Kansas Lottery seeks hype bidders for new venture
The Kansas Lottery sent notices to 350 advertising public relations and marketing research firms to bid on handling the state run gambling project. Deadline for written requests is June 15 with proposals due July 2. Bidder presentations will take place July 9 and 10. Executive director Larry Montgomery said selecting the firms will shape the lottery’s excitement and entertainment value.
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Topeka, Kan
Kansas Lottery
Lottery
Kansas
Larry. Montgomery
Montgomery
Fort Scott woman charged with involuntary manslaughter
Carol D. Jones, 26, faces preliminary hearing Monday in Bourbon County District Court for involuntary manslaughter in the death of 2 year old Ezra Lynn Binford. The child died May 13 at a Kansas City hospital after collapsing at Jones's Fort Scott home while in her care. Jones is free on $2,500 bond after appearing before District Magistrate Samuel Mason.
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Fort Scott
Kan
Bourbon County
Carol D. Jones
Ezra Lynn Binford
Uniontown
Kansas City
Ms. Jones
Samuel Mason
Greyhound mulls Wichita to Kansas City and Oklahoma City service
Greyhound officials said they are considering four daily trips to Kansas City and Oklahoma City from Wichita starting July 29, pending regulator approval. Mayor Bob Knight says Greyhound plans a temporary downtown bus terminal, location and stop times not disclosed.
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Wichita, Kan
Wichita
Kansas City
Oklahoma City
Greyhound
George Graviey
Bob Knight
Immigration enforcement on hold in Kansas and Missouri
Immigration authorities in Kansas and Missouri suspend new sanctions on employers who hire illegal aliens until July 1. The delay stems from late mailing of required forms. enforcement in other regions is also postponed. Penalties for noncompliance range from 200 to 1,000 dollars for failing to check status and keep records, with higher fines for knowingly hiring illegal workers. First-time offenders receive warnings until June 1, 1988.
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Wichita, Kan
Kansas
Missouri
Immigration and Naturalization Service
Ron Sanders
United States
OSHA probes IBP Emporia plant over injury reports
OSHA is examining IBP at Emporia Kansas as part of a broader inquiry into alleged falsification of on the job injury logs. The probe follows prior accusations from workers and a Dakota City investigation showing discrepancies between company injury records and medical station logs.
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Wichita, Kan
Occupational Safety
Yan
IBP
Emporia
Wichita Eagle Beacon
OSHA
Washington
Dakota City
Neb
Linwood High to close. consolidation with Basehor planned
Linwood High School will close after one more school year and consolidate into Basehor schools. Basehor Linwood school board approved the move 5 to 2 at a Basehor Middle School meeting with about 150 attendees. Plans remain open as officials will study options and bus students to Basehor.
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Basehor
Kan
Linwood High School
Basehor- Linwood
Baselior Middle School
Charles Edmonds
Leavenworth County
Wood High
Emporia State University
Linwood High
Linwood
Wheat Harvest Another Boomer From Agriculture Department
Washington AP reports a booming wheat harvest with an expected 1.58 billion bushels, 4 percent above last year, despite reduced acreage. The USDA notes an average yield of 40.6 bushels per acre and forecasts total wheat production near 2.14 billion bushels for 1987, with winter wheat comprising about three quarters of output.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Department
Agricultural Statistics Board
Kansas
Nebraska
Arkansas
California
U.S
USDA
Humidity Slows 1987 Kansas Wheat Harvest Across Border
High humidity and scattered showers slow harvest along the Kansas-Oklahoma border with many elevators receiving fewer loads than the day before. Test weights run mostly 57 to 63 pounds, moisture 11 to 13 percent, and crews are stretched thin as wet weather delays Texas and Oklahoma cutting.
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Wichita, Kan
Kansas
Kansas-Oklahoma
Jane Young
Collingwood Elevator
Pretty Prairie
Barber County
Cowley
Reno
Robin May
Walcott & Lincoln Inc
South Haven
Robert Kidd
State Employment Service
Kidd
Texas
Oklahoma
Dale Fjell
Kansas State University
Southcentral Kansas
Fjell
Corn Uses Outlined At National Utilization Conference
In St Louis Dan Ragsdale of the National Corn Growers Association promotes corn as a renewable multi use resource for fuel additives road deicers coal sulfur extraction and plastic bags The conference gathers hundreds of scientists to explore industrial applications to help farmers amid large harvests and weak demand with corn seen as a petroleum substitute.
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ST. Louis
Iowa
Colorado
New York
Illinois
California
Dan Ragsdale
National Corn Growers Association
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