Kansas City International Airport delays push mid 1972 opening
Officials expect the Kansas City International Airport to open in mid-1972 after extended deadlines with contractors. The outdoor portions are nearly finished while the three-building terminal is about 60 percent complete. A past construction strike and weather delays have shifted plans, with total cost nearing 210 million dollars and bond financing underway. Missouri Governor Hearnes sought higher bond interest to cover remaining funds.
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Calkins
Missouri
Warren E. Hearnes
Haskell Paraprofessionals Engage in Two Day Seminar
About 40 paraprofessionals at Haskell Indian Junior College attended a two day seminar on working with junior college age students. Frank Quiring dean of students organized the event to boost aides skills and the theme was Positive Interaction The Key to Human Relationships. Dr John Benton from Indiana State University joined as a participant. 12 15 students offered suggestions on improving the aides role while Haskell teachers filled in during sessions.
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Haskell Indian Junior College
Frank Quiring
Quiring
John Benton
Indiana State University
Haskell
Chinese Study Course At Kansas University Opens Spring
A new elementary intensive Chinese course at Kansas University begins spring term January 18. It offers 10 hours of classroom work and five hours of drill weekly for 12 semester hours credit. Miss Grace Wan will lead the program to accelerate prep for graduate East Asian studies.
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Kansas University
Grace Wan
Met Opera Manager Retires and Selects Successor
Rudolph Bing will retire as general manager of the Metropolitan Opera in 1972 after 20 years in the post. Geeran Gentele of Stockholm’s Royal Opera House will succeed him, with a press conference revealing the change attended by both men and noting potential innovations in acting and repertoire.
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New York
Rudolph Bing
Metropolitan Opera
Geeran Gentele
Royal Opera House
Stockholm
Opera Company
Gentele
Bing
Strike Affects Up To Thirty Thousand Rail Workers
Officials estimated as many as 30 000 railroad employees in Missouri and Kansas could be affected by the national strike. Pickets stood at major terminals and yard shops across both states, with Santa Fe reporting 4 000 in the Topeka area and over 16 000 across Kansas. Kansas City area rails employed about 8 500, while St Joseph and Springfield figures reached about 1 800 each.
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Kansas City
Missouri
Kansas
Santa Fe
Topeka
St. Joseph
Springfield
Rail Vote Split in Senate Passes Rail Strike Barring Legislation
The Senate approved a nationwide rail strike ban by roll call with Democrats Eagleton and Symington of Missouri and Republican Pearson of Kansas for the bill. Senator Dole of Kansas voted against the measure.
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Washington
Senate
Eagleton and
Symington
Missouri
Pearson
Kansas
Dole
Kansan Air Crash Hero Returns Home From Alaska
Staff Sgt. Eddie Beck arrived in Peabody Kansas after injuries from the Nov 27 DC8 crash in Anchorage. He faces leg injuries and likely hospital care in Wichita or Manhattan. Beck’s wife Leah contacted Sen. Pearson’s office about Vietnam return concerns. the Army reported no plans to send him to Vietnam and noted two abrasions but no crushed leg.
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Peabody
Kan
Eddie Beck
Kansas
Anchorage
Alaska
Beck
Kansas City
U.S
James Pearson
Brian
Leah
Vietnam
Department of the
Army
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