Union Station in Kansas City Faces Repurposing Debate
Kansas City stalwart Union Station may shift from passenger hub to commerce and culture hub as rail traffic wanes. Officials debate converting the eight story landmark into a shopping center or museum while proposing retooled rail service and a 78 acre rail corridor to support future high speed transit and airport access.
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Robert McMillan
Kansas City Terminal Railway Co
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Echoes of a Terminal Torn by Gangs and Stampede
The article recalls a historic terminal scarred by 1933 gunfire from Pretty Boy Floyd and accomplices during a bank raid that left four lawmen dead and bank robber Frank Nash slain. It also notes 1928 cattle stampede through the facility and a station crew heroically bulldogging a beast in the ladies room.
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Cincinnati Man Waives Extradition in Nashville Police Killing
Steve Parker, 23, of Cincinnati agreed to return to Nashville Tennessee to face charges in the fatal shooting of Patrolman Thomas E. Johnson and wounding of Patrolman Charles W. Thomasson. Parker had been held since surrendering January 20 after initially resisting voluntary extradition. Five Cincinnati men face charges. three remain at large. Ralph Canady, 28, was arrested and also agreed to return to Tennessee.
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Thomas E. Johnson
Charles W. Thomasson
Ralph Canady
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