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Longtime Garden City leader Duane West profile
A Garden City figure, Duane West, 69, reflects on public service from county attorney to mayor and beyond. The piece covers his real estate holdings, battles over school bond issues, clashes with Truman Capote’s In Cold Blood portrayal, and his view on demographics, government, and community improvement through pragmatic reform.
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West
Garden City
Finney County
Topeka
Washburn University
Holcomb
Herb Clutter
Bonnie
Kansas
Truman Capote
Capote
Perry Smith
Dick Hickock
Logan Green
Spencer Tracy
Clarence Darrow
Mr Green
Green
Hickock and Smith
Logan
Martindale-Hubbell
National
Lawyers’ Directory
Janice Evans
Kansas Office of Disciplinary Administration
Evans
Orvileta
New York City
Carol Channing
FBI
J. Edgar Hoover
Richard Rohleder
Adlai Stevenson
Joseph Welch
Boston
U.S. Congress
Roscoe C. Waldorf
Duane
Genevieve Hertel
Mexico
Manuel
Waldorf
Scout Council
Mac Payne
Citizens’ Committee
Mr. West
Payne
Garden City High School
Ray Fox
Duane West
Fox