City urged to utilize Wolf Creek plant
The City Commission accepted a 10 000 dollar power supply study urging Chanute Coffeyville and the Wolf Creek Unit 1 project to meet future energy needs. The 1975 study by Burns and McDonnell also recommends buying power from Southwestern Power Administration and notes Wolf Creek could supply about 24 percent of Chanute's and 26 percent of Coffeyville's needs when in service in 1982.
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Wolf Creek
John Brooks
Burns and
McDonnell
Engineers-Architects-Consultants Firm
Kansas City
Coffeyville
Chanute
Bob Bunting
Dick Foltz
Burns and McDonnell
City Commission
Foltz
Southwestern Power Administration
Commission
John Schultz
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
HUD
Schultz
Criste Corporatin
Parker, Colo
Highland Park
Shell
Safari
Whyte
Larry Shepard
Clifford Erickson
Erickson Tire Service Inc
City Planning Commission
Erickson
W. 9Th Street
Steuben Street
Santa Fe
Bunting
Safari Museum
Reward fund started to find teacher's killer
Graham County authorities launched a reward fund to help find the killer of Linda Leebrick, a 23 year old Hill City High School teacher abducted from her apartment and beaten to death. Her body was found near the Solomon River with a fractured skull. Tips can be anonymous by writing to the county attorney or sheriff with a six digit code.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hill City
Kan
UPI
Graham County
Linda Leebrick
Solomon River
Miss Leebrick
Topeka
Leebrick
Harold Tuttle
Kansas wheat crop improves in cool damp season
Cool damp weather and replenished topsoil moisture have improved the condition of the wheat crop in Kansas, with reports noting better health and prospects for the harvest. Agricultural officials expect continued recovery as favorable conditions persist.
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Topeka, Kan
Upi
Weather outlook and Kansas wheat crop update
Considerable cloudiness with occasional rain and a few thunderstorms through Wednesday. Highs today and Wednesday upper 50s to lower 60s, lows tonight mid to upper 40s, east to southeast winds 10 to 25 mph. Rain chances 70 percent tonight and 60 percent Wednesday. Kansas wheat crop shows rapid growth with near ideal moisture, 65 percent jointing, above 10 year average. some subsoil moisture short in western counties. Pests like green bugs and army cutworms noted in scattered areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas
Kansas Crop and Livestock Reporting Service
Carter Seeks Pennsylvania Victory in Key Democratic Primary
Front runner Jimmy Carter aimed to crush Henry Jackson and Morris Udall in Pennsylvania as labor and party machines backed Jackson to block Carter and keep Humprey door open. Frigid weather and a large expected turnout framed a grueling race with 134 Democratic delegates at stake plus a statewide popular vote.
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Pittsburgh
UPI
Jimmy Carter
Henry Jackson
Morris Udall
Pennsylvania
Jackson
Hubert H. Humphrey
Carter
Georgia
Madison Square Garden
Ford
New York
Ronald Reagan
Udall
George Wallace
Connecticut
Maryland
Washington
Philadelphia
Peanut farmer comes out of his shell
Intercepted letter speaks of a peanut farmer nearing a public breakthrough in a veiled personal note. The writer hints at upcoming changes and confidence about the subject. The tone remains informal and cryptic within a political context.
Chanute Eligible for Housing Loans in Expanded FmHA Program
Topeka announces Chanute is an eligible area for FmHA housing loans under the Housing and Community Development Act. Eligibility depends on loan need, income limits, and an adjusted gross income under 12,900, with rates as low as 1 percent for some low income families. The news lists 10 Kansas towns newly approved and notes continued loans for towns under 10,000.
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Topeka
Chanute
Farmers Home Administration
Morgan Williams
Fmha
Williams
Housing and
Kansas
Atchison
Coffeyville
Hays
Independence
Liberal
McPherson
Newton
Ottawa
Parsons
Bush warns Soviet grain shortfalls will persist in coming years
Lawrence Kansas briefing shows CIA Director George Bush stating Soviet harvests will lag behind demand for the next few years. He ties world price instability to crop outcomes and notes CIA monitoring of Soviet commitments and purchases amid broader cautions on terrorism and intelligence reforms.
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Lawrence
Kan
UPI
Central Intelligence Agency
George Bush
Soviet Union
CIA
Kansas University
Bush
Cambodia
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Bob Whyte
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Kenneth L. Carnes
Jerry P. Wishall
Girard
East Forest Street
Erie
Africa
Bell Telephone
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