City hall Q&A on parking and public works projects
City Manager Bob Bunting discusses plans for a spring parking lot at the Central Park Building, airport master planning, drainage issues, and a proposed downtown lot. He explains dips are drainage features, outlines alley maintenance, heating system questions, and confirms a steak dinner funded by commissioners during Fort Scott visit.
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Barbara Kihm
Bob Bunting
Tribune
Central Park Building
Fort Scott
Senate Democrats unveil tax refund package in Kansas
Senate Democrats in Topeka proposed a 26.5 million dollar tax refund using four bills. The plan would cut sales taxes on food and drugs, reduce income tax, and expand homestead relief while urging Republicans to review state spending. They expect general fund revenues to rise about 10 percent yearly through 1979 with expenditures growing around 7 percent.
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Topeka
Kan
UPI
Senate
Democrats
Kansas
Jack Steineger
Kansas City
Steineger
Schneider urges home rule for idle county funds
Kansas Attorney General Curt Schneider told county treasurers to use home rule authority to invest idle funds beyond state law limits to boost county interest income. He cited Sedgwick County estimates of about 500000 dollars yearly from such investments and noted three allowed investments on the books. He said counties may pursue additional investments to negotiate higher rates, aiding tight budgets.
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Topeka
Kan
UPI
Curt Schneider
Sedgwick County
Schneider
Sedgwick
Inflation hits home and auto costs in November
UPI reports that living costs rose 0.7 percent in November for the second straight month. The Labor Department notes sharp increases in auto insurance and mortgage interest rates affecting homeowners and car owners alike.
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Washington
UPI
Labor Department
James Pate
Ford vetoes HEW school bus measure in costly veto
President Ford blocked a $45 billion appropriation bill citing excessive spending while opposing a provision banning HEW from requiring school districts to bus students beyond the nearest home for racial purposes. The vetoed bill would fund HEW and related agencies at nearly $1 billion above his request and included other measures affecting labor safety, cancer research, and federal employment.
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Washington
UPI
Ford
HEW
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Labor Department
House
Congress
National Cancer Institute
Area Forecast Notes Partly sunny and cooler
Partly sunny and much cooler with highs in the mid 30s. Clear to partly cloudy skies tonight and Sunday keep temperatures cool with lows in the teens and Sunday highs around the low 40s. Winds shift to northerly 15 to 20 mph today.
Erie volunteers progress on two ball parks careful plans
Erie Recreation Commission president Helen Marshall says volunteer aid eases ball park and tennis court development but much work remains. Allice Burress donated 5.6 acres for two parks on State Street. plans include restrooms, parking, backstops and fences with about $8,000 in costs and ongoing fundraising.
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Erie
Helen Marshall
Erie Recreation Commission
Allice Burress
Jonesboro
Ark
State Street
Foremost Foods
Recreation Commission
Burress
Marshall
Commission
Harold Dunning
Neosho County Abstract Company of
Everett Shrum
David Drake
Cleo Dalton
Rick Tucker
William S. Hill
St. Paul
Stevens Sworn In as 1011th Supreme Court Justice
John Paul Stevens took the oath as the Supreme Court's 1011th justice in a ceremony led by Chief Justice Warren Burger with President Ford presenting the commission. Justice Douglas watched in a wheelchair as Stevens pledged to "do equal right to the poor and to the rich" and took the bench.
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Washington
Ford
William O. Douglas
Stevens
Court of Stevens
Senate
Edward H. Levi
Michael Rodak Jr
John Marshall
Rodak
Warren E. Burger
Burger
Lewis F. Powell Jr
Thurgood Marshall
Douglas
West Coast
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Intercepted Letter to Cha About Inflation
An intercepted letter to Cha discusses inflation, noting that homeowners and car owners feel the impact and that even those with nothing must pay the rising costs. The piece frames inflation as a shared burden across society.
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City Project
Paul Keller
Chanute
City Commission
the Tribune
Memorial Building
Bob Montgomery
Hans’ Flowers
Barbara Standley
Sue Milchelt
Larry Simmons
Cha
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