Asphalt overlay program smooths Chanute streets
Chanute to spend 130000 to resurface 70 city blocks over two years using Cutler repaving and regular asphalt overlay. Main and Lincoln streets, Garfield and Highland avenues targeted. project funded by general obligation bonds begun in 1973 with annual city maintenance efforts continuing.
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Chanute
John Brooks
Bob Bunting
Jim Beck
Cutler
Main
Lincoln
Bunting
Lincoln Street
Walnut
Seventh Street
Highland Street
Tenth Streets
Highland
Public TV satellites to serve Kansas unserved areas
State funds will support operating satellite stations to extend public television into underserved Kansas communities. Fort Hays State University and Garden City Community Junior College officials stress ongoing funding needs, with $50 000 yearly per station and total operation costs around 175 000. Federal and state support plus subscriptions aim to raise 40 000 to 60 000 annually.
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Kansas
James Maag
Robert Bennett
Maag
Public Television Board
Thomas Saffell
Garden City Community Junior College
Saffell
John Garwood
Fort Hays State University
Neosho County Community Junior College
Garden City
Fort Hayes
Chanute
Garwood
FCC
Fort Hays
NCCJC
Hany
Wichita
Topeka
Kansas City
Fingerprints link escapees to murder
FBI officials tie Oklahoma prison escapees Earl Van Denton and Paul Ruiz to a multi state murder and kidnapping spree. Fingerprints on a roadmap in a car abandoned in Arkansas linked them to the Purcell taxi driver abduction and the Arkansas officers killings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arkansas
Louisiana
Denton
Ruiz
Elmer Finin
McAlester
Oklahoma
Custer County
Finin
Kenneth Whittaker
FBI
Magazine
Ark
Marvin Richie
Army Corp of Engineers
David Small
Franklinton
Weather Outlook With Hot Weekend Ahead
The forecast shows highs from 84 to 92 across Friday to Monday with lows in the 50s to 70s. Today’s 90 degree high matches a 72 degree low. Highest on this date was 103 in 1954 and the record low 50 in 1972.
Little House on the Prairie cabin replica dedicated near Independence
A replica of Laura Ingalls Wilder's Little House on the Prairie cabin was completed and dedicated on a Saturday on Bill Kurtis' farm near Independence. The project, funded by Montgomery County Historical Society and donations, involved about 80 volunteers and drew roughly 200 attendees plus visitors from several states.
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Laura Ingalls Wilder
Independence
Bill Kurtis
Wilder
Kurtis
Virgin Prairie
Kurtises
Buffalo Wallows
Leon Sherwood
Montgomery County Historical Society
Jaycees
Mary Ann Polasek
Iowa
Sherwood
Margaret Clement
Clement
Ingallses
Little House On the Prairie
Kansas State Historical Society
Independence County Register of Deeds
Montgomery County
Kurtis Farm
Court House
Liz Leech
Laura
Intercepted Letter Speaks of Independence Day Celebration
An intercepted letter mentions Dear Cha and hints that Independence Day is a once a year celebration for their listeners. The vagueness suggests cultural or national observance context.
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Cha
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Kansas Department of Transportation
Main Street
Steuben
Plummer
Garfield
Seventh Streets
W.ninth St
Aah Grove Road
Spruce
W Becca S
Mebhory
W Elgatns
E.ashst
Recreation and Parks
Daron Williams
Lafayette
Proto
Rob Johnson
Santa Fe Park
Little
By Liz Leech
Ingalls
Sticks
Boondocks
Highway 75
Bolton
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