Dracula Tour Highlights Vlad the Impaler Legend
Romanian tourist body promotes Dracula Tours tied to Vlad the Impaler, visiting Castle Dracula high in the Carpathians, Vlad's birthplace, castle, and grave. Tours recount the vampire myth and Vlad’s clashes with the Turks, including his siege tactics and the legend surrounding Snagov Lake.
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Vlad Dracula
Count Dracula
Bucharest
Castle Dracula
Carpathian Mountains
Vlad the Impaler
Bram Stoker
Vlad
Hungary
Dracula
Raymond T. McNally
Radu Florescu
Boston College
Brasov
St. Bartholomew’s Day
Federal Officials Back 90 Percent Funding for Turnpike Interchange
Federal highway officials agreed to fund 90 percent of a proposed I-435 circuferential interchange with the Kansas Turnpike in Wyandotte County if part of the turnpike becomes toll free. Brindle said plans call for a full interchange five miles east of Bonner Springs with tolls removed from the segment into Kansas City Kansas. Construction would take two to three years.
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Washington
Kansas Highway
Wyandotte County
Toll-free pledge for Wyandotte interchange funding
Federal highway officials agree to fund 90 percent of a Kansas Turnpike I 435 interchange in Wyandotte County. The assurance was given to the Turnpike Authority and Highway Commission on Thursday, contingent on the turnpike becoming toll free east of the interchange.
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Kansas Turnpike Authority
Kansas Highway Commission
Federal Highway Administration
Norbert Tiemann
Nebraska
Department of Transportation
Robert Docking
Federal Highway Trust Fund
Service Members Report for Duty Abroad and at Home
First Lt. Donnad I. Cummins, daughter of Richard L. and Mrs. Benedict of Tonganoxie Kansas, arrives for duty at Incirlik Air Base Turkey as a nurse assigned to a USAF support unit. Marine Pvt. L. B. Bowers, son of Roy R. and Mrs. Bowers of Lawrence Kansas, reports for duty at Camp Pendleton California. Bowers' wife Cheryl is the daughter of Edna Hodgen of Lawrence.
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Tonganoxie
Kan
Incirlik AB
Turkey
Lt. Cummins
USAF
Camp Pendleton
Calif
Bowers
Cheryl
Edna M. Hodgen
Mich
Lawrence
Climatrol
U.S
Library Employee Plea Dismissed by State Board
The Kansas Public Employee Relations Board dismissed a petition by Kansas University library classified employees seeking recognition as a separate bargaining unit. The board ruled the unit would be too small at about 95 workers, with Chancellor Raymond Nichols objecting on behalf of the university. The group had filed in January arguing they share few common interests with other campus classified staff.
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Kansas Public Employe Relations Board
Kansas University Library
Carol Wampler
Raymond Nichols
University
Library
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Tales of
Romania
Danube Valley
Mohammed II
Constantinople
Tirgoviste
Istanbul
Kazikli Bey
Sir Lake
Snagov Lake
Massachusetts
Keep In Houch
Jerry Brindle
John D. Montgomery
Kansas
H. J. Ulrich
John D. McNeal
Robert Hagen
Bob Kent
Karl Brueck
Louis Kampschroeder
State Highway Commission
Andy Gray
Robert Story
R. D. Fogo
Robert Buzzi
Dick Rock
Turnpike
James DeCoursey
Robert Mitchell
New York Bond
Paul Heineman
Howard, Needles
Tammen and
Bergendorf
Engineers
Decorating Center, Inc
Hillcrest Shopping Center
Incirlik, Turkey
USS
Air Force
Donnad I
Richard L. Benedict
Eldridge
Eldridge House
Janice Hodkinson
Mgr
Massachusetts and
Seventh Street
P.O. Box
Lawrence, Kansas
Climatros
D. E
Clavey
15Th
New York
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