Legislature Invests in New Sound System
In OPERA Kansas, legislators planned a $64,000 upgrade to replace aging chamber sound systems ahead of the 1996 session. The Senate faced mic cutouts and whines while the House saw occasional failures. front-row members heard better than those in back. The move preserves tradition while new white speakers mounted near the east wall promise crisper audio, though staff debated electronic voting.
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Chamber
Topeka
House
Bud Burke
Burke
Emil Lutz
Legislative Services
Tim Shallenburger
Baxter Springs
Shallenburger
Best country albums to hear beyond radio top 40
A roundup of overlooked country records worth seeking, highlighting Guy Clark Dublin Blues Kris Kristofferson A Moment of Forever and other craft albums by Don Williams Dick Curless Doc Watson Chesapeake Billy Joe Shaver Victoria Shaw Darrell McCall Tom Russell Big Sandy and more, plus notes on Mike Reid opera Different Fields and Oak Ridge Boys lineup changes.
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Asylum
Kris Kristofferson
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Randall Knife
Kris
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Rounder
Alison Krauss
Chesapeake
Full Sail
Sugar Hill
Seldom Scene
Jimmy Gaudreau
Billy Joe Shaver
Smith’s Olde Bar
Zoo/Praxis
Billy Joe
Eddy Shaver
Victoria Shaw
Shaw
Nashville
San Joaquin
West
Big Sandy
Mike Reid
NFL
Cincinnati Bengals
Alabama
Ronnie Milsap
Mike
New York
Steve Sanders
Oak Ridge Boys
William Lee Golden
Golden
Oak
East Lansing
Mich
Muhammad Ali
Mike Tyson
Ronnie Dunn
Japan's ruling party back on top after Murayama step down
Murayama resigns after 18 months as Japan's premier prompting trade minister Ryutaro Hashimoto to be named his likely successor. Hashimoto would return the Liberal Democratic Party to power 20 years after its historic defeat, amid a recession and multiple disasters.
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Tokyo
Tomiichi Murayama
Murayama
Ryutaro Hashimoto
Liberal Democratic Party
Hashimoto
United States
Kobe
U.S
Okinawa
House Overhauls Sound System Amid Hearing Woes
Kansas House Speaker Tim Shallenburger notes long standing audio problems in the chamber where spectators and backbenchers struggle to hear. He recalls 1995 broadcasts as fuzzy and resists cheap fixes favoring a full replacement to improve clarity and accessibility.
Truman ghost tour aids Kansas City students in history lesson
In Gracemor Elementary School, a replica World War I footlocker containing over 60 Truman family items brings the former president to life for fourth graders. Students handle hats, glasses, a Buck Stops Here desk sign, a campaign button, and letters to his wife and daughter, as a teaching guide from the Truman Library Institute accompanies the project.
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Ansas City
Harry Truman
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Truman
Andy
Andrew Jackson
Teddy Roosevelt
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Franklin Pierce
Millard Fillmore
Chester Arthur
Nancy Hummel
Gracemor
Capt
Harry
Kris Senzee
Adrianne Bamnhart
Linda Segebrecht
Kansas City
Harry S. Truman Library
Truman Library Institute For National and International Affairs
Philip S. Fleming
Harry S. Truman Library Institute
U.S. 24
Delaware St
Independence
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Bud" Ransom
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