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Salina’s Schilling base closure sparks city revival
Salina Kansas faced a 1964 Pentagon closure of Schilling Air Force Base. The town mobilized with the Office of Economic Adjustment to attract new industry, training facilities, and a joint city county complex. By 1965 60 to 80 percent of skilled workers left, but actions like Westinghouse plant prospects, Schilling Institute, and urban renewal grants spurred recovery, prompting renewed growth and civic pride as Salina transformed its economy and infrastructure.
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Defense
Robert McNamara
Defense Department
Portsmouth
N.H
Lompoc
Calif
Washington
Pentagon
White House
Chamber of Commerce
Kansas
Salina
Salinans
McNamara
Schilling Air Force Base
Strategic Air Command
Air Force
Saline County
Schilling
Robert Dole
Roy Crompton
310Th Aerospace Wing
Davis-Monthan Air Force Base
Arizona
15Th Air Force
Whit
Austin
Salvnans
Dole
U.S
Frank Carlson
William Avery
Cyrus Vance
SOS
Don Bradford
Office of Economic Adjustment
OFA
OBA
Bradford
OEA
DEA
Gulf of Mexico
E. G. Anderson
Les Matthews
Stack
Federal Housing Agency
Olson
Mr. Olson
Bureau of Prisons
America
Community Chest
Oklahoma
Washington State
Nebraska
New Mexico
Clem Blangers