Congress adjourns after losses on Turkey arms and oil
Congress adjourned for a month amid defeats for Ford on Turkey military aid and oil price controls. No action on lifting the Turkish embargo or energy policy. risk of higher gasoline prices if oil price controls expire. A 31 billion defense procurement bill was rejected in the Senate, despite House approval.
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Subway collision in Boston injures hundreds during heat
Three MBTA Red Line trains jam packed with about 1200 riders collided in a tunnel during peak heat, sending at least 85 to Massachusetts General Hospital and nine to Boston City Hospital. No fatalities reported. Passengers described frantic scenes as trains telescoped and riders crawled to safety.
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Kansas Senate to elect new president in special session
The Kansas Senate plans a late August or early September special session to elect a new president after Sen. Richard Rogers resigns to join the U.S. District Court in Topeka. Rogers will resign Aug. 5, with a Friday news conference saying he leaves the post next week and a vote to fill the vacancy to follow within 20 days. Frontrunners include Sens. Norman Gaar, Robert Storey, and Ross Doyen. He will resign from several boards but remain on the Kansas State University Endowment Association board.
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Weather Area Forecast Mostly Cloudy With Showers
Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of thundershowers today. Lows in the low 70s with highs near 90 today. Partly cloudy tonight and Sunday. Lows in the mid 60s and highs Sunday near 90. Winds northerly at 5 to 15 mph today.
Intercepted Letter to Cha on University Labor
A brief intercepted note directed to Cha references opinions on a university president and labor knowledge, suggesting skepticism about leadership awareness. The fragment hints at tensions between administration and labor issues without additional context or details.
Chanute pool manager recalls 28 year lifelong career
Norma Maring and her husband Keith have guided the Chanute pool for 19 summers while teaching at Wentworth Military Academy in winter. Norma, 28 years teaching swimming since age 13, leads a family run operation with three oldest sons as lifeguards and a young son awaiting eligibility. The learn to swim program serves 3 to 83 year olds with hundreds enrolled and evolving facility features after years of change.
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Chanute Swimming Pool
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Wentworth Military Academy
Lexington
Keith Maring
Neosho County
Red Cross
Chanute
Ron
Wichita
Former K State leader named Kansas labor commissioner
Former Kansas State University President James McCain was named Kansas labor commissioner by Gov. Robert Bennett, to take effect Sept. 1. The appointment requires Senate confirmation and aims to form a cabinet level department handling labor and employment programs and relations.
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Kansas University School of Business
U.S. grain sale to Soviet union risks price rise in 1976
An agriculture expert warned that the latest Soviet grain sale could spark up to a 10 percent rise in U.S. food prices in 1976. Senators urged restraint, citing prior agreements and the need to assess harvests, while officials note mixed signals about impact and timing of future exports.
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July Unemployment Rate Drops as Jobs Surge
The Labor Department reported July unemployment fell to 8.4 percent from 8.6 with 630,000 new payrolls, the largest one month gain since February 1973, lifting employment to 85.1 million. Teen and women job gains drove the decline while 95,000 on strike kept the rate from dropping further.
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