Flood damage hits Parsons hardest in Kansas
Gov. Bennett seeks low interest SBA loans for Parsons losses totaling about 2 million dollars after flooding damaged 11 firms. He asks President Ford to declare a disaster area covering 11 counties with widespread private property damage and unemployment rising in the affected region.
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Topeka
Kan
Coffeyville
Mitchel Kobelinski
Small Business Administration
SBA
Bennett
Ford
Butler
Cowley
Elk
Chautauqua
Wilson, Montgomery
Neosho
Labette, Crawford, Cherokee
Greenwood Counties
Parsons
Department of Human Resources
Farmers Home Administration
Department of Agriculture County Emergency Boards
Usda State Emergency Board
FMHA
Morgan Williams
Powder Puff Derby Flight Begins Amid Weather Watch
Dorothy Dickerhoof and Lee Kensett take to the skies in the Powder Puff Derby aiming for Lubbock Texas or Santa Fe New Mexico on day one amid smog rain and wind concerns. The Chanute team plans a Saturday start with the race officially ending Monday and Wilmington Delaware hosting a celebration next week. Weather forecasts show mostly sunny hot conditions in the area with highs in the 80s to mid 90s and light southerly winds.
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Dorothy Dickerhoof
Lee Kensett
Lubbock
Tex
Santa Fe
N. M
James Kensett
Lee
New Mexico
Arizona
Chanute
Dickerhoof
Midwest
Kensett
Wilmington
Oklahoma City
Intercepted Letter Notes Weather and Flying Plans
An intercepted letter to Cha mentions the hot weekend with temperatures expected in the 90s and expresses a desire to be flying high. The writer signs as Nute.
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George Hightower
Herbert Reed Sr
Title IX Guideline Changes at USC 413 School System
USD 413 implements Title IX compliance with athletic and employment policy updates. Girls gain equal access to basketball track tennis golf cross country and volleyball. boys' programs trimmed in seventh grade to balance resources. Pay and custodian wages align. pregnant teachers receive full sick leave. a formal grievance process and ongoing policy reviews will monitor compliance.
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Cheryl Burch
USC
Grasso
Larry Nelson
Kansas officials sponsor federal contracting conference in Wichita
About 200 small business owners attended a conference in Wichita on securing contracts with federal agencies. Rep. Garner Shriver and Sens. Pearson and Dole helped sponsor the event with the Wichita Area Chamber of Commerce as procurement specialists from 25 agencies provided guidance. Thirteen rural post offices in the southeast Kansas fifth district will stay open amid a halt to planned closings. The list includes Bushong Caryle Climax Devon Dunlap Fontana Hillsdale Matfield Green Milan Milton Radley Waldron Wayside.
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Wichita, Kan
UPI
Garner Shriver
James B. Pearson
Bob Dole
Akan
Wichita Area
Washington
Kansas Fifth Congressional District
Bushong
Caryle
Climax
Devon
Dunlap
Fontana
Hillsdale
Matfield Green
Milan
Milton
Radley
Waldron
Wayside
Five year accounting program starts at Pittsburg Kansas State College
Kansas State College of Pittsburg launches a five year professional accounting program this fall offering bachelor’s and master’s degrees in business administration with an accounting concentration. Graduates who pass the CPA exam qualify for the certificate without two years public accounting experience.
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Pittsburg
Kan
Pat Nixon in serious condition after stroke
Pat Nixon remains in serious condition in Long Beach California after a stroke left her moderately to severely paralyzed. Doctors warn her could deteriorate and she may never walk or talk normally again. The former president and their daughter Julie Eisenhower were at Long Beach Memorial Hospital as specialists assess her prognosis.
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Long Beach
Calif
UPI
Pat Nixon
Long Beach Memorial Hospital
Nixon
Julie Eisenhower
San Clemente
Jack M. Mosier
Kus tom Electronics Raises Union Question in Stalled Talks
A resident asks why Kus tom Electronics remains without a union contract after employees voted 75 to 68 for representation by Communications Workers of America. Victor Crawley reports the Labor Relations Board reviewing a hearing officer’s recommendations to dismiss 23 company objections. if favorable, CWA would be certified for negotiations.
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the Tribune
Kustom Electronics
Kustom
J. H
Kustom Electronics, Inc
Communications Workers of America
Victor Crawley
St. Louis
CWA
Labor Relations Board
Washington, D. C
Crawley
David Nixon
Kansas City
Chanute
Nixon
LRB
Washington
Kustom Employes
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S. Ashby
Herbert Reed
Santa Fe Lake
George Dickerhoof
Dorothy
Sacramento
Del
Flying Tiger
Cha
Yours
Munchin
John Grasso
USD 413
KSCP
Manhattan, Kan
Jordan B. Utsey
College of Education
Kansas State University
Utsey
Samuel R. Keys
Martha Keys
Keys
Wichita
Topeka, Kan
Hays, Kan
Sunflower Electric Cooperative Inc
Kansas Corporation Commission
Western Kansas Electric
Garden City
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