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Keith Elmore "Pinky" Christensen (May 10, 1947 – February 17, 2023) was an American college and professional football player. Christensen played at offensive tackle at the University of Kansas where he was coached first by Jack Mitchell and later by Pepper Rodgers.
When Pearson was 12 years old, he left his hometown of Concordia, Kansas, on a three-year trek to California to get into show business. He had reportedly decided to make this trip himself after witnessing a band concert at Concordia High School when he was 10 years old.
She was born Avis Green in Concordia, Kansas. When she was 18 months her parents moved to Pleasant Hill, Missouri. She graduated from Southwest High School in Kansas City and the University of Missouri in 1937. [2] She married William Tucker in Memphis, Tennessee on June 8, 1941. [2] They bought the Star-Journal in 1947.
The Concordia Blade-Empire has a rich history of newspaper publication in the county. The paper today has its roots in two separate newspapers. (Several sources, including Janet Pease Emerey's book on the history of Concordia claim a third newspaper, The Republican, merged and/or was purchased by The Republican Valley Empire).
After the war, he returned to Concordia to farm. He was elected as a Republican to first the Kansas House of Representatives in 1928 and then to the United States House of Representatives, where he served from 1935 to 1947. [3] In 1946 he was elected governor of Kansas. As governor, he pushed mental health programs as well as a long-term ...
Ross O. Doyen was born on October 1, 1926, in a farm home near Rice, Kansas. He was the third of four sons born to Mr. and Mrs. Orville Doyen. [2] Doyen attended a one-room rural school in Rice for eight years, where he typically had three to five classmates. He then attended high school for four years in Concordia, Kansas, where he later ...
Concordia is a city in and the county seat of Cloud County, Kansas, United States. [1] It is located along the Republican River in the Smoky Hills region of the Great Plains in North Central Kansas.
Charles H. Blosser (September 7, 1895 – December 30, 1989 [1]) was the namesake of Blosser Municipal Airport in Concordia, Kansas. A longtime airplane enthusiast, Blosser owned and ran the airport privately until transferring it to the city of Concordia. Blosser moved to Norway, Kansas, from Saline County, Missouri.