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THE IOLA REGISTER Thursday, November 21, 2013
JFK, 50 YEARS PAST
Changes occur in sheriff’s office
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Praeger stays home
Undersheriff resigns from post
By JIM MCLEAN KHI News Service
By BOB JOHNSON The Iola Register
Jerry Daniels, rural Humboldt, resigned as Allen County undersheriff Monday, saying other interests had captivated his attention, including his Humboldt Helicopters business, which “is really taking off.” Daniels leaves law enforcement with 21 years under his belt, including three as a Humboldt officer, 17 with the Kansas Highway Patrol and nearly a year with Allen County. He flew helicopters for the Highway Patrol, as well as in the military and for Eagle Med air ambulance service. Daniels also has farming and oil interests with his father, Garry Daniels. Sheriff Bryan Murphy said he hasn’t started the process of finding a new undersheriff, and that Capt. Roy Smith will be the point of contact in the sheriff ’s department while he is taking time off following the birth of a daughter on Oct. 23. His wife, Angie Murphy, is director of 911 services for Allen County. The two get up to 12 weeks See CHANGES | Page A5
Kennedy family members leave a memorial ceremony for President John F. Kennedy at the U.S. Capitol building in Washington, on Nov. 24, 1963. Family members include Robert F. Kennedy, Patricia Lawford, Caroline Kennedy, former first lady Jacqueline Kennedy and John F. Kennedy, Jr. ABBIE ROWE/NATIONA PARKS SERVICE/JOHN F. KENNEDY PRESODENTIAL LIBRARY and
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A LEGACY CUT SHORT By TODD J. GILLMAN The Dallas Morning News
The
presidency that ended in Dallas a half-century ago lasted just 34 months, hardly enough to make the mark John F. Kennedy had planned. He wrestled with racial strife and history’s most dire nuclear crisis. There were setbacks and achievements. He lived to see little of his domestic agenda enacted. By the usual yardsticks used to assess presidents, he falls short of greatness. Yet Kennedy’s impact cannot be measured in the usual ways alone. Americans landed on the moon within a decade after he conjured that mission. “Ask not what your country can do
for you” may remain the most famous phrase uttered by a leader of the free world. Struck down in his prime, he remains as vigorous and charming as ever in the public mind, synonymous with both inspiration and tragedy. After a half-century, actual deeds have melded with the gauzy, idealized image. “He really reached people in a way that they long for — or at least, they remember how good it felt when they longed for that kind of leadership,” said nephew Patrick Kennedy, a former conSee JFK | Page A3
The head of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners and two members met Wednesday with President Obama to discuss the troubled rollout of the Affordable Care Act. Kansas Insurance Commissioner Sandy Praeger, a moderate Republican who has generally supported the law, was invited but chose not to attend. NAIC Presi- Sandy Praeger dent Jim Donelon, the Republican insurance commissioner from Louisiana, organized the meeting. Praeger said she wasn’t trying to distance herself from the controversy surrounding the law’s problem-plagued rollout. But she said the meeting was “premature” because the NAIC had not worked with its members to develop consensus on how to address remaining problems with the law’s implementation. “It’s a huge honor to be invited to the White House,” Praeger told KHI News Service. “But I want to make sure See PRAEGER | Page A5
Elvis (the turkey) is in the building SAFE BASE students take a gander at Elvis the turkey Wednesday evening at Jefferson Elementary. The students prepared a meal for family and friends. No turkey was on the menu. REGISTER/ STEVEN SCHWARTZ
Jumbo jet lands at wrong airport Holiday decorating City employee Jed River hangs a Christmas wreath at the intersection of Madison Avenue and Washington Avenue Wednesday morning. REGISTER/STEVEN SCHWARTZ
Quote of the day Vol. 116, No. 20
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Boeing says a 747 jumbo jet used to haul parts for construction of its new 787 Dreamliner jet landed at the wrong Kansas airport. The plane maker says the Dreamlifter landed safely Wednesday evening at Col. James Jabara Airport, about eight miles from McConnell Air Force Base in Wichita where it was supposed to land. Although Jabara airport has a small run-
way, Roger Xanders, chief of the Wichita Airport Authority's police and fire department, told KMBC-TV that the plane will be able to take off about noon today. Boeing spokesman Marc Birtel says the Dreamlifter was bound for McConnell because it is adjacent to Spirit AeroSystems, a major supplier for the Dreamliner. He didn't say why or how the plane landed at the wrong airport.
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