Officials Study Housing Code For Demolitions
City officials weighed three ordinances to allow demolitions of sub standard houses. Pennington favored Chapter 4 procedures with hearings, warning that Chapters 10 and 13 may lack due process. Affected properties, including 716 W. Ash, faced rapid action under the mayor code and public housing officer rules.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Rabe
Robert Pennington
Pennington
Carl Mohr
Mohr
Ash
Youth Paroled After LSD Possession Sentence
Dale Whitworth twenty of Chanute was sentenced in Neosho County District Court at Erie to one year in the county jail for possession of LSD and then paroled. He pled guilty April twenty six and was held from his arrest April eighth until sentencing after a pre sentence investigation.
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Dale Whitworth
Chanute
Neosho County
Erie
Whitworth
Area Forecast Clear to partly cloudy with storms possible
Weather area forecast calls for clear to partly cloudy skies with little temperature change through Friday. A few late afternoon or evening thunderstorms are possible with light and variable winds tonight. Lows near 70 tonight, highs in the mid 90s Friday. Precipitation chances 30 percent tonight and 10 percent Friday.
Lyons Mayor Wins Cow Chip Toss at Rice County Centennial
Lyons Mayor Bob Briscoe captured top honors in a cow chip throwing contest during Rice County centennial events. He outpaced six rival county mayors with a 89 feet 9 inch toss earning a gold plaque mounted toilet seat. Second went to Geneseo Mayor Jim Shriner with 87 feet 6 inches.
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Lyons
Kan
Bob Briscoe
Rice County
Briscoe
Jim Shriner
Geneseo
George Stoop
Chase
Government Opens Crack To Let Most Teachers Get Pay Hikes
Washington reports a Cost of Living Council ruling allows most teachers to receive raises if paid over a 10 month period and if their contract began before August 15. NEA estimates affect 80 percent of 2.1 million public school teachers. AFL-CIO unions push for escrow of frozen pay and strike threats if needed.
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Washington
Nixon
Office of Emergency Preparedness
National Education Association
Afl-Cio American Federation of Teachers
Cost of Living Council
Teens Charged In Zoo Animal Killings In Westchester
Three teenage boys, sons of local police officers, are ordered to undergo psychiatric tests after allegedly killing 13 animals at West Harrison Memorial Park Zoo in a Monday night incident. They face misdemeanor charges of criminal mischief criminal trespass and mistreatment of animals.
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Harrison, N.Y
Westchester County
William R. Johnston
Ralph Triano Jr
Jeffrey
Ralph Triano
Harrison Police Department
John J. Henry
Scarsdale
New York
West Harrison Memorial Park
Henry
Scarsdale Patrolmen’s Benevolent Association
Sentence of 120 Years To Greenfeather for Rape
Alex J. Greenfeather of Parsons pleaded guilty to rape and was sentenced to one to 20 years in the state penitentiary in Neosho County District Court. He aged 32 and carried out the April 5 rape of a 75 year old Erie woman. He has been held in Chanute and Frie jails and wrote letters to officers. Mental evaluation found contact with reality, and he was to be taken to the Diagnostic Center in Topeka before sentencing.
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Alex J. Greenfeather
Parsons
Neosho County
Erie
Geenfeather
Labette County Medical Center
Frie
Greenfeather
Raymond Radford
Topeka
Dollar Holding Up without Gold Tie An AP Analysis
The dollar remains stronger than expected ten days after Nixon linked it to gold, complicating plans for a weaker dollar to boost exports and curb imports. GATT study group to review the 10 percent surcharge, seen as America’s leverage in upcoming currency talks while market shifts continue.
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Associated Press
NEW York
Nixon
United States
U.S
Geneva
GATT
America
Intercepted Letter Dear Cha Suggests Seventh Hour
A fragment titled Intercepted Letter Dear Cha hints at a debated change in school timing. The note expresses doubt over whether teachers deserve a seventh hour and is attributed to a personal correspondence.
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Cha
Tiger tank goes missing on Hutchinson highway
Mrs. A I Williams and her son Darrell lost the car gas tank seven miles from home while returning from a Sterling family reunion. A farmer found the tank in the road and Earl Fredricks towed the tankless car home. In Severy Kansas Neil Armstrong's mother says she is thrilled about his Cincinnati faculty appointment.
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Darrell
Sterling
Kan
Severy
Stephen Armstrong
University of Cincinnati
Eisenhower Museum Rededication Set for Oct 14 in Abilene
The Eisenhower Museum in Abilene Kansas will be rededicated on Thursday October 14 after an enlarge remodel. A wreath laying ceremony is planned at Eisenhower's grave in the Place of Meditation chapel marking what would have been his 81st birthday.
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Abilene
Kan
Eisenhower
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Green Berets Reach Arlington on Lewis and Clark Trail
A 22 member U S Army Special Forces unit retracing the Lewis and Clark route reached Arlington Oregon on a journey begun May 10 from St Louis Missouri. The group travels down the Columbia River in two rubber rafts.
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Arlington
Ore
Green Berets
Arlington Area
U.S. Army Special Forces
St. Louis
Columbia River
Peters Hough marry license filed in Santa Monica
Jean Peters former wife of Howard Hughes and Lee Hough a 20th Century Fox executive secured a California marriage license in Santa Monica Peters 44 and Hough 52 confirmed plans to wed after Peters divorce from Hughes became final last June 18 The two were photographed at the court clerk office last week confirming the union plans
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Santa Monica
Calif
Jean Peters
Howard Hughes
Lee Hough
Miss Peters
Hughes
Hough
20Th Century- Fox Studios
Nixon Seeks Shield as July Trade Deficit Tops Records
The Commerce Department reports July marks the nation’s fourth straight monthly trade deficit at 304.1 million dollars, widening seven month red ink to 676.4 million. Analysts say the figures bolster President Nixon’s August 15 import surcharge plan and the move to sever the dollar from gold.
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Washington
United States
Commerce Department
Nixon
U.S
Wallace Calls Legislature to Ban Long Bus Distances
Gov George Wallace urged Alabama lawmakers to prohibit long distance pupil busing if parents object. He spoke to the House and a bill to implement the plan was ready for introduction.
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Montgomery
Ala
George C. Wallace
Alabama
Wallace
House
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Neosho Junior College
Ivan Shull
Jim Aiken
Wichita-Sedgwick County
Charles Linn
Robert V. Smrha
State Board of Agriculture
Vesta Lightfoot
Kenneth Sanborn
Organized Labor
Ael-Cig Painters Union
Ets
Our
Afl-Cio
George Meany
Leonard Woodcock
United Auto Workers
Aerospace
Woodcock
Triano
Chanute City
Laurance F. Stuntz
Yours
Hutchinson
A. I. Williams
Wallace Step
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