Democrats' war chests grow in first quarter 1996 races
In Kansas across the 1st to 4th districts Democrats Rathbun Hancock and Brownback ally with party leaders as Republicans face funding and PAC dynamics. Rathbun led Wichita donors with lawyers and judges backing, while Tiahrt and Moran posted sizable cash on hand.
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Washington
Kansas
U.S
Federal Elections Commission
Rathbun
Todd Tiahrt
Tiahrt
Jan Meyers
Judy Hancock
Hancock
Meyers
Overland Park
Ed Eilert
Eilert
Vince Snowbarger
State House
Snowbarger
Greg Schoofs
Topeka
John C. Frieden
Pat Roberts
Senate
Jerry Moran
Moran
Pacs
Fourth graders premiere camping themed multimedia movie
About 20 Sunset Hill School fourth graders presented a 13 minute multimedia movie titled Just Another Camping Trip to parents and students. They wrote the story illustrated it and recorded dialogue with help from parent Jeff Stouppe under teacher Robin Dixon and Diane Wood's guidance.
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Sunset Hill
Dominique LeBeau
Jeff Stouppe
Stouppe
Robin Dixon
Diane Woodworth
Patrick Denning
Kansas man among six jailed in mail fraud conspiracy
A Waxahachie lawyer Jerry Wilkins and five others were sentenced to prison after being convicted of conspiring to flood the economy with fake money orders worth more than 61 million dollars. The case linked to USA First involved blank money orders used to pay debts, with related sentences ranging from eight months to eight years plus.
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Dallas
U.S
Waxahachie
Jerry Wilkins
Wilkins
Kansas
Thomas D. Gandy
USA First
U.S. Atty
Tom Hamilton
Montana
FBI
LeRoy Schweitzer
Daniel Petersen
Kansas arts programs win NEA grants totaling 475000
The National Endowment for the Arts will award eight Kansas grants totaling more than 475000. Kansas University receives 12500 for the Spencer Museum of Art training program and 12900 for artist fees for performances by Merce Cunningham dance troupe Berlin Philharmonia String Quartet and Sankai Juku at the Lied Center. Kaw Valley Arts and Humanities gets 10000 for a regional arts survey. Salina Art Center 10000 for Of Matter and Spirit African arts exhibit and related programs. Kansas State Historical Society 22000 for a state folk arts apprenticeship. Kansas Arts Commission 351300 for basic state grant activities. Arts Council of Topeka 39380 to stabilize and expand services. Wichita Art Museum 17500 to publish a catalog.
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Kansas
National Endowment For the Arts
NEA
Jane Alexander
Washington, D.C
Berlin Philharmonia String Quartet
Lied Center
Kaw Valley Arts and Humanities
Kansas City
Kaw
Salina Art Center Inc
Salina
Kansas State Historical Society
Topeka
Kansas Arts Commission
Arts Council of Topeka Inc
Wichita Art Museum
Wichita
NASA veteran hails youth power behind space program
In Hutchinson Kansas Gene Kranz retired NASA flight director tours the Odyssey capsule at the Kansas Cosmosphere and urges students to back bold space exploration Kranz credits youth with fueling Apollo missions saying the landing was driven by engineers in their 20s and urging young people to dream big while Kennedy’s call to reach the moon echoes today.
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Kranz
Hutchinson
Space Museum
Kansas
Smithsonian
Gene Kranz
NASA
Tson
John F. Kennedy
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Lawrence Journal-World
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Journal-World
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