Questionable Company in Kansas Architecture Saga
Shawnee County grand jury probes KU Medical Center design amid controversy over state architect selection. Senate blocked reappointment of the witness who led the inquiry, whose former partner held the $54 million contract. Critics urge reform to prioritize merit over politics in state architecture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shawnee County Grand Jury
Topeka
University of Kansas Medical Center
Kansas Senate
Senate
Maryland
Spiro Agnew
Kansas
Shawnee Grand Jury
Parsons Sun
Hugoton Gives Energy Holiday Gift To Kansans
Hugoton leaders turn off street lights on Yale Street and share natural gas electricity with the state to keep other Kansans warm during the holidays. The act highlights community generosity amid energy shortages and cold weather concerns.
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Hugoton
Yale
Paola
Osawatomie
Hutchinson News
World spaghetti eating champ and college games teased
A 20 year old hairstylist claims the world spaghetti eating crown with 2.2 pounds in 2 hours 6 minutes. In 1971 Guinness records include one pound cheese in 4.5 minutes and 266 prunes in 40 minutes. A Harvard team set a 50 hour monopoly record in a moving elevator, KU eyes reclaiming title. Temple of Truth Yale party ends with KU bowl loss. A Kansas transplant attorney lost money to his father. A silver haired matron enjoys Roller Derby. In New York City a tobacco shop offers 2300 cigar shapes though the owner favors cigarettes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harvard
University of Kansas
New York City
Christmas Gift From Buchwald Sparks Wry Humor
Writer BuChwald offers readers a satirical Christmas wish list filled with political jabs and pop culture references. He toys with extravagant gifts and public figures before unveiling Kohoutek as a symbolic present, ending with a biblical wisdom verse.
Power of Big Oil and congressional push for reform
Washington lawmakers urge tighter government control over Big Oil. The drive targets price, access to natural gas and coal, and probes interlocking board appointments across major oil firms. Exxon Texaco Gulf Mobil face FTC scrutiny. lawmakers cite oilmen influence in media banks universities and other sectors. In Minnesota local lore reports southern limestone sinkholes swallow plow teams.
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Federal Trade Commission
Exxon
Tenaco
Gulf, Mobile
Standard of California
Standard of Indiana
Shell
Atlantic Richfield
Phil Hart
D-Michy
James Abourezk
D-S.d
Metropolitan Opera
Los Angeles Rams
Boy Scouts
Center For Science
Senate
Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
Northwesterns Bell System
Mayo Foundation
Toledo, Peoria and Western Railroad
Texaco
Hollywood Turf Club
Gulf
Nixon
Mellon National Bank & Trust
Gererad Foods
Ralston Purina
Jones Laueklin Steel
University of Teas
Mobbil
Minnesota
Capitol Comments reveals secret Christmas wishes by officials
North Pole sources say a cold papers file exists with letters from Kansas officials requesting Christmas gifts. Rep Bill Roy asks for a ouija board to uncover Gov Docking plans, while Atty Gen Vern Miller seeks dockings indictments to kill rumors. Other figures request toys, a self propelled car trunk, house whips, and editor gifts.
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Leroy Towns Telegram
Topeka
HNS
North Pole
Letars Vom
Bill Roy
D-Kan
Roy
Robert Docking
Senate
Secon
Jam.s
Docking
Ray
Atty
Vern Miller
Miller
Grand Jury
Nixon
Kansas
Kealey
GOP
Jack Ranson
Robert Dole
R &Kan
Dole
Dave Owen
Gwen
Govermor
Owen
Memorial Roll Call of St Catherine Hospital Friends
A long list of names from patients and staff at St Catherine Hospital, including Catherine Adams and Catherine Adams Patrick Aguilera Emoria Allen along with sisters and staff such as Sister Anne Schugart O F and Sister Geraldine Eakes OP. The message extends seasonal wishes for peace and joy through the year and thanks to friends at the hospital.
