Neosho County Hospital Bond Petition Drive Under Way
About three weeks remain for Neosho County residents to sign petitions to place a $3.5 million hospital bond issue on the ballot. The plan would fund an addition and remodel the Neosho Memorial Hospital, with 25 percent of legal electors needed within 60 days of the first publication. Local residents Floyd West and Ken Casper discuss support and alternative funding ideas amid county-wide petition efforts.
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Kathleen Pickett
Neosho County
Neosho Memorial Hospital
Space veterans hail shuttle era as Apollo ends
Apollo commander Thomas Stafford and crewmates Vance Brand and Donald Slayton say they are enjoying their final space days and anticipate a practical era with the space shuttle in 1979. They describe a “super” mission, assess the worth of the joint flight with Soviet cosmonauts, and note plans to jettison the docking module before returning to Earth.
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Houston
UPS
Thomas Stafford
Apollo
Vance Brand
Donald ‘‘Deke
Slayton
Stafford
Brand
United States
New Orleans
Honolulu
Christopher Kraft
The
Space Center
Parsons ammo plant to close by year end
The Kansas Army Ammunition Plant at Parsons will shut down December 31 as demand drops after the Vietnam conflict ends. A standby staff of 313 will remain, with 120 laid off September 31 and 598 more by year end. At peak, the plant employed 4,000 workers across Kansas, Missouri and Oklahoma.
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Parsons
Washington
UPI
Kansas Army Ammunitions
Joe Skubitz
R-Kan
Skubitz
Army
Norman R. Augustine
Southeast Asia
Kansas
Missouri
Oklahoma
Medical center open to malpractice suits
Kansas University Medical Center faces potential malpractice suits after a state Supreme Court ruling removed governmental immunity. Attorney Lee J. Dunn Jr. notes the center employs 23 percent of Kansas physicians and urges a tort claims act or other statutory protections for legitimate governmental functions while stressing broader loss prevention and patient advocacy measures.
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Topeka, Kan
UPI
State Supreme Court
Kansas University Medical Center
Lee J. Dunn Jr
Kansas
Dunn
Supreme Court
Wichita State University
Hunt Brothers Claim CIA Retaliation Over Spy Refusal
Nelson Bunker Hunt and W Herbert Hunt say the CIA retaliated after they declined to let a Hunt Oil Co affiliate spy overseas. They allege the agency infiltrated the company and aided a $50 million embezzlement scheme while pursuing wiretap charges tied to their father’s aides.
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Dallas
UPI
H. L. Hunt
CIA
Hunt Company
Nelson Bunker Hunt
W. Herbert Hunt
Hunt Oil Co
Chanute Bicentennial Committee Meets Tonight
The Chanute Bicentennial Committee holds an organizational meeting at 7 PM in the Tioga Room Tioga Hotel to discuss feasible activities including a possible pageant or drama. Participants include PRIDE Chanute Chamber of Commerce Jaycees and Chanute High School with leaders Willcott and Rommel inviting broad local involvement.
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Chanute
Tioga
Tioga Hotel
John Willcott
Willcott
PRIDE
Chanute Area
Weather Area Forecast Partly Cloudy With Storms
Partly cloudy with scattered thunderstorms tonight and Thursday. Lows tonight in the lower 70s. Highs Thursday in the low to mid 90s. South to southwest winds 5 to 15 mph tonight with stronger gusts near storms. Rain chances 30 percent tonight and 20 percent Thursday.
Frost Damages Brazil Coffee Crop Driving Prices Up
Severe frost in Brazil destroys 70 to 80 percent of the 1.2 billion coffee trees, threatening world supply. The United States buys about 60 percent of Brazil’s exports, with 1976 prices surging on futures markets. Brazil may lose 70 percent of next year’s crop, and exports are suspended pending exact losses. Brazil may face higher domestic prices as well.
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Roz Liston
United Press International
Brazil
United States
U.S
London
Rio de Janeiro
Couple builds urban oasis park at 7th and Forest
Mr and Mrs Curtis Hupp of 722 S Forest spent six years clearing and cultivating land to create a park amid a forest of houses. They razed an unsafe corner dwelling, moved a Hudson Meat Market house to South Forest, added trees and weeping willows, and now enjoy a spacious lawn for family and neighbors. Dino the terrier plays on the grounds with a small ball.
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7Th and Forest
Curtis Hupp
S. Forest
Hupps
Hupp
11Th and
Santa Fe
Hudson
South Forest
Dino
Dean Martin
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