Chanute Plan discussed at USD 413 meeting
USD 413 board discussed the Chanute Plan at Chanute Senior High School with input from Tim Erickson and community members. They approved guidelines for high school guidance counseling and a school philosophy for elementary grades while planning next year’s in service training and bids for lunch facilities and a 22 passenger bus.
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Cheryl Burch
USD 413
Earl Gehrt
Tim Erickson
the Tribune
Gehrt
Charles Lesher
W. 5Th
Erickson
Chanute High School
Norman Thompson
Barnhart
John Valusek
Wichita
Jerry Steele
Bomb blasts hit downtown Chicago injuring five
Four downtown buildings including police headquarters were struck by bombs. Five people were injured, two seriously, as a terrorist gang likely claimed responsibility. Victims included a pregnant woman and her husband in guarded condition at Henrotin Hospital.
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Chicago
UPI
Bank Leumi
Israel
City Hall
John Hancock
First National
Schwarz
Sharon Ayers
Elmhurst
Lee Markovitz
Allen
Markovitz
Chanute High School Coach Named to State Council
Helen Anderson a Chanute High School physical education instructor will represent AAAA schools on a nine member advisory council to the Kansas State High School Athletic Association. Her appointment was announced Monday night at the USC 413 school board meeting. She says the council will gauge programs and problems now that girls athletics are more prevalent and will make recommendations to the state on girls athletic programs.
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Helen Anderson
Chanute High School
Kansas State High School Athletic Association
USC
Teton flood leaves Idaho in mud with 7 dead
153 persons remain missing after the 310 foot Teton Dam breach. Floodwaters swamped 300 square miles, damaging Rexburg and surrounding towns, with $500 million in damages and 298 injuries. Civil Defense and National Guard teams aid cleanup as relief groups distribute essentials.
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Idaho Falls
Idaho
UPI
Teton Dam
American Falls
Carlos Randolph
Bureau of Reclamation Project
Snake River
Rexburg
Ryan Englund
Idaho Falls Hospital
Henry’s Fork
St. Anthony
Blackfoot
Firth
National
Red Cross
Mormon Church
Wilson Kellogg
Kansas Roads Face Reversion to Gravel Amid Soaring Asphalt Costs
Kansas counties buckle as asphalt costs rise from eight or nine cents to 32 cents per gallon since 1950. Sealing a mile costs about 3 000 dollars while rock roads run 800 to 900 dollars annually. Marion Greenwood and Butler counties have torn up significant asphalt, reducing mileage to about 120 miles in some areas. Officials warn only maintaining needed asphalt is economical. otherwise roads may stay gravel long term.
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Topeka
Kan
Kansas
Marion County
Butler County
T. L. Farmer
Raymond Olson
Kansas Transportation Department
Weather Area Forecast Clear to warmer into midweek
Area forecast calls for clear to partly cloudy skies and rising temperatures through Wednesday. Today’s highs reach mid to upper 80s with night lows in the 60s. Wednesday’s highs expected in the upper 80s to low 90s. Southerly winds 5 to 15 mph tonight.
Primary contest narrows as California Ohio and New Jersey vote
United Press International reports Ford and Reagan near a dead heat in the race for delegates as California Ohio and New Jersey select delegates. Carter leads Democrats with strong gains possible in Ohio and New Jersey while Udall Church and Brown campaign on uncommitted options amid heated exchanges.
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United Press International
Ford
Ronald Reagan
Jimmy Carter
California
Ohio
New Jersey
Edmund G. Brown Jr
Reagan
Carter
Dayton
Morris Udall
Udall
Frank Church
Brown
Rhode Island
Hubert Humphrey
Charges Filed Against KG and E Over Nuclear Referendum
Kansas Gas & Electric Co was charged with violating state law by illegal contributions to opponents of a California nuclear power referendum. The charges were filed in Sedgwick County District Court after a conference between state and county prosecutors. KG&E planned a nuclear plant with Kansas City Power & Light.
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Wichita, Kan
UPI
Kansas Gas & Electric Co
Sedgwick County
Howard Kline
Donald Hoffman
Hoffman
Keith Sanborn
Sanborn
Kansas Gas & Electric
Kansas City Power & Light Co
Water reserve plan centerpiece for Chanute Commission meeting
The Chanute City Commission will meet Wednesday at 6 p.m. in the Memorial Building to discuss a drought water reserve application from state lakes and reservoirs, plus a recommendation by Charles Hight of Hight Jackson & Associates on the public works building. Also on the agenda are the doctor search committee, a senior volunteer program, the urban boundary map, past due utilities and a beer license application.
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Chanute
City Commission
Charles Hight
Hight, Jackson & Associates
Commission
Public Works and Utilities
Hight
Intercepted Letter Compares Primaries to Christmas Shopping
The author addresses Cha and notes that the recent primaries felt like Christmas shopping, expressing relief that the events are finally over.
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Cha
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