Senate approves six month oil price control extension
The Senate greenlit a six month extension of emergency oil price controls amid Ford’s push to decontrol within 30 months. Liberal critics warn decontrol risks higher gasoline prices and economic harm, while the bill also preserves FEA power to shift plants from oil or gas to coal.
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Washington
UPI
Senate
Ford
Congress
House
Energy Administration
Frank Zarb
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
OPEC
Federal Energy Administration
FEA
Thomas O'Neill Jr
Massachusetts
Bennett names head for new department
Gov. Robert Bennett named Edward Bruske of Foster City California as Kansas first secretary of the reorganized Department of Economic Development. Bruske will serve as consultant until September 1 joining Acting Secretary James DeCoursey who will stay briefly after the transition.
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Topeka
Kan
UPI
Robert Bennett
Edward Bruske
Foster City
Calif
Department of Economic Development
Bruske
Kansan
James DeCoursey
DeCoursey
Bennett
KDED
Chevron Land and Development Co
Greater
San Francisco
City residency rule unchanged despite audit questions
City commissioners debated whether city employees must live within limits as two former workers moved outside. They kept the policy. concerns included promotion eligibility and valve access. The 1974 Diehl Fletcher Banwart audit found a few questionable travel vouchers and improper fund uses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Malcolm Turner
Robert Pennington
City Commission
O. H. Cunningham
Barbara Kihm
John Orozco
Michel Bogle
Phillip Rush
Diehl, Fletcher and Banwart
James Shirley
Chanute
Cosmonauts Glide Into Orbit As Apollo Crew Awaits
Two Russian cosmonauts led by Col. Alexei Leonov launched from Baikonur aboard Soyuz 19 with a United Nations flag aboard. They will rendezvous with Apollo astronauts Thomas Stafford Vance Brand and Deke Slayton in orbit, aiming for a historic joint mission and symbolic handshake over Germany. President Ford and U.S. officials watched the launch as Brezhnev offered wishes for a safe journey.
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Anatoly Dobrynin
Leonov
Ford
State Department
Washington
Florida Oceanside
Germany
Stafford
Soyuz
Kubasov
Baikonur
Tyuratam
Aral Sea
Sputnik
Moscow Control
Earth
U. S
Walter J. Stoessel Jr
Cosmodrome
Florida
Russia
Moscow
Leonid Brezhnev
United Nations
Apollo
Brand
Slayton
Mercury
Siberian Plain
Karaganda
Pacific Ocean
Regents OK medical aid program for doctors in Kansas
The Kansas Rules and Regulations Board approved emergency regulations for a scholarship loan and debt assumption program. Regents will mail 100+ applications to students and medical schools. Eligible KU School of Medicine students may receive up to 6000 dollars and must commit to two years in designated underserved counties.
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Topeka
Kan
UPI
Kansas Rules and Regulations Board
State Board of Regents
Kansas
Rules Board
Regents
Brown
Chase
Cheyenne
Elk
Gray
Haskell
Jefferson
Labette
Logan
Meade
Morton
Woodson
Kansas Medical Society
Kansas Board of Healing Arts
Kansas Health Planning Council
University of Kansas School of Medicine
KU School of Medicine
Old Soldiers and Sailors Reunion Opens in Erie
The 102nd annual Old Soldiers and Sailors Reunion begins Wednesday in Erie and runs through Saturday with games arts and crafts music dances and the bean feast. Activities include a Wednesday program and 9 pm dance on Main Street and a Friday bean feed starting at 5 pm on the courthouse lawn.
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Erie
Neosho County
American Legion
Joe Harris
The
Good Guys
Main Street
Legion Hall
Ken Kespohl
Erie Jaycee Wives
Rodney Lay
Wild West Band
Weather Area Forecast Clear to partly cloudy and warm
The forecast calls for clear to partly cloudy skies with warm and humid conditions through Wednesday. Highs near 90 and overnight lows around 70. Southerly winds by 5 to 15 mph tonight.
Santa Fe sewer district plan discussed at city meeting
City engineers outlined a redesign of the Santa Fe sewer district assessment proposing a standard residential lot price near 1500 dollars with larger lots paying extra. Residents urged more study and a public hearing was requested as the council reevaluates boundaries and placement ahead of state health regulations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santa Fe
City Commission
Malcolm Turner
James Beck
Santa Fe Sewer District
Beck
Commission
East Benefit District
Barbara Kihm
John Orozco
State Board of Health
O. H. Cunningham
Robert Pennington
Bob Bunting
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Orozco
Bunting
National Public Works Association
Industrial Fund
Chamber of Commerce
Shirley
Nadine McDonald
Neosho Memorial Hospital
Murray Brown
Mike Spence
Cha
United Press International
Alexei Leonov
Valeri Kubasov
America
Thomas Stafford
Vance Brand
Donald “Deke
Cape Canaveral
Fla
E. J. Richey
Richey
Rexall Drug Store
Richeys
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