Trustees tour student built home at Neosho JC
Neosho County Community Junior College trustees toured the student constructed home at 1328 W 11th as part of the new carpentry program. Ron Oliver praised advisory committees for support and suggested next years site selection. He noted 16 suitable locations within five blocks and outlined site needs including on site rest room facilities and transportation for the carpentry van. The meeting covered governance changes, state relations, and spring course schedules with 21 adjunct staff and new geriatric aids and life insurance courses.
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Neosho County Community
Oliver
J. C. Sanders
Robert Bennett
State Board of Regents
Bennett
Sanders
Coffeyville
Duane Clum
Advisory Council
Fine day for frostbite
A brisk forecast records near freezing temperatures with a high of 22 and a mid to upper 20s low. The Topeka weather note cites an abnormally cold trend for Kansas, linking Europe’s hot summer 1976 to Kansas’ coldest November on record and predicting below normal temperatures through December.
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Topeka
UPI
Kansas
Wolf Creek project clears legal hurdle in water contract
A Shawnee County judge dismissed a suit against the state water contract for 484 billion gallons destined for the Wolf Creek nuclear plant. The ruling says Burlington Humboldt and Chanute residents lacked standing as they were not party to the contract. The water purchase from John Redmond Reservoir supports the Burlington site by Kansas City Power & Light Co. and Kansas Gas & Electric Co.
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Topeka
UPI
Wolf Creek
Shawnee County
Terry Bullock
Burlington
Humboldt
Chanute
John Redmond
Kansas City Power & Light Co
Kansas Gas & Electric Co
Wichita
Kissinger Begins Final Western Leader Meetings in Brussels
Secretary of State Henry Kissinger starts a series of meetings with Western leaders in Brussels to present his final assessment before leaving office. He will address the NATO ministerial council and discuss Soviet threat fears and arms talks, while rejecting Brezhnev's NATO Warsaw Pact freeze proposal as unacceptable.
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Brussels
Belgium
UPI
Henry Kissinger
NATO
State Department
Kissinger
Washington
Moscow
Leonid Brezhnev
NATO Council
Jimmy Carter
Cyrus Vance
London
James Callaghan
Anthony Crosland
Erie council to issue bonds for new water plant
The Erie City Council moved to issue revenue bonds for a new water plant, to retire $23 000 of old bonds and issue up to $475 000. A 15 day protest window precedes possible state approval or a public vote if protests reach a required level. City employees receive a 6 percent pay raise effective January 1.
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Erie Council
ERIE
Erie Municipal
Erie City Council
Anita Craig
Craig
Chanute faces costly utility upgrades and tax impact
City officials warn Chanute must spend millions to fix distributed utility systems and fund growth. Planner Cliff Dobson and Commissioner Jim Chappell cite tax and rate rises as constraints on residents, especially those on fixed incomes, potentially lowering discretionary spending. County incomes show varied regional wealth with high mean family incomes in Neosho County and Crawford Montgomery counties, affecting tax capacity.
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Chanute
Cliff Dobson
Jim Chappell
Dobson
Chappell
Kansas League of Municipalities
Kansas Government Journal
Southeast Kansas Business and Economic Review
Kansas State College of Pittsburg
Neosho County
Crawford County
Montgomery County
Intercepted Letter to Cha on Guinness Records
An intercepted letter addresses Cha with respect to Mr. Guinness and the idea that some records may stay unbroken. It closes with a courteous sign-off.
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Cha
Mr. Guinness
Good neighbors feed friends at St Patrick's nutrition program
The Good Neighbor Nutrition Program at St Patrick's gymnasium operates for seniors aged 60 plus, offering hot noon meals five days a week with reservations a day ahead via Jane Lose 431 4816. Participants help with rides serving meals or washing dishes and praise the social and cost benefiting aspects. The program is funded by Pioneer Chapter American Red Cross Coffeyville Southeast Kansas Area Agency on Aging and KS Social and Rehabilitation Services under the Older Americans Act.
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Pate
St. Patrick’s Gymnasium
St. Patrick's Gymnasium
Marianne Penner
Jane Lose
Lose
Penner
The
Pioneer Chapter
American Red Cross
Coffeyville
Kansas
Agency On Aging
Kansas Social and Rehabilitation Services
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Ron Oliver
W. 11Th
Neosho County Community Junior College
Richard Good
Floyd West
NCCJC
Trustees Tour
By Jane Blades
Shideler
Kansas Water Resources Board
Utilities
Spain
European Economic Community
Christopher Soames
Baudouin
U.S
Norway
Netherlands
West Germany
Hassan of
Jordan
Carter
Secretary of State
Bullock
William Ward
Ward
Parsons
Pittsburg
Iola
Independence
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