City Commission weighs airport plan and water study
Wilson and Company officials presented the first interim airport master plan and a water distribution update at a four hour meeting. The existing airport could meet standards for 1.1 million dollars while four alternate sites might total about 4 million. funding would be 80 percent federal. The panel also discussed sidewalk and street light plans for Plummer Street, a 3.2 beer ordinance for juveniles, and office hours changes for the city clerk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chandler
Chanute
Public Television Board Bets on Local Interest in Kansas
Kansas public TV plans hinge on community funding and interest. Garden City led with 8500 dollars while Hays received 499 and Chanute got 1 dollar as the board split the initial nine thousand. Officials say channel operations will depend on local support and channel assignments already made by the FCC. The discussion notes the board’s non political makeup and the need for Southeast Kansas to prove funds can sustain a satellite station.
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Jane Blades
Jack Lemon
New
Kansas Public Television Board
James Maag
Robert Bennett
Garden City
Hays
Public Television Board
Chanute
Mang
Neosho County
Wichita
Kansas City
Topeka
Channel 11
Jim Guffey
Kansas
Maag
State Board of Regents
State Board of Education
Jack Lemen
Public Television
Intercepted Letter To Cha Recounts Summer Pace
A clipped note reflects on an intercepted letter to Cha about how summer passed quickly for kids but seemed longer for their mothers. The fragment hints at childhood routines and parental perspective within a domestic scene.
Carter pushes Panama Canal treaty through grassroots drive
President Carter launches an education campaign to win Senate ratification of the Panama Canal treaty. He held a televised news conference and briefings for governors to build public backing while conservatives mobilize opposition. Carter defended the terms and said Panama will not build a future canal with another country. He also defended Budget Director Bert Lance amid overdraft questions.
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Washington
UPI
Carter
Julian Carroll
Kentucky
Clifford Finch
Mississippi
Carroll
Panama
Finch
White House
Senate
Congress
United States
Bert Lance
Mandel Convicted of Mail Fraud and Racketeering in Maryland
Maryland Governor Marvin Mandel found guilty on 17 counts of mail fraud and one racketeering charge in a federal trial. The verdict triggers automatic removal from office on Oct. 7, with acting Gov. Blair Lee III to assume the post and Mandel facing possible prison time up to 105 years. Mandel’s case centered on race track legislation benefiting codefendants who owned Marlboro Race Track.
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Mandel
Blair Lee III
Spiro T. Agnew
Maryland
Marlboro
Park denies influence plots by Park in Korea UPI report
Korean businessman Tongsun Park breaks nearly 10 months of silence to deny any Korean government plot to sway U S policy with gifts. He insists his actions in the United States were personal, not official, and says he may not return to Washington without a written guarantee.
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Seoul
South Korea
UPI
Tongsun Park
U.S
United States
Washington
Park
Justice Department
Congressional Committee
States
Weather Outlook with Scattered Showers This Afternoon
Partly cloudy with widely scattered showers or thunderstorms this afternoon. Highs in the upper 80s and lows tonight in the upper 60s. Thursday highs in the low 90s. Easterly winds 5 to 15 mph this afternoon, southeasterly 10 to 15 mph tonight. A 20 percent chance of rain this afternoon.
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By Keith Wright
Wilson and Company
Salina
Ron Chandler
Wilson
Bob Crawford
Jerry May
Commission
May
Robert Pennington
Plummer Street
Plummer
Pennington
Bill Boone
Edwin Rideau III
Charles Lesher
Bob Bunting
the Tribune
USC
Santa Fe Park
Gary Gene Beggs
North Steuben
Robert Kinymon
Denman
Brian Ken Kinymon
Milissa Simpson
W. Mulberry
Cha
Panama Canal
Lance
Malcolm Turner
Baltimore
Marvin Mandel
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