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Catherine Adams
Patrick Aguilera
Emoria Allen Corazon Almero
Patricia. Anschutz
Helen Appelhans
Mary C. Appelhans
Mildred Archibald
Pat R. Avilla
Nancy Baier
Carola Baird
Barbara Ball Shorts Ballard
Millie Bonda
Giovanna Barbai
Donna Behm Velma Belnep
Ruth Ann Bender
Larena Berry
Edna Biernacht
Elvira Billinger
Errolyn Bilson Lillie Birkle
Bora Bishop
Margaret Bittner
Ted Bittner, Jr
Ted Sittner, Sr
Constance Blick Bar
Susan Crockett
Patricia Crosslaw Demings Cruz
Gertrude Davis
Novia Davix
Alice Douglass
Rhonda Downer Verda Dunham Bush Dunkel
Janie Duran
Lesa Edwards
L. Read
Elwell
Barbara Engel
Felipa
Enriquez Santos
Enlavez
Georgia Faulcon
Teresa Fehrenba
Karen Ferguson
Barbars Flef
Terri Flef
Patricia Finney
Vernon Folkers
Adala Fonseca
Neldy Forshee
Ena Francis
Rebecca Frank
Sharon Hounschild
Judith Hawk
Mark Hawkins
Karen Heiman Karla Heismeyer
Lois Hendrickson
Deborah Herkel
Laurel Hergert
Betty Herman
Dames Herman
Irene Hernandez
Josephine Gernat
Laura Hernandex
Linda M
Hernandez
Cynthia Hinkle Vonlee L. Hipp
Mike G. Hoffman
Ji Rosalie Holland Caralyn Holmes
Clive Holmes
Vonna, Holmes Lewis Hooper
Mable Howland
Loretta Hull
Judith’ Huddleston
Gloria Humphrey
William A, Hunter Margarita Ib
Dora Mareette
Clara Martinez Cleo Mathews
Richard Meier Bonsantina Mendoza
Rose Mendoza
Dorothy Merz
Chloe Milburn
Beth Millsop
Alice Morris Geneve Morris Nola Moseley
Elizabeth Munich
Esther Murray Patricia Naab Vickle Nagel
Elizabeth Nash Bertha Near
Billie Newberry
Inez Newberry
Sharon Nightengaip
Ruby Ochs
Laurie Olomon Rhonda Olsen Arlan Orasco
Sheila Orasco
Sylvia Orosea Kenda Orrell
Patricia Ortiz Geralyn Ostmeyer
Joan Overstreet
Linda Park
Mary J. Pattersom
Robin Pediao
Shellay Schmidt
Alice Scheer
Edna Schuetz
Marilyn Seay
Leona Sehier
Linda Servantez Remedios
Servanter
Christine Seybert
Gary Spangler
Kathleen. Srorer
Freda Stefan Jeanette Steltz
Eleanor Strasser
Clayton Studley
Scott Studley
Stephen Studley Arlene Sturtevant
Nangline Thiessen
Kathleen Thomas
Ruth Todd
Ellen Traff As
Thomas Traxler
Wendy Traxler
Joan Trevattien
Debby
O.F
Geraldine Eakes
O.P
Jane Torrez
Joan Ice
Marie Klein
Mary Slyalq
Theresa Ohmes
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Eater
Artful
Dodger
MES. Syndicate
Temple of Truth
K.U
Jim Mills
North Carolina
Garden City Telegram
Telegram Publishing Company
Garden City
Fred
Buchwald
Washington
Sirica
Washington, D.C
Neaders
New Jersey
California
Florida
Nelson Rockefeller
Billie Jean King
Bobby Riggs
Secretariat
England
Mne
Heny Kissinger
Middle East
Aminah
Universal Star Co
Bible Thought
James
Art Buchwald
Jack Anderson
Capitol
Fila
Leroy Towns
Warren
Christ
Ceil
St. Catherine Hospital
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