Farmer leases undeveloped airport land for crops near Dallas
Kenny Davis, a long time farmer displaced by the Dallas Fort Worth regional airport project, rents about 8 000 acres of unused airfield land for wheat and grazing paying 15 000 dollars yearly. He keeps the farm running amid barbed wire fences and growing jet traffic while others leave. Davis notes the land yields with farming and says the airport wants the land to look good though much remains undeveloped.
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Grapevine
Tex
UPI
Dallas
Fort Worth
Kenny Davis
Island of
Manhattan
Davis
Kenny
James Alderson
Airport Properties
Cussin
Pittsburg Drug Arrests Involve City County and State Agencies
Ten Pittsburg men and women and two juvenile girls were arrested on drug charges after state narcotics investigations. Officers from Pittsburg police Crawford County sheriff's office Kansas Bureau of Investigation and county attorneys participated. Adults jailed locally and juveniles at the Children's Court Center. Thirty officers took part.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
Children’s Court Center
Crawford County Sheriff's
Kansas Bureau of Investigation
School board and teachers negotiate next spring contracts
USD 234 board and teachers filed proposals at the regular meeting. Teacher asks include 25 to 1 ratio, overall pay hike, and higher pay for extra duties. Administration seeks 15 percent raise and paid union membership plus health benefits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Scott
USD 234
Higher rates lift Parsons water and sewer revenues in 1975
Water and sewer revenues for Parsons rose about 29 percent in the first 11 months of 1975 from the same period in 1974 after city commissioners approved rate increases in February. Combined revenue reached 709 901.64 dollars this year versus 559 018.41 dollars to Dec. 1 last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parsons
Consultants to Aid IOLA Allen County Planning Effort
Iola Allen County commissioners hire Saundra Simon of Wichita to establish land use regulations and development goals for the county excluding Iola and Humboldt. Simon, with Bill Yung also of Wichita as design consultant, will work about one year at a total cost of 11000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iola
Allen County
Usc
Humboldt
Saundra Simon
Wichita
Bill Yung
Protests Against Fort Scott Code Repeal
Fort Scott residents protest action by the Fort Scott City Commission to repeal the city's criminal code. With the repeal only traffic and dog ordinance cases stay in municipal court. all other offenses would move to the county court system.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Scott
Legislator urges reopening Kennedy assassination probe
Missouri state lawmaker Rep. Bob Feigenbaum presses the 1976 General Assembly to reopen the federal inquiry into President John F. Kennedy’s assassination. He says the American people have a right to know what happened and questions agency involvement.
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Jefferson City
UPI
Missouri General Assembly
John F. Kennedy
Bob Feigenhamn
D-Florrisant
Warren Commission
General Assembly
Congress
Ford
Kennedy
Dallas
Feigenbaum
Missouri
House Judiciary Committee
Resolutions Committee
House
Senate
California Assembly
Pennsylvania
Wisconsin
New York
Lee Harvey Oswald
Internal Revenue Service
FBI
Deaths and funeral Rites Include Olin and Fiene
Obituaries report the death of Hubert Charles Olin 62 with funeral plans at Grace Episcopal Church in Chanute and cremation at Johnson Mortuary. Survivors include wife Nedra and children. a memorial fund is named for Grace Episcopal Church. Also noted is the death of Dave Fiene 60 in Kansas City with funeral at Sacred Heart Church and burial in Maple Hill Cemetery.
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Olin
Hubert Charles
Kayo
Robert Ahlenius
Grace Episcopal Church
Johnson
Chanute
Santa Fe
American Legion
Elks Lodge
Royal Arch Masonic Lodge
Emporia
Scottish Rite
Fort Scott
Mirza Temple
Pittsburg
Winfield
Nedra Spencer
Topeka
Larry
Jan) Bell
Clathe
Dean
Oxnard Calif
Vincent
Dave Fiene
Humboldt
Kansas City
University of Kansas Medical Center
Reba Rinehart
Paul
David
Dennis
Germany
Alina
Mary Ann Gerber
Gladys Ward
S. Grant
Doris Miller
John Fiene
Edith Wynnes
Sacred Heart Church
Maple Hill Cemetery
Kan
Choirs unite for Messiah Christmas program at First UMC
Chanute church choirs and soloists join to perform the Christmas portion of Handel's The Messiah. The concert is scheduled for Sunday at 4 p.m. at the First United Methodist Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First United Methodist Church
Postal embargo with Canada ends and mail flows resume
The U.S. Postal Service lifts its embargo on Canada after word from the Canadian Postal Administration that it can now accept U.S. mail. Thisends a period of postal friction between the two countries and restores normal mail service across the border.
