Pomona Native James Olson Writes as James Still
Pomona native James Olson, now James Still of New York City, writes plays and a novel. His work Amber Waves, about a family’s farm loss, will be performed Sept 27 at Kansas State University as part of a rural aid conference. The Kennedy Center commissioned it, first staged in 1989, with future touring plans and another Kansas City performance in 1991.
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Diane Yeamans
Herald
Pomona
James Olson
Olson
Kansas State University
National Conference of
James Still
New York City
University of Kansas
Chicago
James
Kennedy Center
Washington, D.C
Still
Manhattan
Kansas City
Midwest
Dean
Bonnie
Citizens State Bank
Los Angeles
Ottawa commission split over city manager resignation
Ottawa Kansas officials debated Randy Wetmore's departure at City Hall. Mayor Gillette lamented repeated city manager turnover and urged voters to back reform and present candidates for spring commission elections. Lantis challenged critics, urging defense of a city manager form to manage a $17 million operation.
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Lori Alvarado
Herald
Ottawa
Randy Wetmore
Commission
City Hall
Wetmore
Kansas
Charles Gillette
Gillette
Cal Lantis
Lantis
Randy
Dan Fogle
Fogle
McPherson
Marv Calliham
Fred Heathman
Greenspan warns economy amid Gulf turmoil and deficit push
Federal Reserve Chair Alan Greenspan warned that Persian Gulf tensions add new and substantial risks to growth. He urged a credible deficit reduction package to give the Fed room to cut rates, while saying a recession is not imminent and no immediate easing was planned.
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Washington
Federal Reserve
Alan Greenspan
U.S
Persian Gulf
Greenspan
Bush
Congress
Greens
Pan
Fed
Middle East
Congressional Joint Economic Committee
Iraq
Kuwait
Central Bank
Hawley speaks on Hubble woes at university lecture
Steve Hawley, veteran shuttle astronaut and NASA Ames director, addressed about 600 people including students at a university program series in Mountain View California. He discussed the Hubble Space Telescope’s deployment issues, prospects for repairs, and his decision to join NASA after studying astronomy, noting NASA’s aim to fix the telescope via onboard software rather than space suits.
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Jay Ia
Steve Hawley
Oita‘University
al Woua
Salina
Hawley
NASA
Ames Semale Mountain
Calif
Kansas
University of Kan
Sas
Ottawa
University of California-Santa Cruz
Hubble
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