Dispute Over Teacher and Administrator Pay Raises At Board Meeting
The District 413 Board of Education heard Ronald Clements raise concerns about teacher salary increases lagging behind administrators. Officials explained differences in base schedules and calculation methods, noting teachers advance on a step system while administrators do not. The board approved new hires, resignations, equipment bids, and a landscaping project, and discussed Title III funds for a fifth and sixth grade program.
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Clements
Buford Fisher
Jerry Steele
Steele
Beverly Rideau
Marcia Leeper
Lesta Snender
Ruth Cutrell
Murray Hill
Wallace Erickson
Bobbie Jaax
Sandy Kennedy
State Department of Education
Burglar Raids Unlocked Safe at St Paul Firm
In St Paul a burglar battered open an unlocked safe marked safe not locked and stole a small amount of money. The lock combination was printed on the door. The safe housed records and fire protection equipment, a firm spokesman said.
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ST. Paul, Minn
St. Paul
Church calls ITT Chile offer improper intervention
Sen. Frank Church said ITT's $1 million dual purpose offer to back U S government action in Chile was improper intervention in Chilean politics. He spoke after a seven day Senate Foreign Relations subcommittee hearing on ITT efforts in 1970 to block Salvador Allende's election as president.
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Fisher
Clements
Washington
Frank Church
International Telephone & Telegraph Corp
U.S
Chile
Church
Senate Foreign Relations
ITT
Salvador Allende
Senate Watergate Panel to End Secret Sessions with McCord
The Senate Watergate investigations committee will not hold further secret sessions with convicted spy James W. McCord Jr. All interviews will be handled by staff at undisclosed times and places with plans for open hearings within 10 days to two weeks, a committee spokesman said.
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Washington
Senate Watergate Investigations Committee
James W. McCord Jr
McCord
Muskie Criticizes Nixon One Man Rule in TV Address Response
Senator Muskie, replying to President Nixon, warns Congress fears the President seeks a free hand and blank check to decide alone on war, spending, and inflation. Networks plan to air excerpts of Muskie's rebuttal after Nixon’s speech.
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Washington
Edmund S. Muskie
Nixon
Congress
Muskie
Meat boycott yields mixed first day results across markets
Kansas City reports uncertain early impact as retailers plan Wednesday restocks. Some shoppers cut meat purchases, others unchanged. Cattle prices rise up to 2 dollars, hogs down about 3 dollars. National Stockyards cattle up to 47.50 while hogs fall in St. Louis. Wichita sees few cattle and hogs 75 cents to 1 dollar lower. Agriculture official notes 79 000 cattle slaughtered Monday amid weather and price pressures.
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Kansas City
National Stockyards
Ill
St. Louis
Wichita
Kan
Bill Marshall
Department of Agriculture
National meat boycott posts wide price cuts and shifts
The nationwide meat boycott drives sales down and cuts prices up to 80 percent in some counters. Retail items fall as much as 29 cents per pound while Kansas City cattle rise $1 to $2 and hogs dip $3. Stockyards report higher cattle and lower hogs, with processors cutting operations and furloughing hundreds of meat cutters.
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Associated Press
Kansas City
National
Illinois
Voter turnout hits 1194 in nine city precincts
The midday general election turnout reached 1194 voters across nine city precincts, exceeding the recent primary participation.
Weather and Election Updates From Chanute Area
Partly cloudy tonight and Wednesday with low 35 to 40 and high 55 to 60. Northerly winds 12 to 22 mph. In the March primary 723 had voted by noon. Central Park precinct led with 53 votes, Lincoln 203, Roy Ster 156, and others. City registration 5 799, county 9 672, voters choosing two city commissioners and several school and college trustees. Bond measures on streets and parks appear on the ballot, polling places open until 7 p.m.
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Central Park
Lincoln
Royster
Fire Station
Murray Hill
Alcott
North Malcolm Community Center
Senior Trade
Roosevelt
Chanute
District 413
Board of Education
Neosho County
100 Cooks Enter Tribune Contest
The Tribune contest draws about 100 cooks from Neosho Wilson Woodson and Allen counties with a $50 grand prize and $25 Chanute merchandise prizes across six categories including breads desserts salads cookies and meats. Entries are due by April 14 and judges are Marie Kyle and Lois Carlson.
