Chanute Tree Board Could Lose City Funding
Chanute’s Tree Board faces possible shutdown after city officials require the board to raise 11 000 to finance its programs. Board members, led by chairman Jerry Bratton, seek city clarification on funding and responsibilities for street department stump removal and tree planting costs.
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Chanute
Tree Board
Jerry Bratton
Bob Bunting
Bratton
Bunting
City Commission
Arson, Audit Reports Roil Altoona Politics
Auditors and law enforcement near completion of separate probes into Altoona finances and a September fire that destroyed the Altoona Tribune. The cases threaten to polarize Wilson County residents and draw state and national attention as detectives weigh circumstantial evidence and outside confirmations while Mayor Bill Hansen faces scrutiny over city funding and growth plans.
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Dean Hinnen
Kansas
Altoona
HNS
Wilson County
Ottawa
Keith Greddart
David K. Clark
Altoona Tribune
Tribune
Gary Stanley
Stanley
the Tribune
Bill Hansen
Hansen
Bill
Daly
Ann Morrison
Harris News Service
Morrison
Kissinger and Butz subpoenaed in wheat sales suit
The Daily Oklahoman reports Secretary Kissinger and former Agriculture Secretary Butz were subpoenaed to testify by deposition in an Oklahoma City class action claiming farmers were cheated of about 50 million dollars in wheat sold to Russia. A Washington attorney will take the depositions, while the Justice Department plans to seek to quash the Kissinger subpoena.
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Oklahoma City
UPI
Henry Kissinger
Agriculture
Earl Butz
Russia
Daily
Oklahoman
Washington
Butz
Kissinger
Altus
Edgar W. Cleveland
Justice Department
Jim Ikard
Cleveland
Hot Potato in Altoona Sparks Local Stir
A playful incident in Altoona centers on a hot potato kept in public view prompting laughter and a small crowd. Police say no crime occurred and say the moment was taken in stride by onlookers.
Hutchinson Girls Targeted for Prostitution in New York
Federal, state, and local authorities investigate recruitment of Hutchinson teenagers into prostitution in New York City. At least 15 girls are known to have been recruited in 18 months, with seven under 18. Officials say recruitment is not highly organized and discuss challenges returning runaways.
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Hutchinson, Kan
UPI
New York City
Warren McGinniss
New York Police Department
McGinniss
Hutchinson
Robert Johnson
Chinson Police Juvenile Bureau
FBI
KBI
Kansas Bureau of Investigation
Johnson
Kansas
Chicago
Death arrangements dissatisfy prisoner in Utah
Gary Gilmore voiced strong objections to the death setup, rejecting a hood and chair and demanding to stand. Judge Bullock postponed the sunrise firing until a formal ruling, as Gilmore’s lawyers weighed a federal stay or U.S. Supreme Court appeal.
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Provo
Utah
UPI
Gary Gilmore
Fourth District
J. Robert Bullock
Gilmore
Bullock
American Civil Liberties Union
U.S. Supreme Court
Economy Remains Strained Amid Carter Critique
United Press International reports the economy stays weak as President-elect Carter says conditions are worse than claimed. The Commerce Department notes unchanged leading indicators in October, with factory orders down 0.5 percent and metal sectors dropping nearly 5 percent. Mondale blasts a 6 percent steel price rise as inflationary.
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Jimmy Carter
Commerce Department
Defense
Walter Mondale
Ron Nelsen
Ford
Weather Area Forecast Partly cloudy and cold through Friday
Partly cloudy and cold through Friday with highs in the low to mid 40s and nights around the mid 20s. Friday highs reach upper 30s to lower 40s as a west to northwest wind blows 10 to 20 mph through tonight.
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P.R. Stanley
Robert Daly
Kansas State University
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Nessen
Ford Administration
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