Students show gains in USC 413 achievement tests
USC 413 students posted solid achievement gains in spelling vocabulary science math concepts listening comprehension language social science word study skills and reading. Dr. Jerry Steele cited new textbooks and teacher aides as possible causes with junior high gains partly due to testing changes smaller classes and curriculum shifts. The board approved the coming year budget and bids for bus bodies and chassis were awarded to Wayne Company Chanute auto dealers and Merle Kelly Ford.
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Jane Blades
USC
Jerry Steele
Steele
Wayne Company
Ranz Motor Company
Chanute Auto
Carpenter Company
Merle
Grasso
Foremost
Standard Oil Company
Betty Cook
Murray Hill School
Rebecca Lawrence
Nancy Prosser
Debbie North
Royster Junior High School
Chanute Recreation and Parks Commission
City to seek federal grant for Chanute airport improvements
City commissioners on Monday decided to pursue a federal grant to fund renovations at Chanute Municipal Airport. The tour by City Manager Bob Bunting and airport staff highlighted maintenance needs, aging hangars, and deteriorating brickwork, with talks of a new lounge and FAA study center to boost flight training eligibility.
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Chanute Municipal Airport
Bob Bunting
Bob Wiggans
Nick Kraft
Wiggans
Richard Scherer
Wichita
Scherer
Kraft
Veterans’ Administration
Inaccurate truck scales plague Kansas farmers
Kansas director of weights and measures John O'Neill says 35 to 48 percent of the state's truck scales are inaccurate, likely costing farmers, shippers, and consumers money. The department has only two scale testing trucks and eight ...
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Topeka, Kan
UPI
Kansas
John O'Neill
O'Neill
Ford and Miki Begin Talks on U S Asia Role
President Ford and Japanese Prime Minister Takeo Miki held two days of consultations at the White House to map the future U S role in Asia. Miki waived pomp for a direct Oval Office meeting and Kissinger joined discussions at Blair House.
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UPI
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Takeo Miki
U.S
Asia
Miki
White House
Oval Office
Henry A. Kissinger
Blair House
Weather and diplomacy mix in a volatile forecast
Variable cloudiness and very warm conditions with a 30 percent chance of rain today. Highs near 90s, clearing tonight with lows around 60. Wednesday brings mostly sunny hot weather in the mid 90s with light variable winds. Foreign policy notes include talks between Ford and Miki on Asia, Korea, trade, and a wreath at Arlington, plus travel plans to New York and Los Angeles.
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Miki
Arlington
National Press Club
Prisoners Flown to Malaysia for Hostage Release
Japan flew five Red Army criminals from Tokyo to Kuala Lumpur as ransom for the release of 50 hostages held by Red Army commandos at the U S Embassy in Malaysia. Difficulties delayed the hostage release as the prisoners spoke by telephone after arrival.
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U.S
Kuala Lumpur
UPI
Japan
Red Army
Tokyo
Michiaki Suma
Japan Air Line
Suma
Robert Stebbins
Fredrick Bergenstrahle
American International Assurance
Kuwait
Benefit for leukemia victim set at local college theater
A benefit event proceeds at 8 p.m. Thursday at Neosho County Community Junior College theater to aid leukemia patient Chris Bonilla. Dale Ogle Parsons and Jee Kane Do Institute students will perform. Admission is 1 for adults and 50 cents for children.
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Neosho County
Dale Ogle
Parsons
Intercepted Letter Describes CIA Plan to Use Lee as Spy
An intercepted letter reveals the FBI found the CIA planned to use Lee as a White House spy, explaining why the papers were lost. The note cites covert intelligence activity and raises questions about interagency operations and security.
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FBI
CIA
Lee
White House
Wyman denies links to SBA hiring politic s
Former Rep Louis Wyman denies wrongdoing related to a 1973 civil servant ouster for a Republican appointee. The Civil Service Commission named Congress members who allegedly used influence to hire or fire SBA officials, with other figures including Sen Barry Goldwater and Rep John Rhodes cited.
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Washington
UPI
Louis Wyman
R-N.h
U.S
House Civil Service Subcommittee
Congress
Wyman
Sen
Barry Goldwater
John Rhodes
Rariz
Rhodes
House
GOP
Robert E. Lee Restored to U S Citizenship by Ford
Washington UPI Lee regains citizenship today as President Ford signs amnesty restoring the Virginia general 110 years after surrendering at Appomattox. The event follows House passage of a Byrd sponsored resolution and the discovery of a missing loyalty oath from 1865.
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