Humble Beginnings of Kansas 4th Division Highway HQ
This week recalls the 4th Division of the Kansas State Highway Commission starting in Chanute in 1927 with a single division engineer. The Memorial Building housed road business until growth required a West 14th Street complex with offices, shop, storage, and a lab. Mark Roberts is now division engineer guiding maintenance and construction across southeast Kansas.
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Kansas State Highway Commission
Chanute
Highway Department
Memorial Building
West 14Th Street
James A. Allen
Ben S. Paulen
Fredonia
Allen
Hugh D. Barnes
Blue Mound
Butler County
el Dorado
Kansas
Santa Fe
Tribune
West 14Th
Ben Keith
Uniontown
Albert White
Erie
The
State Highway Commission
Mark Roberts
Harrar
Barnes
Ash Grove Cement Co
Highway Commission
4Th Division
Russell Corbitt
Ralph Alexander
L. D. Perry
D. A. Finney
S. Plummer
Jess Kuhn
N. Steuben
Frank Davidson
George Cox
S. Main
Frank Carlburg
W. 6Ti
Sun Cover Forecast News Brief
Sun Cover forecast brief notes a sunny period with light winds and mild temperatures. Local readers are advised to expect bright conditions throughout the day with no precipitation.
Meditative caravan camps at Santa Fe Park overnight
A caravan of about 200 travelers in 24 converted buses from 10 states spent Friday night at Santa Fe Park for camping and meditation led by Steve Gaskin. Police reported a minor fire from a bus wiring short but no trouble others noted the group being peaceful and orderly. The group planned to travel to Tulsa then Boulder for talks while noting a decline in LSD use and finding other ways to get high.
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Santa Fe Park
Steve Gaskin
San Francisco State College
Kenneth Stroup
Don Huddleston
San Francisco
Tulsa
Gaskin
Boulder
Colo
Kansas City
Tippie the coin loving collie returns home
Tippie, an eight year old collie terrier from Ridge Store, had been missing several days. Found two miles north of the store while on his way home, he was recognized after statewide publicity. The Fitzgeralds reported him missing and thanked the community for help. He appeared tired and hungry upon returning.
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Tippie
Ridge Store
Here
Ray Fitzgerald
the Tribune
Fitzgerald
The
Tribune
Fitzgeralds
Mrs. Fitzgerald
Torture Tales From Chile Kidnapping Prisoners
In Santiago 70 captives flown from Brazil recount brutal torture after the Swiss Ambassador kidnapping. Nancy Unger, a New York pupil turned revolutionary, lost a thumb and suffers from psychological abuse while detained in a Chilean government dormitory awaiting Brazil to release Ambassador Giovanni Bucher.
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Santiago
Chile
Nancy Mangabeira Unger
New York
Brazil
Giovanni Enrico Bucher
Global Crisis Shifts as Free Hostage and Trials Dominate
In Rio de Janeiro Swiss ambassador Giovanni Enrico Bucher is freed after 40 days in captivity as Brazil agrees to deport 70 prisoners to asylum in Chile. Other dispatches report Cambodia's fate, Calley’s court martial, Manson case deliberations, Angela Davis links, NYC police pay dispute, renewed US air strikes in Vietnam, and UN mediation on Middle East peace.
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Rio DE Janeiro
Giovanni Enrico Bucher
Rio
Chile
Weather Snapshot Partly Cloudy With Cooler Weekend
Today at 10 a.m. the high is 37 and the low 22 with 20 to 32 mph southwest wind. Partly cloudy tonight and Sunday with a bit colder air. low near 20 and Sunday highs in the 40s.
Safari Jaycees Host Prayer Breakfast for Chanute Businessmen
The Safari Jaycees invite Chanute businessmen to an 8 a.m. prayer breakfast Monday in the Tioga Hotel ballroom. Reservations are requested by calling Russell Hilton at 431-1631 before Sunday evening as part of Jaycee Week observances.
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Safari Jaycees
Tioga Hotel
Russell Hilton
Ambiguous Note Hints Weekend Park Outing
Intercepted letter expresses plans to go to the park after work and taste trees, signed with a casual closing. The fragment suggests a casual, non-editorial context and lacks identifiable people or organizations.
Dole to Lead GOP Effort for Nixon in 1972
Sen. Robert Dole named new Republican National Committee chair and vows to focus on re electing President Nixon in 1972. Co chairs Thomas B. Evans Jr. and Anne Armstrong approved, with Dole saying the party serves at Nixon's pleasure and will act as spokesman. Morton's exit as interior secretary prompts broader reforms.
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Washington
Robert J. Dole
Republican National Committee
Nixon
Kansas
Thomas B. Evans Jr
Wilmington
Del
Anne Armstrong
Armstrong, Tex
Dole
National Committee
Evans
Rep
Rogers C.B. Morton
Maryland
House
Interior
Morton
The
Times
Governor to outline legislative recommendations in first live news conference
Gov. Robert Docking will hold Kansas's first live televised news conference from his Topeka office Tuesday at 6:30 p.m. WIBW will carry the event and feed it to other Kansas stations. The Topeka statehouse news corps plans to attend. Separately, labor talks between city and union negotiators continued with City Manager Don Manning stating teams near general agreement.
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Topeka
Kansas
Robert Docking
House
Senate
Wibw Radio and Television
Thad Sandstrom
WIBW
Bids Open for Chanute 64-Unit Housing Project
Subcontract bids for the 64 unit middle in come housing project sponsored by the Chanute Jaycees are being received by John Polston of Modern Methods Kansas City. The project, financed by the Federal Housing Administration, totals about 960000 including land and fees. It will be built on West Main near Olsons Super Market and includes 4 one bedroom, 28 two bedroom, 28 three bedroom and 4 four bedroom units plus a community building.
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Chanute Jaycees
John Polston
Modern Methods
Kansas City
James Blessing
Polston
Blessing
Federal Housing Administration
West Main
Olsons Supermarket
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Dwight Wallingford
Katy
Ozark
Cecil Harrar
N. Highland
Sun City
Calif
Portland Cement Association
Kansas Highway Commission
North Shelter House
Howard Storm
Burlington
Harold V. Rohr
Neosho Memorial Hospital
US 75
Yates Center
Rohr
Charles E. Fischer
Orig
Inal Group
Miss Unger
U.S
Jean Marc van der Vair
Eduardo Leite
Sao Paulo
News Digest
Melvin R. Laird
Southeast Asia
Cambodia
FT. Benning, Ga
Vietnam
William Calley
Los Angeles
Sharon Tate
Charles Charles Manson
San Rafael
Angela Davis
New York City
Saigon
North Vietnam
South Vietnam
United Nations, N.Y
U.N
Gunnar V. Jarring
Middle East
Israel
Egypt
Jordan
Jaycees
Cha
Yours
Topeka Statehouse News Corps
Jaycee Jaynes
Jerry Pryor
E. 9Th
Jaynes
Barry
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