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Washington
UPI
Canada
U.S. Postal Service
Postal Service
Canadian Postal Administration
U.S
Battle of the birds sparks Hopkinsville forum on a plague of blackbirds
Residents of Hopkinsville Kentucky plan a Sunday meeting at Christian County High School to discuss strategies against persistent blackbird swarms that roost near Fort Campbell. Officials cite health risks and crop damage while debates over tergitol use stall amid legal challenges and EPA review.
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Hopkinsville, Ky
UPI
Kentucky
Christian County
Hopkinsville-Fort Campbell
California
Wade Kadel
Hopkinsville
Gordon Boudreau
Hollister
Calif
Boudreau
New York
Washington
Environmental Protection Agency
Walter Huddleston
D-Ky
Interior Department
Kadel
Frank Pitzer
Wagon Wheel Square Dance Club to Host 8 P.M. Dance in Girard
The Wagon Wheel Square Dance Club of Girard will perform at 8 p.m. today at the Civic Center with Speedy Foster of Tulsa as first time caller in the area. A supper follows. The Wilson County health department holds open clinics Monday and Wednesday at various locations offering routine immunizations for all ages. Dwaine Ashcraft, Judge of the Probate Court, Erie Kansas.
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Elsie L. Willison
Mary A. Berthot
Erie
Neosho County
Kansas
Wagon Wheel Square Dance Club
Girard
Civic Center
Speedy Foster
Tulsa
Okla
Wilson County Health Department
Fredonia
City Hall
Buffalo
Dwaine Ashcraft
Water color and photography exhibit at NCCJC Library
A reception is set for 7 p m at Chapman Library Neosho County Community Junior College for a water color and photography exhibit next week. The show features about 50 students from the water color class taught by Johnny Litchenburg and the photography class led by Gary Fail. Works will be on display during library hours 730 a m to 930 p m Monday through Friday.
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Chapman Library
Neosho County Community Junior College
Johnny Litchenburg
Gary Fail
Film to Spotlight Meeting by Organization for Concerned Parents
A film titled Walk in Another Pair of Shoes will be shown on January 8 by the Organization for Concerned Parents of children with learning problems with narration by Tennessie Ernie Ford. Members will donate home teaching aids used successfully with their children. at the prior meeting reports covered Title I meetings in USD 413 schools and discussions urged informing the district of parents' wishes for a learning disabilities teacher next year.
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Tennessie Ernie Ford
Usd
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E. F. Hutton & Co
Hutton
Gary Lamb
West Street
Lola, Kansas
Cooper
Jaycees
Bank of Commerce
Individual Mausoleum CO
Grand
Parsons, Kansas
CIA
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Chanute Tribune
LEGAT
Katharine W. Parten
State OF Kansas
Richard L. Ashley
South Santa Fe Chanute
Shelton D. Propst
Will
NCCJC
Bea Dunlap
Thad Clements
Harold Barnhart
Arkansas Gems
Cclub
William E. Claus
Mary
American Legion Bidg
Call
Galesburg
Sheriff's Office
Marjorie R. Dassow
Lodge
Doward W. Dassow
Sunflower
Lois Slater
Worthy Matron
Katherine Munger
Chanute Alcoholics Anonymous
Tioga Hotel
Neosho Memorial Hospital
ICS Anonymous
John McMurray
Al-Anon
United Brethren In Christ
S. Highland
L.P.N
Arkhaven
Judy Edwards
Pizza Hut
West Cherry
W. Cherry
Chanute, Ks
Roxie Carson
Elks Club
Mike Walsh
S. 9Th
Olson
Cecile Essary
S. Santa Fe
Walnut Meats
W. Mulberry
Bargain Basement
S. Evergreen
Furniture & Appl
Singer
Lloyd’s Sewing Center
E. Main
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