Wheat Harvest Nearing Peak in Kansas
Harvest in south central Kansas should begin this weekend with full swing by Monday in Sumner County near Caldwell, according to the state harvest labor control office. About 100 combines were seen operating Wednesday southeast of Kiowa in Barber County, weather permitting.
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Great Bend
Kan
Kansas
State Harvest Labor Control Office
Sumner
Caldwell
Kiowa
Barber County
Woman Killed In One-Car Crash Near Great Bend
Mrs. Georgeanne Fagen twenty? year old of Manhattan was killed Wednesday night when a car overturned on a county road north of Great Bend during heavy rain. Her husband Arlyn Fagen twenty one was severely injured and taken to Central Kansas Medical Center. Their nine month old son Aaron suffered minor injuries. The family had previously lived in Larned.
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Great Bend
Kan
Georgeanne Fagen
Manhattan
Highway Patrol
Fagen
Education shift drives youth job outlook at 4-H Roundup
Dr James A McCain president of Kansas State University told about 1200 Kansas youths at the state 4 H Roundup that jobs requiring college education have risen from four percent to twenty percent in 35 years. He said only five percent of the national workforce is in common or unskilled labor and the central youth problem is not whether to continue education but how much and what kind of extra education to pursue.
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Manhattan
Kan
James A. McCain
Kansas State University
Kansas
Funeral directors urge open funerals to curb private services
In St Louis on Wednesday the National Funeral Directors Association called for open casket ceremonies and public funerals to combat a rising trend toward private funerals and memorials. Howard Raether warned that more closed caskets reduce funerals and threaten the profession.
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St, Louis
St. Louis
Howard C. Raether
National Funeral Directors Association
Raether
Two Men and One Largely Involved in Sedgwick County Bribery Case
Three men faced final disposition in Wichita district court after a two year probe into Sedgwick County purchasing practices. Charles S. Schnug, county purchasing officer, got up to seven years for bribery. Hammond pleaded guilty May 28 with sentence stayed to wind down business. George Dewey Strong, former county yards boss, had been sentenced to seven years for perjury and one year for a misdemeanor, but health issues led to probation for two years and an order to attempt restitution for money misappropriated from the public.
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Wichita
Sedgwick
Charles S. Schnug
Schnng
Hamsmond
George Dewey Strong
Foremer
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