Kansas Senate Advances Aid for Washburn and Self-Insurance Fund
The Kansas Senate approved increasing state aid to Washburn University from $8 to $14 per credit hour, totaling about 1.4 million dollars, and passed a 2 million dollar state self-insurance fund. It also named new conferees on the Uniform Consumer Credit Code and junior college aid, aiming for final action before adjournment.
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Topeka
Kan
Kansas Senate
Washburn University of
Washburn
Docking
Senate
House Action
Kansas
Youth Beaten Near Town After Refusing Ride
A 14-year-old boy was beaten Friday night while walking home after a car stopped and an occupant exited to assault him. He returned to the police station with facial lacerations a bleeding nose and a bruise. A 17-year-old juvenile remains jailed under Probate Judge Alberta Gough’s orders.
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Alberta Gough
Update for South Turnpike Sent to Docking by House
The Kansas House passed a bill 96 to 12 directing the Kansas Turnpike Authority to update a feasibility study on a Kansas City to Galena turnpike and sent it to Gov. Docking. The session also killed 17 measures and re-referred 22, with a death-penalty bill held over and a fluoridation bill defeated.
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South Turnpike
Topeka, Kan
Kansas Turnpike Authority
Kansas City-Galena
Kansas House
Robert Docking
House
No Local Boycott In Chanute Says Retailers
Chanute meat retailers polled report no boycott on meat across the city. Minor price-driven dips were noted at a few stores, yet sales remain largely steady with several outlets noting even slight increases. Local managers attribute changes to urban price hikes and farmer hardships.
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Chanute
Disney’s Market
Jeff's Foodliner
Peace Iga
Farmers Discount Center
Warner's Food Store
Bauer
Self Service
Gene Robinette
Foodtown
Maynard Brown
Pence
Intercepted Letter Dear Cha
A fragmentary note reads Intercepted Letter Dear Cha at 10 mph you can wave at all the pretty girls as you pedal past. Yours,
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Cha
Bikers Arrive After FCA Conference Journey
The eight members of the Fellowship of Christian Athletes biked to El Dorado, arriving Friday at 5:30 p.m. They left at 7 a.m. to attend an FCA conference.
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Fellowship of Christian Athletes
el Dorado
FCA
HERO Program Expands Job Training At Yates Center High
Yates Center high adds HERO course home economics related occupations. Mrs Romola Laidlaw leads first semester job exploration then on the job training at Autumn Manor nursing home with nurse’s aide work under supervisor Pauline Tubshaw. Students gain work experience while exploring diverse home economics careers.
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Barbara Kihm
Yates Center High School
Romola Laidlaw
Laidlaw
Autumn Manor
Harold Chapman
Chapmans
Pauline Tubshaw
Autumn Manor II
Morey
Dr Imperato Expands Chanute Safari Museum Africa Collection
Dr. Pascal James Imperato funds and guides expansion of the Safari Museum in Chanute into a premier African art collection. The program adds 100 plus pieces including masks statuary weapons and instruments, with pieces from Mali and several African contributors. The hall will be organized by region and cataloged to explain origin as Imperato aims to educate Midwest visitors about African culture.
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Pascal Imperato
Chanute
Safari Museum
United States
Pascal James Imperato
New York
Cornell University Medical School
Imperato
Africa
Paradise Lake
East Africa
Osa
Martin Johnson
Belle Leighty
Osa Johnson
Republic of Mali
David Rabe
Sahara Desert
Cocostal Rain Forest
Savanna
Niger
Central Africa
Lewis Pate
U.S. Information Services
Lagos
Robert Helmholz
Senegal
Alice Cobble
Congo
Republic of
Mali
Perato
Mid-West
Brooklyn Museum of Art
Museum of Primitive Art
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Yates Center Council Hears Sewer Work Plans and Street Closure
White and Hamele engineers from Salina told the Yates Center City Council that contractors would start work on three new sewer districts about April 16. The council officially closed Kansas Street west of Fry Street. Improvements to the municipal pool were discussed and Vernon Henson was hired to paint it. The council voted to reinvest 3000 in revenue sharing funds and 8000 in special building funds.
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Yates Center
White, Hamele
Vernon Henson
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D-Hutchinson
UCCC
Fred Harris
R-Chanute
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Dr. Imperato
Hero
David Morey
Yates
Yates Center Council
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