Fire destroys 4100 pounds of marijuana at Franklin County landfill
Franklin County deputies burned 4100 pounds of seized marijuana at the county landfill after a court order allowed disposal. The eight acre harvest, tied to an arrest case, weighed 4100 pounds with a street value near 400000 dollars. Arrangements for arraignments of two defendants were set for Monday.
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Jay Bemis
Franklin County Sheriff's Department
Homewood
Rex Bowling
Bowling
Floyd H. Coffman
Sheriff's Department
Fred Vogler
Franklin County
Jim Clark
Clark
Thomas Gleason Jr
Ottawa
Gleason
David Millstein
Baldwin-Red
James Edward Grey
Lawrence
James Lewis
Greyl
Millstein
Grey
County Tax Rite Less Painful for Residents This Year
County residents will face reduced county mill levies for 1979 as the county school foundation fund shifts funding to districts. The 9.49 mill county levy raises about 588000, with 833000 total budget from local funds and state aid. The general fund stays at 3.32 mills, generating 655040, while sheriff revenue sharing adds 20000 and noxious weed funding rises to 117600.
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Diane Yeamans
County School Foundation
County Commission
County School Foundation Fund
Sheriff's Department
General Fund
Union Bosses Vote Against Contract Then Send to Members
The national bargaining advisory committee of the American Postal Workers Union voted 29 to 15 against a tentative three year contract. It then approved sending the proposed agreement to 240,000 rank and file members for a ratification vote by 90 to 9.
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Washington
National Bargaining Advisory Committee
American Pestal Workers Union
Clover Revue Draws 275 at Franklin County Fair
A smaller crowd attended the Clover Revue at the Franklin County Fairgrounds as fair activities overlapped. Entries were due, keeping some away, while 4-H contestants staged acts and announced 4-H Style Review and Best Groomed Boy winners.
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Joan Istas
Franklin County Fairgrounds
Franklin County
Bob Bozworth
Rodeo Arena
Bozworth
Debbie Burch
Mariann Poss
Brent Neis
George Maxwell
Mark Norton
Donna Schamle
Mark
Willing Workers
Donna
Debbie Chambers
Debbie
Dean
Long Lines Unlikely Next Week At Kansas Polls
Kansas predicts a small primary turnout with about 352000 voters. Republicans expected 194000 and Democrats 158000, with competition in the Democratic governor race and a crowded Republican U.S. Senate field. Also noted are local elections and county-term changes likely shaping participation. In Missouri, a Six Flags ride accident in Eureka killed three and injured another, leaving 60 people stranded for hours before rescue.
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Kansas
Topeka
Kan
Jack Brier
Brier
U.S. Senate
Eureka
Mid-America Park
State Gets OK For Pesticides
Kansas Secretary of Agriculture W W Duitsman said EPA approved immediate registration of Faradan and Penicap M for grasshopper control. He noted EPA asked Dimetheate Orthene and Dursban makers to file registrations and delayed Endrin due to past Kansas results. Pesticides will be sold under a local need provision of the Federal Insecticide Fungicide and Rodenticide Act. County forecast calls for mostly clear skies with highs in the mid to upper 60s and light variable winds.
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Topeka
Kan
Kansas
W.W. Duitsman
Environmental Protection Agency
Duitsman
EPA
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Alaska
Legion
Nix
Dean Chambers
Tim Lancaster
Japan
Brent Ness
Ellen Arnold
Celebration Hall
National Guard Armory
United Rodeo Association
URA
Marcia Houck
Arnold Hart
Mary Burch
Don Poss
Glen Underwood
Ralph
Mary Ferguson
Franklin County Rodeo Arena
Mike Gullett
Reign
John Cartin
Bert Chaney
D-Hutchinson
Harry Wiles
Wayne Angell
S.C
John Fitzfarrell
Norman Gaar
Bill Gibbs
Sam Hardage
Ken Henderson
Nancy Landon Kassebaum
Jan Meyers
Deryl Schuster
Senate
Robert F. Bennett
Harold Knight
Robert R. Sanders
Trisha Weeks
St. Louis
Kristen Johnson
Barre
Clark F. Johnson
Rivesville
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