Silkville Heritage Fades From Kansas Prairie Dream
In Williamsburg area part of a three piece series, Silkville’s remains trace a once grand French led communal silk colony. Details cover founder Ernest Valeton de Boissiere, Horace Greeley input, the 3,000 acre site, 16 ponds, a 60 room four story chateau, and the vanished dream after harsh winters and shifting times.
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Williamsburg
Franklin County Historical Society
Don Lambert
Silkville
Gay Fey
Tom
Gay
Melvern
Emporia State
Kansas
Ernest Valeton de Boissiere
Victor Hugo
Napoleon III
de Boissiere
America
New Orleans
Horace Greeley
France
Continued
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City uses 250000 grant for debris removal and home grants
The city advances several programs from a $250000 Community Development Block Grant. Planned spending includes 15000 on junk removal and dead trees, 5000 for demolition of unsafe structures, and 75000 earmarked for home improvement grants in target areas. Engineering for a recreation area and street hard surfacing are planned for spring along with FmHA-administered loans and multiple meetings with FmHA officials. County forecast says mostly clear through Tuesday with highs in the 60s to 70s.
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Diane Yeamans
Robert Mills
Mills
Farmers Home Administration
Fmha
North
Cleveland
Forest
Addison
East Third
Poplar
Sycamore
Mulberry
Third
Fourth
Hamblin
Eighth
Walton
Cherry
Burroughs
Likelihood of Natural Gas Legislation Dim
Washington AP President Carter will not accept any energy bill with natural gas deregulation. Senator Henry M. Jacksonsaid there may be no natural gas legislation this year as conferees begin work on a compromised energy bill. He noted the administration prefers no bill to the Senate passed measure and suggested deregulation is likely vetoed.
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Washington
Carter
Senate Energy Committee
Henry M. Jackson
Jackson
House
Senate
Food and Drug Administration
Carter Gets Pep Talk From Classy Treaty Team
President Carter urged a blue ribbon panel of treaty supporters to win Senate approval for the Panama Canal treaty. He said the American people must hear the facts about the pact and warned the effort would be one of his hardest tasks. The group includes Averill Harriman and Gen. Maxwell Taylor among others. Dayan denied calling talks brutal, and Dinitz relayed his message to Carter.
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Washington
Carter
White House
Senate
Averill Harriman
Moscow
Harriman
Hamilton Jordan
Gen
Maxwell Taylor
Joint Chiefs of Staff
George Ball
Aflcio
George Meany
Lady Bird Johnson
Henry Cabot Lodge
Hugh
Pearson's surprise 1978 Senate retirement shocks Kansas politics
AP reports Senator James B. Pearson will not seek re election in 1978 sending shockwaves through Kansas politics. Leaders like Sam Hardage and Gov. Robert Bennett weigh potential shifts, with speculation on possible Senate and governor race reconfigurations and new candidacies across both parties.
Pearson says he will teach at Kansas University after retirement
U S Senator James B Pearson confirmed he plans to teach at the University of Kansas after leaving office in 1978. He discussed potential roles in graduate studies and the law school with KU Chancellor Archie Dykes. Pearson stressed no firm arrangement exists and expects to stay near his Prairie Village home or farm in Kansas. Governor Bennett said he will seriously review his own political future but has not set a timetable.
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Peka
Kan
James B. Pearson
Kansas
Pearson
Sam Hardage
Wichita
Kansas Leadership Club
Republican Party
Hardage
GOP
Leadership Club
Jack Rawson
Ranson
U.S
Bill Ray
Topeka
Bob Dole
Senate
Robert F. Bennett
Roy
Don Concannon
Hugoton
Concannon
Bennett
Prairie Village
University of Kansas
K.U
Archie Dykes
Salina
Washington
James Pearson
High Court Clears Concorde Landings at JFK
The Supreme Court refused to delay Concorde operations at New York JFK, allowing immediate commercial landings. The Port Authority had sought a delay until a formal appeal is filed, but the court’s action preserves the possibility of an appeal while permitting flights to begin.
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Washington
Supreme Court
New York
John F. Kennedy International Airport
Port Authority of
New Jersey
Jfk
Port Authority
2Nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
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Williamsburg Area
Greeley
Franklin County
William Scoffield
Abraham Lincoln
Baker University
Parmenter Hall
Mr. Lilly
Sen, James
High Court
Patrick Falgey
Appeals
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