City Seeks Soil Survey and Annexations at Monday Meeting
The City Commission approved a 3200 acre soil survey pending Neosho County Soil Conservation District approval and announced annexation of 13 plus acres from Ash Grove Cement Co with more Ash Grove land and Whyte Wood Products to follow. The Safari Industrial Park sewer project cost was reduced by nearly 36000, final billed at 31386.57, funds kept in the sewer bond account. A junior draftsman position paying 450 dollars monthly was created and filled by Mrs. Ginger Schlegel.
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City Commission
Neosho County
Ash Grove Cement Co
Ing
Ash Grove
Whyte
Floyd Heath
Safari Industrial Park
Commission
Heath
Ginger Schlegel
Tom Tiegreen
Jaycee
Lincoln
1St Tiegreen
Jaycees
Bonnie Moffatt
Community Art Fair scheduled May 5 7
The 20th community art fair sponsored by Chanute public schools will be held May 5 7 in the Central Park building. Entry fee is $1 per two entries with a limit of two entries. Judging by Ted Watts will be in closed session May 5. Trophy prizes include class trophies in abstract and realistic painting and sculpture with a grand prize sponsored by the high school art club. Exhibitions run May 5 9, May 6 2 7, and May 7 2 5 with certificates of exhibition for all entrants.
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Chanute Public Schools
Central Park
Tom Thorne
High School
Ted Watts
Oswego
Downtown Flint Ice Rink After Freezing Temperatures
In Flint Michigan city crews washed downtown streets but a 29 degree temperature left them an ice skating rink. Salt crews were dispatched to melt the ice as officials faced embarrassment and sought quick corrective action.
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Flint
Mich
Water Department
Brandt Fends Off Motion in Bonn Committee Tests
West German Chancellor Willy Brandt faced a parliamentary show of strength as his SPD FDP coalition barely held in two committee votes on nonaggression pacts with Moscow and Warsaw. The CDU opposition prepared a constructive no-confidence motion, with a full vote due Thursday.
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Bonn
Willy Brandt
Brandt
Social Democrats
Free Democrats
Moscow
Warsaw
Christian Democratic
County Jail Term For Contributing To Delinquency
John Coulter, 19, of Erie was found guilty in Probate Court and sentenced to 45 days in the county jail for contributing to the delinquency of two minors. He has served 25 days and must leave town within seven days to avoid credit loss. Two juveniles in the case were declared miscreant and placed on probation with four conditions including avoiding drug use and unlawful activity. A separate LSD possession finding involved the same two juveniles. The storm warning system was tested at 9 am under Civil Defense director Lige Matlock. a repeat test is planned pending weather.
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W. 2Nd
Erie
Coulter
Alberta Gough
San Diego
Raymond W. Radford
Lige Matlock
Civil Defense Director
Intercepted Letter Clue Spaced Out Causes a Fall
An intercepted missive notes spacing out effects that resemble space travel but warn readers that such detours can lead to a fall. The fragment hints at misdirection between travel concepts and physical safety.
Parsons teens die in Cherokee two car crash on U S 160
Terry Nelson age 18 of Parsons was killed in a two car crash near Cherokee on U S 160 Monday. Phyllis White 19 of Parsons was injured severely and transported to University Medical Center in Kansas City. Two other passengers sustained minor injuries, highway patrol said.
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Cherokee, Kan
Terry Nelson
Parsons, Kan
Cherokee
U.S
Phyllis White
Parsons
Kansas University Medical Center
Kansas City
Kan
Highway Patrol
Favoritism Charged in Crawford County
Crawford County attorney Vernon D. Grassie charges long standing favoritism and influence peddling hinder law enforcement. He cites a Democrat-led pattern, notes only one felony conviction from the sheriff’s department after 14 years, and urges public light to restore equal enforcement amid a statewide probe call.
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Topeka
Kan
Crawford County
Vernon D. Grassie
Kansas
Grassie
Reynolds Shultz
Shultz
Prac
Robert Docking
Vern Miller
Miller
Docking
Witch Hunt Tag Offered by Saia
Crawford County commissioner D. J. Saia accuses Lt. Gov. Reynolds Shultz of provoking a witch hunt over federal Emergency Employment Act hiring practices. Saia cites one erroneous deputy sheriff hire, James P. Sellars, later terminated for a second job. Sellars now seeks Crawford County sheriff GOP nomination.
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D. J. Saia
Crawford County
Reynolds Shultz
James P. Sellars
Girard
Apollo 16 astronauts head home after five days on the moon
Apollo 16 finishes lunar exploration and begins homeward flight. Charles Duke doubts volcanic rocks were found, while ground teams say evidence exists. Thomas Mattingly completes a spacewalk to retrieve film canisters from Cassini Bay equipment bay as Casper heads toward a Pacific splashdown 170 miles southeast of Christmas Island.
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Duke Jr
Pacific Ocean
Thomas K. Mattingly II
Casper
Campaign doubleheader opens as voters cast ballots
Election Day by the Associated Press reports Democrats in Pennsylvania and Massachusetts began voting, testing optimism for McGovern Humphrey and Muskie. Early turnout was light in both states as ballots marked a key campaign moment.
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Associated Press
Pennsylvania
Massachusetts
George S. McGovern
Hubert H. Humphrey
Edmund S. Muskie
Cattle rustling on rise as it shifts east says NM official
New Mexico Brands Inspection Division official Fred Owensby told a Des Moines seminar that rustling of cattle is increasing and moving eastward. He urged states to pass similar brand inspection laws to help combat the crime.
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Des Moines
Iowa
New Mexico
Fred Owensby
Owensby
Kissinger Secret Talks in Moscow With Brezhnev and Gromyko
Presidential adviser Henry Kissinger spent four days in Moscow in secret talks with Soviet leaders on Vietnam and other international issues. He met with Communist party leader Leonid Brezhnev and Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko during the visit, following a prior secret trip to Peking to arrange Nixon's China visit.
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Henry Kissinger
Moscow
Vietnam
White House
Kissinger
Peking
Nixon
China
Communist Party
Leonid L. Brezhnev
Andrei Gromyko
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