Eisenhower Library releases sound recordings
The National Archives and Records Administration announced that the Eisenhower Presidential LIbrary, Abilene, has released compact discs of 38 Dictaphone recordings of Dwight D. Eisenhower.
The discs feature conversations between the former president and others in his office at Columbia University.
All the conversations were recorded between September 1949 and June 1950 while Eisenhower served as president of Columbia University. They include a conversation with John Foster Dulles, his future secretary of state, about running for political office.
A staff archivist discovered the recordings in September 1997, during a routine processing of papers of Brig. Gen. Robert L. Schulz, aide-de-camp to Gen. Eisenhower.
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Representation: KU alumna named to serve in regional educational role
Mary Jane Pearson, who received her master's and doctorate degrees from Kansas University, will serve as U.S. Secretary of Education Rod Paige's regional representative for Region IX, one of 10 regions in the country.
With headquarters in San Francisco, Region IX includes Arizona, California, Hawaii, Nevada, American Samoa, Guam and the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands.
As regional representative, Pearson will serve as department's liaison to state and local education agencies, public and private schools, college and universities and elected representatives of local and state government organizations. In addition, she will assist with communicating information about department programs and initiatives to key constituency groups.
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High-level tour: Veterans Affairs secretary to visit facilities in Kansas
President Bush's secretary of veterans affairs is visiting Kansas this week.
Today, Veterans Affairs Secretary Anthony Principi was to tour veterans facilities in Wichita and Salina, then meet with veterans at the Dwight D. Eisenhower Library in Abilene.
On Tuesday, Principi, a decorated Vietnam veteran, will visit the Topeka VA Medical Center in the morning and the Leavenworth VA Medical Center in the afternoon.
Sen. Sam Brownback and Rep. Jim Ryun said Principi is examining the budgets for Veterans Health Administration medical centers in Topeka and Leavenworth.
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Military: Fort Riley soldier dies after field training exercise
A Fort Riley soldier died Saturday after apparently suffering an asthma attack while participating in a field training exercise at the base.
Robert D. Webb, 24, was a food service sergeant with the 1st Battalion, 16th Infantry.
Webb, a Durham, N.C. native, had been based at Fort Riley since January 1998. He joined the Army in 1995.
Webb suffered the attack around 1:30 a.m., Fort Riley officials said. He was taken to Irwin Army Community Hospital, where he was pronounced dead about 5 a.m., officials said.
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