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1 the Record The Salina Journal Friday, September 28, 1984 Page 9 Deaths funerals Mrs. Fannie A. Gruber HERINGTON Mrs. Frannie A. Gruber, 96, died Thursday at the Lutheran Home, Herington, where she had lived for years.

Mrs. Gruber was born July 9, 1888, In Herington. She' moved to Hope in 1909 and lived there until moving to the Lutheran Home. Mrs. Gruber was a housewife and a member of St.

John's Lutheran Church, Lyons Creek. Her husband, Fred, died in 1952. She is survived by a son, Melvin, Hope; three daughters, Mrs. Marie Schlesener, Hope; Mrs. Rosalie Schimming, Denver, and Mrs.

Ruth Ebel, Hillsboro; a sister, Mrs. Marie Meyer, Thousand Oaks, 12 grandchildren; 20 greatgrandchildren; and seven greatgreat-grandchildren. Funeral services will be announced by the Carlson Funeral Home, Hope, where friends may call. Memorials may be. made to the church or the Lutheran Home.

Virgil B. Vincent CONCORDIA Virgil B. Vincent, 82, Concordia, died Wednesday at Osborne County Hospital. He was born July 1, 1902, in Courtland. He was a resident of Concordia for 45 years and was a retired livestock buyer.

His wife, Elsie, died in 1977. He is survived by a son, Howard, Concordia, four grandchildren and a great-grandchild. The funeral will be at 10 a.m. Monday at the Chaput-Buoy Funeral Chapel, Concordia. Burial will be in Pleasant Hill Cemetery.

Memorials may be sent to the Knights Templer I Foundation. Friends may call after 3 p.m. Saturday at the funeral home. Judy Lee Phillips HAINES CITY, FLA. The funeral for Judy Lee Phillips, 39, Haines City, who died Sept.

22 in Haines City, was Tuesday at the First United Methodist Church, Haines City. She was cremated. She was born May 15, 1945, in Ottawa. She spent most of her youth in Salina and moved to Haines City in 1971. Mrs.

Phillips was an active volunteer for several charities and a homemaker. She was a nurses aid for Heart of Florida Hospita, Grain CHICAGO (AP) Futures trading Thursday on the Chicago Board of Trade: 5,000 bu minimum; dollars per bushel Open High Low Last Chg. WHEAT Dec 3.46¾ 3.48 3.44¼ 3.47¾ Mar 3.55 3.56 3.53 3.55¾ May 3.51½ 3.54 3.51 3.54 Jul 3.37 3.38½ 3.37 3.38¼ Sep 3.42½ Dec 3.54½ CORN Dec 2.81½ 2.82 2.80 2.81¼ Mar 2.85 2.85¾ 2.83¾ 2.85 May 2.88¼ 2.88¾ 2.86¾ 2.88¼ Jul 2.89 2.90¾ 2.88¼ 2.90½ Sep 2.82 2.83½ 2.82 2.83½ Dec 2.74½ 2.75½ 2.74½ 2.75 Mar 2.82 OATS Dec 1.75¼ 1.75½ 1.74⅓ 1.75½ Mar 1.74% 1.75 1.74¼ 1.75 May 1.72¾ 1.75 1.72¾ 1.74½ Jul 1.71 1.72 1.71 1.72 SOYBEANS Nov 5.98 6.07 5.97 6.07 Jan 6.09 6.17 6.07 6.15 Mar 6.22 6.29½ 6.20 6.29½ May 6.31 6.39 6.29½ 6.38¾ Jul 6.36 6.43⅓ 6.33½ 6.43 Aug 6.34 6.43½ 6.34 6.43½ Sep 6.26 6.29 6.25 6.28 Nov 6.24 6.26 6.22 6.26 CHICAGO (AP) Grain and soybean tures prices were mostly higher Thursday at the close of trading on the Chicago Board of Trade. At the close, wheat was cent to 2 cents higher with the contract for delivery in December al a bushel; corn was changed to 2 cents higher with December at a bushel; oats were 1 cent to 2 cents higher with December at a bushel: and soybeans were 3 cents to cents higher with November at $6.07 a bushel. KANSAS CITY (AP) Wheat futures Thursdoy SO on the Kansas City Board of Trade: Open High Low Settle Chg.

WHEAT 5,000 bu minimum; dollars per bushel Dec 3.72¾ 3.73 3.72¼ 3.72¾ Mar 3.70¾ 3.70¾ 3.70 3.70% May 3.58 3.59½ 3.58 3.59 Jul 3.48 3.48¾ 3.48 3.48¾ Sep 3.53½ KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) Wheat 76 cars: higher to 51 lower; No. 2 hard No. 3 No. 2 red wheat 3.46¼-3.50½n; No.

