Eisenhower seen as Teflon president at Gettysburg event
On the 100th anniversary of his birth historians frame Dwight Eisenhower as a skilled political tactician with enduring popularity. A five day Gettysburg College symposium examines his presidency from 1950s middle class appeal to covert actions and limited civil rights leadership, with his grandson and former presidents attending.
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Kelly P. Kissel
Associated Press
Ettysburg
Dwight Eisenhower
Ike
Eisenhower
Middle America
John Robert Greene
Cazenovia College
Syracuse
N.Y
Gettysburg College
Pennsylvania
David
Gerald Ford
Bob Hope
Denison
Texas
Abilene
Kan
Greene
John F. Kennedy
Board of Associates
Shirley Anne Warshaw
Camelot
Lyndon
Franklin
Roosevelt
Ronald Reagan
Gettysburg
Eisenhowers
Carol Hegeman
Eisenhower National Historic Site
United States
Truman
Johnson
Kennedy
Nixon
Ford
Carter
Reagan
Bush
Chevy Chase
Finney pledges open invitation for inaugural ball
Kansas campaign notebook reports Democratic governor nominee Joan Finney proposes statewide newspaper ads inviting the public to attend the inaugural ball by sending in a coupon. Campaign manager John Pinegar accuses Lt. Gov. candidate Jim Francisco of avoiding debate with Harland Pribble. Cantwell criticizes a Republican AG's opinion on KPERS board appointments and notes concerns about Andersen's Senate confirmation. Sonny Scroggins urges an African American advocacy group, while Leroy Jones claims his congressional race is closer than polls indicate. Finney also comments on polling methods and media relations, preferring quick shop conversations and joking about reporters.
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Lew Ferguson
Associated Press
Topeka
Joan Finney
Wichita
Priddle
GOP
Harland
Pinegar
Bert Cantwell
Bob Stephan
Senate
Kansas Public Employees Retirement System Board of Trustees
Sonny’” Scroggins
Mike Hayden
Kansas
Advisory Committee On
Finney
John Carlin
House Defenses Bill Cuts 1991 Military Programs
The House passed a 1991 defense spending package worth 268 billion dollars with major cuts to strategic weapons. It halts B-2 bomber production at 15 planes and trims the Strategic Defense Initiative by about 2.3 billion, while reducing U.S. troops by 77,000 and restoring funds for the V-22 Osprey. The vote was 322 to 97 with amendments rejected.
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Washington
House
Bush
U.S
Pentagon
Congress
House Appropriations Committee
James Traficant
Ohio
Traficant
Corn farmers enjoy bumper crop despite drought hits Midwest
AP Farm Writer DON KENDALL reports the Agriculture Department estimates a 8.02 billion bushel U.S. corn crop this fall, up 7 percent from 1989 but down from last month’s forecast. Conditions lagged in Illinois, Indiana and Missouri due to moisture shortages, with 1989 yield at 7.53 billion. Analysts warn the crop coincides with wheat gluts, affecting demand.
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Don Kendall
Washington
Agriculture Department
Department
Agricultural Statistics Board
Ilinois
Indiana
Missouri
John A. Schnittker
Schnittker Associates
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John Pinegar
Jim Francisco
Harland Priddle
Francisco
Stephan
Cantwell
B.B. Andersen
KPERS
Andersen
AmVestors Financial Corp
AmVestors
Scroggins
Hayden
Leroy Jones
Jan Meyers
Capital Research Services of
Overland Park
Jones
Indepen
Appropriations Committee
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