Two Drownings Mark Kansas Weekend
AP reports two drownings occurred in Kansas over the weekend. Algernon Jessepe, 39, disappeared while swimming at Lake Perry near Oskaloosa. his body was recovered hours later. A 2-year-old Junction City girl, Jennifer Craig, died after being found in Lyons Creek following her father's report of missing child. A manhunt began in Larned for escapee Thomas Preston Lamb, a violent inmate at Larned State Hospital. In Nampa, Nellie Obendorf, stranded 13 days in a snowbound car during a Kansas blizzard, died in a nursing home. Atchison Rotary invited Sister Joachit Holthaus as a nun member after a Supreme Court ruling.
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Geary County
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Norton County Hospital
Obendorf
Weather Stall A Burr For Harvesters
Rains and high winds slow the harvest across Kansas with 100 mph winds and up to 14 inches of rain in the north central area. Farmers report delays strain crews as storms arrive daily. Wheat stalks toppled and combines bog down, lowering test weight and bushels.
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Beloit
Charlie Bowers
Farmway Co-op
Bowers
Storms in Kansas Level Gym and Homes Cause Widespread Damage
Thunderstorms and tornadoes across Kansas injured at least 16 people and damaged multiple structures including the North Central Kansas Area Vocational Technical School gym in Beloit. Beulah and Cloud County also reported tornado damage, with property losses and scattered injuries, while a nursing home roof forced patient transfers.
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Glen Elder State Park
Charles Burger
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Tually
Mitchell County Law Enforcement Center
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Kim Demars
Phil Hyman
Retta Waite
Concordia
Bill Fellows
Crawford County
Kansas events calendar lists state and local happenings week
TOPEKA Gov Mike Hayden attends a Dole for President function at 7 30 a m in Ramada Inn Oklahoma City Central Interstate Low Level Radioactive Waste Compact Commission meets 8 a m Park Suite Hotel contact Kathy C Smith 404 261 7114 Washington Secretary of State Bill Graves briefing 9 a m to noon Topeka delegation of West German farmers hosted by Kansas Farmers Union meets with officials at 9 a m in Topeka Contact Emil Mushrush Wichita U S Rep Jim Slattery speaks at Mid America Regulatory Conference 10 a m Crystal Ballroom Ramada Hotel Kansas Public Disclosure Commission meets 10 p m 109 SW Ninth Topeka state finance council 10 a m Parsons State Hospital staffing increase discussed Topeka Special Committee on Ways and Means hearings 10 a m Capitol contact Bill Bachman RAMONA West German farmers tour Marion County Topeka reception for retiring KBI director Tom Kelly formed New Highway Patrol superintendent swearing in Topeka Leavenworth ceremony Kidder Massacre Unknown Citizen buried 11 a m Fort Leavenworth De plus many other Kansas City Topeka and surrounding events across multiple cities over June 28 to July 5 1987
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Mike Hayden
Ramada Inn
Kathy Peterson
Oklahoma City
Central Interstate
White House
John Reinhart
Kansas Farmers Union
Robert T. Stephan
Emil Mushrush
Kansas
State Finance Council
Parsons State Hospital and Training Center
Governor's Capitol
Ways and Means
State University System
Capital
Bill Bachman
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AFG Industries
Intergovernmental Relations Commission
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Missouri Conservation Department
Kansas City International Airport
Braniff
Mexico Ave
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Research Station
Laurel
Tom Sloan
Jim Pyland
Ramona
Marion County
Tom Kelly
Kansas Bureau of Investigation
P.m
KBI
Tyler
Kathy Peter Son
Neil Woerman
Burlington
Coffey County
Governor's Highway Task Force
Supreme Court
Sam van Leeuwen
Highway Patrol
Donald Pickett
Leavenworth
National
Ft. Leavenworth
David Johnson
Topeka State Hospital
Gore Joins Crowded Democratic Field
Gore announces on the steps of Smith County Courthouse in Carthage Tennessee his bid for the 1988 Democratic nomination. The 39 year old Vietnam veteran would be the youngest president if he wins and seeks to energize the Baby Boom generation as Sam Nunn Bill Clinton weigh possible entries join the Southern push.
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