USD 101 approves shop building and career education plans
The USD 101 board approved final blue prints for the Thayer attendance shop building and slated construction when weather allows. They also backed pay raises for county employees and officials, with the five percent raise and $50 monthly for officials excluding commissioners. A career education program will be developed with W J Han and Dr James Rowland leading the effort. Filing for board seats opens noon February 1 with multiple area positions up for election.
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Erie
Consolidated Usd 101 Board of Education
American Association of School Administrators
National Association of School Boards
W.J. Han
James Rowland
LeNoir Rowland
Mel Wellington
Gas Service Co
Water Pipe Bursts Floods Westco Store In Independence
A frozen water pipe burst at the Westco store in Independence flooding the main showroom and basement. Two inches of water in the showroom and eight inches in the basement caused an estimated 30 000 to 40 000 dollars in damage mainly to home furnishings and bedding. The burglar alarm’s activation at about 3 a.m. helped limit losses.
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Independence
Westco
Rules prevent firemen from responding to call
Oswego reports a double wide mobile home owned by Mr and Mrs Ronald K Rife was destroyed by fire. Fire departments from Oswego city and Oswego township refused to respond since the location was outside their districts. Rife estimated the loss at 20000 to 25000 dollars and doubted any rescue could have saved the structure.
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Oswego
Ronald K. Rife
Oswego City
Oswego Township
Rife
Fredonia USD 484 votes April on $2.5 million bond
The Fredonia school district will hold a April 5 vote on a $2,500,000 bond proposal to buy land, build and equip a new high school. Minor repairs and remodeling are planned for the existing elementary and junior high schools.
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Fredonia
USD 484
Inaugural Day Users and OSHA Exemption Debate
Capitol Hill notes show Glickman hosting a modest swearing in with Kansas figures like Dole visiting. Separately, Rep. Joe Skubitz proposes a permanent OSHA exemption for firms with ten or fewer employees and a cap on penalties for minor violations, a move echoing last year’s farm exemption.
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OSHA
Joe Skubitz
Pittsburg
Occupational Safety and Health Administration
Skubitz
Elderly Housing Proposal Seeks Chanute Fourplexes Complex
Clark outlined a plan by the Oliver company to build 41 fourplexes around a community building in Chanute for elderly residents. The project follows changes raising eligible community size to 20,000 and mirrors needs seen in Safari West and Osage Village where many seniors seek privacy and independence with on-site support.
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Clark
Linda Tiegreen
Safari West Apartments
Virginia Sparks
Osage Village
Chanute
Safari
Sparks
Oliver Company
Snowy Weather Divides Kansas Farmers on Wheat and Feed
Debler expects snow to help soil moisture while Merle Grove notes added nitrogen and moisture for wheat. Very Fogel says snow protects ground but Angleton worries wheat price and winter costs, calling the season miserable with gas shortages. Lindberg urges patience as harsher conditions bite farmers.
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Kansas
Debler
Merle Grove
Fogel
Lindberg
Angleton
Daily transcript from Neosho Memorial Hospital provisions
Visiting hours are 2 to 4 pm and 6 30 to 8 pm. Census lists 56 patients including adults and pediatrics with two babies. Admissions include Mrs Verne Heilman Earl Barlow Ruth Burdick Billie Culp Ed Barnhart and others. Dismissals include James Leroy Jeffrey Jauering Mrs Vester Greer Rebecca Nelson Judy Potts Clyde Hinkle. Births note a girl born to Mr and Mrs Richard Bradford.
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Neosho Memorial Hospital
Verne Heilman
Galesburg
Earl Barlow
Cherryvale
Ruth Burdick
Westview
Billie Culp
Ed Barnhart
Humboldt
Ruth Dwinnell
Kansas
Marie Anderson
James Leroy
S. Wilson
Jeffrey Jauering
Burlington
Vester Greer
Yates Center
Rebecca Nelson
Lavonburg
Judy Potts
N. Garfield
Clyde Hinkle
R. 2
Deaths and funerals of Nathan Mintz lifelong farmer
Nathan Mintz 92 a retired farmer died this morning at Arkhaven Nursing Home after two years of illness He lived and farmed east of Chanute Shaw before retiring in 1963 moving to Erie Born in Fayetteville Arkansas he married Nellie Hembree in 1908 who died in 1970 Survivors include a daughter and ten grandchildren plus thirteen great grandchildren and one great great grandchild Also one brother Alton Mintz Funeral arrangements will be announced by Pierce Funeral Home.
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Nathan Mintz
Erie
Shaw
Arkhaven
Mintz
Arkansas
Kansas
Chanute
Fayetteville
Ark
Nellie Hembree
Loren Trammell
Marion
Homer T
Meeker
Colo
Earnest
Glenwood Springs
Allen
Eldee
Phoenix
Ariz
Alton Mintz
Westview
Driver Escapes Injury After Pontiac Skids Into Mailbox
Jaanita Bien, 53, of Walnut, driving a 1972 Pontiac, slid off R 39 ten miles east of Chanute at 2:30 a.m. The car struck a mailbox. damage was estimated at $300 by the highway patrol. No injuries reported.
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Chanute
Jaanita Bien
Walnut
Highway Patrol
Superintendent McMurray gets one year extension
YATES CENTER The USD 366 board offers W. H. McMurray a contract through July 1 1979 to continue as superintendent of schools. The extension covers one year and salary to be set later.
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USD 101
Commission
Richman
Neosho
Bill Richman
Area
Area Three
Ralph Ellis
John Sharkey
Capitol Hill
Glickman
Congress
Dole
Sebelius
Tribune
Litwin
E. Main
Buck Jones
Arch Allen
Daily Transcript
Richard Bradford
Chanute and Area Report
McMurray
Chanute Boy Scouts Troop
Gibson's Parking Lot
Chanute, Kansas
Farmers
Ecaromy
Air
Montego
Caprice
Air & Power
Scout
Ricketts Motor Co., Inc
N. Main
Poultry, Inc
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