Drinking on Pacific Time clears beer sale case
In Dawson Creek British Columbia a Provincial Court judge dismissed charges of selling beer after hours at the Columbia Hotel. The ruling cited a BC statute that times refer to Pacific Standard Time, despite local Mountain Standard Time usage. A police officer testified to buying beer after 12:30 A.M. MST.
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Dawson Creek
B.C
British, Columbia
K. F. Arkell
Columbia
Arkell
British Columbia
Farm Sale Connects Liberal Firm to Anschutz Purchase
Baughman Farms Inc based in Liberal Kansas, a major farming firm, sold for 10 million dollars to Philip F Anschutz of Denver. He acquires about 250000 acres of wheatland across eastern Colorado and western Kansas, several registered Hereford cattle herds, and all mineral rights in eastern Colorado where exploration grows.
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Denver, Colo
Baughman Farms, Inc
Liberal
Kan
Philip F. Anschutz
Denver
Anschutz
Colorado
Kansas
Baughman
Dole Warns Oil Price Cut Threatens U S Supply
U S Senator Robert Dole said a 30 to 80 cent drop in domestic crude price would harm American oil industry and exploration. He argued it could push two thirds of U S oil needs to rely on foreign sources. Dole spoke at a meeting with 14 Republican senators and oil reps from 12 states.
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Washington
U.S
Robert Dole
R-Kan
United States
Dole
Sen
James Pearson
Boathouse Living Quarters Ban Imposed in Oklahoma Lakes
The Corps of Engineers bans living quarters in all boathouses on Oklahoma lakes. Tulsa District head Col. Vernon W. Pinkey says about 1,700 boathouses at Tenkiller Ferry, Eufaula, Fort Gibson and Lake Texoma are affected and violators will have permits canceled.
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Tulsa
Okla
Corps of Engineers
Oklahoma Lakes
Corps
Vernon W. Pinkey
Tenkiller Ferry
Eufaulia
Fort Gibson
Lake Texoma
Two men arraigned after Johnson County jail escape
Thomas Preston Lamb and Patrick Neil McKey faced 13 charges including second degree kidnapping jailbreak armed robbery and auto theft after escaping the Johnson County jail. Both were captured four hours later at a roadblock near La Cygne Kansas 40 miles south of Olathe. Bond set at 150000 each with McKey hearing on Jan 30 and Lamb on Feb 9.
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Olathe
Kan
Thomas Preston Lamb
Patrick Neil McKey
Johnson County
Jair
Lamb
Fort Scott
McKey
Kansas City
la Cygne
Site for Landfill Target of Petition
City manager discusses opposition to a proposed 40 acre landfill east of town on East 14th Street. He argues the site will resemble a park and cites Palacios Texas and New Yorks Flushing Meadows as favorable examples while noting master plan limits on growth.
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Catherine O’leary
East 14Th Street
Donald Manning
New York City
Montreal
Palacios
Manning
Texas
E. J. New
Reuben J. Burkman
Wendell H. McMurray
Neosho Junior College
New
State Board of Health
Santa Fe Park
Ralph Caldwell
Caldwell
Kansas counties oppose plan to raise nursing home rates
The Southcentral Kansas Association of County Commissioners representing 18 counties wrote to state welfare director Robert Harder expressing deep concern over a plan to set nursing home rates. They warned of a tremendous cost increase and urged flexibility for local rate setting, proposing a possible state maximum or lid.
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Hutchinson
Kan
Southcentral Kansas Association of County Commissioners
Robert Harder
State Board of Social Welfare
John Sutton
Reno
Harder
Intercepted Letter Dear Cha Provides Lab for Education
An intercepted letter discusses a traveling electronics educational lab as a practical solution for people whose electrical knowledge ends at changing a light bulb. The note frames the lab as a hands on way to extend basic circuitry understanding.
Nixon outlines crime and pollution drive in State of the Union
President Nixon pledges a five year, 10 billion antipollution program focused on clean water and doubles federal aid to local law enforcement. He projects a generation of uninterrupted peace abroad while urging major domestic legislation and tighter budget restraint to curb inflation.
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Washngton
Nixon
Congress
Senate
Vietnam
Soviet Union
China
America
Capitol
Kansas House Introduces Fuel Tax Distribution Overhaul
Sixty seven lawmakers push a bill to overhaul revenue sharing from gas and special fuels taxes. It proposes a simplified freeway construction priority formula based on vehicle miles and sufficiency ratings and shifts funds to where people and cars are. A shrinkage allowance cut from 3 to 1 percent could boost state fuel tax revenue by about 1.6 million dollars annually.
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Topeka
Kansas
Kansas House
Atty
Kent Frizell
Wendell Lady
Overland Park
Piqua School Evacuates As Fire Damages Storeroom
About 60 pupils and three teachers evacuated the building after a blaze ignited in a storeroom during a morning fire alarm. Custodian Je rome Massoth fought the flames with two extinguishers before firefighters contained the fire and students returned to class at St. Martin's church nearby.
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Jerome Massoth
St. Martin’s Church
Calvin DeLay
Yates Center
Woodson County
Piqua
M. Huberta
M. Jeannine
Arlene Weseloh
Massoth
Iola
St. Martin’s Catholic Church
Humboldt High Adopts Mobile Electronics Lab For Students
More than 50 Humboldt High School students enroll in basic electronics, electricity, transistors, and components for next semester. A 60 by 12 foot mobile lab moves to the school with thousands of dollars of equipment, funded 75 percent by the federal government and 25 percent by the state. The program, led by Charles Daneke of Coffeyville, aims to train students for growing electronics jobs with no tuition for high schoolers and possible small adult fees.
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Humboldt
Humboldt High School
John E. Smith
Kansas
Southeast Kansas Vocational and Technical School
Coffeyville
Con
Ozarks
Charles Daneke
Smith
Humboldt School
George Cunningham
Roger Hankin
Rankin
Area Forecast Notes Warmth Returns With Cloudy Skies
A local forecast shows today at 1 p.m. high 24 and low 12 with a south to southwest wind 15 to 23 mph. Expect mostly cloudy skies tonight and Friday with a warm trend, low in the upper teens and high Friday in the 30s. Relative humidity at 1 p.m. is 92 percent, barometer 29.94 and falling. Precipitation yesterday was trace. Sunrise 7 33, sunset 5 34.
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Chanute
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Black Square
City Commission
Earl Moore
S. Central
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