Flooding Closes Kansas Schools After Heavy Rains
Ongoing rains drenched south central Kansas with 4 to 6 inches since midnight causing school closings in Mulvane Goodard and Udall. A Sedgwick County woman and child died in a traffic crash blamed on floodwaters. Wichita and nearby areas reported flooded streets and power outages as crews worked to restore service.
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Traffic toll tops 400 on Labor Day weekend inroads
Chicago AP reports more than 400 people died in traffic crashes over the Labor Day holiday weekend. By midnight officials logged 405 fatalities with NSC projections suggesting 420 to 520 total. Spokeswoman Gail Mansfield notes 422 deaths were recorded in 1988. the peak holiday toll was 688 in 1968.
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Cartoonist Berke Breathed starts weekly Outland strip
Evergreen artist Berke Breathed, who ended Bloom County last month, enjoys a break from daily drawing calling it a sponge on imagination. He introduces Outland a weekly strip showing a fantasy land led by a girl with less than easy life as landscapes shift to Utah and northern Arizona inspirations.
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Across 1 Pipa part 5 incentation remall 10 Float 14 Veriible star
Puzzle filled with garbled OCR text listing many clues and partial answers across and down. The readable chunks suggest a crossword grid with numerous clue fragments and stray terms.
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