Kansas Supreme Court to hear bypass bonds case next week
The Kansas Supreme Court will consider whether Douglas County properly issued 4 million in bonds for a 14.3 mile Lawrence bypass project with a 69.5 million price tag. The court will also hear appeals in several murder cases including Nathaniel Yorkie Smith and David Packard, with arguments on Monday and Thursday.
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Topeka, Kan
State Supreme Court
Lawrence
High Court
Nathaniel
Yorkie’’ Smith
Allen County
Leslie Blevins
City
State Court of Appeals
Douglas County Commission
Douglas County
23Rd Street
State capital serves as a beacon for mental patients
In Topeka, the Kansas Statehouse towers over the capital, drawing attention from mentally ill walkers and shelter residents. The piece notes incidents and quotes security and shelter staff, detailing connections between Topeka State Hospital, VA psychiatric units, and the Rescue Mission, as well as ongoing challenges with walkaways and patient discharges.
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Mike Shields Harris
Topeka
Kansas Statehouse
Statehouse
Veteran’s Administration
Topeka State
Cecil Dain
Cain
Herb Palmer
Statehouse Security
Topeka State Hospital
Obituary for Fred Moore 73 Rhinemond area native dies
Fred Moore 73 formerly of Richmond dies Friday Oct 20 1989 in Ottawa. Graveside service at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Richmond Cemetery. Friends may call Sunday night until noon Tuesday at Dengel & Son Funeral Home with a 7 to 8 p.m. Monday family meeting. Full obituary to appear in Monday's Herald.
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Fred Moore
Canterbury Court
Richmond
Ottawa
Richmond Cemetery
Dengel & Son Funeral Home
Herald
Kansas
Moore
Kansas crop artist carves Dave in Eudora soybean field on Letterman
Agri artist Stan Herd created a field design spelling Dave in a Eudora soybean field for Late Night with David Letterman. Producers pursued the stunt after prior fears of insult, and the piece capped the Amber Waves of Dave segment featuring Herd and the Neis family.
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Lawrence
Kan
Kansas
David Letterman
Stan Herd
Dave
Letterman
Herd
Samuel Neis Jr
Neis
Eudora
Maria Pope
Drifter Convicted in Oakley Motel Murder Case
A 32 year old drifter from San Jose California Dennis Perkins was found guilty of first degree murder rape and aggravated robbery in the December 7 1988 death of Alice Peppers 59 the Country Club Motel manager. Perkins awaits sentencing in December as his attorney Jerry Fairbanks and jurors declined to comment on the verdict.
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Supreme Court
Sedgwick
David G. Packard
Carol Marstellar
Packard
Edgar Leon Hayes
Ms. Marstellar
Finney County Fair
Gonzales
Darwin G. Damewood
Rossville
Oakley
Kan
San Jose
Calif
Dennis Perkins
Alice Peppers
Country Club
Perkins
Jerry Fairbanks
Daily Menu and Municipal Court News Highlights
The Daily Report lists weekly school meal menus from U.S.D. 290 and Sacred Heart School entries, followed by Municipal Court News with sentences for open container and related offenses, district court sentences, and marriage licenses. Fires near Ottawa and Cutler townships are noted with no structural damage.
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Municipal Court
Jose Luis Jave
N. Sycamore
Martin Emery
Billie L. Markus
Shawn M. Murdock
S. Cedar
Jon J. Thompson
Ottawa Rfd
Slottie L. Kirkland
Richmond
District Court
Christopher L. Loder
Ottawa
RFD
Bruce W. Hoefs
Madison
Wis
Darrell John Bourque
Nancy Lynn Love
Emporia
Danny R. Conner
Pamela Ann Crable
Dale Edward Gray
Gwendolyn Marie Huggard
Cutler
Peoria Road
Ottawa Township
Here
Kansas seeks 18 member narcotics task force at KBI
Attorney General Robert Stephan endorsed creating an 18 member narcotics task force within the Kansas Bureau of Investigation. He urged the 1990 Legislature to fund about 1 million dollars for the unit, noting the KBI has 14 agents in its Narcotic Section and has added none since 1975 to cover 105 counties. The proposal was raised at a Ways and Means Appropriations Committee meeting.
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Topeka, Kan
Robert Stephan
Kansas Bureau of Investigation
Dave Johnson
KBI
Johnson
Ways and Means Appropriations Committee
Kansas
Local Ad Briefs and Community Notices
Storage space for rent nine by eighteen feet at twenty five dollars monthly. Contact Judy Ransom for details. Center Saturday TV available for thirty nine ninety five per month. U F O lecture by Dr. Corder with Q A following on Friday October twenty seventh at seven thirty p m. Call for more information. Color Me Beautiful skin care offered at Charlotte's Chat and Carl. Jaycees Haunted House at old nursing home with group rates and opening night October twenty six. Interior Motives closed Oct twenty three and twenty four for remodeling. Jay's Hardware closed Oct twenty three reopening October twenty four at eight a m. Princeton Grain now open for grain buying. Ransom Antiques moved to new Tecumseh Street location. Revival meetings October twenty six to twenty nine seven p m at Community Foursquare Church led by Rev Lyndon Petty with BBQ dinner October twenty eight eleven thirty to six p m. Turkey and Brisket Dinner by Wellsville Methodist Church October twenty five five thirty p m adults five dollars children two dollars.
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Fred Six
Riley County
Paul Miller
Six
Blevins
County Commission
Segwick
Keith Sanborn
Timothy C. Gonzales
Finney County
Lora Beth Williamson
Topeka State Mental Hospital
Agri
A Letterman
New York Times
Drifter
Franklin County Almanac
Sebereseneosseeenen
the Daily Report
U.S.D
Sacred Heart School
Senior Citizens Center For Reservations
Call
Stephan
Ad Briefs
Judy Ransom
South Main
Corder
U.f.o.s
Charlotte's
Chat & Carl
S. Elm
Jaycees
Old Nursing Home
Jay's
Princeton Grain
Princeton, Ks
Ransom Antiques
Tecumseh Street
Lyndon Petty
Community Foursquare Church
U.M.W
Wellsville Methodist Church
Web
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