Southeast Kansas planners ok economic development plan
The Southeast Kansas Regional Planning Commission approved an Economic Development Plan for the nine county area. The plan seeks Economic Development Administration approval to designate the region as an economic development district and unlock federal assistance. Ben Robinson expects acceptance in October if technical issues do not arise. The plan outlines the area’s history, problems, solutions, and projects.
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Kathleen Picketterie
Southeast Kansas Regional Planning Commission
SERPC
Economic Development Administration
Kansas
Wichita
Allen
Bourbon
Neosho
Wilson
Ben Robinson
SEEPC
Ken Harrington
Commission
Kansas Attorney General deflects politics over gas case
Kansas Attorney General Curt Schneider said he would let Republicans fight over political implications of his intervention in a Federal Power Commission action on natural gas for irrigation. GOP leader Jack Ranson criticized his timing while Don Concannon defended Schneider saying the state interest came first.
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Schneider
Topeka
Kan
UPI
Curt Schneider
Federal Power Commission
GOP
Jack Ranson
Don Concannon
Concannon
Ranson
Postal Rate Commission sets higher Christmas stamp rate
The Postal Rate Commission, in a 4-1 vote, kept temporary rates and fixed higher first ounce class rates likely raising Christmas stamps by three cents. It dismissed a bid to shield other mail from subsidies, while postcards see an 8 to 7 cent cut and a dissent favored 9 or 12 cent changes for the first ounce.
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Washington
UPI
Postal Rate Commission
Benjamin Bailor
Commission
Postal Service
Postal Service Board of Governors
Frank Saponaro
Wanted man caught in Fredonia
Fredonia police and Wilson County sheriff arrested a 39 year old man sought by the FBI. He faces charges of interstate transportation of a stolen vehicle and attempted bribery of a police officer and is jailed in Independence. A woman in the car received a citation for carrying a concealed weapon and four children were present.
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Fredonia
Wilson County
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Montgomery County
Independence
Jim Bryan
Bryan
FBI
Rick Cunningham
Cunningham
Hubert Harris
Bob Cook
Washburns clown Sparky delights Chanute audience
D W Washburn a former Chanute resident and circus clown with the Mid America Circus argues Sparky the clown uses glitter and fantasy to reflect today’s affluence. He contrasts Sparky with Emmet Kelly and predictsvaudeville style entertainment may rise as large three ring circuses shrink.
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Don W. Washburn
Chanute
Jane Blades
Emmet Kelly
D. W. Washburn
Mid America
Washburn
Sparky the Clown
Marcel Marceau
Sparky
Hutchinson
Democrats Try to Prevent Ford Veto of Energy Bill
Democratic leaders pressed President Ford to spare a veto on an oil price decontrol extension. Zarb noted Ford had already prepared a veto message, while Mansfield warned of consumer harm and inflation if controls end at midnight. Curtis urged gradual decontrol with a windfall tax, but Nessen said compromise time is over and Ford would act after Labor Day.
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Washington
White House
Congress
Mansfield
Ford
Zarb
Carl Curtis
R-Neb
Curtis
Senate Republican Conference
Ron Nessen
Intercepted Letter Expresses Diminishing Mail Returns
A fragmentary message to Cha discusses how higher postage reduces mail delivery, comparing it to diminishing returns and suggesting it would be useful if mail were returned instead. The tone hints at personal frustration with postal policy.
Weather Area Forecast Becomes Partly Cloudy Through Saturday
Becoming partly cloudy through Saturday with widely scattered thunderstorms today ending this evening and redeveloping Saturday afternoon. Warmer highs today mid to upper 80s, tonight upper 60s, Saturday lower 90s. Southerly wind 10 to 15 mph today and 5 to 15 mph tonight.
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Harrington
Mid America Circus
Neosho County
The
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
Cha
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