Former White House travel chief indicted for embezzlement
Billy R. Dale, 57, of Clinton Maryland, is indicted in Washington on two counts of embezzlement and conversion for more than 68000 dollars paid by news organizations to accompany the president on trips, with his attorney saying he denies the charges and will defend at trial. House Republicans move to cut taxpayer funding for the Congressional Black Caucus and 27 other associations, allowing continuation only if funded directly by members rather than office funds.
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State Farm cuts downplayed becomes center of controversy
In Wichita area reports the USDA plans to close and consolidate about 1200 field offices including Osage City and Iola, with Adrian Polansky asserting improved service under a new center model. In Topeka, a youth center audit notes ongoing security issues and high weekend passes for violent offenders, while Geary County dismisses murder charges in a 1992 shotgun slaying after a fraudulent satellite photo.
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Geary County
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Jerry Rollins
Dana Flynn
Mikel Dreiling
Biggs
Pearl Harbor diver recalls salvage work at sea
Franklin County resident Robert Wingo, 70, a Navy veteran, recalls diving to raise sunken ships after Pearl Harbor. He details hardhat gear, the use of water jets and drums to lift vessels, and notes the Arizona memorial as a somber reminder. His Bataan carried the memory of the Battle of Bataan.
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Robinson pleads innocent in Ottawa murder case
In a re scheduled arraignment District Judge Thomas Sachse entered an plea for 14 year old Jerry Lee Robinson charged with second degree murder in the September death of Clyde Richard Crowley after a golf club attack at Forest Park. Attorney Wendell Barker said Robinson stood mute to preserve objections and noted media limits.
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Forest Park
Wendell Barker
Robinson
Barker
Estate boosts local endowments for library and society
Ottawa native Ken Bill Bennett died just over a year ago leaving a trust split between the Ottawa Library and the Franklin County Historical Society. Two thirds of 92,681.27 went to the library and 46,340.64 to the historical society, doubling the library endowment and tripling the society’s. Bennett helped establish the library endowment in 1971 and supported the two groups as a trustee and donor. He lived near City Park, donated books, and worked in New York museums in youth.
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Mary Lillian Spears 100th Birthday Reflections in Vandalia
Mary Lillian Spears born December 11, 1894 in Vandalia Missouri to Webster and Mary David witnessed dramatic changes from the horses and wagons of her childhood to jet aircraft. She married Homer Spears on September 26, 1915 and raised two children, David Elmore and Oleta Norene, while living through a century of progress.
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Vandalia
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Russia as woeful as United States
Itawa City Commissioner Richard Jackson returned from a 12 day Russia trip with a 42 person National Community Action Foundation delegation. He described Moscow facing crime homelessness and substance abuse with citizens noting a worse economy and a rise in the Russian Mafia while some miss living under communism for safety and housing.
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East Central Kansas Economic Opportunity Corp
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