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...grandfather came here as Sam Kamenetski and left as Sam Kamen," says Tom A. Friedmann, 26, an attorney from Wichita, Kans., "because the immigration inspectors couldn't spell or pronounce his full name. He was a carriage maker, and he had some friends who had settled out West, so he took the first train to Kansas City. He saved money and started a grocery store, and most of our family has gone into retailing. My sister and I were the first ones to go to college...
...Laurion, USMA '36 Wichita, Kans...
...result of one SN skit that was in poor taste, the president of the local NBC affiliate, after receiving calls, canceled this program. Many are now unable to decide for themselves what they should and should not watch. But do not fret, we in the Wichita area now have the pleasure of viewing old Wagon Train reruns. So eat your hearts...
...private-plane boom has helped keep the unemployment rate in Kansas, where Cessna (1975 sales: $491 million) is the biggest private employer, to 4.5%. In Wichita, the home of Beech and Gates Learjet as well as Cessna, the rate is lower still; in fact, Learjet, unable to find enough qualified Wichitans to run its production lines, will open a factory in Tucson this year. Says Cessna Chairman Russell Meyer: "We have kept pinching ourselves-at first it was hard to believe...
...Margaret Hance, the first woman mayor of Phoenix, is optimistic. "Obviously," she says, "the males of the country have overcome their fear of women in politics. Every success creates an aura of confidence for the next woman who tries it." (Women are also mayors of San Antonio, Oklahoma City, Wichita, Kans., Cincinnati and Lincoln, Neb.) Not long ago, a Gallup poll found that 73% of the American people would support a qualified woman running for President...