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Topeka
Topeka , city (1990 pop. 119,883), state capital and seat of Shawnee co., NE Kans., on the Kansas River; inc. 1857. In a rich agricultural region, it is an important shipping point for cattle and wheat and a wholesaling, marketing, and processing center for farm products. There are insurance... Read more |
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Western Resources Inc
Western Resources, Inc. P.O. Box 889Topeka, Kansas 66601U.S.A.(913) 575 Read more |
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Karl Augustus Menninger
Karl Augustus Menninger , 1893-1990, and William Claire Menninger, 1899-1966, American psychiatrists, brothers, b. Topeka, Kans. The Menninger Clinic, conceived with the idea of collecting many specialists in one center, was founded in Topeka in 1919 by Karl and his father, Charles Frederick... Read more |
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Taylor Morrison
Morrison, Taylor 1971–PersonalBorn October 21, 1971, in Topeka, KS; son of David (a public speaker and speech writer) and Carol (a manager) Morrison; married; wife's name Naomi (a clothing designer). Education: Rhode Island School of Design, M.F.A. Religion: "Atheist." Hobbies and other interests:... Read more |
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John Steuart Curry
John Steuart Curry 1897-1946, American painter, b. Dunavant, Jefferson co., Kans. He spent his youth on his father's farm. In 1916 he entered the Kansas City Art Institute and later studied in Chicago and New York and in Paris. His early paintings of Kansas life, such as Baptism in Kansas, ... Read more |
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United States Supreme Court decisions
Brief for Appellants in Nos. 1, 2 and 4 and for Respondents in No. 10 on Reargument The Supreme Court of the United States October Term, 1953 NO. 1OLIVER BROWN, ET AL., appellants,VS.BOARD OF EDUCATION OF TOPEKA, ET AL., appellees. NO. 2HARRY BRIGGS, JR., ET AL., appellants.VS.R. W. ELLIOTT, ET... Read more |
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Annette Bening
BENING, Annette 1958– PERSONAL Born May 29, 1958, in Topeka, KS; daughter of Grant (an insurance salesman) and Shirley Ben... Read more |
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Charles Curtis
Charles Curtis 1860-1936, Vice President of the United States (1929-33), b. near North Topeka, Kans. Of part Native American background, Curtis lived for three years on a Kaw reservation. After studying law with a Topeka attorney, he was admitted to the bar (1881) and entered Republican politics in... Read more |
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Atchison
Atchison city (1990 pop. 10,656), seat of Atchison co., NE Kans., on the Missouri River; inc. 1881. It is a trade and industrial center in a rich grain producing area. Atchison was founded (1854) near a military post, established (1818-19) on Cow Island in the Missouri, and named for David Rice ... Read more |
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Swann v Charlotte-Mecklenburg County Board of Education
Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg County Board of Education case decided in 1971 by the U.S. Supreme Court . The Court held that the constitutional mandate (see Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kans. ) to desegregate public schools did not require all schools in a district to reflect the... Read more |
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