Cross Country Walkers Press On Despite Hit-and-Run Injury
Clint Cook and James Witke, cross-country charity walkers from Indiana, were hit by a car near Fredonia Kansas pausing their 3500 mile trek to San Francisco for Juvenile Diabetes Foundation. Cook, badly injured, vows to continue perhaps in a wheelchair if needed. Wichita hospital care and community support noted.
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Wichita
Kan
Clint Cook
Cook
St. Joseph Medical Center
Cedar Lake
Ind
James Witke
Hammond
San Francisco
Juvenile Diabetes Foundation
Fredonia
Kansas
Jim
Witke
Kay Pushes Unity With Ex-Foes In Kansas Primary Exit
Morris Kay the Republican candidate for Congress in the 2nd District met Friday with three of his four GOP primary opponents to discuss strategies for the general election. He spoke with Dennis Taylor Shawnee County commissioner R R Anderson a Topeka dealer and Topeka Mayor Bill McCormick. Harold Haun was not part of this meeting but a follow up with him is hoped. Kay won Tuesday's GOP primary and will face Jim Slattery in November for the seat vacated by Jim Jeffries.
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Topeka
Kan
Morris Kay
Congress
Kay
Dennis Taylor
Shawnee
R.R. Anderson
Bill McCormick
Harold Haun
Council Grove
Torie Clarke
Haun
Jim Slattery
Hayden Says Close Kansas Agricultural Hall of Fame
Rep. Mike Hayden urged selling the Wyandotte County land and exhibits to avoid state debt for the hall of fame, arguing Kansans should not fund a national farmers shrine. Board members protested, noting the hall’s state ties and local impact as attendance lags and debt remains unresolved. Recommendations to legislature planned for 1983 session.
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Topeka
Kan
Kansas
Mike Hayden
Agricultural Hall of Fame
Wyandotte County
Legislative Budget Committee
Hall
Hayden
Arden Booth
Lawrence
Booth
Hall of Fame
Wheat crop keeps No. 1 grading in Kansas despite protein dip
The 1982 Kansas wheat crop totals nearly 480 million bushels with 51 percent graded No. 1, matching 1981. Protein averaged 11.5 percent vs 13.2 the prior year, while weight stood 60.1 pounds per bushel and moisture 12.2 percent. Grade defects at 2.3 percent, final county-wide data still pending.
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Topeka
Kan
Kansas
State Crop and Livestock Reporting Service
Missouri
Gray County to Recount Tie on 1 Cent Sales Tax
Gray County voters split 423 for and 423 against the proposed 1 cent sales tax prompting a recount next week. County Clerk Ann Koehn said the recount should be completed by Tuesday and if the tie holds, the no vote prevails. Gray County joined 61 Kansas counties voting on local sales taxes. most results showed approval of new or increased taxes.
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Cimarron, Kan
Gray County
Kansas County
Kansas
Carlin Reappoints WSU Board Members in Confidence Vote
Gov. John Carlin reappoints three Wichita State University Board of Trustees members James Robinson Samuel Marcus and John Stevens to terms through June 30 1985. The governor also names new members and renews terms on several state boards including the All Sports Hall of Fame Board and the Kansas Library Network Board.
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Peka, Kan
Wichita State University Board of Trustees
John Carlin
A. James Robinson
Samuel H. Marcus
John W. Stevens
Wichita
Carlin
Kansas All Sports Hall of Fame
James W. Lessig
Lawrence
University of Kansas
Lessig
Bob Marcum
All Sports Hall of Fame
the Hall of Fame
Tom Stromgren
Hays
Dick Towers
Manhattan
William Quayle
Emporia
Natasha Fife
Quayle
Ms. Fife
Stromgren
Robert Thompson
Kansas Veterans Commission
G.W. Hargreaves
Junction City
Kansas Library Network Board
Mary Jo. Reed
Coffeyville
Margaret Delgatty Gant
Garden City
Jane Hatch
Dodge City
William W. Robbins
Pratt
Commission On Fire Protection
Art J. Veach
James J. Mangan
Public Employee Relations Board
Board of Examiners
Robert D. Allen
Sabetha
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Ken Mendoza
Hank Lawson
Lopeka, Inc
Lapeka
Alco
Wes Wilson
Ilinois
Jim Jeffries
Republican Party
Lawrence Insurance
the Family Circus
By Bil Keane
Big Brother
Garagiola
Joe Garagia
Giariolia
Hugo
Pip
Pupple
Ag Hall
Kansas City
Suburbia
Bonner Springs
Bill Bunten
Beetle Bailey
Joel
Ann Koehn
WSU
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