Senate Areas Under Knife
Major surgery proposed on three southeast Kansas senatorial districts to reapportion Labette Neosho Wilson Crawford Cherokee Woodson Anderson Linn and Bourbon counties. The plan would shift Republican strength at the expense of Democrats with districts A and B covering multiple counties and many townships and towns as outlined by Sen. Tom Van Sickle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parsons
Kansas
Labette
Neosho
Wilson
Crawford
Cherokee
Woodson
Anderson, Linn
Bourbon Counties
Senate
Tom van Sickle
Fort Scott
Geneva, Carlyle, Deer Creek
Osage
Iola
Elm
Marmaton
Elsmore
Mildred
Bassett, Gas
LaHarpe
Moran
Lavenburg
Allen County
Walnut
Sherman, Lincoln
Grant
Washington
Hepler
Arcadia
Mulberry
Wilson Counties
Logan
Humboldt
Salem
Cottage Grove
Tioga
Big Creek
Danville
Erie
Chetopa
Centerville
Shiloh
Lahore
Lincoln
Chanute
Earlton
Thayer
Galesburg
Neosho County
Walton
North
Montana
Liberty
Mound Valley
Canada
Howard
Parsons, Labette and
Labette County
Mission Township
St. Paul
van Sickle
Robert Docking
House
Kansas House approves welfare funding and restored aid
The Kansas House passed a bill allocating 10.66 million dollars to fund the welfare medical program for the current fiscal year and restore cuts in general assistance aid to dependent children aged blind and disabled effective April 1. The measure advances to the Senate without funds for 50 state welfare investigator positions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Kan
Kansas House
Sen
House
Robert Docking
State Social Welfare Board
Ways and Means
Humboldt Project Director Wins National Recognition
Humboldt School District principal Gene Schulze receives national honor for the All Children Are Poets project using typewriters to motivate language arts in grades four through six. The project, funded locally, will be celebrated at a Washington conference with an Educational Pacesetter Award if Schulze attends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Humboldt
National Advisory Council
Washington, D.C
Gene Schulze
Schulze
Washington
Kansas Advisory Council
Kansas Offices Rebrand as Job Opportunity Centers
The Kansas Employment Security Division renames all 30 offices as Job Opportunity Centers and the six district unemployment claims offices as Job Insurance Offices to remove the stigma of unemployment. The executive director says the change reflects the positive services offered. In separate allegations, Springfield residents face grand theft charges for library item theft including Lincoln tintype photos.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Kan
Leo J. Phalen
State Department of Labor
Kansas Employment Security Division
Phalen
Unemployment Insurance Service
Springfield, Ill
Springfield
Abraham Lincoln
Truck Explosion in Tewksbury Kills One, Injures Many
An explosion and ensuing fire destroyed two liquid natural gas tank trucks in Tewksbury Massachusetts. One person died and 21 others were hospitalized or treated. Eighteen firefighters two gas company workers and a Lowell Sun reporter sustained injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tewksbury
Mass
Lowell Sun
Food Price Jump Seen In 1972 as Farm Profits Rise
The Agriculture Department predicts 1972 groceries will rise about 4 percent, overall food including meals up 4.5 percent. Farmers' net incomes are expected to jump by 1.5 to 2 billion dollars, reaching a record 17.7 billion for the year. Meat prices may rise further while Phase 2 rules limit farm price controls. Butz warns of potential clashes over supermarket costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Agriculture Department
USDA
Agriculture
Earl L. Butz
Butz
Nixon seeks 8.57 percent dollar devaluation in new bill
The Nixon administration sends Congress a bill to raise gold price to 38 dollars an ounce and devalue the dollar by 8.57 percent. It cites progress in trade talks with Japan and the Common Market while noting no agreement with Canada. Hearings on February 29 are set before the House Banking Committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Nixon
Congress
Japan
Treasury
John B. Connally
Capitol Hill
U.S
Canada
Conally
United States
Paul A. Volcker
The
William J. Eberle
Ottawa
Jean-Luc Pepin
Connally
Eberle
House Banking Committee
Kansas House Approves $320 Million Road Bond Plan
The Kansas House approved a $320 million revenue bond program to accelerate highway construction 100 to 13. The conference committee report moves next to the Senate for action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Kan
Kansas
Kansas House
Senate
Pool Work Bids Asked for City Pool Renovation
The city invites bids to improve the municipal pool opening February 22 in the Memorial Building. Work includes sand blasting the pool pot sealing cracks and patching and replacing concrete funded by 25000 of a 100000 appropriation, also covering court area renovation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Court Area
County Accepts Tire Bid From Galesburg Oil
Neosho County Board of Commissioners accepts the lowest bid from ERIE-Galesburg Oil Co for tires to outfit county motor vehicles. The bid totals 4903.24 dollars and was opened on Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Erie — Galesburg Oil Co
Neosho County
Galesburg Oil
Intercepted Letter Critiques Van Sickle Redistricting Plan
An intercepted letter argues the Van Sickle redistricting plan may not be engineered but contains elements that resemble railroading. The critique highlights procedural concerns and potential manipulation of district lines.
Britain hit by nationwide blackout amid miners strike
Electricity was cut to thousands as the first blackout of a miners strike affected homes offices and factories across Britain. Strike leaders rejected a new pay offer but agreed to keep talks with the National Coal Board.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Britain
National Coal Board
William Allen White honors Hutchinson News editor
Stuart Awbrey editor of the Hutchinson News was named 1972 Kansas Editor of the Year by the William Allen White Foundation at the University of Kansas meeting. John S. Knight of Miami and Detroit received the national award for journalistic merit, with Mark Ethridge Jr. accepting on Knight’s behalf due to illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence
Kan
William Allen White Foundation
Stuart Awbrey
Hutchinson News
Kansas
University of Kansas Today
John S. Knight
Miami
Detroit
Knight
Mark Ethridge Jr
Detroit Free Press
Sheriff clears civil suit over Hutchinson jail incident
Reno County Sheriff Charles Heidebrecht said relief after a U S District Court Jury dismissed a $55 000 damage action filed against him by David Gorgas 23 a Kansas State Industrial Reformatory inmate who claimed cruel and unusual punishment following a Hutchinson jail disturbance 20 months ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wichita
Kan
Reno
Charles Heidebrecht
U.S. District Court
Kansas State
Industrial Reformatory
David Gorgas
Heidebrecht
Louis Jayne
Hutchinson
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William A. Dearth
Neosho, Labette and
Rard and
Alma
Town of
Frontenac
Crawford County
Humboldt Project
Gerald J. Kluempke
ESEA
Humboldt School District No
Powell
Dale Powell
Cherokee County
Sheridan
Baker
McCune
Mount Pleasant
Fairview
Oswego
Elm Grove
Hackberry
Richland
Edna, Bartlett
Dearth
Docking
T. D. Saar Jr
Pittsburg
Chanute Blue Comet
Teresa Beech
Debbie Groskinsky
Becky Holman
Comets
Wayne Beech
W. 7Th
Kathryn Groskinsky
N. Steuben
Bill Gray Jr
S. Highland
Margaret Bodine
James A. Woodruff
Lincolnland Library
Matthew Brady
Paris
Vietnam
William J. Porter
Hanoi
Porter
Saigon
Nguyen van Thieu
William P. Rogers
Rogers
AP Farm Writer
Gan
Cha
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