Jazz and more fill Labor Day weekend Kansas City area
Kansas City areas buzz with a packed Labor Day weekend lineup. Jazz fans can see the Gary Burton Quintet at Volker Park tonight and Joshua Breakstone tomorrow, with multiple acts like Claude Williams and the City Light Orchestra Saturday and gospel musicians Sunday. Free youth stage, city venues, and other arts and theater options accompany country shows by Randy Travis and Alan Jackson, antique shows, and regional theater.
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Kansas City
Volker Park
47Th
Oak
Gary Burton
Burton
Joshua Breakstone
Harber Brothers
Alaadeen
Deans of Swing
Claude
Williams
Joe Cartwright
Queen Bey
Milt Abel
City Light Orchestra
David Basse
Bob Watson Sr
Messengers
Kim Park
Steve Miller
K.C
Julie Turner
Randy
Travis
Sandstone Amphitheatre
Bonner Springs
Alan Jackson
Michael Franks
Rippintons
Starlight Theatre
Swope Park
Forbes Field
Ricky Skaggs
Barney Allis Plaza
Bo Diddley
Kansas City Symphony
Shawnee Mission Park
Renner Road
Nutrition program marks eighth year in Ottawa area
Ottawa's Mid-America Nutrition Program celebrates eight years serving 1,200 meals daily to senior citizens across five counties. L eona Thomas honored for eight years as head vegetable cook. Lane site to mark first anniversary with a September birthday dinner at the Senior Community Building. Reservations to Bertha at 869-2002.
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Lori Alvarado
Ottawa
W. 2Nd
Elizabeth Maxwell
Thomas
Maxwell
Leona
Lane
Walling Bertha Wae
Kansas Guard Reports No Units Called Yet
State officials said they have received notification that units might be called but none were activated today. Joy Moser of the Kansas Army National Guard outlined needed support such as air lift port security cargo handling medical water and search and rescue for deployed units while maintaining readiness for any potential call.
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Hayden
Statehouse
Joy D. Moser
Kansas Amy National Guard
Moser
Eureka Downs track to close 1990 season in Eureka
Eureka Downs in Greenwood County will cancel the rest of its 1990 season after the board found insufficient fans and pari mutuel wagers to avoid losses. The Eureka Downs operators seek to preserve a license by asking the state Racing Commission to allow a 1991 reopening while the Greenw ood County Fair Association pursues bankruptcy protection to reorganize.
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Topeka
Kan
Eureka Downs
Greenwood County Fair Association
State Racing Commission
the Fair Association
Dick Clasen
The
Fair Association
Clasen
Explosions At Ufa Factory Spark Fire And Evacuations
A sequence of blasts and a fire at a Ufa chemical plant in the Ural Mountains injured 110 people and forced mass evacuations. Firefighters battled the blaze for hours, with most hospitalized being firefighters. Water contamination disrupted supply for about 60 percent of the city’s 1 million people, prompting water shipments and the evacuation of 4,000 hospital patients due to fumes.
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Moscow
Ural Mountains
Tass
Ufa
One Check Shifts Kansas State Revenue Picture
Harris News Service reports Kansas state year end revenues rose by 17.6 million due to a single $24.8 million personal income tax check. Budget official Richard Ryan notes the windfall explains the surplus and highlights how one payment can skew the year’s deficit outlook.
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John Marshall Harris
Topeka
Legislative Budget Committee
Richard Ryan
Department of Legislative Research
Ryan
Governent
Kansas
State trims SRS offices to 12 sites
Secretary Dennis Taylor announced the consolidation of the Department of Social and Rehabilitation Services area offices reducing offices from 15 to 12. Hiawatha Osawatomie Parsons Pittsburg merge. Chanute gets a single office. Some offices keep direct client services. No layoffs. Approximately 600,000 dollars redirected to raise staffing. About 20 central staff reassigned for long range planning.
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Topeka
Kan
Dennis Taylor
Department of Social and Rehabilitation Services
Hiawatha
Osawatomie
Lawrence
Chanute
Pittsburg
Parsons
Taylor
Sevie
SRS
Ford to Speak at Baker University Oct 17 at 10 36 A M
Correction: Former President Gerald Ford will address Baker University in Rice Auditorium at 10 36 a m on October 17, not 11 a m as previously reported. The event occurs on Baker University campus.
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Gerald Ford
Baker University
The
Herald
Ford
Rice
Ad Briefs and Local Events Snapshot
Multiple local ads list a 1990 model year close out on John Deere lawn and garden gear with free attachments, an antique tractor pull at the fairgrounds on August 25, breakfast buffet at Hill House, and 1990 GMG trucks with low rate financing. Also promoted are Kids Krusade services, 25 percent wicker furniture sale at Country Living, Willie Williams appearance at Ottawa Christian Center, and contact numbers for rides.
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John Deere Lawn & Garden
Underwood
Ottawa
Sea Us
Ottawa Herald postal rates notice and staff listing
Ottawa Herald from Ottawa Kansas lists daily publication details with editor publisher and staff, followed by subscription rates effective April 1 1990 for various delivery options including in town rural routes and mail across Kansas and neighboring states. The document enumerates monthly quarterly semiannual and yearly charges for carrier motor route and mail delivery.
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Ottawa
Franklin County
State of Kansas
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Kearney
Westin Crown Center Hotel
Westin Crown Center Hotel, At 8 P.m. Tonight, Or, Try “the Miracle Worker
Wyandotte Players
State Ave
By Lori Alvarado
Ottawa Herald
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Anderson
Miami
Coffey Counties
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State Guard
Far West
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Financial Institution
Insurance Company
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Ad Briefs
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Krusade
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N. Poplar
Dim R. Hiteh
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Mike Geiss
Peg Armstrong
Wayne Snow
Dean Rossman
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