3 3.43½. Corn 11 cars: Unch to lower: No. 2 white 4.00-4.20n: No. 3 3.75-4.15n; No. 2 yel.

low 2.82-3.14n: No. 3 2.72-3.13n. No. 2 mila 4.20-4.32n. No.

1 soybeans 6.20-6.30n. Bulk mids hoppers 85.00-86.00. Salina terminal, Thursday Hard down unch unch up Country elevator composite, Thursday Hard down unch Milo unch Soybeans up Metals NEW YORK (AP) Selected world gold prices Thursday: Foreign London morning fixing $344.00, off $2.10: afternoon fixing $345.25, off $0.85. Paris afternoon fixing $343.33, off $1.67. Frankfurt fixing $345.01, off $0.44.

Zurich late afternoon bid off $345.40 asked. Domestic Handy Harmon $345.25, off $0.85. Engelhard $345,65, off labricaled $362.93, off $0.90. NY Comex gold spot month Thursday $343.80, up $1.60. Republic National Bank $343.75, up $1.25.

NEW YORK (AP) Handy and Harman spot silver Thursday $7.490. Engelhard silver fabricated $8.014. The bullion price for silver earlier in London was $7.440. F.Y.I. Haines City, and past-president of the Women's Circle of the First United Methodist Church.

Survivors include her husband, Herbert William, of the home; and four children, Dawn Rene, Michelle Lee, Deniece Lynn, and Monet Verann, all of the home; her parents, Mr. and Mrs. William L. Robinson, Salina; a brother, William E. Robinson, Hays; and a sister, Sandra K.

Reinhardt, Haines City, Fla. Memorials may be made to the 'First United Methodist Church, Haines City. Delmar E. Jeffers MINNEAPOLIS The funeral for Delmar E. Jeffers, 54, Minneapolis, will be at 2 p.m.

Saturday at the Minneapolis First Presbyterian Church, the Rev. Larre Eschliman officiating. Burial will be in Lincoln Cemetery. Mr. Jeffers, a farmer and stockman, died Wednesday at Wesley Medical Center, Wichita.

He was a U.S. Navy veteran, and a member of the Presbyterian Church end the Prairie Long Rifles. The Shields Funeral Home, Minneapolis, is in charge. Mrs. Hazel Wolfe JEWELL Mrs.

Hazel Wolfe, 78, Jewell, died Wednesday at the Hill Top Lodge Nursing Horne, Beloit. Mrs. Wolfe was born March 1906, in Hollis. She was a school teacher in Jewell County for 38 years, and a member of the Trinity United Methodist Church, Jewell. She is survived by her husband, D.H.

Wolfe, Jewell; a son, Donald, St. Charles, a brother, Ralph Burke, Beloit; and three grandchilren. The funeral will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at the Trinity United Methodist Church, the Rev. Kelvin Hietmann officiating.

Burial will be in the Wallace Cemetery, Jewell. Memorials may be made to the church. Friends may call at the Kleppinger Funeral Home, Jewell. J. Harvey Dougherty PLAINVILLE J.

Harvey Dougherty, 78, Plainville, died Wednesday at Plainville Rural Hospital. Mr. Dougherty was born May 8, 1906, in Codell, and was a lifelong resident of the area. He was an oil Livestock CHICAGO (AP) on the Chicago Open CATTLE Oct 60.50 Dec 62.95 Feb 63.60 Apr 65.00 Jun 66.00 Aug 64.10 Oct FEEDER CATTLE Oct 64.00 Nov 65,95 Jan 67.75 Mar 68.45 Apr 68.47 May 67.40 HOGS Oct 45.25 Dec 46.60 Feb 48.75 Apr 46.50 Jun 49.25 Jul 49.70 Aug 49.00 Oct Dec PORK BELLIES Feb 62.50 Mar 61.80 May 63.10 Jul 63.20 Aug 61.70 Futures trading Thursday Mercantile Exchange: High Low Settle Chg. 40,000 cents per 1b.

