Suspects May Head West Abduction of Trooper Linked to Farm Find
A state trooper was abducted on I 70 near Russell and bound along with three family members in Wilson area. A stolen blue 1982 Ford Fairmont and two rifles were taken as a motor home was hidden, with clothing and a suitcase containing false ID materials found later. Tracking dogs, planes, and 12 officers hunted across Rice and surrounding counties as the suspects, described as two men and a woman, remained at large.
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Sterling
Kan
Rice County
Kansas
Wilson Farm
Dale Higgins
Higgins
Kansas Industrial Reformatory
Hutchinson
Kansas Bureau of Investigation
Highway Patrol
Bert Cantwell
Salt Lake City
Wilson
Daniel Gifford
Russell
Gifford
Ellsworth County
Tra Mog
Amanda
Robert
Ira Mog
Robert Mog
Wedermyer
Emporia Probe Ends Indefinitely After No Weapon Found
Geary County officials shelved the probe into Martin Anderson's 1983 death near Kansas 177 after using metal detectors and pumps on nearby ponds found no weapon. The case follows Lorna Anderson Eldridge's guilty plea to two counts of criminal solicitation to commit first degree murder in connection with the death, with no charges filed yet against others. Former Emporia minister Thomas P. Bird was convicted last year of criminal solicitation to commit the crime.
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Junction City
Kan
Geary County
Martin Anderson
Lorna Anderson Eldridge
Anderson
Kansas 177
Geary
Emporia
Thomas P. Bird
Bill Deppish
Deppish
Eldridge
Lyon County
William J. Dick
Sandra
Bird
West German Spy Scandal Reaches President's Office
In Bonn a secretary tied to an aide of President Richard von Weizsacker was arrested amid Germany's widening spy scandal. The probe follows the defection of top counter espionage official Hans Joachim Tiedge and prompts reorganization talks among Bonn’s intelligence agencies.
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Bonn
West Germany
Pobienes Prechtel
Kurt Rebmann
Margarete Hoeke
Richard von Weizsuecker
Hans Joachim Tiedge
East Germany
Helmut Kohl
Friedrich Zimmermann
Express
Interior Ministry
Zimmermann
Tiedge
Choosing the Right Instrument for School Music Programs
An OMS band program invites children to learn music in a supportive setting. Emphasizing instrument selection, practice, and concerts, it highlights benefits like self confidence, discipline, coordination, and teamwork while offering school approved instruments and rental options.
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OMS
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Bread For the World
Senate
U.S
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Commodity Credit Corp
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Food Security
Food For Peace
Peoples National Bank
Peoples National Bank & Trust
FDIC
Repalirs
Walt Butler
Main
Ottawa
Phil Hayden
Ipswich
Mass
Newport
R.I
Ottawa Middle School
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