Editorial on Direct Popular Election Amendment
A form letter from U S Sen Birch Bayh chairing the Senate amendments subcommittee argues for direct popular election of the President and Vice President. It cites inequities of the electoral college and calls for thorough, well informed national debate to reach consensus.
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U.S
Birch Bayh
D-Ind
Senate
United States
Senate Subcommittee On
Reunion at Cabin by Lake Eureka Confirms Travel Oddities
The narrator recalls attending a family reunion at a cabin on Lake Eureka four miles north of Eureka town. Illustrious misdirection yields two minor detours before finding the destination. A couple in a bait shop offers directions amid a humorous travel mishap.
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Lake Eureka
Eureka
Reunion Dayfold Reflections Along a Lakebound Visit
Keith Wright recounts a family reunion that unfolds with simple directions and cautious humor. A delayed map discussion leads to the lake’s dual entrances, a scenic detour around the water, and talk of fishing plans as kin assemble and reminisce.
Thief Steals Chanute Mother's Car On Country Club Plaza
A Chanute woman and her daughter were stranded in Kansas City after a thief took their car from a Plaza parking area as they visited a physician. They returned to find the vehicle and luggage gone, leaving them with only purses and clothes.
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Chanute
Kansas City
Country Club Plaza
Fred Harris
Nancy
Federal regs seek to widen control over rural earthwork
Kansas farmers face expanded federal oversight as the Army Corps of Engineers proposes four new rules under Section 404 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act. The plan would regulate terracing and pond projects on farms by extending authority over navigable waters and their tributaries, with state participation and EPA veto powers. Public comment runs to June 30, with final rules due by late July.
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United States Army
Environmental Protection Agency
U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Department of Commerce
Advisory Council On Historic Preservation
The
Council On Environmental Quality
U. S. Army Corps of Engineers
Federal District
Washington, D. C
U.S
Corps
United States
Army
Department of Army
EPA
Conservation and Consumer Protection Agencies
Environmental Action Planners
National Marine Fisheries Service
Fwpcan
Mel Gray
Gray
State Department of Environmental Health
Bob Dole
Dole
Kansas
Missouri River
Manhattan
Missouri
Senate Public Works Committee
George McGovern
Mike Mansfield
Kenneth MacKenna
Office of Water and Hazardous Materials
E.P.A
M Street
Washington, DC
Kansas Teachers Seek Summit on School Violence
Jerry Hall of Riley, president of the Kansas National Education Association, calls for a governor’s conference on school violence after a 1970-73 rise in assaults on teachers and students, plus vandalism. He cites Kansas among 12 states and notes incidents like a Garden City fire deemed set by a student.
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Jerry Hall
Riley
Kansas National Education Association
Hall
Kansas
Chanute
Garden City
Local Newspaper Subscription Rates and Areas Served
Published daily except Sunday and holidays, the paper lists subscription options. Rates vary by region including Neosho Allen Wilson Woodson counties with tax and city delivery in Chanute. price points cover annual, semiannual, quarterly and monthly terms. May include carrier and mail delivery details with respective taxes.
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Neosho
Alien, Wilson, and Woodson Co
Chanute
Local News Reprint Rights From UP and AB Circulation
UP News Dispatches and local UPI content are exclusive for republication. Audit Bureau of Circulations confirms membership and circulation auditing standards.
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United Press International
Member
Audit Bureau of Circulations
Rustic chalets free for bigwig vacations
National Park Service runs two exclusive lodges Brinkerhoff House in Wyoming and Camp Hoover in Shenandoah offering access to prominent guests and officials. The guest registers reveal visits by Walter Cronkite, Rep. Teno Roncalio, Rep. Lee Hamilton, and Nixon-era figures. Scrutiny notes VIP bias and limited public access despite policy.
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Washington
National Park Service
Brinkerhoff
Jackson Lake
Wyo
Grand Teton Mountains
Hoover
Shenandoah National Park
CBS
Walter Cronkite
Utah
Cal Rampton
Brinkerhoff House
Teno Roncalio
D-Wyo
Jack Anderson
Lee Hamilton
D-Ind
George W. Allen Jr
Cronkite
Reps
B. F. Sisk
D-Calif
John Jarman
R-Okla
Federal Communications
Rex Lee
GAO proposes closing small rural post offices nationwide
The GAO says about 12 000 rural offices could close without service decline saving the USPS about 100 million dollars. Kansas has 469 small offices, with critics like Rep Keith Sebelius promising strong pushback. The agency suggests shifting to rural routes or private contractor community offices while noting mail service remains equivalent in many communities.
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Doug Lowenstein
Tribune
Washington Bureau
Washington
Kansas
Congressional
General Accounting Office
GAO
Congress
U.S
Keith Sebelius
R-Norton
Tap water contains dangerous metal contamination warns expert
Dr. William Strain of Case Western Reserve University told a University of Missouri conference that household tap water can carry metals including lead and cadmium. He cited studies finding higher levels in parts of New York Ohio and Pennsylvania and urged quick source elimination and watershed analysis.
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Columbia Mo
UPI
William Strain
School of Medicine
Case Western Reserve University
University of Missouri
Strain
New York
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Environmental Protection Agency
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