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Lehrer entered the U.S. Marine Corps after graduating from the University of Missouri-Columbia. He said that he did not have a choice when he joined the military—young men either joined on their own or were drafted...
After receiving a Bachelor’s degree in journalism from the University of Missouri-Columbia in 1956, Lehrer enlisted in a three-year stint in the U.S. Marine Corps. Upon returning, he began his professional career working for The Dallas Morning News, and he later joined the staff of The Dallas Times-Herald. At 34, Lehrer became the paper’s city editor...
...seems to have reinvigorated members of the antigovernment militias of the 1990s. Those groups largely disbanded after the Oklahoma City bombing orchestrated by militia groupie Timothy McVeigh and, later, the failure of a Y2K bug to trigger the mass chaos some militia members expected. "We've seen people from Missouri and Kentucky militias involved in border-vigilante activity, especially with the gung-ho Arizona group Ranch Rescue that used face paint, military uniforms and weapons," says Mark Pitcavage, fact-finding director of the ADL. "It's a natural shift. Militias fell on hard times, and this anti-immigration movement...
Today not much is left of the pipeline company that Lay, the preacher's son from Missouri, turned into a high-flying purveyor of wind and water, electricity and energy emissions and, ultimately, hot air. Billionaire investor Warren Buffett now owns the Big E's biggest pipeline. Texan T. Boone Pickens has replaced Enron as the nation's biggest energy trader. A holding company that operated Enron's international assets last week sold off 15 pipelines and power plants, from Bolivia to Turkey...
...named after Ken Lay, given Enron?s spectacular collapse. Members of the alumni board have bandied about the question of retracting Lay's name. Although discussions with Lay are ongoing, the university is required by its agreement to honor the name. Lay's family has a longtime connnection with Missouri: his late mother worked at the university bookstore while his father, a Baptist preacher, had strong ties to the community in Columbia. "It's not the university's goal to be antagonistic with a fine family," says Charton. The final call is up to the MU Board of Curators...