Oilman Pickens defends takeover bids and shows caution
Kansas University speech by T Boone Pickens Jr. outlines his view of corporate takeovers as a revolution that boosts accountability and benefits stockholders. He notes no hunting lodges at Mesa and says he may dissolve the firm within a year while not ruling out future ventures.
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Tonganoxie elated by $400,000 state grant
Tonganoxie receives a $400,000 state economic development grant as part of a $1 million statewide award for five communities. The funds, via the Kansas Small Cities Community Development Block Grant Program, will help Nu-Con International Inc. expand in the city by financing premanufactured homes and commercial buildings. Nu-Con, based in Hominy, Oklahoma, will provide jobs and growth while the program loans repaid funds back into future business attraction.
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Leavenworth
Journal-World
John Carlin
Kansas
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Nu-Con International Inc
Nu-Con
Tonganoxie wins grant to lure Nu-Con plant
Nu-Con plans to open a 75 employee facility in the vacant Wyco Manufacturing building in Tonganoxie with a 6.6 million grant tied to locating there. Mayor Lois Meadows says the project will boost industrial development. The grant requires at least 51 percent of workers be low or moderate income. officials say the deal also hinges on local contributions and economic factors.
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Nu-Con
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Bill Martin
Leavenworth
Leavenworth County
Senators back emergency plan to erase deficits by 1990
In Washington, Senate Republicans and some Democrats back an emergency plan to force deficit elimination by 1990, linked to raising the debt limit above 2 trillion dollars. Key figures like Sen. Warren Rudman and Senate Majority Leader Bob Dole advocate the plan, while Speaker Thomas O NEILL cautions about presidential power and House support. Treasury Secretary Baker warns the debt limit hike is needed by Monday to avoid cash exhaustion.
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Bob Dole
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Thomas P. O’neill Jr
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Reagan
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James A. Baker III
Atlantis launches on secret maiden space flight
Shuttle Atlantis blasts into orbit from Cape Canaveral carrying five crew members and two nuclear hardened satellites. The $1.1 billion, the last planned shuttle, departed at 10:15 a.m. CDT after a delayed countdown amid weather fixes. Mission control reported secure orbit nine minutes after launch and a Pentagon secrecy policy limited public updates to two during the mission.
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William Pailes
Sunflower Field Plans Near Term Artful Planting Idea
An artist outlines plans to plant sunflowers in the field next year to create airborne visibility this fall. The project aims to honor Kan AE PEA AR OTR SIO with a field-new spring concept and a vision of the gtid life in the sunlit landscape.
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