Widespread shakeup hits Kansas welfare agency SRS
Topeka Kansas AP Five top officials at the state Department of Social and Rehabilitation Services are asked to resign as Winston Barton installs a new team. Gov Hayden endorsed the move, with Barton saying replacements will take about two months. Officials affected include Gerald Hannah John Schneider Janet Schalansky Joan Watson and Aileen Whitfill.
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Topeka
Kan
Gerald Hannah
Kansas’ Welfare Agency
Sandy Duncan
State Department of Social and Rehabilitation Services
Duncan
Topeka Capital-Journal
Wichita Eagle-Beacon
Mike Hayden
Barton
SRS
Hayden
Kathy Peterson
Winfield
John Schneider
Janet Schalansky
Joan Watson
Kansas Industries For
Aileen Whitfill
Whitfill
Robert Harder
Hannah
Schneider
Schalansky
Watson
Whitsill
Winston Barton
Winfield State Hospital
Winfield Hospital
Osawatomie
Larned
Jerry
Harder
Bob Barnum
Youth Services
Lottery Start Delayed As Kansas Eyes November Open
Kansas Lottery Director Larry Montgomery said October 5 is the cutoff for retailers to apply for provisional certificates to sell instant win tickets, with opening day likely in November. He stressed readiness over target dates, and noted 1,680 of about 5,700 retailer applications have provisional approval. Training sessions are planned across multiple cities in early October.
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Topeka
Kan
Larry Montgomery
Kansas
Montgomery
Mike Hayden
Hayden
State Lottery Commission
Atchison
Colby
Dodge City
Pittsburg
Salina
Wichita
Great Bend
Overland Park
State Prison Population Boom Continues in Kansas
A Kansas legislative briefing shows the prison population rising sharply beyond projections. As of Monday 5 603 inmates filled state facilities, 579 over capacity, with monthly gains averaging 55 prisoners. Officials seek 11.6 million in FY1989 capital improvements to expand beds and upgrade Lansing and Hutchinson institutions.
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Department of Corrections
Mills
Norton
Osawatomie
Topeka
Winfield
Kansas State Penitentiary
Lansing
Department of Justice
Kansas Correctional Institution At
Seven Dead In Wake Of Crazed Youths Spree
A 14 year old boy named Kirk Buckner killed his parents an aunt and three younger brothers before he was slain in a scuffle with an uncle. The killings occurred at the Buckner family farm near Elkland Missouri. The uncle Jim Schnick and wife Julie were injured and sought hospital care. Police traced the violence to the Buckner home five miles from the Schnicks. Investigators traced the first call to the Schnicks for help at their farm. The scene included multiple family members found dead in separate locations.
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Marshfield
Kirk Buckner
Jan Buckner
Missouri
Steve Buckner
Jim
Julie Schnick
Buckner
Eugene Fraker
Schnick
Sheriff's Department
Springfield
Elkland
Julie (Schnick
Schnicks
Steve Buckners
Fraker
Etta Semple’s Freethought Fight and Press Editorship
Etta Semple championed untrammeled freedoms and freethought, twice ran on the Socialist Labor ticket for Kansas education posts, led the Kansas Freethought Ideal as editor turning her parlor into a print shop, and engaged in sharp debates with religious critics while publishing works on workers’ needs.
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Etta
Socialist-Labor
Kansas State Board of Education
State Superintendent of Education
Kansas
Hell
Etta Semple
Sanitarium
Larry Jones Named As DOT Secretary Candidate
WASHINGTON AP Reagan aides list Kansas businessman Larry Jones among a dozen candidates to replace Elizabeth Dole as transportation secretary. Jones, former Coleman Co. CEO, chaired the Jones Commission on FAA labor relations and now leads the Kansas Public Employees Retirement System board. Senator Nancy Kassebaum calls him a superb candidate and notes Dole’s departure creates a quick need for an experienced executive to run the agency.
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Washington
Reagan Administration
Kansas
Larry Jones
Transportation
Elizabeth Dole
Nancy Kassebaum
R-Kan
Kassebaum
White House
Jones
The
Coleman Co
Wichita
Reagan
Larry
Kansas Board of Regents
Kansas Public Employees Retirement System Board
Dole
Bob Dole
GOP
Coleman
Recreational Equipment Manufacturing Company
Jones Commission
Federal Aviation Administration
FAA
DOT
Department of Transportation
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Joint Committee On State Building Construction
Corrections
Richard Mills
Ellsworth
Kansas State Industrial Reformatory
Hutchinson
American Secular Union
Red Cross
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