State approves seven year highway program totaling 266 million
Kansas Highway Advisory Commission approves a seven year plan for 370 miles of new highways and 167 bridges across 80 counties funded by federal and state sources. 1977 1978 allocations target Anderson Linn Elk Franklin Neosho and others with 3R projects on U.S. 59 U.S. 166 and U.S. 160 including construction by Herzog and Land Construction Co.
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Kansas Highway Advisory Commission
Kansas Department of Transportation
O. D. Turner
Kansas
Donald A. Johnston
U.S. 160
Franklin
Rock Creek
U.S. 59
135
Ottawa
U.S. 166
Neosho County
Four Mile Creek
Parsons
Lawrence
Mark T. Roberts
Erie
Herzog Construction Co
St. Joseph
The
Land Construction Co
Allen-Anderson County
Garnett
South Africa rejects changes to apartheid amid Soweto riots
Police Minister Kruger announced 35 blacks were killed in Soweto clashes as rioting spreads across nine weeks of anti government unrest. He said the white run state would not end segregation, though Pretoria would listen for lessons to uplift black citizens.
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Johannesburg
UPI
South Africa
Jimmy Kruger
Soweto
Kruger
Autopsy hints rape in rangerette murder case
Gove County coroner reports vaginal fluid with male seminal traces in Paula Fabrizius case but cannot prove rape. The 16 year old was found dead at Castle Rock near Quinter after last seen at Cedar Bluffs Reservoir. Suspect Nemechek faces murder charge with bond set at 250000. Possible links to three earlier unsolved Graham County killings under KBI review.
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Gove, Kan
UPI
Paula Fabrizius
Gove County
Ward Newcomb
Fabrizius
Ellis
Kan
Castle Rock
Quinter
Kansas Bureau of Investigation
Nemechek
Graham County
KBI
Intercepted letter hints at a wild pre-school weekend
An intercepted note asks Dear Cha about a last wild weekend before kids return to school. It contrasts celebrating by younger children and their mothers, suggesting party vibes before classes resume.
Independent Party Seeks Midstream Appeal at Chicago Convention
The American Independent Party held its national convention in Chicago seeking a platform and a presidential candidate to appeal to midstream America. Announced candidates are Lester Maddox Robert Morris and John Rarick all conservatives. Delegates urged unity and a broad platform to avoid alienating voters.
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Chicago
UPI
American Independent Party
America
Georgia
Lester Maddox
Dallas
Robert Morris
Louisiana
John Rarick
Wisconsin
John M. Couture
Chanute Debates Housing Plan and Gas Meter Relocation
Chanute residents can review the proposed Housing Plan and Residential Area Analysis as part of the 1966 to 1975 1995 Comprehensive Plan update. A Sept public hearing will be held in the Memorial Building chaired by the city planning commission with Foster & Associates guiding the study. Gas meter relocations by Sept 1 threaten potential service termination while Chanute works on sewer re evaluation including Safari Industrial Park. A joint City and Planning Commission workshop is set for Monday at 7 p.m. in the Memorial Building to discuss annexation requests and sewer lines. Street seal coating projects on 35th Street and Forest Street were completed to address road deterioration and city agreements with Santa Fe Land Development Co.
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Chanute
Cliff Dobson
Dobson
Memorial Building
City Planner
Foster & Associates
Wichita
City Commission
Kansas Corporation Commission
U.S. 169
Safari
Jim Beck
Beck
Commission
City Planning Commission
City Memorial Building
35Th Street
Neosho County
Plummer Road
Forest Street
14Th
Santa Fe Land Development Co
KG and E Convicted for Political Contributions in Kansas Case
Kansas Gas and Electric Co. was found guilty on two counts of contributing 1500 to Citizens For Jobs and Energy which backed a California nuclear power project. Judge Nicholas Klein suspended half of a 20000 dollar fine for two years as long as KG and E avoids further violations.
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Wichita, Kan
UPI
Kansas Gas & Electric Co
Kansas
California
Citizens For Jobs
Nicholas Klein
Sedgwick County District Court
Kg&e
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George Shirk
Lola
Neosho Memorial Hospital
Humboldt
Labette
U.S
Linn
Miami
Montgomery
Wilson
Woodson
Herzog and Land Company
Douglas County
Roberts
Rangerette
Cedar Bluffs Reservoir
Donald Francis Nemechek
Wakeeny
Ellis County
Robert Earnest
Cha
Independent Party
Chanute News
Santa FE
Ron Maring
S. Malcolm
Chanute Municipal Swimming Pool
Maring
Keith
Norma Maring
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