Hospital to Take Control of County Ambulances
Neo sho Memorial Hospital will operate the county ambulance service after a Tuesday night decision by the Board of Trustees following a county commission request. County Commissioner James Guffey said a 68 000 population is needed for breakeven and outlined county funding, tax authority, and use of county equipped ambulances. The plan keeps Thayer and Erie volunteer units as backups while hospital staff run collections and service, with county support covering losses.
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Board of Trustees
Neosho Memorial Hospital
Neosho County
Hospital
Guffey
Thayer
Erie
Reuben Burkman
Board of County Commissioners
Dwight Wallingford
District 413 Cuts Title I Aide Jobs After Funds Cut
Five teacher aides are laid off as District 413 loses Title I funds of 51,454 dollars after the final allocation notice. The program supported a guidance counselor three reading teachers and a work study program beyond aides.
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District 413
Jerry Steele
Suprintendent
Steele
Chanute School Budget Woes and Title I Funds Uncertain
Intercepted letter notes lawmakers should curb car failures and discusses Chanute schools facing Title I funding changes. Steele cites possible next year allocations with no guarantee of funds, while Chanute expects roughly 77 thousand and then plans for 65 thousand. July 1 decision pending. hospital service start date undetermined. Dr Kay seeks nurse practitioner hire. staff recommendations awaited.
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Chanute
Steele
One car crash injures Independence couple
An Independence couple, Melvin Newell and Bertha Newell, were injured in a one car crash at the south end of the North Lincoln overpass. Police said Melvin blacks out from high blood pressure before the vehicle hit the railing. both sustained facial injuries but were reported in fairly good condition. Witnesses said the northbound car veered into the railing with no skid marks.
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North Lincoln
Melvin Newell
Newell
Bertha
Lincoln
Monarch Cement Expands Plant in Humboldt
Monarch Cement Co launches a $7.5 million plant renovation begun in January 1971 and slated for completion in 1975. President Charles Fussman says cement making is simple in principle but complex when scaled up for large production.
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Barbara Kihm
Monarch Cement Company
Humboldt
Charles Fussman
Monarch
Amorous Flea at NCCJC staged with period flair
Neosho County Community Junior College opens a three night run of The Amorous Flea adapted from Moliere's School for Wives. The 1700s France setting features period costumes, a six member ensemble, and choreography by Mrs. Earl Moore.
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Neosho County Community Junior College
School For Wives
Moliere
NCCJC
France
Kansas City
Foreman
Robert Shearer
Earl Moore
Kansas Bill Seeks to Curb Consumer Credit Abuse
A Kansas bill called the Uniform Consumer Credit Code would curb deceitful auto sales and protect buyers like Eleanor Marshall. It would let consumers stop payments if dealers refuse to fix defects, require buybacks, and bar cross-collateral repossessions, part of broader consumer protection measures endorsed by Senate President Robert Bennett.
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Mrs. Marshall
Kansas
Robert Docking
Marshall
UCCC
Senate
Robert Bennett
Bennett
Recruiter Tests Junk Mail with $1 Checks at Base
M Sgt Charles Dowdy at Lockbourne Air Force Base placed a $1 check in 50 letters with recruiting and veterans benefits material to see if discharged men read the mail. As of Tuesday one check was cashed, two returned for address changes, one sent back with a no thanks note, and 46 unaccounted, suggesting the letters were likely discarded as junk mail.
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Columbus, Ohio
Charles Dowdy
Lockbourne Air Force Base
Dowdy
Lebanon Protests Dispersed by Security Forces
About 500 students marching to the American Embassy were dispersed by armored cars on foot and with batons as they protested Israel's raid on Lebanon. The resignation of Premier Saeb Salam was accepted by President Suleiman Franjieh after a cabinet meeting amid denials of U S involvement by Arab guerrillas.
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Beirut
Lebanon
Israel
Suleiman Franijieh
Saeb Salam
United States
Salam
Bormann Case Closed by German Prosecutors
Frankfurt attorney general Horst Gauf announced that a skeleton found is identified with certainty as Martin Bormann. The 28 year search ends with Bormann's death dated May 2 1945 between 1 and 3 AM on the Invalidenstrasse railroad bridge in Berlin. The war warrant for his arrest was lifted.
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Frankfurt
Germany
Martin Bormann
Hitler
Bormann
Invalidenstrasse
Berlin
Adolph Hitler
Horst Gauf
Nixon Wins First House Test of Year on Veto
President Nixon secured a 51 vote House victory on a veto that blocked a $120 million rural water and sewer grant. The Senate had already sustained his veto of a $2.6 billion rehabilitation program for the handicapped, marking his second veto win of the year.
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Washington
America
Congress
Nixon
House
Senate
U S Air Force Ramps Fuel Airlift to Phnom Penh
U S Air Force began a fuel airlift to Phnom Penh Cambodia to relieve shortages. Officials limited details on how much fuel will be flown in and said the operation would not be a major airlift. The government had rationed gasoline, oil and kerosene with limited station access.
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Phnom Penh
Cambodia
U.S. Air Force
U.S
Pentagon
IRS ruling allows tax deduction for abortions and birth control
The IRS announced new rules permitting deductions for abortion procedures, vasectomies, and birth control pills on 1972 tax returns. There is no stated ceiling on abortion or vasectomy deductions according to the official.
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Washington
Internal Revenue Service
IRS
GOP's Curse Threat Over Nixon Watergate Crisis
Sen. Barry Goldwater says Republicans will lose nationwide in 1976 unless President Nixon acts to clear up Watergate. He warned the Watergate case damages Nixon's image and dries up GOP contributions, in an interview with the Christian Science Monitor.
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Boston
Barry Goldwater
GOP
White House
Nixon
Arizona Republican
Christian Science Monitor
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Harold Tarpley
George Foreman
Topeka
Kan
Eleanor Marshall
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Mitchell Motor CO
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