Plane crash at Midway kills many near Chicago homes
United Air Lines Flight 553 with 61 aboard crashed while attempting to land at Midway Airport. Report says most of the 55 confirmed dead were in debris in a South Side neighborhood as sleet and snow fell. Congressman George W. Collins was said to be aboard.
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United Air Lines
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Midway Airport
Curtis Volkamer
United
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Midway
U.S
George W. Collins
Ill
Federal Aviation Administration
Aurora
Omaha
National Transportation Safety Board
NTSB
Power Company
Wage ruling strikes blow against Reddick Ambulance business
Reddick's Ambulance Service faces noncompliance findings from wage and hour official Joe Pistotnik. Two monthly paid workers may billable hours exceed 40 weekly, requiring back wages and minimum pay for all hours worked under the Fair Labor Standards Act. Reddick plans to alert city officials. volunteers have no standing unless government-run.
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Jack Reddick
Reddick
Joe Pistotnik
Pistotnik
Prison Protest Easing at Kansas Reformatory
At the Kansas Reformatory in Hutchinson hunger and work strikes eased Friday evening. Superintendent Sherman Crouse reported most of 579 inmates ate supper and normal privileges resumed. About 200 grievance slips outlined demands on haircuts time for meals and TV.
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Hutchinson
Kan
Kansas Reformatory
Sherman Crouse
Crouse
Post Office Prepares Christmas Mail Rush in Chanute
Chanute Post Office will stay open all day December 16 to handle Christmas mail. Postmaster Florence Kelley says this is the only day with extra hours and expects sales of special stamps to end by the 16th. Local staff will assist Fort Scott and Kansas, Oklahoma, Missouri routes, with advice on fragile and perishable items, ZIP codes, and proper labeling.
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Elaine Dunlap
Kansas
Missouri
Oklahoma
Fort Scott
Jane Blades
Chanute
Florence Kelley
Kelley
Intercepted Letter Hints at Daisies Not Cloverleaves
A wartime note reads intercepted correspondence claiming daisies replace cloverleaves as a greeting or pledge. The message ends with a personal sign off Yours Nute.
Park Plan for Chanute Ready for City Commission
Recreation and Parks Commission announced a Chanute parks improvement program is prepared for submission to the City Commission. Superintendent Paul Keller and designer Mike Bailey developed the plan with local input and will present it at the Monday meeting. If approved, an application for matching Bureau of Outdoor Recreation funds will be filed by year end.
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Recreation and Parks Commission
Paul Keller
Chanute
City Commission
Keller
Mike Bailey
Bureu of Outdoor Recreation
Kansas Revenue Share Report Totals for 1972 Half-Year
AP reports six month revenue sharing checks mailed with a one percent reserve. Kansas receives 8 653 771 for state use and 17 141 396 for local governments. New York leads, Alaska smallest, Missouri and Oklahoma also listed. City Commission approves three cars and a van for 10 937 12 from Merle Kelly Ford over Ranz Motor Co bid.
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Washington
Treasury
New York State
Alaska
Kansas
Missouri
Oklahoma
Merle Kelly Ford
Kelly
Ranz Motor Co
Othr Chanute
City Commission to review paving projects and annexation items
City Commission meets Monday at 4 p.m. in the Memorial Building to discuss six tabled paving projects amid cost estimate issues from drainage on Larson 4th to 5th Western 4th to 7th Lafayette Pine to Ash Ash Kansas to Lafayette Ash Washington to Lafayette and Larson 7th to 6th. Also to consider four annexation proposals after legal review by City Attorney Bob Pennington and a Western 4th to 7th homeowners petition urging paving action.
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Western
7Th
Lafayette
Kansas
Ash
Washington
Bob Pennington
Pynnington
Woman Appointed To Highway Office Breaks Tradition in Kansas
Wanda Lichtenstein named personnel director for the Kansas Highway Commission effective January 1 1973, the first woman to head a department there. The 25 year employee rose from clerk in the Motor Vehicle Department and is praised for interview skill and knowledge of Civil Service rules. Governor Docking backs expanded role for women in state government. Hospital updates show Truman condition improving but remains critically ill. Area forecast: cloudy with a chance of light snow, highs near 20, lows in the teens.
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Kansas
John Montgomery
Wanda Lichtenstein
State Highway Commission
Montgomery
Lichtenstern
Commission
Highway Commission
Lichtenstein
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