures in good to excellent condition.
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Topeka
Kansas
Markets rise as inflation slows on May price data
Wall Street gains extended after Labor Department figures show consumer prices rising at a slower May pace. Dow Jones industrial average climbs to 928.34, NYSE composite up 0.23, AMEX up 0.33. Volume 14.3 million shares. Also daily Kansas City and Wichita livestock quotes and Chicago grain futures noted.
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Wall Street New York
New York Stock Exchange
Labor Department
NYSE
American Stock Exchange
Chicago Cash Grain Chicago
Board of Trade Chicago
Chicago Board of Trade
Chicago Livestock Futures Markets
Edward D. Jones and Co
Newton
Dallas Christian nightclub to close amid family dispute
King's Village in Dallas will stop serving customers at Promised Land, a milk and honey themed cocktail, ending an eleven year lease dispute within the family that owned the building. Managers cited minimal profits while the venture’s religious theme drew disapproval from owner Sam Ventura Sr.
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Dallas
King’s Village
Sammy Ventura Jr
Sam Ventura Sr
Ventura Jr
Daily record of injuries and local notices
Injury and accident items include Norman Epp with a fractured pelvis after a 6 p.m. collision near Hesston and Richard Burns with a compressed vertebra from an industrial accident at Windsor Mobile Homes. A hit and run involving Vincent Ochs’s parked car is under investigation. Animal control lists several stray animals and adoption details. Local marriages, warranty deeds, wills, and divorces are also noted with names and addresses.
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Norman Epp
N. Main
Bethel Deaconess Hospital
Hesston
Epp
Richard Burns
Windsor Mobile Homes
Newton Ambulance
Vincent Ochs
Normandy Rd
Whitewater festival plans for 1977 Fall Festival
The Whitewater Fall Festival committee chaired by Rollan K. Eberhard outlines the 1977 event set for Sept 17. Activities include children's games, a Potwin Saddle Club horse show, a 4 PM parade, an evening bar-b-que with a long beef cook, a potential square dance, child movies, and an arts and crafts display. The tractor pull is dropped due to cost. no replacement acts yet.
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Whitewater
Rollan K. Eberhard
Eberhard
Potwin Saddle Club
Peabody man Oscar Huguenin dies at 89
Oscar Huguenin a lifetime Peabody resident and retired grocer died Monday at Axtell Christian Hospital in Newton services set for 2 p.m. Wednesday at First Christian Church Peabody burial in Prairie Lawn Cemetery He was born June 15 1888 in Peabody and married Frances Lauck in 1914 She died in 1952 Survivors include son W Vernon Fairfield California daughter Mrs Jane Good Peabody sister Mrs Rose A Smith Peabody Memorial Home six grandchildren and seven great grandchildren Baker Funeral Home Peabody in charge
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Peabody
Oscar Huguenin
Axtell Christian Hospital
Newton
First Christian Church
Allen White
Prairie Lawn Cemetery
Frances Lauck
W. Vernon
Fairfield
Calif
Jane Good
Rose A. Smith
Peabody Memorial Home
Baker Funeral Home
Correction in Kansan obituary husband name misprint
In Monday's Kansan an obituary incorrectly listed Mrs. Helen Sarah Kaiser's husband as Albert. The correct name is Arthur L. Kaiser.
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Kansan
Helen Sarah Kaiser
Albert
Arthur L
Free attic insulation inspections draw 6700 requests
Kansas Power and Light Co. reports 6,700 requests for free attic insulation inspections with about 8 percent of homes found adequately insulated and 49 percent planning to add insulation. Demand has created material shortages and weekly requests exceed 250, with 40 inspectors able to respond.
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Topeka
Kansas Power and Light Co
KPL
Berean Academy Announces Honor Roll for Second Semester
Berean Academy releases second semester honor rolls listing students on A and A- honors, B honors, and separate seventh and eighth grade honor rolls. Notable names include Coleen Ewy Judy Becker Marjorie Claassen Lowell Entz Becky Kliewer James Loewen and many others.
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Arlene Hoch
Ileen Dalke
Janell Dalke
Sharon Huebert
Judy Koehn
Dana Randall
Enid Smith
Rhonda Wiebe
Karen Huebert
Linda Goertz
Diane Stucky
Michele Regier
Kerry Blythe
Mark Funk
John Harms
Debbie Langenegger
JeriLyn Lewis
Donald Quiring
Jerri Schrag
Mark Veer
Lenora Wiebe
Phylis Busenitz
Andy Entz
Bruce Entz
Kim Claassen
Sharon Classen
Bernice Entz
Paul Johnson
Joni Kurr
Eddie Madsen
Lois Rice
Carolyn Smith
Gary Webel
Keith Wiebe
Shelly Wright
Yvonne Thiessen
Elaine Entz
Wendell Gehring
Mark Schroeder
Melanie Unruh
Steve Zuercher
Joy Blythe
Gayle Randall
Jenny Schwindt
Michelle McCloud
Sharon Young
Jill White
Michele Madsen
Ann Zuercher
Brian Bubeck
Gwen White
Kathy Busenitz
Karen Wedel
Becky Friesen
Tonia Schrag
Larry Regier
Maureen Smith
Craig Bubeck
Darlene Busenitz
Wesley Wiebe
Transplant pioneer May Use Chimpanzee Heart For Patient
Cape Town December 7 1969 AP Barnard attempted to bolster a failing Italian woman's heart by grafting a baboon heart. The procedure lasted 10 hours and the patient died despite initial signs of stability. Barnard noted matching blood type but tissue typing was not possible and vowed to pursue chimpanzee hearts next.
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Cape Town
South Africa
Christian Barnard
Groote Schuur
Barnard
Reeves Saunders
Saunders
Harvest completion near in some areas of state
The Kansas wheat harvest neared completion along a southern tier of counties as harvest offices closed in Clark Barber Harper and Caldwell. Heavy weekend rains slowed or halted work statewide causing shortages of boxcars storage space and labor.
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Great Bend
Kansas
Clark
Barber
Harper
Caldwell
Jim Jay
Stat Harvest Control Office
Jay
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