Bee Crown To Pennsylvanian Win Spelling Bee Title
Jon Pennington of Shiremanstown Pa won the 59th National Spelling Bee after a tense duel with Andy Larson of Tequesta Fla. The 14 year old misspelled two words early but then correctly spelled odontalgia to clinch the championship and autograph teammates’ books as the new champion.
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Washington
Jon Pennington
Shiremanstown
Jon
Kenneth A. Larson
Andy
Tequesta
Fla
Kansan speller Benjamin Wray exits in 64th place
Topeka seventh grader Benjamin Wray, 12, finished 64th in the National Spelling Bee after missing ferrule on a homonym. He vows to study homonyms next year and plans to return. He earns a $50 prize. his father calls the performance outstanding. Andrew Evans of Plains placed 71st for Texas.
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Washington
Kansas
Benjamin Wray
Topeka
Benjamin
Charles Wray
Texas
Andrew Evans
Plains
Andrew
Amarillo
Frank Carlson's Wife 91 Dies in Concordia Kansas
Alice Fredrickson Carlson widow of former governor and U S senator Frank Carlson died at 8 30 am Thursday in St Joseph Hospital after a long illness. She and Carlson married in 1919 and had one daughter Eunice Rolfs and a foster son Millard Ross. Funeral set for 2 pm Saturday at First Baptist Church Concordia.
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Concordia
Kan
Alice Fredrickson Carlson
U.S
Frank Carlson
Millard Ross
Heathsville
Rolfs
Carlson
St. Joseph Hospital
First Baptist Church
Alice
Kansas
Senate
Bob Dole
Soil Saving Program Boosted Across The Nation
The Agriculture Department says farmers agreed to idle 3.8 million acres this year as bids for 4.6 million acres come in. Washington plans a third sign up while costs run 132 million dollars annually. Colorado leads round two with 526,424 acres.
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Agriculture Department
Norman Berg
The
American Farmland Trust
U.S
Peter C. Myers
Berg
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Chinese Seek Hike In Student Exchanges
Li Chunxiang deputy director of Henan Educational Committee led a six member delegation from Henan to Kansas state officials to discuss expanding student exchanges. He noted potential growth to include high school students as part of ongoing college exchanges since 1981, with Kansas and Henan sharing similar education aims and challenges.
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Topeka
Kan
China
Henan Province
Kansas
Li Chunxiang
Henan Educational Committee
People’s Republic of China
State Department of Education
Henan
United States
John Carlin
Agricultural
Kansas State Board of Education
Gretchen Davis
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Scripps Howard
Kansan
Kansas-China Exchange
Kansas City
Johnson County
University of Kansas
Kansas School For the Visually Handicapped
Ferti-Lome
Aria
Enya
Jarden Center
PEPSI
Beech
Ranger
Ellena Ford
Lincoen
S. Main
Ottawa, Kansas
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