Kansas marks 150 years of statehood across schools
Kansas marks 150 years since 1861 as students at multiple schools celebrate with projects and exhibits. Librarians and teachers describe hands on learning, from wax museum costumes to a buffalo skull talk by Duffs Buffalo Ranch, highlighting famous Kansans and state history for fourth and second graders.
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Kansas
Rieth
Victor Ornelas Elementary
Tammy Ucke
Richard Duff
Duffs
Buffalo Ranch
Scott City
Duff
Garden City
Ucke
Lee Richardson Zoo
Roman Martinez
Mia Lucero
Martinez
Carolyn King
King
Union
Economy Growth Set to Reach Five Percent in 2011
Economists foresee 2011 as pivotal as consumer spending powers stronger growth aided by a 2 point cut in Social Security payroll taxes. Spending rose 4.4 percent in Q4, aided by firmer stock markets and falling unemployment. Consumer spending could rise 3.2 percent or more for the year, with 70 percent of economic activity driven by households, while jobless rate may ease slowly.
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Sung Won Sohn
California State University
Jim O’sullivan
MF Global
Associated Press
Military plan targets training standards amid respect pledge
Cartwright and Clifford Stanley outline rollout for service training with early insight on progress within a month. They emphasize unit discretion on training methods and avoid specifying unacceptable conduct details while Defense Secretary Gates underscores a policy of respect and zero tolerance for harassment or unlawful discrimination.
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Cartwright
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Clifford Stanley
Defense
Stanley
Marine Corps
Armed Services
Robert Gates
Kansas History of Slavery and Segregation in Brief
Kansas history shows a clash over slavery from its founding with anti and pro slavery factions forming shadow governments. Free staters shifted to end slavery around 1863, then many blacks moved to Kansas after the Civil War, including Nicodemus. Segregated schools persisted until the 1954 Brown v. Topeka ruling reversed separate but equal.
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Nicole Etcheson
Ball State University
Kansas
Missouri
South
Earle
Etcheson
Oliver Brown
Topeka
Delaware
South Carolina
Virginia
Washington, D.C
Supreme Court
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Maria Resormes
Finney County Public Library
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Fepl.homestead.com
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WIT Seissors
UMWA
Stotewide Witt Seissors
Kansas Plaza
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