60.90 60.50 60.85 63.60 62.95 63.35 64.20 63.55 64.15 65.65 64.90 65.35 66.40 65.95 66.40 64.40 64.10 64.40 63.05 44,000 cents per lb. 64.20 63.75 64.05 66.45 65.85 66.35 67.95 67.65 67.90 68.55 68.40 68.60 68.50 68.47 68.65 67.60 67.40 67.60 30,000 cents per lb. 8888888g 45.70 45.95 44.10 48.10 49.10 48.95 48.05 48.10 46.20 49.12 46.05 48.52 44.17 49.75 46.40 46.20 38,000 cents per lb. 62.62 61.40 61.92 62.10 61.10 61.57 63.25 61.B0 62.25 63.50 63.10 63.62 61.70 61.70 61.50 OMAHA, Neb. (AP) Omaha Livestock Market quotations Thursday: Hogs: 3600; Barrows and gilts moderately active, steady to 50 lower, instances lower; U.S.

1-2s 210-250 lbs 46.00-46.50. near 150 head 46.75; U.S. 1-3s 240-270 lbs 45.50. 46.00, over 270 lbs scarce: Sows under 350 lbs lower, over 350 lbs lower, 300-650 lbs 37.50-39.50. Cattle and Calves: 200; Light supply cows; Other classes not tested; Cows few breaking utility and commercial 37.75-40,00; cutter and boning utility 34.25-37.75; canner and low cutter 33.00-34.50.

Sheep: None. KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) Quotations for Thursday: Cattle 2,500: Trading moderately active. Feeder steers and feeder heifers steady to 1.00 lower. Feeder steers, medium to large frame 1, 300-500 1b 62.00-68.70; 500- 600 16 62.50-66.50; 600-700 lb 59.50-65.00; 700-1000 lb 59.40-62.40; one package 1215 lb 53.00.

Feeder heifers, medium to large frame 1, 300-500 1b 52.00-54.50; 500-800 1b 51.75• 56.70, one package 700 lb 61.60. Hogs 1,200: Trading moderately active. Barrows and gilts steady: 1-2 210-260 18 one package 203 lb 44.50: one package 267 lb 45.25; 2-3 one package 281 lb 44.50; one package 370 lb 38.50. Sows 300- 500 lb steady 10 25 higher, over 500 1b 1.00 lower; 1-3 300-500 lb 37.50-38.25; over 500 1b 40.00-40.50. Sheep: Not enough to test market.

DODGE CITY (AP) Western Kansas feed. lot sales: Trade rather slow. Slaughter steers and helters steady 10 firm. Inquiry and mand fairly good. Sales confirmed on 2,400 slaughter steers and 3,500 slaughter heifers Thursday, For the week to date 43,400 head confirmed.

Slaughter steers: Choice 2-3, few 4 1100- 1200 15 59.50-60.00; choice with end good 59.00-59.50, few 1200 lb Holsteins 54.50. Slaughter heifers: Choice 2-3, few 4 975. 1025 16 57.50-58.50, mostly 58.00-58.50; few cholce with end good 975-1050 lb 57.50-58.00. Sales FOB feedlot net weights after 4 percent shrink. JOSEPH, Mo.

(AP) Quotations for Thursday: Cattle-slaughtger 250, feeders 50. Slaughter cows 1.00 higher than week ago. Slaughter cows, breaking utility and commerclat 34.00-38.00, high dressing 38.25-41.25. Hogs 2,600: Barrows and gilts steady: 1-2 200-260 lb 45.50-46.00; 1-3 250-270 lb 45.00- 45.50; 2-3 310-360 lb 39.00-40.00: 1-2 package 194 lb 44.00. Sows steady 10 50 lower: 1-3 300-450 lb 38.00: 450-500 Lb 38.50; 500-650 Lb 39.00-39.50 Sheep 50.

No test. field truck driver. He is survived by his wife, Edmae, of the home; two sons, Arthur, Tucson, and Ronald, Salina; two daughters, Zelda Chambers, Hoisington, and Elaine Hrabe, Plainville; two brothers, Lester, Greenville, and Dale, Plainville; four sisters, Muriel Thurston, McPherson; Elsie Kleinschmidt, Plainville; Eunice Pooley, Natoma, and Ada Toburen, Clay Center; 18 grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. The funeral will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at the Plainville Christian Church, the Rev.

Wendell Sack officiating. Burial will be in the Plainville Cemetery. Friends may call until the service at Mosher's Funeral Home, Plainville. Field (Continued from Page 1) would do nothing to increase production from the gas field. The current glut of natural gas on the market is unlikely to disappear in the near future, according to Hal Hudson, KPL spokesman.

