Prep basketball reports highlight state action
A compact notice summarizes prep basketball coverage on pages 8 and 9 detailing game results, standout players, and team standings. It notes season notes, local rivals, and key scores shaping conference race standings across district games.
Personalized license plates reflect identity in Franklin County
Franklin County residents buy tags to express self in a trend that yielded 231 personalized plates and $9,500 in 1985. The state sold almost 1.5 million such plates nationwide last year, with signs of identity seeking and subculture belonging.end
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Melissa Bauman
Franklin
Debbie Hough
Franklin County
Ken Clark
Kansas Division of Motor Vehicles
Clark
David
Tammy Geiss
S. Willow
Spebqsa
The
Society For the Preservation of Barbershop Quartets, Singing In
America
Tammy
Ozarks
Bill Ballinger
Ottawa University
Ballinger
Gramm-Rudman Pinch Takes Effect Across Federal Budget
The Gramm-Rudman act triggers an $11.7 billion cut by eliminating 91,000 college scholarships and reducing farm and science funding. Social programs are exempt, while defense faces a 4.9 percent cut to non-military areas, affecting Army flight hours and Air Force benefits.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Social
Quivira and Early Explorers Reach Kansas Legend and Trade
Europeans in the 16th to 18th centuries pursued Quivira, the fabled land of gold in present day Kansas. Coronado led a 300 man caravan seeking riches, crossing plains, meeting Apache and Querechos, while the French sought trade and peace under Bourgmont along the Kansas River. The era shaped Kansas through expeditions, migrations, and beginnings of Santa Fe trade routes. County forecast remains mostly sunny with highs near 60.
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University of Kansas
New World
Quivira
Kansas
Coronado
Francisco Vasquez de Coronado
Mexico
High Plains
Arkansas River
Spain
Santa Fe
Missouri River
St. Louis
Etienne Veniard de Bourgmont
Democrats Invade Topeka For Washington Day Event
Kansas Democrats gather in Topeka for Washington Day as Lt. Gov. Tom Docking announces his gubernatorial candidacy. Key figures include Dennis Moore Dan Glickman Jim Slattery and U S Sen Tom Harkin with speakers Poly Baca and others.
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Topeka
Kan
Kansas
Tom Docking
Docking
Democratic Party
Joan Finney
Robert Docking
George Docking
Westside
Mrs. Finney
Dennis Moore
Johnson County
U.S
Dan Glickman
Jim Slattery
Poly Baca
Colorado Senate
U.S. House
Tom Harkin
Town
Baca
John Carlin
Senate
Michael Johnston
House
Marvin Barkis
Glickman
Slattery
Democratic Veterans Club
Kansas Federation of Democratic Women
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Friends of Education
Ottawa
Prep Basketball Reports
Darrell Salsbury
Betty
Wes Wilson
Burroughs
Ottawa Herald
Wilson
Herald
Carol Milroy
Wellsville
Gary Jordan
S. Elm
Carol
Leland
Kathy Jordan
Photos By
Steve Zuk