Planning Commission approves housing element draft for Chanute
The Chanute Planning Commission approved a preliminary draft of the Housing Plan and Residential Area Analysis element for the city comprehensive plan 1975-1995. A public hearing is set for Sept 15 with a 60 day comment period before adoption.
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John Brooks
City Planning Commission
Cliff Dobson
Dobson
Kansas
Commission
Memorial Building
C. Bickley Foster
Tim R. House
Wichita
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
Chanute
Planning Commission
Government may face lawsuit over export controls
A farm spokesman warns the government could be sued immediately if it moves to restrain exports of major commodities like grains and soybeans during the coming season. NAWG officials say they have raised more than the initial 150000 dollars for "immediate action" in court as export controls loom.
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Washington
UPI
Jerry Rees
National Association of Wheat Growers
Agriculture Department
Russia
U.S
Don Woodward
Woodward
Ford campaign gains 14 uncommitted delegates
The Ford committee says 14 previously uncommitted delegates switched to Ford including four from New York amid a rush to reach the 1,130 nomination threshold. Only seven were real switches besides delegates from Illinois Maine Pennsylvania and offshore territories. Baker predicts Ford could reach 1,130 before Kansas City. Rosenbaum denies he will replace campaign manager Rogers Morton.
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UPI
Ford Committee
New York
Nelson Rockefeller
Richard Rosenbaum
New York State
GOP
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Ford
Illinois
Maine
Pennsylvania
Guam
Virgin Islands
Reagan
PFC
James Baker
Baker
Kansas City
Rosenbaum
Rogers Morton
Ronald Reagan
North Dakota
Colorado
White House
Carter
Winds Hit 115 MPH In Storm But Tornado Not Sighted
Police Chief Lige Matlock explains warning signals were not sounded despite gusts to 115 mph because no tornado was sighted. He notes sounding warnings for every wind rain event would cause trouble and that the system activates only if a tornado appears likely. Authorities and volunteers monitored the sky but reported no danger.
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Lige Matlock
Matlock
CB Club
Bennett tours flood stricken counties in Kansas
Governor Robert Bennett visited flood damaged southeast Kansas counties as state officials estimate public property losses at about 5 million dollars. He planned stops at Coffeyville and Parsons with aerial surveys and asked SBA for low interest loans for 11 counties while seeking a major disaster designation from President Ford.
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Topeka
Kan
UPI
Robert Bennett
Kansas
Bennett
Parsons
Coffeyville
Small Business Administration
Ford
Emergency Preparedness Office
Kansas National Guard
The
Highway Patrol
Kansas Department of
Red Cross
Carter weighs running mates Glenn Mondale Muskie on list
Jimmy Carter studies possible vice presidential choices ahead of the nominating convention. He met Mondale in Plains and Glenn in the afternoon, with Muskie also interviewed earlier. He may talk with Jackson and Rodino next week.
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Glenn, Mondale
Muskie
Carter
United Press International
Jimmy Carter
John Glenn
Ohio
Walter Mondale
Minnesota
Edward Muskie
Maine
Mondale
Plains
Glenn
New York
Henry Jackson
Washington
Peter Rodino
New Jersey
Flood Havoc Hits Neosho County Crops and Farms
Floods cause heavy damage across south central Neosho County with erosion and water standing in fields. Soybeans and wheat suffer, replant likely. some combines still operating. FmHA and USDA crews assess losses and may seek low interest emergency farm loans for affected farmers and homeowners in Fredonia and Girard.
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Neosho County
Paul Kelly
Kelly
Glen Neely
Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service
Neely
Erie
Parsons
Labette Creek
Morehead
Thayer
Farmers Home Administration
USDA
Kansas
Fmha
Morgan Williams
Usda County Emergency Boards
Usda Emergency Board
Williams
Robert Bennett
Secretary of Agriculture
Earl Butz
Fredonia
Girard
Utility must justify hike in Kansas rate request
Southwestern Bell Telephone Co is ordered to prepare a cost of service study within 60 days for Kansas Corporation Commission review of a 27.9 million dollar rate increase. A Sept. 8 prehearing and Sept. 13 hearing are set as the commission staff seeks fuller data. The utility has previously reduced a 33.1 million dollar filing to 27.9 million.
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Topeka, Kan
UPI
Southwestern Bell Telephone Co
Kansas Corporation Commission
Bell
Commission
ECC
G. T. van Bebber
Corporation Commission
KCC
Southwestern Bell
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Safari Golf Course
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S. Plummer
Parks and Recreation Commission
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Idaho
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Powell
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Nessen
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