Quantrill Raid remembered on Lawrence anniversary
At 6:05 am August 21, 1863 Erastus Ladd heard gunfire signaling Quantrill’s raid on Lawrence. The attack killed 142, caused $1.5 million in damage, and barred retribution through a community luncheon this year focusing on the era’s border warfare rather than reenactment.
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Tawhench
Kan
Erastus Ladd
James J. Robertson Jr
Washington
National Civil War Centennial Commission
Kansas
Quantrill
Lawrence
Forgat
Ladd
Marshall
Kansas State Historical Society
Communists capitalize on Buddhists campaign in Viet Nam
Viet Cong supporters press Buddhist restrictions crisis into propaganda. Leaflets radio broadcasts and agiprop teams move among peasants to portray President Diem as suppressing religion. In Mekong Delta NL F accuses Diem of vicious religious repression while US advisers aid Saigon forces.
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Saigon
Viet Nam
Agiprop
Mekong Delta
National Liberation Front
Diem
Uraveling
Comunist
United States
Property Transfers and Parcel Descriptions in Kas County
Deeds record multiple transfers including Melvin Hoots to Will Rinehart for lots W5-17-10 in Block 68 and Gary W. Rica to Robert Service with notes and parcel references. Additional entries show Ralph Studebaker to Edna Oll, Glenn R. King to Ronald L. Reed for lots 11-13 in Wki Bhinna Add, and Doyle Christopher to First National Bank for blocks and lots in Devores Add Lane Kas, with county agency mentions.
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Melvin Hoots
Will Rinehart
Gary W. Rica
Robert Service
Nirha
Tf F
Hart Sink
Pr&l. Co
Nwie
Ralph Studebaker
Mra
Edna Oll
NEM
Richmond Area News highlights travels and family events
Mrs Martha Chambers is with her brother John Clark and family in Marquette to assist in caring for their infant son Toby Michael born Aug 12. Several local families attend reunions and visit relatives across the region including Paola La Grange Ill Dodge City Compton Calif and Oklahoma City Caney and Providence RI.
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Martha Chambers
John Clark
Marquette
Toby Michael
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Juantrill
William Clark Quantrill
Leavenworth
Kansas City
Atchison
St. Louis
Chicago
Richmond Area News
Mabel Chandler
Frank Hahner
Hahner- Obermier
Wallace Park
Paola
Mrs
Ed New
T. H. Pentecost
la Grange, Ill
Jim Coons
Colorado Springs
Colo
Holand Anderson
Gerald Ward
Debbie Preston
Danny Ward
Dodge City
Ross Spencer
Bill McCrea
Mission
Ralph McCrea
Leonard van Nelson
Lester Gene
Compton, Calif
Mrs Furman Porter
Ethridge Smith
Munford
Ala
Pamela
Smith
Betty Slocum
Richmond
Kermit Kruger
Oklahoma City
Terrye Ann Smith
Caney
Abe Severns
Milford Lash
Bellflower
Calif
Duane Pedrow
Dominic” Lickteig
Defiance
Iowa
Dean Berlin
Gemex
J. B
Speidel
Boyer's Jewelry
S. Main
AIBN
Harry Smith Auto Supply
Shoe & Cosmetic
Gene Uine
Hamburger
Woolworth’s
Farah
Mildred McKee
Main
Harold Leitaker
Ottawa
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