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Salina
Salina , city (1990 pop. 42,303), seat of Saline co., central Kans., on the Smoky Hill River; founded 1858 by settlers opposed to slavery, inc. 1870. It is the marketing and shipping center for an area that produces grain, livestock, oil, and natural gas, and a hub of the hard-winter-wheat belt. The city has grain elevators, flour mills, foundries, and factories that make aircraft, industrial gases, houseboats, electronic devices, soft drinks, plastic and aluminum products, machinery, office supplies, and frozen foods. Kansas Wesleyan Univ., a branch of Kansas State Univ., and a military school are there. Nearby are prehistoric Native American burial grounds.
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 "Salina Journal (Salina, Kansas)")
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Salina, Kan.-area airport leaders seek separate commercial air service.
Newspaper article from: Salina Journal (Salina, Kansas); 3/30/2007; 700+ words
; ...Van Kuren, Manhattan, and Tim Rogers, Salina, could talk in unison about goals for...airport. "It's not that we don't like Salina. It's just that for the quality of...that sharing connected flights between Salina and Manhattan is not good for either community...
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Salina, Kan., Downtown Inc., Names New Executive Director.
Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News; 7/12/2002; 700+ words
; By Nancy Hull, The Salina Journal, Kan. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business...12--Gayle Martin is no stranger to downtown Salina. As a child growing up in Glasco, she went to movies at Salina's Fox Theatre and begged her parents to take...
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Salina, Kan., non-profit Catholic group helps immigrants adjust to new life.
Newspaper article from: Salina Journal (Salina, Kansas); 3/17/2005; 700+ words
; ...Mexico and found a home for themselves in Salina. Those relatives told Torres' parents...they, too, could make a good life in Salina. So, they moved here. "My father came...than 2,000, or about 4.5 percent, Salina residents were born outside of the United...
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Salina, Kan., Economy Doing Well Due to Diversified Investments.
Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News; 2/19/2003; 700+ words
; By Darrin Stineman, The Salina Journal, Kan. Knight Ridder/Tribune...putting all your eggs in one basket. Salina, a city of 46,000, has three manufacturing...nationally, it would be natural to assume Salina -- a small town with mammoth production...
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Salina, Kan., Nonprofit Health Care Organizations May Combine Forces.
Newspaper article from: Salina Journal (Salina, Kansas); 2/27/2004; 700+ words
; ...Sharon Montague Feb. 27--The boards that govern Salina Cares Health Clinic and Smoky Hill Family Practice...Allred said. Allred said that if the boards of Salina Cares and the Salina Health Education Foundation, which oversees Smoky...
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 "Monterey County Herald (Monterey, CA)")
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Salinas To Run For Supervisor: He'd been expected to seek state Senate seat.
Newspaper article from: Monterey County Herald (Monterey, CA); 1/10/2006; 700+ words
; ...Byline: Joe Livernois Jan. 10--Assemblyman Simon Salinas, D-Salinas, shook up Monterey County's political landscape...It's best for me to come back home," said Salinas. "My dad is at home under hospice care and my boy...
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Salinas' Legal Trouble
Transcript from: NPR All Things Considered; 10/20/1998; ; 700+ words
; ...account belonging to the brother of Carlos Salinas, the former president of Mexico. The...they have credible evidence that Raul Salinas, amassed a fortune by trafficking in...s administration. In Mexico, Raul Salinas immediately rejected the charges, calling...
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Salinas Speaks, and Mexico's All Ears; After 2 Years' Exile, Ex-President Dominates Media but Reveals Little
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 2/1/1997; ; 700+ words
; Former president Carlos Salinas de Gortari, Mexico's favorite villain...Reforma and El Norte newspapers in which Salinas said little that was new or surprising...it. No matter. The point was that Salinas finally broke his silence after fleeing...
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Salinas's Brother Accused of Murder; Mexican Ex-President's Kin Jailed in Death of Party Leader
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 3/1/1995; ; 700+ words
; Raul Salinas, the older brother of former president Carlos Salinas de Gortari, was arrested today and charged with ordering...shocked the nation tonight with the announcement of Raul Salinas's arrest, identifying him as a key suspect in the...
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SALINAS' LAST BOOKSTORES
Newspaper article from: Monterey County Weekly; 1/25/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...the end of the B. Dalton bookstore in Salinas. She is looking for Harry Potter. Her...specialty stores in the city; B. Dalton is Salinas' last bookshop. At the other end of...mall come and go, but Waldenbooks was in Salinas for more than 25 years. The store's...
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Carlos Salinas de Gortari
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
Carlos Salinas de Gortari Carlos Salinas de Gortari (born 1948) was elected president of Mexico in 1988...only about 25 miles from the United States border, Carlos Salinas de Gortari was raised in a politically active Mexican family...
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Salinas
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Salinas , city (1990 pop. 108,777), seat...printed circuit boards are manufactured in Salinas. The population of the city grew tremendously...The Alisal area (formerly called East Salinas), which was annexed by Salinas in 1964...
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salina
Book article from: A Dictionary of Earth Sciences
salina 1. A salt flat or similar place where salt deposits form by evaporation or are found. 2. (solar pond) A highly saline pond or other body of water where salt crystals are produced by evaporation. The pond may be natural or artificial. 3. See PLAYA .
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Salina
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Salina , city (1990 pop. 42,303), seat of Saline co., central Kans., on the Smoky Hill River; founded 1858 by settlers opposed...
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Salinas Grandes
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Salinas Grandes , salt desert, c.3,200 sq mi (8,290 sq km), in Córdoba and Santiago del Estero provs., N Argentina. The Córdoba-Tucumán RR crosses the desert. Sodium and potassium are mined there.
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