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Pearson Decision A Well Kept Secret
Kansas senator James Pearson privately chose to retire from public life two months before the October 15 announcement. He told only a few intimates and withheld details from wife Martha and his four children until late. He weighed options with fellow lawmakers, discussed possible teaching at the University of Kansas, and planned quiet life on his Baldwin farm after leaving the Senate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Randall Becker
Kansas Features & News
Topeka
Kansas
James Pearson
Pearson
Jerry Waters
Martha
Washington
Robert L. Williams
Wichita
Williams
Waters
Senate
Archie Dykes
University of Kansas
Kansas City
Baldwin
Lawrence
Washington, D.C
Laura