Old Business Ahead As City Commission Hears Park Ordinance
The City Commission plans to resume discussion on the mobile home park ordinance at 4 p.m. Monday in the Memorial Building. Park owners oppose the measure, which has been postponed repeatedly, and a revised sanitation ordinance will also be reviewed. The meeting includes reorganization with a new mayor, newspaper designation, library board appointment, and other items.
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City Commission
Mobile Home Park
Memorial Building
Library Board
State Chamber of Commerce
Jim Blessing
Safari West
Late Freeze Slices Kansas Peach Crop
A late April frost threatens Kansas peaches with likely heavy damage. Official estimates wait on field reports expected early next week as growers recount losses. Cain Orchards says 700 acres were 95 percent wiped out, worth over 500000 dollars, equating to about 135000 to 145000 bushels. Norman Warminski notes the crop has a high economic multiplier in the region.
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Associated Press
Kansas
John Wilson
Agriculture Statistician
Kansas Crop and Livestock Reporting Service
Wilson
J. E. Cain
Cain Orchards
Haysville
Cain
Illinois
Colorado
Midwest
Missouri
Missouri Crop and Livestock Service
Columbia
AEC Requests Study of Three Kansas Radioactive Waste Sites
The Atomic Energy Commission asks the Kansas Geological Survey to study three areas in southeastern Lincoln County and parts of Logan and Wichita counties for radioactive waste disposal. Each area will have one exploratory hole drilled. Lincoln County is seen as the best candidate.
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AEC
Lawrence, Kan
Kansas Geological Survey
The
Atomic Energy Commission
Lincoln
Logan
Wichita Counties
Kansas
KGS
Lincoln County
Wichita
Rice County
Lyons
Ellsworth
Russell
Osborne
Mitchell
Ness
Trego
Edwards
Ford
Hodgeman
Pawnee
Comanche County
Harper County
Reno
Wallace
Greeley
Scott Counties
Exposure to Man's World Hardens Women's Arteries
Washington AP reports a sharp rise in atherosclerosis among American women under 45. Dr. Theodore Cooper, head of the National Heart and Lung Institute, cites an 11 percent increase in seven years and notes lifestyle and environmental factors may be linked, while stressing no proven direct cause.
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Washington
Theodore Cooper
National Heart and Lung Institute
Cooper
Hijacker Demands 500000 and Parachutes
AP reports a United Airlines 727 was hijacked and diverted to San Francisco. The hijackers demanded 500000, six hours of fuel and four parachutes, threatening to kill 85 passengers if officials approached the plane. The event occurred after the jetliner departed Grand Junction, Colorado en route to Los Angeles.
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San Francisco
United Air Lines
M.F. Bagan
San Francisco International Airport
Bagan
UAL
Dave Brown
Los Angeles
Grand Junction
Colo
Mini-Service Gas Gains Ground in Kansas Debate
Self-service gas rules face strict limits in Kansas with full self-service requiring fire marshal approval and remote shutoff. Mini-service allows attendants to pump but not wash or inspect engines, sparking price cuts yet unsure labor savings. Local stations vary in stance, with some embracing reduced prices while others resist for service quality concerns.
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Kansas
John Erickson
Chanute
Wichita
Duncan
Intercepted Letter Dear Cha Spooks Freed Women
An intercepted missive mocks the fear of hard arteries and jokes about freed women returning to restrictive clothing and support hosiery. The tone blends satire with social commentary on female autonomy and fashion norms.
Area forecast notes mild day with southerly winds
The forecast calls for sun and mild temperatures in the 60s with increasing southerly winds. Tonight will be fair and warmer with lows in the 40s. Sunday should see more clouds and higher temperatures mid to upper 70s.
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Dusty DeMerritt
Dennis DeMerritt
S. Allen
Norman Warminski
Sedgwick County
Topeka
Southwest
Neva Nixon
Nixon Orchards
Belle Plaine
Real Farmer
Cottonwood Falls
Kan
Dwyte Wilson
National Farmers Union
Chase County Farmers Union
Nixon
Secretary of Agriculture
Ralston Purina
Butz
Hardin
American Heart Association
ST. Louis
Southern Illinois University At Carbondale
University of Nebraska
Sigma Delta Chi
SIU
Daily Egyptian
Daily Kansan
University of Kansas
John Rabe
Chanute Gas Stations
Karl Johnson
Apco
Jerry Craig
Craig
Vickers
Dale Stemple
Dale
Skelly
Leroy Chard
Chard
Finn
Pat Duncan
Duncan Oil
Champlin
North Carolina
S. Lincoln
Cha
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