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Kansas job loss soars in first half of 1986
Kansas reports 88 business closings and 6,468 unemployed in six months, far surpassing all of 1985. Johnson Wyandotte and Leavenworth counties hardest hit with 22 closings and 3,208 jobless. Officials cite oil, aviation downturns and slow private investment as factors. New constitutional amendments aim to spur growth via private financing and tax exemptions.
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Topeka
Kan
Kansas
Kansas Department of Human Resources
Johnson
Wyandotte
Leavenworth
Gram
Labor Department
Charneil
Department of Human Resources
Wichita
Parsons
Independence
Chanute
Gary Albrecht
Institute For Public Policy and Business Research
University of Kansas
Schwartz
Albrecht