Residential and industrial consumers have cut back their consumption in recent times as part of the nation's conservation effort. In addition, most power plants which at one time were among the single largest consumers of natural gas have converted to other energy sources such as coal and would not be interested in switching back to gas, Hudson said. The absence of demand for Hugoton gas is evident by the "allowables" set by the KCC. Every six months, the KCC takes estimates from Hugoton producers of how much gas they expect to draw from the field. The KCC then sets "allowables" for each company, attempting to balance the production among all producers with rights to the field.

Under that system, only 235 million MCF (thousand cubic feet) was produced from the field in 1983, down sharply from the early 1970s when production was more than 600 million MCF, according to KCC figures. KPL would like to use more Hugoton gas and less of the more expensive gas from other sources, but the KCC won't allow it. If Mesa Petroleum KPL's supplier were allowed to produce more of the Hugoton gas and sell it to KPL, it would be taking more than its share of the "allowables," Haden said. That would interfere with the rights of other producers, who, although they aren't mining the gas, still have a right to the untapped resource, he said. The effect of the infill program on the consumer's pocketbook is also a point of debate.

KPL says its customers would face a 13 percent price increase if infill-drilling is approved. Cities Service contends there would be. minimal effect on consumers, noting that KPL's current contract with Mesa expires at the end of this decade, and the price of gas will then increase anyway to much higher levels. KPL buys some of its Hugoton gas for as little as 28 cents per MCF. But an appraisal report conducted for Mesa Petroleum projects that the price will rise to more than $5 per MCF by 1990 when contracts expire.

Hudson disputes the $5 projection, although conceding that the price of gas from old Hugoton wells likely will rise by the end of the decade. Gas produced and sold within the state of Kansas is not regulated by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, and producers generally can seek as a high a price as they desire. However, Hudson predicted KPL likely would go to court with its producer if Mesa demanded the $5-perMCF rate. Cities Service also cites other benefits of infill-drilling. If all the Hugoton producers sank an additional well, a tremendous boost to the state's economy would result, particularly in southwest Kansas, Corrections Because of a Journal error, Mary Maley was misidentified Thursday as vice chairman of Salina's Heritage Commission.

She is a member and former chairman of the commission. Esther Errebo is the commission's current vice chairman. A Information provided The Journal incomplete on one the Salina Central High School homecoming queen candidates. Laurie Brown is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs.

Erwin Brown. Hospital admissions Asbury Joshua M. Bishop, 757 S. Santa Fe; Roselena A. Curtis, 1207 N.

Seventh; Jonathon R. Doddridge, 243 Seltz; Richard H. Fosbinder, 913 Willow; Christopher W. McWhorter, 737 Fairdale; Mrs. Christopher McWhorter, 737 Fairdale; John W.

Haist, Miltonvale. St. John's Rosemary Green, 917 N. 13th; Virgil Jackson, 1107 W. Ash; Mrs.

Henrietta M. McNabb, Ellis; Mrs. Kenneth Schoshke, Brookville; Mrs. Miles Elwood, Marquette. Hospital dismissals Asbury Mrs.

Michael L. Bess and baby boy, 523 S. Fifth; Mrs. Larry P. Cleaver, 816 Rainbow; Philip L.

Crickenberger, Rt. Forest R. Davidson, 426 Otto; Mrs. James L. Farrell, 604 E.

Ash; Daryl M. Moore, 134 N. Ninth; Harold C. Nesmith, 440 S. 12th; Mrs.

Robert O'Neal and baby boy, 870 Osage; Mrs. Paul Richard and baby girl, 816 Choctaw; the company says. "The Hugoton infill project offers a unique opportunity to the state of Kansas and its residents to substantially increase its reserve base and receive a strong boost i in its economy," according to David A. Hentschel, Cities Service chairman. Almost one-third of the additional revenue from the infill project would be returned to state and local government and Kansas residents through the state's severance tax, income tax and royalty payments, according to a Cities Service position paper.

The company also cites other studies that project a $14 billion infusion into the state's economy under an infill drilling program. KPL questions that view, saying the economic boom would be limited only to southwest Kansas, while nearly all of the state would feel the effect of higher utility rates. The issue gets a mixed review from the Southwest Kansas Irrigators Association, whose members rely on natural gas to fuel their irrigation pumps. Eugene Shore, state legislator from Johnson and vice-chairman of the irrigators' energy committee, warns that higher gas prices could force some farmers out of business. "We haven't made a decision (on endorsing or opposing infill-drilling)," Shore said.

