Osage County Farmer Sees Glimmers Of Recovery
Osage County farmer Gerald Cheese Marten keeps his Goodyear shift in Topeka while watching a slow farm economy. He and others note modest signs of improvement but warn prices and policy support remain key, with net income still barely covering living costs.
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Wichita, Kan
Osage County
Gerald
Marten
Goodyear Tire
Topeka
Tire
Scranton
Virgil Riley
Butler County
Riley
Lenard Maxwell
Gove County
Larry Langemeier
Kansas State University
Farm Management Association
KSU
Langemeier
PTL Files For Bankruptcy Amid Mismanagement Debacle
PTL ministry filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy as founder Jim Bakker faced blame for about 70 million dollars in debts. Falwell's Liberty Broadcasting Network will decide which of PTL's 110 million dollars in assets remain, with Norman Grutman stating PTL is not bankrupt and will emerge financially stronger. Bakker visited headquarters after stepping aside, while Tammy Chapman noted her parents were home resting.
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Jerry Nims
PTL
Jerry Falwell
Liberty Broadcasting Network
Falwell
Bakker
Time Magazine
Key Highway Talk Ahead in Kansas Political Drive
Gov. Mike Hayden pushes a $1.8 billion highway expansion with a broad education campaign and a coalition led by Shelby Smith. The plan, likely to include major new routes in multiple regions, may require fuel tax and registration fee hikes and possibly a sales tax, with a late July recommendation and a special session by late August.
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Topeka
Kan
Kansas
Mike Hayden
Hayden
Southeast
Northeast
Bill Morris
Richita
Senate Transportation and Utilities Committee
Rex Crowell
R-Longton
House Transportation Commission
Kansas Seeks Super Collider Despite Quake Jitters
Kansas disaster expert Terry Smith says the Wednesday earthquake is unlikely to sway the federal decision on the 4.4 billion Superconducting Super Collider site. He notes Illinois suffered but Kansas remained lightly touched, while Oklahoma touts its risk factors. Federal analysts weigh seismic history, with the Wolf Creek plant unaffected. Kansas competes with about 40 states for the project, hoping for economic benefits from construction and jobs.
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Topeka
Kan
Great Plains
Kansas
Terry Smith
Ilinois
Smith
Illinois
Oklahoma
Henry Bellman
Sooner
United States
Wolf Creek
Osage County
Ronn Smith
South Carolina
Canada
Department of Energy
Ex-Ottawan To Lead Cavalry Charge
Richard D. Nichols, a McPherson banker and former Ottawan, was named commander of the Kansas Cavalry, a 300 member business recruitment group. The appointment, announced by Gov. Mike Hayden, follows Nichols’ year as Kansas Bankers Association president and his leadership of Home State Bank and Trust.
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Wichita, Kan
Kansas Cavalry
Mike Hayden
Richard D. Nichols
McPherson
Terry Ray
Manhattan
Cavalry
Robert B. Docking
Chamber of Commerce
Nichols
Kansas Bankers Association
Home State Bank and Trust
Bethlehem and its wall of settlements in East Jerusalem
West Bank city Bethlehem sits under Israeli occupation as Ibrahim Matar describes how permanent settlements in East Jerusalem form a fortress around the area. He says 90,000 Israelis now live there and argues the policy aims to displace Palestinians, calling it genocide and a denial of Palestinian existence.
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Barry Flinchbaugh
KSA
Howard Tice
Kansas Association of Wheat Growers
KAWG
Tice
Soviet Union
Flinchbaugh
Tates
John
Israel
West Bank
East Jerusalem
Tion
Jerusalem
Matar
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Osage Countian
Chicago
Federal Reserve District
Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Kstate
Goodyear
Gerald Marten
Grutman
Nims
Shelby Smith
Wichita Longrange Planning Task Force
Human Resources Department
Citizens Coalition For Highways
Connie
Staten Island
New York City
New York
Ed Koch
KBA
Bethlehem
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