Champs Crowned at Fair as Market Animals Set to Sell
The grand champion market lamb and market steer were chosen, Dean Chambers and Buck Watts owning the top animals. Reserve champions went to Marie Chambers and Ronnie Sylvester. The 4-H market animal sale opens at 6 p.m. with 24 hogs, 23 sheep, 34 cattle, moved to the hog and sheep barn for shade.
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Dean Chambers
Wellsville
Buck Watts
Ottawa Rfc
Dean
Marie
Ronnie Sylvester
Claude Myers
Babe Dillon
Ted van Horn
Brenda King
Marie Chambers
Fred Vulgamore
Sherry
Trent Lancaster
John Wray
John
Harold Wingert
Jon Johansen
Celebration Hall
Lindee Pope
Sherry Gislar
Jason Edwards
Ryan Kile
Joyce MacArthur
Pam van Horn
Linda Blake
Carter unveils health plan principles as Kennedy withdraws support
Washington AP reports the Carter administration presented ten broad principles for a national health insurance plan to go to Congress next year. Sen Edward Kennedy and labor groups pulled backing, criticizing the plan as too late and not genuinely universal. Carter defended inflation fears and phased implementation, while Kennedy warned that vague timing undermines universal coverage.
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Washington
Carter
Congress
Edward M. Kennedy
Massachusetts Democrat
Kennedy
Sales Tax Bids Face Bad Odds
Kansas voters face another wave of sales tax questions as 14 cities and seven counties seek approval for higher taxes. Analysts note past results show modest success rates, with only a fraction of measures passing since 1971, and warn officials to expect cautious outcomes amid overlapping county and city ballots.
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Cindy Schwartz
Kansas
Topeka
HNS
Johnson, Seward and Wyandotte
William Douglass
League of Kansas Municipalities
Douglass
Cowley County
Arkansas City
Winfield
Bourbon County
Fort Scott
California
League of Kansas
League
Atchison
Chanute
Dodge City
Erie
Girard
Hutchinson
Reno County
Ottawa
Prairie Village
Shawnee
Johnson County
Spivey
Wellington
Cawley County
Legion Coach Shot To Death
Mike Haen, 38, coach of Kansas City Post 399 in the District 2 American Legion baseball tournament, was killed by a stray bullet amid a drive by shooting after a traffic clash in Kansas City. Three others wounded. the gunfight involved officer Nevils and suspect Rucker. police unsure who fired the fatal shot. Haen had guided his team to a 30 8 record and top seed in Ottawa's Orlis Cox Field event.
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Kansas City
Mike Haen
American Legion
Ottawa
Haen
Kan
Kansas City Post
Legion
KC 399
Orlis Cox Field
Ruckers
Nevils
Wyandotte
Bruce Nevils
Herman Rucker
Rucker
Ronnie Miller
Jerry Lewis
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Joan Istas
Pottawatomie Valley
Jil Cartmill
Brett Bruington
Donald Hurley
Wayne Knight Jr
Fairgrounds
Mike Gullett
EPA
Robert F. Bennett
Federal Environmental Protection Agency
Kansas Department of Agriculture
Bennett
Camp Guernsey
Wyo
Kansas National Guard
Midwest
Ottawa Herald
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