Christmas party at Central Park Building honors seniors
A. E. Turner from Bethesda Nursing Center joins the Safari Jaycees for their annual Christmas party for older Americans at Central Park Building on Monday. Jim Kindall directed music with the Chanute High School choir. Jaycees provided transport gifts and refreshments with help from Jaycee Jaynes. Mary Sharp, 94, was named oldest guest among 175 attendees.
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A. E. Turner
Bethesda Nursing Center
Central Park Building
Jim Kindall
Chanute High School
Inset
Jaycees
Jaycee Jaynes
Mary Sharp
City Commission sets public hearing for Plummer Road plan
The City Commission approves a public hearing on a $921 000 Plummer Road improvement with a 2 1 vote. Jan 11 hearing at 6 p m in the Central Park Building invites public input on the project funded 70 percent by federal Kansas DOT aid and 356 500 city share.
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Plummer
Central Park
Oscar Cunningham
John Orozco
Orozco
Plummer Road
Kansas Department of Transportation
Carter taps Blumenthal as treasury secretary in Carter cabinet
President-elect Jimmy Carter selects Bendix Corp. President Werner Michael Blumenthal for treasury secretary replacing William Simon. Pfeiffer eyed as first female commerce secretary and Harold Brown as defense secretary. Young offered UN ambassador post. Brock Adams considered for transportation. Chanute city officials drop plan to switch official newspaper after rising critique. City approves board appointments and rezoning near Plummer Road.
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Atlanta
UPI
Jimmy Carter
Bendix Corp
Werner Michael Blumenthal
Treasury
William Simon
Blumenthal
Washington
Carl Curtis
R-Neb
Senate Finance Committee
Joint Committee On Internal Taxation
Carter
California
Harold Brown
Jane Cahill Pfeiffer
Brock Adams
D-Wash
John Dunlop
Andrew Young
D-Ga
U.S
United Nations
Reading devices tested in Humboldt classrooms
Humboldt teachers demonstrated the Hoffman Reading Program at a USD 258 board meeting. Maurine Ford showed how students insert slides and recorders, answering questions in workbooks while teachers evaluate progress.
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Humboldt
Maurine Ford
USC 258 Board of Education
Ford
Hoffman
Humboldt Elementary School
Blind students get free hair care lessons for Christmas
Eldon and Donna Hawk hosted 50 visually impaired students from the Kansas State School for the Visually Handicapped in Kansas City for free styling lessons. The participants, many who wear thick glasses, saw results through touch as stylists delivered practical cuts and advice.
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Overland Park
UPI
Eldon
Donna Hawk
Robin Fazel
Robin
Kansas State School For the Visually Handicapped
Kansas City
Kan
Chery Grindal
Planning Commission to meet Wednesday on Chanute plan
The Chanute Planning Commission will consider adoption of the Housing Plan and Residential Area Analysis element for the 1975 1995 Comprehensive Plan at 7 p.m. in the Memorial Building. Also on the agenda are a community development grant review, street vacation proposals, a rezoning request for 1815 S Santa Fe, and recommendations for new Planning Commission appointments.
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Plummer Road
K 39
The
Ranz Motor Co
Chanute
City Planning Commission
Memorial Building
East 20Th Street
S. Santa Fe
West 2Nd Street
Planning Commission
City Commission
Shoppers determine tax cut delay
Worcester report says Congress will wait on a tax cut until Christmas spending data is known. House Speaker designate Thomas P. O Neill notes estimates will come after the holiday sales in January. He cites that 60 percent of the last cut went to banks, and warns commitment depends on consumer spending.
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Worcester
Mass
UPI
Congress
House
Thomas P. O'Neill
D-Mass
Intercepted Letter Cites Carter Promises Progress
Intercepted letter references Carter and partial fulfillment of his campaign promises. The correspondence mentions Jimmy and ends with a sign off Yours.
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Carter
Jimmy
Last clinic offers swine flu shots Friday at Chanute church
Ada Hubble, Neosho County nurse, says the final swine flu clinic in Chanute runs Friday 9 am to noon at Otterbein United Methodist Church. Monovalent vaccine for ages 18 to 44 and bivalent for 45 and older will be available with a second shot advised for under 25. Those allergic to eggs or with fever should consult a physician or delay vaccination. People may ask questions about the vaccine at the clinic.
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Chanute
Otterbein United Methodist Church
Ada Hubble
Neosho County
Hubble
Area Weather Forecast Partly cloudy tonight clearing
Partly cloudy conditions expected with no precipitation. Temperatures range from the lower 50s today to the low 20s tonight, then upper 40s tomorrow and around 30s at night. Westerly winds 18 to 30 mph diminishing to about 10 mph this evening.
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International Business Machines
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Ralph Pfeiffer
Tom Offenburger
Young
Offenburger
New York
Chanute Tribune
Erie Record
Tribune
the Tribune
Andrea Groves
Larry Hart
John Smith
Michigan
Supreme and District Court
Hostal Toys
Evelyn Carroll
S. Ashby
Pauline Burner
S. Malcollm
Alpha Chi Chapter
Beta Sigma Phi
Neosho Memorial Hospital
Carroll
Tammy Fairchild
S. Edith
Theda Fairchild
O'Neill
Congressional
Banks of America
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