Stamps feature Gurche dinosaur paintings amid controversy
Lawrence native John A Gurche, famed for dinosaur art, sees four stamps issued by the Postal Service showing his paintings. One mislabels an apatosaurus as brontosaurus, fueling debate as the issue circulates nationwide with potential losses to the USPS. Gurche, 37, has worked with Smithsonian and National Geographic, gaining praise from peers while scientists dispute the misnaming.
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Washington
John A. Gurche
Kaw River
Lawrence
Kan
U.S. Postal Service
U.S
Gurche
Postal Service
Leawood
Murphy
Guthie
Arlington
Smithsonian Institution
National Geographic Magazine
National Geographic
PBS
Smithsonian
Museum of Natural History
Howard Paine
John
Mansion sale ends Droge project and plans for rehab center
A Blaine man bought the unfinished Droge mansion for 85,000 dollars and intends to invest up to 400,000 to convert it into a for profit drug and alcohol treatment center in Blue Rapids Kansas. The Droges began building the 10,000 square foot Georgian manor in 1982 but left it incomplete with no paint or fixtures.
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Blue Rapids
Kan
Blaine
Tom Cummings
Droge
Kansas
Cummings
David
Janet Droge
KPERS board reviews poor stock performance by Capital Supervisors
The Kansas Public Employees Retirement System monitors Capital Supervisors Inc of Chicago after the fiscal year ending June 30 saw returns fall to 9 percent from previous 15 to 17 percent. The fund, worth 3.7 billion, covers 136000 Kansas public employees. Capital Supervisors has managed a 377 million stock portfolio since 1973. A company spokesman declined to comment.
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Topeka, Kan
Kansas Public Employees Retirement System
Marshall Crowther
Pension Fund
Board of Trustees
Capital Supervisors Inc. of
Chicago
Crowther
One missing man, two hurt in Perry lake collision
In Topeka Kansas AP report a boat collision on Lake Perry left one man missing and presumed drowned and two others injured. Eight people survived after a cabin cruiser and a motorboat collided about 8 p m Sunday the motor boat sank and three of its four occupants were rescued by the cabin cruiser occupants. Howard Wheeler of Topeka said a man on the motor boat tried to help the missing man before he disappeared.
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Perry
Topeka
Kan
Lake Perry
Howard Wheeler
Criser
KCK Hikes Hotel Tax to Fund Tourism Push
Kansas City residents will see a hotel tax increase from 2 percent to 4 percent, boosting next year’s funds for tourism. The Area Convention and Visitors Bureau plans a $58,000 loan to start brochures, a videotape, and trade-show exhibits. Officials hope to repay by early 1992 as revenues begin in February.
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Kansas City, Kan
Kansas City
Kan
Area Convention and Visitors Bureau
Bassett
Bureau
Wisconsin ticket buys second Lotto America jackpot in two weeks
A Wisconsin ticket won the Lotto America grand prize of about 5.2 million for Saturday’s drawing. The winner, who had not yet claimed, purchased the sole winning ticket in the state. Drawn numbers were 8 18 26 30 42 46 from Des Moines. The Wednesday prize was estimated at 2 million. In Kansas Cash Lotto, numbers 29 17 18 21 22 won an estimated 104 145.
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Madison
Wis
Wisconsin
Lottn America
Des Moines
Vitamin C excess and calcium deposits in health notes
Dear reader asks about excess vitamin C causing kidney stones. The column notes gram doses may raise stone risk. Advice also covers calcium depo sits in the shoulder and how inflammation, bursitis, and therapy relate. A brief note on fruit triggers for migraines questions apples and other fruits as unlikely triggers.
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DR. Donohue
W.E
Donohue
S.G
Readers react to why women settle for half a Phony Baloney Romeo
Dear Ann Landers shares letters from readers describing why they accept affairs with married men or stay in loveless marriages for money. A 33 year old self supporting woman prefers a part time Romeo over single men, while another states a political husband with concealed homosexual tendencies as a cover.
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Ann Landers
Romeo
Washington, D.C
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