Looking Ahead in Changing Times and Energy Efforts
Editorial reflects on end of year reflection and future direction. Highlights energy issues in Kansas with Solar Farms Industries facility in Stockton and grants for solar houses. notes ERDA wind turbine in Clayton New Mexico could supply 5 15 percent of local energy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chanute
Solar Farms Industries
Stockton
Kan
George Lane
Kansas
Department of Housing and Urban Development
John C. Byram
Shawnee Mission
Du-Mac Investment Company
Overland Park
Clayton
N.M
Energy Research and Development Administration
ERDA
New Mexico
Midtown Musings 1976 Rehash and New Year Reflections
A New Year column revisits Midtown Musings events of 1976. The author recalls past dustups, personal reminiscences, and media ties including Jack Anderson and Howard Hughes among others, framing a year-end look at memories and renewal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Anderson
Good Morning
America
Howard Hughes
Cheryl Burch
Harris era columnist recalls a lively year in Chanute
The unsigned reminiscence covers a long personal arc from 1976 politics and Kansas events to Belle Leighty and Osa Johnson, with mentions of Safari Museum plans and the author’s ongoing interest in state and local government. It reflects a busy year full of civic and cultural notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas
Belle Leighty
New York
Leighty
Osa Johnson
Washington
Topeka
Kansas Alcohol and Drug Abuse Commissions
Chanute
Ruby Isabelle
Belle’ Leighty
Safari Museum
Martin
CIA eyes on Alaskan pipeline amid security gaps
CIA agents have been quietly sent to Alaska to monitor the oil pipeline amid fears of sabotage or infiltration by foreign governments or terrorists. Senate investigators found major gaps in federal and state plans to protect key sites including Prudhoe Bay, the Valdez terminal, and Cook Inlet production.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Central Intelligence Agency
CIA
Soviet Union
Interior Department
Prudhoe
Valdez
Cook Inlet
Senate
Internal Security Subcommittee
Alyeska
Yukon
U.S
Chanute City Calendar and Utilities Update Through 1970
A chronological Chanute city timetable shows February 9 budget notes with higher refuse fees from March 1, utility rate rises for residents and businesses, and March 3 storm damages costing $20,000. Other items cover sewer, water, and road projects, staff changes, and municipal bids and annexations.
Bicentennial figures in 1970s headlines across the globe
A compilation of public figures and events from 1970s America and abroad, including Richard Nixon, Pat Nixon, Robert Dole, Mao Tse-tung, Jerry Litton, Martha Mitchell, Ronald Reagan, Wayne Hays, King Carl XVI Gustaf, Patty Hearst, Belle Leighty, Daniel Moynihan, Richard Daley, Loch Ness, Harold Fatzer, Gary Gilmore, Betty Ford, Madame Mao, Fonzi, Earl Butz, and related incidents such as resignations, funerals, accidents, and political campaigns across dates and places like Topeka, Long Beach, Chanute, Washington, New York, Chicago, and Hong Kong.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Kansas Energy
Kansas Energy Office
Kansas Geological Survey
Denver
al Lee
Chartre Tribune
N. Evergreen
Fred M. Harris
F. M
Mike) Harris
Keith Wright
Neosho, Allen, Wilson, and Woodson Co
United Press International
Audit Bureau of Circular
Brooklyn College
American Sociological Association
Fido
Doc Brinkley
Doctor Jones
Cheryl
Les Whitten
Alaskan
Federal Energy Administration
Pentagon
FEA
Col
Don Allen
Exxon
George Mehock
Allen
George Hall
Richard Johnson
Gorham Smith
Frank Zarb
Zarb
Thomas Noel
Noel
Tiger’’ Howell
House Narcotics Committee
Lester Wolff
D-N.v
Netherlands
Wolff
Holland
Amsterdam
Europe
City Commission Calender
Commission
Barbara Kihm
Colorado
Jim Chappell
EPA
Hutchinson
Plummer Road
Plummer
Santa Fe
KCC
Fire Department
Retail Trade Association
Nu-Wa Industries
Ranz Motors, Inc
UPI
Stanley
Maxine Julian
Julians
Michael
Ed Fletcher
Old Settlers
Fletcher
Highland Park
FAA
DOT
Young's
The
Small Society
Brickman
BR Aimar
Richard Nixon
Frankfurt
Germany
Nixon
White House
Pat Nixon
Long Beach
Calif
Robert Dole
Mao Tse-Tung
Hong Kong
Chinese Communist Party
Jerry Litton
Chillicothe
D-Mo
Martha Mitchell
Pine Bluff
Ark
John Mitchell
New York City
Ronald Reagan
Ford
Wayne Hays
Hays
House Administration
Elizabeth Ray
Carl
Lindsborg
Carl XVI Gustaf
Sweden
Patty Hearst
Patty
Daniel Moynihan
Moynihan
United Nations
Harvard
Richard Daley
Chicago
Richard J. Daley
Big City
Harold Fatzer
Kansas Supreme Court
House
Gary Gilmore
Salt Lake City
Utah
Betty Ford
Shanghai Radio
China
Fonzi
Hollywood
Susie Clark
Fonz
Earl Butz
Butz
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