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Title
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KC Seeks New Place to Display Old Plane
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Description
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Article reports the possibility of Union Station becoming the permanent indoor home of a 1930 American Eaglet two-seater airplane, originally manufactured at the Fairfax Airport. The Eaglet is described by one expert in the article as the "Model-T of aviation."
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2006-12-25
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Object Type
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Newspaper Article
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Buyout Program Near Completion
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General Motors Corp. has been reducing its hourly work force by 30 percent. At the Fairfax plant, 682 of the plant's 2,500 production employees decided to leave, and more than 400 hundred have already left. The article goes on to report, however, that "While General Motors is closing about a dozen plants as part of the downsizing, the size of the Fairfax work force will not change significantly . . . because departing employees are being replaced."
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Date
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2006-10-13
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Object Type
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Newspaper Article
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Title
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GM Plant Makes 10 Millionth Vehicle
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Description
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The General Motors Corp. Fairfax Assembly Plant, 3201 Fairfax Trafficway in Kansas City, Kansas, produced its 10 millionth car, a black 2006 Chevrolet Malibu Maxx on August 19, 2005. All Chevrolet Malibus are made here. Next year the plant will add the midsize Saturn Aura to its lineup. The plant was founded in 1944 and currently supports 3,000 jobs.
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Date
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2005-08-26
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Object Type
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Newspaper Article
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Title
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GM's Turnaround Bolsters Fairfax
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Description
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Article summarizes how recent gains in the automobile market have helped General Motors recover from the verge of bankruptcy and has allowed the company to reinvest in its Fairfax plant in Kansas City, Kansas. A history of the plant, including its production role during World War II, its shift to automobile production, and its survival through periods of economic decline is provided. A timeline noting key events is included.
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Date
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2013-01-27
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Object Type
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Newspaper Article
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Riveted to KC History
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Description
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Article focuses upon the experiences of Kansas City women who worked in aviation assembly plants during World War II. Several women are interviewed and describe their lives before, during, and after the war.
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Date
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2015-01-18
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Object Type
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Newspaper Article
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Title
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Aviation History Took Flight at Fairfax
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Description
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Postcard image and short article about the history of the Fairfax Industrial District, Fairfax Airport and Aircraft Assembly Plant. The Fairfax Airport opened in 1928 and was the primary airmail departure point in the 1930s. The Fairfax plant was used to build B-25 bombers during WWII.
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Date
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2010-05-05
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Object Type
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Newspaper Article
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Title
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Deluge, Fires Mark Storms' Area Sweep
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Description
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A major fuel tank fire sparked by area lightning happened on June 3, 2008. The tank was located in the Fairfax Industrial District of Kansas City, Kansas, and contained more than a million gallons of unleaded gasoline. This petroleum distribution tank at 401 E. Donovan Road is owned by Magellan Midstream Partners. The fire could be seen for miles around the area. "Magellan's Kansas City, Kan., terminal is one of 47 such facilities throughout the Midwest that connect to the company's pipelines...."
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Date
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2008-06-04
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Object Type
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Newspaper Article
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Title
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GM Burnishing its Crown Jewel
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Description
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Article on General Motors planning to invest $600 million in its Fairfax assembly plant in Kansas City, Kansas. The money will be used "to build and equip a 450,000-square-foot paint shop and upgrade the plant's stamping press, among other improvements, "making it the 'crown jewel'" of its manufacturing system. The investment is one of the largest GM has ever made in an existing plant. The Fairfax plant produces the Buick LaCrosse and the Chevrolet Malibu.
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Date
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2013-01-29
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Object Type
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Newspaper Article
