Kansas liquor reform surges through Legislature in surprise move
In Topeka the Kansas Legislature approved a bill liberalizing liquor rules for restaurants with at least half of receipts from food. The measure, routed to Gov. Bennett, would let liquor service proceed without club or waiting-period requirements if voters in each county approve the change at the November ballot. Debate highlighted constitutional questions about open saloon definitions and legality.
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Topeka
Kan
Kansas
Robert F. Bennett
House
Michael Glover
Lawrence
Senate
Richard E. Taylor Jr
Kansas United Dry Forces
Taylor
Lincoln
Neb
Sen
Norman Gaar
Gaar
Kansas Supreme Court
Bennett
Locally Taught Violinists Set for Major Venues
Julie Joenson and Brian Lewis, young Topeka area violinists, head to Washington DC, Atlanta, and New York to join Suzuki International Children's Concerts. They will perform with 100 Japanese musicians in an Eastern tour, with shows at JFK Center, Symphony Hall, and Carnegie Hall.
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Jay Bemis
John F. Kennedy Center For the Performing Arts
Washington, D.C
Julie Joenson
Brian Lewis
Suzuki International
Jfk
Symphony Hall
Carnegie Hall
Julie
Brian
Alice J. Lewis
Tony Jones
Tom Jaenson
Topeka
Lewises
Jaensons
Ottawa
Tallgrass symposium at OU highlighted in Highlights
Highlights notes a local Tallgrass symposium slated at the University of Oklahoma with coverage planned across pages. Also mentioned are a hot air trek on page 3 and the Eagles’ strong performance at the Ottawa Relays on page 4.
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Ottawa
County Forecast Macaty Cloudy With Showers
Macaty area forecast calls for cloudy skies tonight and Saturday with scattered showers and thunderstorms. Lows tonight drop to the mid 50s, Saturday highs reach upper 70s to lower 80s. Southeast winds 10 to 20 mph overnight. Rain chances about 30 percent tonight and again Saturday.
Walkers Set To Toe Line For Mankind Charity Walk
Ottawa Jaycees chair Rex Cummings outlines the Project Concern Walk For Mankind set for Saturday starting at 7 30 am from Ottawa Junior High. walkers must register, receive sponsor sheets, wear two pairs of socks, bring lunch or trash bag lunch, and expect four kilometers credited per kilometer walked with up to the original distance.
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Joan Istas
Ottawa
Cummings
Jaycees
Ottawa Junior High
Ottawa Attorney Leads Delinquency Study Task Force
An Ottawa attorney, Robert Anderson, is named chairman of a 20 member task force created by Gov. Bennett to study youth delinquency. The group will pursue federal Juvenile Justice funds and make recommendations on foster care, detention, abuse, and dropout issues to state officials and lawmakers. Groundbreaking ceremonies for a new Ottawa water treatment plant will occur at 2 p.m. Monday with a time capsule and a $1 million project kickoff led by Mayor Vi Reusch.
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Topeka
Hns
Ottawa
Robert Anderson
Robert Bennett
Kansas
Vi Reusch
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Wichita
Hess
Atlanta
New York City
Sth & Main
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Armory
Logan
Eisenhower
Imane Society
Ottawan
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