Big Eight Area Officials Wear Sweatshirts
Ames Iowa officials from city government university and chamber of commerce gathered for a fifth annual Big Eight area conference. Delegates wore sweatshirts instead of suits and planned discussions on industrial development community relations and occupational workshops. The meeting began Wednesday evening with a dinner and runs through Friday afternoon.
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Ames
Iowa
City, University and Chamber of Commerce
Lawrence
Kansas University
John Conard
Chamber of Commerce
John Crown
Bill Gant
Docking Backs Railpax Delay in Kansas Rail Plan
Gov. Robert Docking endorsed a six month delay for Railpax implementation and urged revamping the plan. He criticized the route gaps between Kansas City and Denver and pressed for faster intercity service across regions while noting two Santa Fe routes in Kansas and excluding the Union Pacific path.
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Topeka
Robert Docking
William Roy
R-Kan
National Railroad Passenger Corp
Railpax
David Ue
United States
Kansas City
Denver
Kansas
Roy
James B. Pearson
Joe Skubitz
Santa Fe
Union Pacific
Portland Rose Could Join National Railpax Plan
Sen. James B. Pearson and Sen. Robert A. Taft Jr. seek to add the Portland Rose to the Railpax system. The route runs Kansas City to Denver with stops at Topeka Manhattan Junction City Ft. Riley Abilene Salina and Hays before continuing Denver to Portland Oregon. A link between Kansas City and Denver is the key gap they cite.
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Washington
National Rail Passenger Corporation
Railpax
James B. Pearson
Kan
Robert A. Taft Jr
Ohio
Kansas City
Denver
Topeka
Manhattan
Junction City
Ft. Riley
Abilene
Salina
Hays
Portland
Ore
Pearson
Taft
Israeli Raiders Hit Lebanese Village In Cross Border Raid
Israeli raiders crossed into Lebanon at dawn and blew up three houses in Kfar Kela before retreating under artillery fire. A Beirut army spokesman said no Israeli confirmation and Lebanon reported no Arab casualties. The raid followed Palestinian attacks from Lebanon.
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Kfar Kela
Beirut
Israel
Lebanon
Middle East
Patterson elected Coffeyville’s first Black mayor
Roy Patterson, a funeral director and former Negro city commissioner, was elected Coffeyville Kansas mayor by fellow city commissioners, becoming the first Black to hold the post. Patterson previously won a four year term as a city commissioner two years ago.
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Bob Pulliam
Nancy Hambleton
Jack Rose
Charles Fisher
Coffeyville, Kan
Roy Patterson
Coffeyville
Patterson
Debaters Open Defense of KU National Title
KU debate team with a 78 percent win rate over 132 rounds starts defense of the national championship. Dan Beck and Bob Prentice will face 102 teams over four days at Macalester College in St Paul Minnesota. They finished third nationally last year and are among the top eight teams invited to the tournament.
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Kansas University
Dan Beck
Bob Prentice
Turon
United States
Macalaster College
St. Paul
Minn
Prentice
Beck
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