Word: topeka
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...still one of the youngest fellows around," read the birthday telegram from Arthur Schlesinger Jr., and the ex-Governor justified the historian's compliment with a six-mile ride across the Kansas countryside on his red Morgan horse. At 82, Alf London is a Topeka squire who keeps in touch with young people by conducting four seminars a year at Kansas State. "I answer all questions on all subjects," boasted Franklin Roosevelt's 1936 opponent, adding that he, for one, is not turned off by the Now Generation...
...swimming pool. Security has been guaranteed by 1,500 ft. of new fencing and several observation posts constructed in the same tile-roofed style as the villa's main buildings. Spotlights have been installed on the bluff to illuminate the ocean at night. Even the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Co., whose line runs along the base of the cliff, has cooperated to assure the President's relaxation. It has ordered its engineers to slow down and refrain from sounding their whistles when passing Cotton Point...
...McCarthy campaign was never very extensive in the state; the liberals are poorly organized; the future at this point is not very bright. There are a few hopeful signs, however, the black militant community--particularly the Topeka health worker's unions--have had good rapport with McCarthy forces, and may provide the basis for a bi-racial coalition. The reformers met scattered success in the August party primary--they now control about fifteen per cent of the precincts. Liberals have high level allies within the party hierachy who may be able to help if a liberal coalition...
...Nixon's name this Nov. 5 will actually be choosing seven Republicans, among them Dean S. Evans Sr., 47, a Salina grain and cattle dealer and regular party contributor. Kansans who prefer Hubert Humphrey will actually vote for seven Democrats, including Mrs. Georgia Neese Clark Gray, 68, a Topeka bank president and U.S. Treasurer under Harry Truman...
...been upgraded to the rank of technicians, starting at $400 a month with an $80 raise at the end of a year. After in-service education, they can advance to positions of recognized responsibility, with appropriate pay raises to a top of $1,048 a month. Several of the Topeka State aides' minor grievances can be adjusted by simple administrative action, if Dr. Bay and other officials are willing. Salaries and civil service grades are rigidly controlled by the state legislature. "We expect more of our aides at Topeka State than they do in less dynamic institutions," says...