State Approves Rail Aid to Prevent Branch Line Closures
Kansas House tentatively approves a bill authorizing the Department of Transportation to plan and allocate federal funds to keep uneconomical branch lines open. Congress provides 360 million over five years with 100 percent first year, 90 percent second year, and 80 percent third year. Local matches and in kind tax breaks may follow.
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Topeka, Kan
UPI
Kansas House Today
Kansas Department of Transportation Authority
Kansas
Congress
House
State employee pay hike okayed in Kansas House
House Democrats endorse a $43.22 monthly raise for state classified and classified exempt workers, funded by a $12.7 million budget. Governor Bennett proposed 5 percent across the board for most workers with varying allocations for higher brackets, aiming to keep pace with living costs without escalating costs as much as last year.
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Topeka
Kan
UPI
House
Emne
John Carlin
Damolan
Robert Bennett
Carlin
Bennett
USD 413 Board Meets With Education Planner Candidate
The USD 413 school board interviews Dr. James Timmons of Kansas State College at Pittsburg for an educational planner post during tonight’s meeting. They discuss a possible high school hot lunch program, absenteeism reduction projects, and announce several 1976-77 athletic coaching assignments. Revisions to elementary district boundaries affect Hutton and Roosevelt schools.
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USD 413
James Timmons
Kansas State College At
Pittsburg
Hutton
Roosevelt
Skubitz backs Ford on Hatch Act change veto
Rep. Joe Skubitz of Kansas says he will back President Ford's expected veto of the Federal Employees' Political Activities Act. He argues the bill would erode a nonpartisan bureaucracy though he opposed it previously. He warns federal workers could face political pressure if enacted.
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Washington
UPI
Joe Skubitz
R-Kan
Ford
Skubitz
House
Shawnee Mission South wins 4A-5A title at Pittsburg meet
Nancy Shore of Shawnee Mission South concentrates before the 880 yard run at the Girls Invitational Track Meet in Pittsburg where South captured the 4A-5A championship Chanute High School finished third at the event.
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Nancy Shore
Shawnee Mission South
Pittsburg
South
Chanute High School
Nationwide Teamsters strike ends as truckers return to roads
United Press International reports thousands of Teamsters truckers resume driving after a three day walkout. Over 400000 workers settled a tentative three year contract with a 30 percent pay rise and unlimited cost of living increases. ratification votes and mail ballots follow with divisions over the deal.
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United Press International
Employers, Inc
TEI
U.S
Aerial spraying harm to wildlife fuels concern in Kansas
State health officials urge public help spotting illegal and hazardous aerial spraying amid complaints from citizens and state agencies. Officials warn overspraying and wind drift threaten fish, pastures, and wildlife with toxic pesticides like parathion endrin and toxaphene. Civil penalties up to 1000 dollars per offense may follow, with calls directed to the Chanute district office.
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State Department of Health and Environment
The
Health Department
Kansas Forestry, Fish and
Dick Hager
Chanute
Gray
Johnson
Commission
Kissinger’s Days Numbered Says Morton
Rogers C. Morton said Secretary of State Henry Kissinger is nearing the end of his political career and would likely be replaced if Ford wins in November. Morton spoke at a California Republican Assembly panel debating Ford or Reagan endorsement.
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Washington
UPI
Rogers C.B. Morton
Ford
Henry A. Kissinger
Morton
California
San Jose
Calif
Kissinger
California Republican Assembly
Ronald Reagan
CRA
Reagan
Oakland Tribune
Kaye
Democrats pick delegates to Fifth District Convention
Jimmy Carter secured four of six Neosho County delegates at the Fifth Congressional District Convention after elections in Erie on Saturday. Anna and Fred Beachner of St Paul and Delbert and Charlene Potter of Chanute won Carter slots, with uncommitted picks for the remaining delegates. Alternates elected include Cathrine, Larry, and Katie Smith of St Paul and Joe Harper of Chanute, while Jim Guffey and Phyllis Sesher remain uncommitted.
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Jimmy Carter
Neosho County
Erie
Charlene Potter
Potter
Anna
Fred Beachner
St. Paul
Delbert
Chanute
Carter
Cathrine Smith
Larry Smith
Katie Smith
Joe Harper
Jim Guffey
Phyllis Sesher
Nada Guffey
Charles Sesher
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Pontiac
Mich
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Dubuque
Iowa
Teamsters
Flexsteel Industries, Inc
Kenneth Paff
Cleveland
Teamsters Joint Council 41
Ohio
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Arlington Heights
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Peter Kaye
White House
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