"It all hinges on what kind of exemptions irrigators get." Although gas from the old Hugoton wells may seem relatively cheap at 60 to 80 cents an MCF, that price is still five times higher than it was just a few years ago, Shore said. Those price increases since the advent of federal deregulation of gas prices have added as much as $1 a bushel to the cost of production of irrigated corn, Shore said, and any additional increases could bring an end to irrigation. Irrigators at times must pay as much as $3.80 for natural gas, Shore said, a level that is financial disas- ter. "At $3.80, I just take the motors off and take them into the house" Shore said. While higher natural gas prices are a definite drawback to infilldrilling, the benefits of drilling as many as 4,000 additional wells must also be weighed, Shore said.

"A lot of us are royalty owners, too," he said. "On the surface, it looks good; our state needs a shot in the arm." Although the current application is limited only to Cities Service, a KCC decision in favor of infill-drilling likely would set the standard for other producers as well, Haden said. Weather Mrs. Calvert L. Smith and baby boy; Arlo B.

Cochrun, Russell; Patricia A. Pauley, Gypsum; Mrs. Michael D. Schelbler and baby girl, Bennington; Mrs. Roy W.

Shannon, Lindsborg; Mrs. Padriac J. Shea, Lindsborg; Willard J. Watt, Manchester. St.

John's Christopher Anderson, 1500 E. Ellsworth; Staci Krler, 307 Raymond; Leslie A. Gravatt, 832 S. Fifth; Ray B. Keller, 824 Charles; Kenneth 01- son, Marquette; Mrs.

Mabel Campbell, Miltonvale; Mrs. Leo Foltz, Abilene; Mrs. Forrest M. Moore, Hunter. Births Girls: Mr.

and Mrs. Christopher McWhorter, 737 Fairdale, 6 8 born Sept. 27. Boys: Roselena A. Curtis, 1207 Seitz, 7 14 born Sept.

27. Mr. and Mrs. Michael J. Garretson, 141 Augusta, 8 born Sept.

26. District Court Charged David Conway, 20, 207 S. Third No. 1, charge of felony theft for allegedly stealing $230 from Wal-Mart while working there. Divorces Filed Sheryl L.

Loder vs. Douglas A. Block (Continued from Page 1) debt. "All they did was give these farmers a longer rope to hang themselves with," said Adolph Vopat, a Wilson farmer. Several farmers, many of them wearing American Agriculture Movement hats, wore black armbands to Abilene.

"It's a protest against interest rates and the low-interest loans our government gives to other countries countries that compete against our farmers," said Jim Nelson of Jewell. Following Block's speech, Darrell Ringer, a Democratic candidate for Congress from Kansas' 1st District, criticized Block and the administration's new loan plan. "Another loan to a debt-ridden farmer is about as much help as (giving) more water to a drowning man. We need a price, not a pacifier," said Ringer, a Quinter farmer who earlier this year filed for bankruptcy. Not everyone, however, was critical of Block's speech.

Flippo said the secretary's talk had offered him a bit of hope. "Maybe (the Reagan Administration) doesn't understand the farm problem as good as we'd like, Abuse (Continued from Page 1) said. More than half the allegations received by the GAO were referred to four agencies the Social Security Administration, the Defense Department, the Internal Revenue Service and the Department of Health and Human Services. One snitch, however, had the GAO looking under its own. rug.

This caller reported correctly that workers in an unidentified GAO unit were performing administrative duties for a private concern during work hours. The GAO refers complaints to the inspector general of the affected agency. Some agencies, including HHS and the Pentagon, also have their own waste, fraud and abuse hot lines. The inspector general of HHS didn't have to go very far to verify one complaint reaching his office EXTENDED OUTLOOK Sunday through Tuesday No rain expected with a warming trend. Lows, 30s to low 40s Sunday, rising to the mid-40s by Tuesday.

Highs, mid-50s to mid-60s Sunday, rising to the 70s by Tuesday. ZONE FORECASTS Zones 1, 2, 4 and 5 Mostly cloudy today. Highs, 45 to 50. Northeast winds 10 to 20 mph. Mostly cloudy tonight and Saturday.

Lows tonight, mid-50s. Highs, about 50 Friday. Zones 7, 8, 10 and 11 Partly cloudy today. Highs, low to mid-50s. Northerly winds 15 to 25 mph.

Mostly clear tonight. Lows, low to mid-30s. Increasing clouds Saturday. Highs, mid-50s. 1-Cheyenne, Rawlins, Sherman, Thomas.

ZONE 2-Wallace, Logan, Greeley, Wichita, Scott. ZONE 4-Decatur, Norton, Sheridan, Graham. ZONE 5-Gove, Trego, Lane, Ness. ZONE7 Smith, Rooks, Osborne. ZONE 8-Ellis, Russell, Rush, Barton.

