Kay McFarland Named to Kansas Supreme Court
The Kansas governor selects Kay McFarland for the state Supreme Court, citing her qualifications and the historic first woman appointment. McFarland hails from Coffeyville, daughter of Kenneth McFarland, a noted speaker, and brings regional ties to the court. The editorial notes her long, capable service ahead.
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Tip
Bennett
Kay McFarland
Kansas Supreme Court
State Supreme Court
Kansas
High Court
McFarland
Coffeyville
Kenneth McFarland
Topeka
Caney
Random Wartime TV Memoir Recalls WWII Responses on NBC
A viewer recounts NBCs The Big Event Life Goes to War a two hour tribute made from film clips. The piece traces American wartime sentiment Hollywoods role and the many recognizable faces, some unnamed, through voice and image. The writer weighs Pearl Harbor Roosevelt Yalta and wartime costs and compares WWII to Vietnam with personal memory and critique.
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NBC
Pearl Harbor
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Congress
Roosevelt
Yalta
Chanute
United States
John F. Kennedy
Christina Onassis Offers $20 Million to Jackie Kennedy
Christina Onassis reportedly pledges twenty million dollars to Jackie Kennedy with a condition to relinquish further claims to Aristotle Onassis estate. The gesture surpasses the will and potential predivorce amounts, highlighting remarkable generosity amid public attention.
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Christina
Aristotle Onassis
Ari
John F. Kennedy
Chris
Jackie
Onassis
Mennonites face expulsion after Texas land settlement
About 500 Mennonites who moved from Canada and Mexico to Texas on 6400 acres valued at 2.6 million face departure as INS renewals fail. They believed permanent visas would follow, while Seminole Mayor Bob Clark condemns the turn and cites bad advice amid wider debate on immigration.
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America
Canada
Mexico
Texas
U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service
Bob Clark
Seminole
Tex
Kremlin Rulers Face Aging Politburo Impact on Power
U.S. analysts warn aging leaders in the Soviet Politburo may soon yield to a younger cadre. Brezhnev faces circulatory issues and fatigue, Kosygin remains healthier, Suslov slows with age, and Andropov locks in as a potential successor while Gromyko and Kerilenko show mixed health signals.
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Washington
Soviet Union
Kremlin
U.S
Politburo
Communist Party
Leonid Brezhnev
Yuriy Andropov
Andrei Gromyko
Andrei Kerilenko
Aleksei Kosygin
Mikhail Suslov
Kansas banks under scrutiny spark calls for moral proof
A Kansas banking expert proposes proof of good moral character for state chartered bank control as public focus grows after Bert Lance disclosures. Officials deny need for new state laws while noting ongoing ethics questions around commissioners and bankers, amid indictments and bank failures in the region.
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Topeka
Kansas
Bert Lance
Georgia
Emery Fager
Fager
Paul Hess
Wichita
Senate Commercial
Sen. Hess
Lance
Kansas Bankers Assn
James Sheik
State Banking Board
State Bank of
Bern
Gabriel
Insiders’ Loans Spark Calls for Banking Reform in Kansas
Randall Becker reports that insider transactions in Kansas state banks trigger few problems when lenders exercise judgment and training. Examiners have grown stricter after bank collapses in San Diego and New York, while Washburn University professor Colin Kaufman urges bonding, proof of good character, and reforms to curb personal benefit from banking.
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Financial Institutions Committee
Len Hess
Kansas
Central Kansas
George Jones
Farmers State Bank
Canton
First State Bank of
Jennings
Kansas State
Gabriel
San Diego
New York
Colin Kaufman
Washburn University
Topeka
Kaufman
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