Road to rescue study shows 5.4 billion highway impact
The Docking Institute at Fort Hays State University reports that widening U S 50 from Reno County to the Colorado border to four lanes could yield about 5.4 billion dollars in regional economic growth over ten years. Finney County would gain roughly 3 billion in tourism and business growth, aiding a depressed farm economy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Docking Institute
Garden City Telegram
Reno County
Colorado
Finney County
Fort Hays State University
Santa Fe
U.S. Highway 50 Association
Gary Hayzlett
R-Lakin
House Transportation Committee
Disparate quotes mark faith, aviation, and crime cases
The record notes Pope John Paul II urging prayers for St Florian parishioners and the pope, aviation manager Bruce Baumgartner warning of a Dec 31 deadline for luggage inspections, and Sheriff Frank Cassell describing a Virginia case with two dead, a missing child, and scarce other details.
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St. Florian
Pope John Paul II
Bruce Baumgartner
Denver International Airport
Henry County
Frank Cassell
Virginia
On This Day in History August 19 Highlights
A compact rundown of notable events on August 19 across centuries. Includes U S S Constitution victory in 1812, California gold report in 1848, Amos and Andy NBC debut in 1929, Hitler’s rise to power in 1934, Dieppe raid losses in 1942, Northeast floods in 1955, Powers trial in 1960, Cyprus embassy siege in 1974, Ford nomination in 1976, Groucho Marx death in 1977, Gorbachev power coup in 1991.
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Ifipod
Nova Scotia
New York Herald
California
Amos and Andy
Freeman Gosden
Charles Correll
NBC
Germany
Adolf Hitler
U.S
Rodger P. Davies
Nicosia
Cyprus
Ford
Kansas City
Groucho Marx
Los Angeles
City Rec Commission Faces Pool Management Question
Residents discussed pool maintenance and sought a solution last week. The community weighs options including voting or commenting via email to the city Rec Commission, or an independent board, with contact at (620) 276-6862 Ext. 304.
The Battle of Privatization in Russian Agriculture
George B. Pyle argues that privatization in Russia risks recreating collective control under a new class of food oligarchs. He contrasts Soviet collective farms with American farming, warns of vertical integration, and cautions farmers facing privatization about loss of true free markets and laws.
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America
Marshal Stalin
Ussr
Soviet Union
Russia
Ment
Wall Street
New York Times
Vladimir Putin
the Times
Thomas Jefferson
George B. Pyle
Prairie Writers Circle
The
Land Institute
Natural Systems Agriculture Research Organization
Salina
Reader mail column weighs in on Hispanic icon Speedy Gonzales
Roger Hernandez, syndicated columnist, collects reader letters on Speedy Gonzales and other ethnic topics. Readers praise or critique the character, discuss Puerto Rican and Mexican representation on TV, and weigh embargo views on Castro’s Cuba. Hernandez also notes his book Cubans in America and invites correspondence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Speedy Gonzales
Texas
Speedy
Gonzales
Meesters
UCLA
T Am
Ture
Chamber of Commerce
Castro
Cuba
CIA
Havana
Fidel Castro
United States
Soviet Union
U.S
Mexico
Roger Hernandez
New Jersey Institute of Technology
America
Kensington
Rogered
Prodigy.net
Random ramblings and memories from a community page
A mixed collage notes overheard weather talk and a humorously serious take on rain chances, then honors Joy May Miller a pioneering AP editor who advanced women’s reporting. Also mentions local birds, a 2002 summer view, and Windsor Hotel history with improvements and arts center plans on Garden City Main Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas
California
Joy May Miller
Wichita
Associated Press
University of Kansas
Kansas City
Newsfeatures
New York City
Miller
Georgia O'Keefe
Liz Carpenter
White House
Lady
Windsor Hotel
State Theatre
Garden City
Santa Fe
Southwest Area Arts and Humanities Center
Eighth Street
American Legion Club
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Bill Draper
Cas
and Exchange Commiccion
DBR Hc As
Dieppe
France
Moscow
Francis Gary Powers
Mikhail S. Gorbachev
Socrpes
Rec Commission
WADNT
George Pyle
King Features Syndicate
Ares Hope Garden City Telegram
Care World Report
Developing World
Joy
Dolores Hope
Dandchope
Juno.com
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