New Library Books Promoting Local Reading Efforts
A list of new books including Country Woman by Joan Williams and On Learning to Read by Bruno Bettelheim. It notes themes from civil rights inspired politics in Mississippi to literacy growth, plus a Skunk Run Book Sale on June 6 by the Friends of the Library seeking donations of books records games and puzzles.
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Villa Golitsyn
Piers Paul
Indonesia
Leslie Baldwin
Britain
Foreign Office
William Ludley
Eliot Porter
America
Mosquito Coast
Paul Theroux Aliie Fox
Massachusetts
Honduras
James Brady Campbell Haig
New York Daily Mail
Alexandria Noyes
Alexandria
Haig
Sissy
Sean Farrell
Friends of the Library
Legislative Highlights And Naturopathic Bill Debates
Gov. John Carlin will veto a school finance bill cited for budget control strain on local districts as the House coalesces anew around a Senate amended version. A 15-15 Senate vote killed a naturopathic licensing bill, while unemployment benefit changes and cabinet confirmations drew hearings and political maneuvering. Agriculture secretary confirmation removal spurred opposition from farming groups, and a beer law revision would let private clubs sell 3.2 percent beer anytime open, including until 3 a.m. on weekdays and Sundays.
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Associated Press
John Carlin
House
Senate
Carlin
State Board of Healing Arts
Senate Labor, Industry and Tourism Committee
Agriculture
Secretary of Agriculture
Federal and State Affairs Committee
Monsoon storm batters Florida and West across nation
Severe weather lashes the coast to coast with up to 16 inches of rain in southern Florida 105 mph winds in Colorado and a tornado in California. Five deaths reported as Coast Guard hunts missing sailors after the Esperancia sank near Highland Beach. West Palm Beach and nearby towns face widespread flooding and evacuations with trailer parks evacuated and canals overflowing. Weather Service tallies rainfall by city including Lantana 16 inches and Palm Beach International Airport 7 to 10 inches.
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Florida
Colorado
California
Wilma Cribbs
Pentecostal Holiness Church
Water View Estates
Colorado 36
Boulder
Wray
Tiny Rawhide
Colo
Los Angeles
West Palm Beach
Esperancia
Highland Beach
Coast Guard
Water View
Juno Beach
Palm Beach International Airport
Lake Worth
Boynton Beach
Thomas Easton
Palm Beach County
BigKansas utility appeal bills challenge KCC rate decisions
Kansas industrial utility customers push two bills to give the Court of Appeals power to review substantive KCC rate decisions, not just procedural questions. KCC warns it would create a second commerce commission, potentially rehearing cases with new findings.
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Topker
Kan
Kansas
Kansas Corporation Commission
House Judiciary Committee
Senate
Kansas Court of Appeals
KCC
Commerce Commission
Court of Appeals
Gary Kannenberg
Kansas Natural Resource Council
Payne Ratner
Brian Moline
Kentucky
Vermont
Nevada
Open Meetings Case Airs at Kansas Supreme Court
The Kansas Supreme Court deliberated the Open Meetings Act appeal of seven Thomas County residents who were convicted for 32 violations tied to 1979 hospital dispute meetings. Attorneys sparred over uniform enforcement and vagueness while the state urged transparency and public business conduct.
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Topeka, Kan
Kansas Supreme Court
Thomas County
Robert T. Stephan
High Court
Stephan
Allen Shelton
Hill City
Thomas County Board of Commissioners
Thomas County Hospital
Explosives Try to Free Trapped Trooper in Cave
Weary rescue workers blasted rock and earth to reach Sgt. Donald Weltner, trapped in a limestone cave near Crooked Swamp for three days. Despite last-ditch blasting and heavy digging, officials warned the effort faced grave danger and uncertain progress as crews pursued a perilous rescue operation.
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Lafayette
N.J
Donald Weltner
Crooked Swamp
Weltner
Clinton L. Pagano
Pagano
Roger
Christopher
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Lucy
Peany
Move, WeiFon
Neel He
Beetle
Beetle Bailey
Farker
Mr Tutu
Rover
Andy O'Connell
Steve Somerville
Broward County
Atlantic
Palm Beach
Martin
St. Lucie
Perry Murray
Harold Palmgren
John Renner
William Randall
Hospital
Eugene Karlin
Harold Upchurch
Lloyd Theimer
Samuel Friesen
Marilyn Ball
Woodrow Kemp
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