Pittsburg State University - Kanza Yearbook (Pittsburg, KS)

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The farmer-fantasy about Kansas holds more truth than the other common pre-conceived stereotypes. She does feed much of the world’s hungry. Wheat and corn grown in McPherson, Hays and other Kansas towns reach ta- bles in San Francisco and Boston. Kansas shares top honors with Texas and Iowa in beef production and is a national leader in salt mining. Industry thrives here. Industrial machinery, airplane and printing factories provide paychecks for much of the state's employed.

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THE LIVELIHOOC To many, Kansas progress means having two clerks at the five and dime or adding another pump at the local gas station. Many still believe that along with farming, the major means of support are moonshining, robbing banks, cattle rustlingand wampum trading. u

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Kansas offers simplicity in a hectic, nervous-breakdown, ulcer-ridden era. The rest and beauty city-dwellers seek on three-day-weekend outings is al- ways with us here. For a moment wipe away the cowboy-coated vision and look closely. Relax in the quiet history of an empty clapboard house. Listen to a moment without the con- stant staccato of tinny horns. Observe the toothless grins of children on scrambled-egg mornings. No one ever hears anything about Kansas some say. Maybe it’s a secret too good to give away.