Johnson County faces long hearings as equalization deadline nears
Johnson County commissioners acting as a board of equalization confront 85.5 extra hearing hours to meet a June 30 property reappraisal deadline. Informal and formal hearings total 192 scheduled presentations plus 330 board hearings, with 20 minutes allotted per taxpayer. Lyndon teaches raise to 20 410, Birdview liquidates and cuts staff, Douglas County seeks a full time drug unit lawyer, and Iola teachers gain raises around 6.5 to 9.7 percent with administrators and non certified staff also increasing.
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Terry Ostmeyer
Herald
Olathe
Board of Equalization
Johnson County Commissioners
Equalization Board
Lawrence
Douglas County Drug Enforcement Unit
University of Kansas Police Department
Douglas County
Loren Anderson
Ron Olin
IOLA
Ola
U.S.C
Rains Bring Floods After Drought Kill One in Kansas
After months of drought floods swept southeast Kansas causing one death near Lamed as a 62 year old Ellinwood woman Ruby Irene Carlisle was swept from a car at a flooded bridge. About 30 Coffeyville families evacuated while streets flooded and power outages were reported. Rain totals reached 7.7 inches in Coffeyville with two foot water on US 166 and damage across Verdigris and Caney rivers. No injuries reported beyond the fatality.
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Associated Press
Kansas
Ellinwood
Lamed
Coffeyville
Ruby Irene Carlisle
Pawnee
Leon Shearer
Carlisle
National Weather Service
Ray McDaniel
Verdigris River
Caney
Little Caney
Chautauqua County
Grouse Creek
Cowley County
Weather Service
Walnut
Neosho
Fall
Elk
Service
Karias Tin
Kansas Highway Patrol
Kansas 99
Moral Majority ends reign as religious right fades
LAS VEGAS AP The Moral Majority dissolves August 31 after a decade of shaping conservative politics. Jerry Falwell says the religious right is solidly in place, with the organization’s work carried on by allied groups. Revenues have declined from a peak of 11 million in 1984 to about 3.5 million this year.
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Las Vegas
Moral Majority
Richard Neuhaus
Center On Religion and Society
New York
Churchill
Jerry Falwell
Falwell
Religion Newswriters Association
Galva
Mark DeMoss
DeMoss
Washington
The
Thomas Road Baptist Church
Liberty University
Lynchburg
American Coalition For Traditional Values, Con
Ronald Reagan
U.S
Reagan
Bush
Nurses in Dayton Letters Expose Hospital Strain and Pay
A DEAR ANN LANDERS column compiles nurse readers nationwide detailing severe staff shortages and overwork. From Texas to Montana, nurses cite missteps in lab and X ray care, corporate greed, long shifts, and low wages, urging better pay and respect now.
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Ann Landers
Midwest
H.K.J
Illinois
New York
Virginia
California
R.N
Nose runs after heat in meals and a lingering question on the appendix
Dear Dr. Donohue explains a marital disharmony over nose dabbling after hot drinks and soups, noting temperature-related nasal irritation. A second letter asks about the appendix function, with the doctor stating it plays a role in the immune system though life proceeds without tonsils or appendix.
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Dr, Donohue
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