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...much of his new wealth. His legal fees are running more than $60,000, and there are doctors' bills and sizable payments to be made for the several court proceedings since his two trials. There will be just about enough left for him to attend Washburn University in Topeka to study political science...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Shaddy Dealings | 4/10/1978 | See Source »

Belching diesel exhaust, 6,500 tractors lumbered along a Georgia interstate last weekend, bound for Atlanta. Meanwhile, eight "tractorcades" rumbled into Topeka, Kans., and similar demonstrations occurred in a dozen more Midwestern state capitals. In Washington, D.C., 600 tractors and other farm vehicles gathered near the Washington Monument. Across the country, farmers were rallying to show that they were ready to strike in order to force prices higher. Their motto: "No more producing, no more selling and no more buying...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Furious Farmers | 12/19/1977 | See Source »

...original Pentecostal movement, which took its name from the 50th day after Easter, Pentecost Sunday, when the Holy Ghost descended to the twelve Apostles, was born in nearby Topeka...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: A Charismatic Time Was Had by All | 8/8/1977 | See Source »

Some pet problems can be handled with the oldest of remedies: loving care and companionship. In many cases, Topeka Animal Dermatologist George Doering reported, dogs resort to tail-chewing as a ploy to get attention from a neglectful master. Doering's prescription: either devote more time to the pet or, if Rover is willing, bring in another dog as a playmate...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Living: Rx for Fido, Fifi and Friends | 5/30/1977 | See Source »

SIMPLE JUSTICE by Richard Kluger. A dramatic and illuminating social, legal and political history of the most important law case of our time-Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, which resulted in the 1954 Supreme Court decision outlawing racial segregation in public schools...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: The Year's Best | 1/3/1977 | See Source »

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