Relief From Heat Briefly Sweeps Kansas Then Returns
A cool front moved through Kansas bringing temporary relief from 100 degree heat and 66 deaths after three weeks of heat. Thunderstorms dropped heavy rain in Dodge City and Hutchinson, with up to 30 degree temperature drops in many areas. Forecast calls for highs around 90 to 100 with the heat returning by midweek. Farmers welcomed rain that could save soybeans and milo, while corn and crops showed mixed resilience across counties.
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Ron Crandall
Orlen Gruenwald
Kansas State University
Draft Registration Underway Today
George B. Pyle reports the first day of registration for men born in 1960 and 1961 with the Selective Service System. men must visit their post office to fill out a card with personal details, while officials note registration is not a draft and penalties apply for noncompliance. Ottawa Postmaster says offices will simply distribute and collect cards with ID checks.
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Deborah Bonifant
Washington
Supreme Court
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McBride
Protest at Kansas City Post Office Over Draft Registration
About 40 protesters rallied at the main Kansas City Post Office as registration for the draft resumed. Four young women chained to a table, others formed a semicircle around the table while singing. Roughly 35 men registered that morning. a few appeared supportive or critical. Police did not disperse the crowd, and some registrants wore I am registering under protest stickers.
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Tower Court
Franklin County Engineer Santarpia resigns August 20
County commissioners learned engineer Craig Santarpia will resign on August 20. They doubt finding a like-qualified replacement at current pay, consider hiring a road supervisor and private firm for engineering, and expect costs to roughly double over the $18 000 salary.
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Franklin County
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Carmen Peffly
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Peffly
Leroy Wasmund
Afghan Olympians Eye U S Asylum
Afghan team members reportedly sought to defect to the United States amid the U S boycott of the Moscow Games over the Soviet intervention in Afghanistan CBS News and officials noted Afghan athletes 17 strong considered escaping while security was likely to increase US Embassy officials and State Department offered no confirmation the story followed a British TV scoop and emphasized the athletes' perceived last chance to flee while competition continued with Soviet and East German dominance
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Washington
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Tom Bach
University of Kansas
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Tim Sullivan
Sullivan
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Jay Coombes
Tami Sears
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