Holocaust Of '36 Fire Bends Kansas Policy On Gas Trucks
The 1936 blaze destroyed four homes on Main Street and sparked a citywide fear. Remains of a truck driver were removed from the wreckage as crowds gathered. Ottawa quickly banned gasoline trucks carrying over 600 gallons, with other towns following suit, launching court actions over load limits and fines and igniting a push for stricter flammable material transport rules.
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Princeton
Hickory
Weinheimer
Main
Wisdom
Pettit
Cartzdamer
McVey Mortuary
Kansas
Ottawa
18Th and
Seventh Street
Iola
Newton
Big Price Tag To Restore Union Station in Kansas City
A Howard Needles Tammen and Bergendorf study says restoring Union Station could cost up to 28.2 million plus further funds to repurpose the 72 year old landmark built in 1914. Water damage, asbestos and PCB removal costs are noted with immediate decking work needed. The city plans a civic committee to seek a use and funding paths, with Pershing Square and Kansas City Terminal Railway Co. involved in redevelopment talks.
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Kansas City
Kansas City, Mo
Union Station
Howard Needles Tammen
Bergendorf
Richard L. Berkley
Berkley
Liberty Memorial
Roland W. Frerking
Kansas City Terminal Railway Co
Pershing Square Redevelopment Corp
Personal notices and helplines listed in local column
Community listings include Alcoholics Anonymous and Al-Anon contacts, FR CO Medical Health Clinic after hours, Toughlove Parents group numbers, Narcotics Anonymous hotlines, a carpool wish for Roe Avenue State Line area, advertising of patterns on 21S West 2nd, and a used goods sale at 08 North Sycamore with clothes tools camping gear and misc items.
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North Sycamore
Growth of Western tourism reshapes plains economy and culture
The passage notes rising tourist numbers and a shift in reverence for Western antiquity, quoting Whitman on the Prairies. It describes early auto tourism as a luxury pursuit, railroad and highway tensions, and Kansas towns embracing visitors, camping, autocamps, and motor courts as travel democratizes. hints at future Kansas turnpike efforts to draw tourists.
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Walt Whitman
Yosemite
Niagara Fall
Yellowstone
Prairies
Plains
North American
Whitman
Kansas
Kangas
High Plains
Pros and Cons of Kansas Economic Growth
Interviews with industry consultants show location decisions hinge on local conditions more than state. Critical needs include full time development professionals, speculative buildings, union free labor, vocational schools, and a lively economic climate to create a positive snowball effect.
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Kansas
Classified Per Word Rates Insertion Details
Classified ad rate notice lists per word charges for Tuesday insertions with examples and amounts. Includes word rate figures such as one fifteen dollars per word and specific entries like Lopes and eee shown in the clipping. This brief contains pricing lines and insertion instructions from the historical classifieds page.
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Santa Fe
Southern Pacific
Interstate Commerce Commission
Pershing Square
Harold Osborne
Osborne
Alcoholics Anonymous
Al-Anon
Alatean
Curtis Duncan Kofo
Happy
Mom and
Dad
FR. CO
Narcotics Anonymous
Roe Avenue State Line
Carl John
George Murry Runnells
the Family Circus
By Bil Keane
Paris
Eve
Hagar
Hagar the Horribl
Sarge
Beetle Bailey
Rover
Ine
Iowa
South Carolina
Des Moines
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