Arkansas Power & Light to use coal rail transport until slurry pipeline
Reeves Ritchie of Arkansas Power & Light says the White Bluff generating plant will be fueled by rail coal until a proposed slurry pipeline is completed. He notes no contract with railroads exists yet and emphasizes ongoing negotiations, while ETSI seeks eminent domain power to push the pipeline project through state legislatures and Congress.
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Harris News Service
Harris Enterprises Newspaper Group
Kansas
Ap&l
Ritchie
Wyoming-to- Arkansas
White Bluff
Kansas Senate
Energy Transportation Systems, Inc
San Francisco
Nebraska
ETSI
Arkansas Public Service Commission
Contradictions surface on Wyoming coal pipeline plan
Kansas and Arkansas records show AP&L engineers told the Arkansas Transportation Commission in 1975 that coal for White Bluff would be delivered by rail in unit trains. ETSI claims a slurry contract exists, but System Fuels and AP&L officials describe only rail arrangements and a possible future slurry option.
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Kansas
Topeka
KNS
Wyoming
Arkansas
Harris News Service
Arkansas Power and Light Co
Arkansas Transportation Commission
Ap&l
White Bluff
Ark
Kansas Senate
Nebraska
Colorado
Oklahoma
Energy Transportation Systems, Inc
San Francisco
ETSI
Harlan T. Holmes
Wyatt
Wayne Garrison
Missouri Pacific Railroad
Don Jack
Conservation Agencies Study Dam Project Effects
Federal and state agencies assess the Don Edwards flood prevention dam proposals. Yates Center researcher Eldon Schwant studies a key map as district conservationist for the Soil Conservation Service and analyzes local impacts.
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Don Edwards
Yates Center
Eldon Schwant
Blue Cross executives' luxury travel questioned in Medicare probe
Rep. Pete Stark charged Blue Cross officials use Cadillac cars and a $90,200 airplane bought with Medicare funds for personal travel. Investigators also found Minnesota and North Dakota Blue Cross own late model Cadillacs while Illinois Blue Cross owns the airplane. Stark noted Blue Cross handles about 90 percent of Medicare claims and is reimbursed by the government.
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Washington
Illinois Blue Cross
Minnesota
North Dakota
Blue Cross
Stark
Chanute Week celebration hit by Colorado snowstorm
A large late winter storm disrupted Octave Chanute Week events in Chanute Colorado skiers enjoyed the snow but aDenver blizzard prevented Chanute from flying in with The Spirit of Chanute Kansas. The plan shifted to commercial travel and a slide show at Murray Hill school was canceled.
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Colorado
Octave Chanute
Denver
Chanute
Kansas
Chanute and Company
Commercial Airlines
Wichita
Murray Hill
Robert Hosack
Neosho Valley
Colorado Aviation Historical Association
William Lorenz
Long Beach
Calif
Neosho
Take Michigan
Wright Brothers
Johnny Litchenburg
Kustom Electronics, Inc
Col. Carey
International Aerospace Hall of Fame
Don Tucker
Neosho Valley Historical Society
Orville
Wilbur Wright
Lorenz
Area Forecast Predicts Windy Warm Day Then Showers
Mostly cloudy and windy today with highs near 70. Tonight into Saturday a cooler, partly cloudy spell with a chance of thunderstorms possibly locally heavy early Saturday. Lows upper 30s to lower 40s. Saturday highs mid to upper 40s with northerly winds 15 to 30 mph. Measurable precipitation 40 percent tonight and 20 percent Saturday.
Intercepted Letter Echoes Gov Bennett’s Gritty Duty
An intercepted letter shows Gov Bennett remarking that public service breeds enemies, not friends. The remark surfaces amid a terse note ending with a casual closing, reflecting a gritty view of political life.
Congress Upheld Ford Veto On Jobs Bill In Senate Vote
Congress sustained President Ford's veto of a 6.2 billion jobs bill after a 63 to 35 Senate vote, three short of override. Ford praised the action as aligned with balanced policies boosting private sector growth without inflation. House had overridden 319 to 98 earlier, signaling a clash of economic philosophies.
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Washington
Senate
Ford
New Hampshire
Senate Action
Absences rise in Chanute schools over three weeks
School nurse Beth Christiansen reports a sharp rise in student and staff absences in Chanute over the past three weeks with some out more than a week. The district will start recording flu absences Monday as three flu symptom varieties suggest multiple flu strains in the area. No age group seems immune.
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Chanute
Beth Christiansen
Shoe repair sustains a Nebraska rancher turned Chanute cobbler
Ralph Hill 124 N Grant Chanute Kansas recounts his shift from a 8000 acre Moon Lake Ranch in Nebraska to shoe repair after a 1930 back injury. He crafted a high stool to operate cobbler equipment and now serves Southeast Kansas and Kansas City clients with fit focused work boots and shoes. His son in law plans a new shop echoing Hill’s success.
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Ralph Hill
N. Grant
Hill
Nebraska
Moon Lake Ranch
Harold
Neodesha
Kansas Area
Kansas City
Chanute
Burlington
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System Fuels, Inc
System Fuels
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