ZONE 10-Jewell. Republic. Washington, Mitchell, Cloud, Clay. ZONE 11-Lincoln, Oitawa, Ellsworth, Saline, Dickinson, Rice, Marion, McPherson. PRECIPITATION TOTALS 24-hour rainfall (Latest 24-hour NWS totals Durham .83, Brookville .52, Isworth .47, New Cambria .40, .20.

Clyde .20. Beloit .15, Belleville to 7 a.m. Thursday available for all sites) Wakefield .52, Kanopolis Dam .50. El. Russell .38, Huscher .29.

Concordia .05. ELSEWHERE IN KANSAS Thursday's highs-lows to 6 p.m. Belleville 52-36, Beloit 50-41, Chanute 51-47, Coffeyville 53-47, Concordia 50-40, Dodge City 50-42, Emporia Loder; Susan Marie Carr vs. Terrence Eugene Carr. Granted Cathy C.

Wann George J. Wann; Donnajean Tipton and Robert Leroy Tipton; Sylvia Ann Odette and Ronald Vincent Odette; Donna M. Lawson and Stanley Lawson. Dismissed Linda Sue Kinderknecht vs. Mark Alex Kinderknecht.

Separate maintenance Granted Elaine K. Hersh and Allen R. Hersh. Police blotter Theft 2450 S. Ninth, four video-cassette recorders taken from Wal-Mart; $2,248 loss.

709 Ralph, car stereo taken from car belonging to James Butts, 709 Ralph; $160 loss. Brookville, three-horsepower motor taken from John Lill's yard; $125 loss. Car wash cancelled A car wash scheduled for today in the Gibson's Discount Center parking lot by the Marymount College of Kansas Association of Nursing Students has been cancelled because of adverse weather and other factors. but they're better than we had in the past and that's worth a lot," said Flippo, who five years ago participated in an American Agriculture Movement tractorcade to Washington. Later, Block traveled to Manhattan, where he appeared at Kansas State University's Ag Media Days.

He said the farm economy still had not followed the rest of the nation in an economic recovery, but he was optimistic conditions would eventually improve in rural America. "We're going through a wrenching change today," he said. "It's in the process and everybody knows it. We're trying to minimize the severity of the impact on the farming community "There are problems, but we're trying to minimize them and bring agriculture through with as little pain as possible. "We (still) need to bring interest rates down and expand our markets President Reagan had made a good start, but President Reagan can't finish the job alone." Block cited polls that showed Reagan with a comfortable lead over Democratic challenger Walter Mondale with voters in rural America.

"I'm careful not to get too excited," Block said, "but it looks good." from the GAO. It was against an unidentified subordinate who took long lunches and breakfasts and planned business trips "for personal convenience." Some of the hot line cases go far beyond a mere loss of taxpayer time and money. "An informant complained that a VA mental hospital was mistreating patients by forcing them to stand out of doors during inclement weather, cleaning bathrooms only once a week and in an economy effort serving leftovers instead of fresh food specified on menus," the report said. Sen. James Sasser, who conceived the hot line, said proudly that the device had proven to be a "valuable tool" and "has been more successful than anyone thought when it was launched." In a statement, he invited whistleblowers to call the GAO at 1-800- 424-5454.

In Washington, D.C., the number is 633-6987. The Forecast for 8 p.m. EDT, Friday, Sept. 28 560. 50- 1-70 80 High 90 90 Temperatures 80 80 FRONTS: Warm Cold.

Showers Rain Flurries Snow Occluded Stationary Nahonal Weather Service NOAA. US Depl of Commerce 50-48, Garden City 48-40, Goodland 56-39, Hill City 55-39, Hutchinson 49-44, Pittsburg 50-45, Russell 48-41, Topeka 52-45, Wichita 53-46. SALINA WEATHER At City Airport, 9 p.m. Thursday: Temperature 50F; Barometer 30320 Wind 7 mph; Relative Humidity 24-hour Precipitation to 7 p.m. .56 in.

Thursday's High 51; Record is 101 in 1911. Thursday's Low to 9 p.m. 42; Record is 32 in 1903. Today's Sunset Tomorrow's Sunrise 7:24. 24-hour Precipitation to 9 p.m.

(Journal gauge) .45 in. Broadcasting of local, state and regional weather conditions continues 24 hours a day on NOAA Weather Radio WXK-92 on a frequency of 162.400 MH FM..