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which is one of the tallest city halls in the world
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702:Mayors of Kansas City, Missouri
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317:Mayor of Kansas City, Missouri
160:(1878 – May 22, 1962) was the
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49:Mayor of Kansas City
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481:James W. L. Slavens
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166:Kansas City
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321:1930–1940
283:References
146:Democratic
661:Sly James
268:in 1934.
180:Biography
57:In office
249:Building
170:Missouri
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