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Tribune
Four-Punty
Neosho
Wilson
Woodson
Allen Counties
Marie Kyle
Neosho County
Senate approves two segments of Northwest Passage turnpike
The Kansas Senate passed the northwest passage turnpike bill 23 to 14, sending a plan for two new segments from Hutchinson to Tulsa via Strother Field and from Wellington to US 77. It deletes the Hutchinson to Wichita portion costing 36 million and keeps a southern border feasibility study from Winfield to Glendale. House action remains to reconcile amendments. Also the House approved a no fault automobile insurance measure with a 17 000 maximum benefit and sent it to Gov. Docking for signature.
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Topeka
Kan
Kansas Senate
House
Senate
Kansas
Hutchinson - To - Wichita
Hutchinson
Wichita
Winfield
Galena
Catoosa
Tulsa
Wellington
Strother Field
Oklahoma
Arkansas City
Robert Docking
Fletcher Bell
Erie Studies Power Needs in City Electrical Plan
Kirkwood Associates of Kansas City reported to the Erie City Council on an electrical study updating the city system. The council weighs adding a generator or tying in with Kansas Gas and Electric, with a Kirkwood rep to return in two weeks for questions. Melvin Strickland resigned as city clerk, effective April 30, with a resignation tabled until after the election. Dr. James Rowland and Charles Hartong also resigned from the city recreation committee.
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Kirkwood Associates
Kansas City
Erie City Council
Kansas Gas and Electric
Melvin Strickland
Strickland
James Rowland
Charles Hartong
Florida Power Outage Hits Gold Coast Region
A massive power outage affected about two million residents and businesses along Florida's Gold Coast after four generators shut down at a Fort Lauderdale area plant.
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Miami, Fla
Florida
Gold Coast
Fort Lauderdale
Intercepted Letter Dear Cha
A brief note quotes an intercepted letter criticizing the board on public relations and mentions quieting concerns about excessive teacher pay. The passage implies debate over funding and governance in a district.
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Cha
Resignations Split Humboldt School District Meeting
About 100 people attended the District 258 Board of Education meeting in Humboldt. The heated session followed the resignations of two grade school teachers Miss Maxine Morrison and Miss Joan Wilkerson, with supporters and opponents of Principal Gene Schulze clashing over contracts. The superintendent said resignations were voluntary, though if not submitted they would have been fired, and a petition from grade school children was discussed.
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Humboldt
District 258 Board of Education
Board of Education
Marvin Groff
John Smith
Gene Schulze
Schulze
Nixon Impounding Federal Road Funds Ruled Illegal
The 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that President Nixon acted illegally by impounding federal highway funds. The decision upholds Judge William Becker’s ruling that $89 million allocated for Missouri road projects could not be withheld from the Missouri Highway Commission.
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ST. Louis
8Th
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Nixon
Congress
U.S. District Court
William Becker
Kansas City
Missouri Highway Commission
Nixon and Thieu to reaffirm strong U S South Vietnam ties
President Nixon and President Nguyen Van Thieu wrap talks in San Clemente and plan to reaffirm close government ties. White House secretary Ronald Ziegler said they discussed continued U S aid to the Saigon regime and plans to extend similar assistance to Hanoi during their first meeting in four years.
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San Clemente
Calif
Nixon
Nguyen van Thieu
South Vietnam
White House
Ronald L. Ziegler
Thieu
U.S
Saigon
Hanoi
Bombers Pound Communist Forces in Cambodia Night Strike
U S warplanes within Southeast Asia including all available B52s bombed Communist positions in Cambodia in a major escalation. Sources say the raid mirrors December assaults on Hanoi Haiphong aimed at pressuring a cease fire. Communists there are widely dispersed with few targets akin to North Vietnamese industrial centers.
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Saigon
U.S
Southeast Asia
Cambodia
Hanoi
Haiphong
North Vietnam
Nixon veto override fails on vocational rehab bill
President Nixon secured a decisive win as the Senate did not override his veto of the vocational rehabilitation bill marking the first major congressional test of the year on federal spending and funding.
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Washington
Nixon
Congress
Senate
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Chanute Senior High School
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