Stars meet fans at Cosmosphere with Apollo 13 figures
Sy Liebergot, Apollo 13 flight controller, and Clint Howard, who played Liebergot in a film, signed autographs at the Kansas Cosmosphere. Fans discussed the mission, Lieberger’s book Apollo EECOM Journey of a Lifetime, and Howard’s Hollywood work while Cosmosphere president Jeff Ollenberger praised the unique event.
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Kansas Cosmosphere
America
Sy Liebergot
Clint Howard
Liebergot
Ron
Lieberger
mid-America
Howard
Wichita
Wichita Public Schools
Cosmosphere
Jeff Ollenberger
Hollywood
Topeka
Bob Creager
Andy Griffith
Leon
Creager
U.S
Kansas woman recalls Baltic escape from Soviet end of World War II
Marja Bakis of Sterling, at 70, remembers fear in Estonia as Soviet forces cut off escape routes in 1944. Her family fled from Tartu to Bavaria then Prague, later settling in Kansas in 1950. She notes Baltic distrust of Russia and the lasting impact of displacement and land disputes.
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Sterling
Marja Bakis
University of Estonia
Tartu
Estonia
Bakis
Hitler
Stalin
Baltic Nations
Europe
Soviet Union
Putin
Balkan
Siberia
Marja
Raimo
Arve
Eduard
Linda
Tallinn
Bavaria
Germany
Prague
Czechoslovakia
Waldkirchen
United States
Sterling College
Kansas
Sterling Bulletin
Max Moxley
Moxley
Eduard Bakis
Linda Bakis
Russia
Lake Wobegon makes splash with ticket-buyers
The Hutchinson News reports the Kansas State Fair's top seller is Prairie Home Companion starring Garrison Keillor, with about 3,700 tickets sold for the 10,000-seat Grandstand as of Monday. About 400 more seats opened to the public that day. ZZ Top and Big and Rich also rank highly with 3,500 and 1,760 tickets sold respectively. more acts, including Foreigner and Switchfoot, are planned.
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Hutchinson News
Prairie Home Companion
Garrison Keillor
Radio Kansas
Stoecklein
Keillor
Lake Wobegon
Big & Rich
Cowboy Troy
Foreigner
Switchfoot
Trace Adkins
Dierks Bentley
Ronnie Milsap
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Medicare
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Eisenhower
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