Water rate study calls for 30 percent increase
A Wilson and Company study presented to the City Commission recommends raising water rates by about 30 percent to fund system improvements. The report notes current costs of 40 cents per 750 gallons, with proposed costs rising to 48 cents and revenues to 57 cents per 750 gallons. Out of town customers would face a 50 percent increase.
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Wilson and Company
Bob Crawford
Wilson
City Commission
Crawford
John Schultz
Neosho County NCCJC Nursing Class Graduates in Ceremony
The 11th class of the Department of Practical Nursing at Neosho County Community Junior College graduated Sunday in NCCJC auditorium. Certificates and diplomas were awarded by Dr. James Rowland as Harold Terpley led music with the NCCJC choral ensemble. Dr Livingston Witten delivered the address "Walk Solemnly" as nursing director Mrs. Virginia Hagenbuch, ill with pneumonia, was wheeled in to introduce the class and lead the Nichtingale pledge.
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Department of Practical Nursing
Neosho County Community Junior College
NCCJC
Frances A. Anderson
Billie R. Blackburn
Deborah K. Curtis
Jo A. Dillingham
Patricia M. Geistdorfer
Betty J. Gurwell
Alma P. Harmon
Mary A. Hinkle
Shirley A. Janssen
Mildred L. Jeffers
June M. Kolosik
Barbara J. Mather
Geneva M. Myers
First United Methodist Church
Virginia Hagenbuch
James Rowland
Neosho County Community Junior College Board of Trustees
Jerome Beat
Livingston Witten
Nixon Urges Fixed Spending Cap on Federal Budget
President Nixon asked Congress to impose a rigid ceiling to keep total federal outlays from exceeding the $246 billion in his 1973 budget. He cited deficits of $38.8 billion in 1972 and $25.5 billion in 1973 and urged bipartisan action to avert inflation and stabilize the economy.
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Washington
Nixon
Congress
Treasury
Redink
Capitol Hill
George Shultz
Office of Management and Budget
White House
Shultz
Intercepted Letter Hints Docking Influence Reaching Washington
An intercepted letter titled Dear Cha suggests Docking influence has extended to Washington, signaling political reach beyond local circles. The fragment hints at broader implications in national affairs.
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Cha
Washington
Saw theft shakes rural store near Erie
Neosho County Sheriff's Office reports R and F Farm Store three miles south of Erie was broken into late Saturday or early Sunday. Intruders smashed the front door and pried in. Four chain saws worth about 600 dollars were stolen.
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Erie
R & F Farm
Neosho County
David Kern
President Nixon’s 1973 Budget In Brief Highlights
The 1973 budget outlines total spending of 246.3 billion dollars up 9.6 billion from the prior year with revenues projected at 220.8 billion, and a current-year deficit of 38.8 billion. The administration promotes a full employment budget linking spending to revenue at a 4 percent unemployment rate. Defense outlays rise to 76.5 billion, with total defense authority of 85.3 billion planned, enabling strategic weapons programs and shipbuilding. Revenue sharing seeks 5 billion in general funds and 600 million in new special sharing. international affairs total 3.844 billion.
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Washington
Nixon
Congress
Defense
Atomic Energy Commission
Defense Department
Senator touts private club tax exemption for sale
A Kansas state senator boasted of selling private club tax exemptions for 1500 dollars and admitted buying one from a now defunct class A club. The report traces a market in non profit club status, IRS rescissions, and differing rules for class A versus class B clubs amid a broader tax and welfare policy context.
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Topeka
Kansas
The
Internal Revenue Service
IRS
ABC
E. V. D. Murphy
First modern steam powered bus begins test in Oakland
AC Transit starts three days of test runs of a 51-passenger steam powered prototype funded by a 1.6 million grant. Berkeley engineer William M. Brobeck began work in 1970 and says the engine already meets and may exceed 1975 air quality standards.
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AC Transit
U.S. Dept. of Transportation
Berkeley
William M. Brobeck
Soviet Japanese Leaders Plan Reciprocal Visits
Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko and Prime Minister Takeo Fukuda agreed that the Soviet premier and Japanese prime minister will exchange visits soon. They also discussed Nixon’s Peking trip Eisaku Sato’s meeting and issues in Indochina and Bangladesh. A Zurich police hunt targets a 31 year old woman connected to a McGraw-Hill biography payment.
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Tokyo
Andrei A. Gromyko
Takeo Fukuda
Fukuda
Gromyko
Nixon
Peking
Eisaku Sato
Indochina
Bangladesh
Zurich
Switzerland
Europe
McGraw-Hill Book Co
Howard Hughes
Time Magazine
Helga R. Hughes
McGraw-Hill
H. R. Hughes
Egypt Announces Austerity Measures For War Economy
Cairo moves to a war footing with bans on luxury imports higher taxes and steps to curb the black market. Prime Minister Aziz Sidky told parliament that all citizens must contribute according to income in his first policy address since the war cabinet took office five days ago.
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Cairo
Aziz Sidky
Soviet Leaders Arrive for Prague East West Summit
AP reports Communist Party chief Leonid Brezhnev and Premier Alexei Kosygin lead a Soviet delegation in Prague for a summit on changing East West relations. Marshal Ivan Yakubovski and other officials accompany them.
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Prague
Leonid I. Brezhnev
Alexei N. Kosygin
Ivan I. Yakubovski
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City
Frank Hoblick
Commission
Schultz
Kenneth Sanborn
Hoblick
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Garfield and Steuben
Walnut
Elm
Columbian Securities
Kustom Electronics
Charles Lesher
W. 5Th
Tie
Kustom
Chanute
Robert Pennington
Eastwood Heights
Heath
Sanborn
Regional Planning Commission
Vesta Lightfoot
Kenneth Casper
Ghanate Tribune
Executive
Executive Branch
By Wayne Lee
Oakland, Calif
Lyons Funds
Lyons
Kan
Kansas Geological Survey
AEC
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