Early Birds of Aviation Reach Wichita for 61st Reunion
Percival Hopkins Spencer and Glen Messer, 92 and 94, elite daredevil aviators who soloed before 1916, visited Wichita for the 61st reunion of the Early Birds of Aviation. They are among about a dozen survivors of an original 596. Messer recalls how hard flying was in those early days.
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Wichita
Kan
Percival Hopkins
Spencer
Glen Messer
Messer
California
Alabama
Ex-planning secretary pleads guilty in embezzlement case
Diadra Bennett, 42, of Chanute, pleaded guilty in Neosho County District Court to five counts of felony theft for embezzling $31,750 from the Southeast Kansas Regional Planning Commission between August 1988 and May 1989. A plea agreement dropped 21 other theft counts as she agreed to return missing funds. The commission serves 12 counties and has been housed in Chanute since 1972.
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Chanute
Kan
Southeast Kansas Regional Planning Commission
Diadra Bennett
Neosho County
the Planning Commission
Allen, Anderson
Bourbon
Cherokee
Coffey
Crawford, Labette
Linn
Montgomery
Neosho
Wilson
Woodson Counties
Yeutter to Speak at KSU London Lecture Oct 3
U S Secretary of Agriculture Clayton Yeutter will address Kansas State University students and faculty on October 3. He will give the 82nd London Lecture on Public Issues at 10 30 a m in McCain Auditorium. The event is open to the public and will be broadcast live by WIBW AM and via Kansas networks.
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Manhattan
Hns
U.S. Secretary of Agriculture
Clayton Yeutter
Kansas State University
Yeutter
London
McCain Auditorium
Charles Reagan
Wibw-Am
Topeka
Kansas Information Network
Kansas Ag Network
K-State Colleges of Agriculture and Business Administration
K-State Union Little Theater
Landon
K-State
Earl Butz
Bob Bergland
John Block
Alfred M. Landon
Polish immigrant wins Wisconsin lottery jackpot
Jacek Maciejko a Polish immigrant and Wisconsin’s first big lottery winner reports he loves his job as an engineer at Valmet Appleton Inc. despite claiming an estimated 7.1 million prize He plans a short vacation and will return to work saying money isn’t everything The report also covers Richard VanDeBoe who faces child support orders totaling 1 000 monthly and obligations tied to Lotto America winnings and prior debts.
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Appleton, Wis
Wisconsin
Thurday
Jacek Maciejko
Valmet- Appleton,Inc
Winterset
Iowa
Richard VanDeBoe
Lotio America
VanDeBoe
Norwalk
Madison County District
M.C. Herrick
Judy Carol Johnson
Lotto America
Maciejko
America
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Kansas
Ms. Bennett
Planning Agency
KSU
Creston
Marion Dean Purscell
Williamsburg-Ottawa Wildlife Conservation Club, Inc
Williamsburg
Club Grounds
reason-Tawney
Chevrolet
GEO
Ottawa
Kids, Inc
Creason- Tawney and
Chev. Olds
Rally Wheels
Creason-Tawney
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