Kansas City vies to host GOP National Convention
Kansas City leaders and business groups court the Republican National Committee to bring the 1980 convention to the Kemper Arena. They pledge 500000 for arena upgrades and access, while housing remains the main hurdle with 90 to 95 percent of rooms in the metro area.
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UPI
Chamber of Commerce
Kemper
Kansas City Stockyards
Miami Beach
Cleveland
Midwest
Ray Bennison
Convention and Visitors Bureau
GOP National Committee
Topeka
Kan
Bennison
Ford
Harry S. Truman
Independence
Selection Committee
McDill
Huck”’ Boyd
Kansas
Charles Wheeler
Wheeler
Herbert Hoover
Mother Seton to Be Canonized First Native U.S. Saint
The Vatican will canonize Elizabeth Ann Bayley Seton as America's first native-born saint on Sept. 14 with the ceremony in St Peter's Square. National attendees include five U.S. cardinals and 80 bishops from the United States and Canada. The Mother Seton cause, led by the Sisters of Charity, has spanned 93 years and involved miracles verified by the Vatican.
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API
John XXIII
Elizabeth Ann Bayley Seton
Vatican
Mother Seton
Paul VI
America
Xavier
St. Francis Xavier
Sisters of Charity
U.S
St. Peter's Basilica
Emittsburg
Maryland
Frances Xavier Cabrini
Elizabeth Ann Bayley
New York City
William Seton
France
Britain
Setons
Ann
Antonio
Filippo Filicchi
Leghorn
Italy
United States
New York
Baltimore
Order of the Sisters of Charity
Pope Paul
Kalin
Anne O'Neill Hope
Mother Seton Guild
Bennett Uses Cedar Crest Funds For Mansion Repairs
Kansas Governor Robert Bennett obtained approval from the Kansas Finance Council to repurpose leftover Cedar Crest remodeling funds for exterior painting insulation and prep work at the executive mansion. The project saved money and credited First Lady Olivia Bennett for bid seeking. Council also approved a $20 000 emergency loan to Cedar Vale to repair a destroyed sewer line from a tornado.
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Kan
UPI
Robert Bennett
Kansas Finance Council
Cedar Crest
Bennett
Olivia Bennett
B. B. Andersen
Cedar Vale
Ford
Washington
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