Fort Riley downsizing threatens Junction City economy
Editorial warns that a Washington plan could shrink Fort Riley by 38 percent, ending as headquarters for the 1st Infantry Division. It predicts job losses and transfers for thousands, with Junction City, Manhattan, and surrounding areas poised to bear the impact while urging state action to soften the blow and attract new industry.
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Fort Riley
Ottawa
1St Infantry
Manhattan
Junction City-Manhattan
Wake up and smell the coffee in phone dialing shift
Guest editorial notes Hoisington residents must dial seven digits starting Saturday and by Nov. 1 the Great Bend area will add area codes for long distance calls. The writer muses on ever longer numbers and future birthassigned phone IDs, joking about Dial M for Murder.
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Stant
Hoisington
Mayberry
Sarah
Great Bend
Stan of Burrton remembered as high school star and friend
The writer recalls Stan, a Burrton class of 1954 leader, athlete, and cheerful friend who died of a massive heart attack. They shared childhood memories from Burton, including school paddlings, fund drives, and bicycle tag games ending in a town memory. Stan and Barbara wed, and Stan is buried at Burrton Cemetery.
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Barbara
Burrton
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Courthouse Square Residents Fold 1600 Luminaries
Three women living at Courthouse Square folded 1600 luminaries lighting Kanza Park for the community event. Ottawa Municipal Auditorium advertised Christmas gift certificates in Thursdays paper but would be closed all week.
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Courthouse Square
Kanza Park
Ottawa Municipal Auditorium
Slats Grobnik’s Christmas Club by Royko Reprint
In a 1969 reprint, Mike Royko’s Slats Grobnik recalls a Chicago Christmas. The memories include Leo the mover selling fake trees, a streetcar ride home from Mr Grobnik’s plant, stockings hung by the oven, and the moment a child learns Santa isn’t real.
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Mike Royko
Slats Grobnik
Slats
Grobniks
Leo
Mr. Grobnik
Bruno
Santa
Fats
Ardennes push retaken Stavelot halts German assault
Fifty years ago today U S tanks and infantry recaptured Stavelot on the north flank of the Ardennes bulge, halting Nazi attacks toward Monechau. German and Soviet forces clash southwest of Budapest as fighting rages in Hungary. In the Philippines U S Army units link up in Leyte Island's Ormee Valley while a Japanese kamikaze sinks an American destroyer off Mindoro.
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Monechau
Budapest
Hungary
Philippines
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Colorone
Leyte
Ormee
Mindoro
Local Grinch Destroys Christmas Lights on Maple Street
Sherry L. Engelbert reports repeat vandalism at 1127 Maple as lights are cut and torn. She pleads for the offender to stop and notes the family and neighborhood watch are watching, promising police intervention if it recurs while wishing peace and holiday blessings.
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Maple
Sherry L. Engelbert
Readers urged to sign letters with address and phone
Local editor invites readers to submit signed letters with full address and a telephone number for verification. Unsigned submissions will not be published.
No kidding by Karl A Van Asselt
A brief catalog from Ye Gods detailing mythic deities and their unconventional offspring or disguises. It lists Zeus with numerous mistresses, Kubaba depicted as a barmaid, Brahma with four arms and mouths, Castor and Pollux as hatchlings of Zeus, Cupid as bisexual, and Boreas fathers of twelve mares.
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Karl A. van Asselt
Zeus
Kubaba
Brahma
Castor
Pollux
Cupid
Boreas
Anne
Baumgartner
Lyle Stuart, Inc
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