Hearing Set on Kansas House Apportionment Challenge
A federal three judge panel will hear arguments at 10 am on April 26 in Topeka on a challenge to the Kansas House reapportionment plan adopted by the 1972 legislature. The same panel earlier refused to stay the plan but scheduled the hearing and also accepted a motion to delay the Senate reapportionment. Independent s death and other noted items follow in the same dispatch.
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Topeka
Kan
Federal District Court
Kansas House
Wichita
Delmas C. Hill
Wesley E. Brown
George Templar
Templar
Senate
U.S. Supreme Court
Juco Names Honor Group
Fifteen students at Neosho County Community College have been named to the Sigma Alpha honor society for maintaining at least a 3.5 GPA through three semesters. New members include Nancy Allison Linda Anderson Mike Farrell Diane Lassman Carla Lowe Tom McLaren Nan cy Pillot Floyd Reynolds Vernon Shultz Sherri Thompson Toni Umbarger Kathy Wicker Cathy Williams Chanute Larry Neufield Eric and Nancy Schoenecker Benedict. McLaren Shultz and Reynolds are city policemen and will join the first police science graduates. The group will be honored at an April 25 banquet in the school cafeteria with Rev. Jerome Beat as speaker and a joco music group performing.
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Neosho County Community Junior College
Sigma Alpha Society
Nancy Allison
Linda Anderson
Mike Farrell
Diane Lassman
Carla Lowe
Tom McLaren
Nancy Pillot
Floyd Reynolds
Vernon Shultz
Sherri Thompson
Toni Umbarger
Kathy Wicker
Cathy Williams
Chanute
Larry Neufield
Eric
Nancy Schoenecker
Benedict
McLaren
Shultz
Reynolds
Jerome Beat
Joco
Gov signs bill and resolution on state labor law and capital plans
Topeka Governor Docking signed into law a bill removing state agencies from the Public Employer-Employee Relations Act, keeping the meet and confer process for local disputes. A joint resolution authorizes the Capitol Area Plaza Authority to plan a new state Supreme Court building south of the statehouse and a 200 car underground parking lot on Capitol grounds, with the courthouse project costing about $8 million as part of a larger office-building complex next to the safetyhouse grounds.
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Topeka
Kan
Robert Docking
Capitol Area Plaza Authority
State Supreme Court
Statehouse
Gounds
Supreme Court
Parking Lot Purchase Bill Vetoed in Topeka
Gov. Robert vetoed a measure authorizing the purchase of a downtown Topeka parking lot for 300000 as part of a central motor pool plan. The bill would have the state buy the lot between Fifth and Sixth streets on Kansas Avenue from Southwestern Bell Telephone Co with 250000 for the lot and 50000 for improvements.
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Topeka, Kan
Topeka
Robert Docking
Fifth
Sixth Streets
Kansas Avenue
Southwestern Bell Telephone Co
Coffeyville Youth Hurt in Main and Grant Crash
A 14 year old Coffeyville boy, Robert Ward, suffered a lip cut and was treated at Neosho Memorial Hospital after a 5 20 a m collision at Main and Grant where the passenger car was a total loss. Betty Grissom, 42, of Eric, and Lyle Ward of Coffeyville were involved. Grissom’s car sustained about 50 dollars in damage. Firefighters conducted a carbon monoxide check at 421 S Highland, Charles Cox residence, Tuesday morning. result was negative.
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Coffeyville
Main
Grant
Robert Ward
Neosho Memorial Hospital
Betty Grissom
Eric
Lyle Ward
Grissom
S. Highland
Charles Cox
Radford to Speak on Penal Reform at Neo County
Raymond Radford Neosho County attorney will discuss penal reform at 7 30 p m Thursday in Penner Lounge Neosho County Community Junior College. He will cover juvenile detention and rehabilitation and take questions after the talk. Mrs Don Tucker association president will lead the business session.
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Raymond Radford
Neosho County
Radford
Don Tucker
Association
Church Camp Honors Volunteer Firemen
Wilson Woodson and Greenwood county firemen were guests of honor at an Appreciation Dinner at Westminister Woods Church Camp near Fredonia. About 60 volunteers attended the fried chicken meal to thank those who fought a March grass and brush fire that threatened the camp and area and took long hours to control.
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Fredonia
Wilson
Woodson
Greenwood
Westminister Woods Church
Three Reappointed To Highway Posts In Kansas
Gov. Robert Docking reappointed three members to the Kansas Highway Commission. Robert Hagen Henry Schwaller and Gale Moss were renamed to the commission representing districts one three and five. Other three commissioners' terms do not expire.
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Topeka
Kan
Robert Docking
Kansas Highway Commission
Highway Commission
Robert Hagen
Lawrence
Henry Schwaller
Hays
Gale Moss
el Dorado
Hagen
Schwaller
Moss
Local stock listings and egg prices in brief
The stock board shows Kustom Electronics and ILC Products with bid and asked quotes noted by Spencer W. Finney. Egg prices list Grade A Extra Large to Grade C and Current Receipts, with small changes and fractions across categories.
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Kustom Electronics
Spencer W. Finney
Offensive Broadens as N Vietnam Opens New Front Near Saigon
North Vietnam widened its seven day offensive by striking 60 to 75 miles north of Saigon with tank led infantry. The assault threatens Quang Tri city while MIG 19 jets cross the Demilitarized Zone for the first time in the war.
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Saigon
Quang Tri
Iso
Demilitarized Zone
Additional Bombers Sent to Vietnam
President Nixon plans to deploy 20 additional B52 bombers to counter Hanoi's invasion of South Vietnam. Officials say a broader air campaign in the North remains uncertain as the move signals renewed escalation. Hodding Carter Jr., 65, famed publisher of the Delta Democrat Times, died Tuesday. his editorials pushed for racial justice long before the civil rights era.
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Washington
Nixon
Hanoi
South Vietnam
Greenville
Miss
Hodding Carter Jr
Carter
Daily
Delta Democrat Times
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