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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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John Minor Wisdom
WISDOM, JOHN MINOR John Minor Wisdom, a judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, was one of the most influential jurists of the civil rights era. He was prominent among southern judges who endured political pressures and physical threats for enforcing brown v. board of education... 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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Western Resources Inc
Western Resources, Inc. P.O. Box 889Topeka, Kansas 66601U.S.A.(913) 575 Read more |
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Plessy v Ferguson
Plessy v. Ferguson case decided by the U.S. Supreme Court in 1896. The court upheld an 1890 Louisiana statute mandating racially segregated but equal railroad carriages, ruling that the equal protection clause of the Fourteenth amendment to the U.S. Constitution dealt with political and not social... 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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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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Kans Brown v Board of Education of Topeka
Kans. Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka case decided by the U.S. Supreme Court in 1954. Linda Brown was denied admission to her local elementary school in Topeka because she was black. When, combined with several other cases, her suit reached the Supreme Court, that body, in an opinion by... Read more |
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Topeka schools have made great progress
TOPEKA, Kan. -- Tiara Coelho, the biracial...two-tiered system of education. Today, Topeka schools are among the most racially diverse...segregated, a typical white student in Topeka attends classes that are 50 percent minority... |
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Topeka media have fun at Barry's expense after his remarks on crime.(A)
...he "was not trying to bash Topeka and he wanted to explain that...her comments in yesterday's Topeka Capital-Journal stirred the...she said in the newspaper's lead story, headlined "Wagnon disagrees with Barry's claim." Topeka radio station KMAJ blistered... |
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BROWN VS. TOPEKA: School District Still Hasn't Complied with Court
...Court passed the ball off to the Topeka school district, and the Topeka school district fumbled it...Gary Sebelius, the district's lead attorney. "In fact, a lot...An analysis of census data for Topeka from 1960 through 1990 shows... |
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PepsiCo's Frito-Lay Topeka Facility Celebrates Distinction as Kansas' First...
...in animal feed. Frito-Lay Topeka has been a part of the Shawnee...acres of land. Frito-Lay Topeka produces some of America's...flavored snacks. Frito-Lay Topeka continues to invest in leading...billion by 2010. The USGBC leads an unlikely diverse ... |
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PepsiCo's Frito-Lay Topeka Facility Celebrates Distinction as Kansas' First...
...in animal feed. Frito-Lay Topeka has been a part of the Shawnee...acres of land. Frito-Lay Topeka produces some of America's...flavored snacks. Frito-Lay Topeka continues to invest in leading...billion by 2010. The USGBC leads an unlikely diverse ... |
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PATROONS' OPENER RUINED BY TOPEKA.(Sports)
...Patroons' front line to ignominy. Topeka outrebounded the Patroons, 53...Both were decided early. Topeka had a 13-point lead less than 10 minutes into the...range was reached, it was gone. Topeka, last year the expansion Kansas... |
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The effects of small watershed impoundments on native stream fishes: a focus...
...Conservation Act. Additionally, the Topeka shiner is listed as an endangered...habitat alterations that might lead to extirpation. In addition...stream systems known to support Topeka shiners and hornyhead chub...the following discussion. The Topeka shiner ... |
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Focus Topeka.(Brief Article)
...ARTICLE: News off and on in Topeka KTKA-TV's decision to end...the station already had a good Lead-in, running Jeopardy at 4...not, support a third. The Topeka market has seen better times...which took over the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe in 1996), leaving... |
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Saints' lead disappears as Topeka is victorious
...face. Why? His Saints watched a 5-0 lead evaporate vs. the Topeka Capitals at Phil Welch Stadium. Topeka rallied for six runs in the final four...3 innings without walking a batter. Topeka (1-3) began to rattle Smith in the... |
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Topeka assault suspect still eludes police: Officials in Tonganoxie, where he...
...dispatcher. Police there have had no leads about where Sutton may be after...May 18, days after police in Topeka searched for him. Topeka police believe he may have tried...sexually assaulting her on May 16. A Topeka police lieutenant said Saturday... |
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