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    Dennis Rader - BTK

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    Wichita, Kansas for nearly thirty years, from his first killing of the Otero family in 1974 until his arrest in February of 2005. Ten people became his victims and throughout his “career” as serial killer he taunted the police with letters. You will learn about his upbringing, his methods to kill, his modus operandi, his victims and how he eventually got arrested. Dennis L. Rader, BTK This paper is about Dennis Lynn Rader, a serial killer who haunted the city of Wichita, Kansas for about

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    William Edgar Stafford was born in Hutchinson, Kansas in 1914. He lived in Garden City, Liberal and El Dorado. After graduating from Liberal High School, he attended and graduated from the University of Kansas in 1947 earning a master’s degree in English. After leaving his native Kansas, he lived in Oregon for 45 years and taught for more than 30 years at Lewis & Clark College in Portland, Oregon. During his lifetime, Stafford published more than 60 collections of poetry and prose assuming the position

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    HollyFrontier Corporation is a largest independent petroleum refiner and distributor of petroleum products. It is also known as a Fortune 500 company which is located in Dallas, Texas United states. In 1947, Holly Corporation was initially consolidated under the name General Appliance Corporation. Later, in 1949, it was fused under the name Wainoco Oil Corporation, which was basically an oil and gas investigation organization with creation in Canada and the U.S. To expand its enthusiasm into oil

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    a very close margin, but still stayed involved and took on different tasks when needed and was named Ms. EHS by my graduating class. When I chose to attend Oklahoma State University, I knew no one who would be attending school with me. Being from Kansas, this was a huge leap of faith. But I loved and felt so comfortable at OSU that I was willing to take that leap. I have made many new friends and I am proud of the young woman I am becoming. Even with the difficulty of moving out of state and not

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    When you hear the words serial killer, you instantly think about people like Jeffrey Dahmer, Ed Gein, Ted Bundy, or Charles Manson. You don 't think about a family man with a wife and two children, county board member, President of the church congregation council, or a Cub Scout leader. Dennis Rader possessed all of these shining attributes. He also possessed a dark secret. This secret had festered in him from an early age and grew as he got older. Dennis Rader had fantasies about bondage, control

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    Entry 16: The Underground Railroad/ Fugitive Slaves The stability of the slave system was hindered by those who ran away. The war provided opportunities for slaves to escape their miserable lifestyle and try to gain their freedom by running away to British lines. The slaves had many disadvantages when they ran away. The white men would question them if they saw a slave by themselves, patrollers were always on the lookout for runaway slaves, the hounds could track them, the slave knew little to nothing

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    personal relationships with the customers are highly important in this area. El Dorado Springs, B.W.A ' potential location, is a land of rolling hills, trees, man-made lakes, and farmland. The location of B.W.A. is commonly called the "Gateway to the Ozarks." From a geographic standpoint, El Dorado Springs lies 112 miles south of Kansas City, Missouri. In addition, B.W.A. will be located in small, rural town El Dorado Springs, Missouri. Potential customers will be drawn from the surrounding areas

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    Acc 543 Week 4

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    1 Week 4 Learning Team Exercises Rashonna Web and Crystal McQueen ACC/543 Sandria Stephenson December 7, 2014 2 26.1)Mechanic's Lien. Ironwood Exploration, Inc. (Ironwood) owned a lease on oil and gas property located in Duchesne County, Utah. Ironwood contracted to have Lantz Drilling and Exploration Company, Inc. (Lantz), drill an oil well on the property. Therafter, Lantz rented equipment from Graco Fishing and Rental Tools, Inc. (Graco), for use in drilling the well

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    Dennis Radar Outline

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    1. Subject's name Dennis Rader, known as the BTK killer, is an American serial killer (Biography.com Editors, 2015). 2. DOB: Dennis Radar was born March 9, 1945 in Pittsburgh, Kansas, United States (Biography.com Editors, 2015). 3. Gender: Dennis Radar is male. 4. Briefly describe childhood home life Dennis Radar was one of four children born to William and Dorothea Rader. Rader spent most of his childhood in Wichita, Kanas. He had a seemly average life, was a little more revered than most

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    William Allen White and the Farmer’s Populist Movement      During the late 19th century in Kansas there was a movement among the general population called the Farmer’s Populist Movement. Today, Kansas is still by far a Republican state, but during this time the Populist Party engaged the Republican stronghold in a battle to win over the state, however, in the end the Republicans pulled through. William Allen White, at this time, had become a well known man in the journalism world and his political

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