Kansas Diplomacy Favors Kansas Peace Letters to Reagan and Gorbachev
Mayors of Washington and Moscow in Kansas back the Kansas Meetings for Peace Committee formed by Tom Docking and Jack Brier. A statewide letter campaign asks Kansans to write to President Reagan and General Secretary Gorbachev inviting a Meeting for Peace in Kansas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
Washington
Kansas
Tom Docking
Jack Brier
Reagan
Gorbachev
Foundation For
Bob Dole
Dole
Soviet Union
International Peace Forum
Don Darby
Irwin Alefs
No Coincidence Panel Seeks $26 Million for State Tests
An advisory panel urges the government to spend 26 million annually to test students in every state and publish state by state results. The National Assessment of Educational Progress now tests nationwide and regionally, with no state reports. Albert Shanker endorses the panel's recommendation amid debates on education reform and teacher salaries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Assessment of Educational Progress
Congress
Reagan
Department of Education
Albert Shanker
American Federation of Teachers
Consultants and Experts Clash Over Jail Forecasts
A Johnson County commissions saga shows Justice Systems Inc. of Atlanta revising jail estimates from 1984 to 1987. New projections suggest overcrowding on opening day and nearly double the previously forecast cells by 2000 after consulting Elaine Tatham of ETC Institute, who offered earlier 1973 forecasts reused in 1987.
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Johnson County Commission
Justice Systems Inc
Atlanta
Santa Fe
Kansas Ave
Olathe
Justice Systems
Elaine Tatham
ETC Institute
Tatham
Contact details for U S government representatives
A list of political figures with office addresses and phone numbers including President Ronald Reagan The White House 1600 Pennsylvania Ave Washington DC 20500 Senator Bob Dole 141 Hart Senate Office Building Washington DC 20510 phone 202 224 6521 Senator Nancy Kassebaum 304 Russell Senate Office Building Washington DC 20510 phone 202 224 4774 Representative Bob Whittaker 332 Cannon House Office Building Washington DC 20535 phone 202 225 3911 State Senator Jim Allen Room 1288 Statehouse Topeka 66612 phone 296 7361 State Representative Jack Beauchamp 174W Statehouse Topeka 66612 phone 296 1676
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Ronald Reagan
The
White House
Pennsylvania Ave
Washington, D.C
Bob Dole
Hart
Senate
Nancy Kassebaum
Russell
Washington
D.C
Bob Whittaker
Cannon House
Jim Allen
Statehouse
Topeka
Jack Beauchamp
Network Liars and 900-Number Controversy Alleged
In a February column a reader condemns network sponsorship of a 900 number tied to Super Bowl predictions. Mary-Lane Kamberg reports AT&T confirms CBS as sponsor, while accusing networks of deception and proposing clearer motives and revenue use for newsrooms.
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At&t
CBS
Edward R. Murrow
Walter Cronkite
Jimmy the Greek
Mary-Lane Kamberg
Mary-Lane
FCC
Mary Lane
Gordon Parks Exhibit to grace Ottawa Kansas gallery
The traveling photographer writer and director Gordon Parks born in Fort Scott Kansas in 1912 visits Ottawa for a two week show From the Huge Silence A Century of Life in A Small Kansas Town at the Gallery at Ottawa Municipal Auditorium April 12 to 27 The exhibit features 33 photographs and interpretive verse with tours by Deborah Barker.
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Gordon Parks
Kansas
Fort Scott
Ottawa
Ottawa Municipal Auditorium
Deborah Barker
Ottawa Community Arts Council
Black Awareness Committee
Caroline E. Hewitt Trust For the Humanities
Parks
The
Manhattan Mercury
Minnesota
Vogue Magazine
Standard Oil
Life Magazine
Life
Fort Scott Tribune
New York
J.M.W. Turner
Solomon Northrup
Ottawa Herald subscription rates 1986 update
Ottawa Herald lists 1986 subscription prices by delivery method and region. Ottawa area carrier and motor routes monthly rates start at 4.00 with annual 40.00, Franklin County and nearby counties 4.50 to 48.00, all other areas 5.50 to 60.00 with a 5.5 percent sales tax for out-of-state subscribers.
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Ottawa
Franklin County
Gloomy Gases and Happy People And Reality Checks
A psychologist studies students in two outlook groups to test blame for poor grades. Gloomy students admit fault, while cheerful ones blame others. The conclusion favors realism over relentless optimism, with quotes about Slats Grobnik and presidents illustrating the tension between happiness and awareness.
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Mike Hurd
Harris News Service
Tom Bell
Harris News S
Kansas Arts Commission
Jim
Hitch
Ottawa Herald
Jim R. Hitch
Terry Ostmeyer
Jim Hornbeck
Mike Geiss
Peg Armstrong
Wayne Snow
Dean Rossman
Pearl Harbor
Abe Lincoln
Slats Grobnik
Mike
Royko
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