Chanute planners seek revised rules on utility extensions
Chanute Planning Commission began revising an ordinance to regulate municipal gas water and electric extensions outside city limits. Officials warn lack of guidelines has allowed outside development to proceed unchecked risking substandard systems and costly city maintenance upon annexation. A special work session with staff and the city commission is planned to finalize the provisions.
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Chanute
Planning Commission
Johnny Litchenburg
Litchenburg
U.S. 169
35Th Street
Commission
Kansas
Jim Beck
West Second Street
Beck
City Commission
Supreme Court narrows religious accommodation in labor cases
The court ruled 7 to 2 that employers need not discriminate against some workers to accommodate others religious needs. Justice White backed TWA saying seniority contract minimizes religious and secular conflicts. The decision involved Larry Hardison who was fired for refusing Saturday shifts at Kansas City. Dissenters warned the ruling weakens protections for religious observers nationwide.
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Washington
UPI
Byron White
Trans World Airlines
TWA
Congress
Larry Hardison
World Wide Church of God
Burglaries in Scout murders area probe linked deaths
Authorities investigate two burglaries near Camp Scott after the killings of Girl Scouts Lori Farmer Doris Milner and Michelle Guse. Fingerprints from the burglaries will be compared with prints from the crime scenes while a new method allowed lifting three fingerprints from the bodies.
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Locust Grove
Okla
UPI
J.D. Robertson
Camp Scott
Lori Lee Farmer
Doris Denise Milner
Michelle Guse
Robertson
Weather Summary for Date Range
The report notes highest and lowest temperatures for the date range in 1918 and 1917 respectively. Relative humidity is 65 percent with a barometer reading of 28.925 inches. Sunrise at 6:00 AM and sunset at 4:45 PM, precipitation none.
Area Forecast Highlights Partly to mostly cloudy and humid
Partly cloudy to mostly cloudy and humid through Friday with a few isolated thunderstorms possible tonight. Friday will be very warm with highs in the upper 70s to low 90s and tonight’s lows near 70. Winds from the south to southeast at 5 to 15 mph.
Cancer panel sees major advances in adult cancer treatment
Washington reports Benno C. Schmidt stating early clinical results mix of surgery or radiation with drugs shows substantial progress. He notes better diagnosis and curing over half of several childhood cancers, with drugs targeting systemic disease. Mammography debate also discussed by ACS official.
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Washington
UPI
Benno C. Schmidt
House
Schmidt
Carter pushes national health insurance plan with urgency
President Carter reaffirmed plans to submit a national health insurance bill early next year while urging action to curb rising medical costs. He warned hospital care costs could double every five years without swift reform and met with a diverse national health insurance committee. He also held talks with about 25 House members and highlighted Social Security reform as a top priority.
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Washington
UPI
Carter
White House
UAW
Leonard Woodcock
Congress
Paul Rogers
Florida
Robert Cornell
Robert Kastenmeier
Wisconsin
Martha Keys
Kansas
Energy Department
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Municipal Utility Service
Neosho Memorial Hospital
Chester Brannen
Oswego
Supreme Court
White
Kansas City International Airport
Circuit Court of Appeals
Hardison
The
International Association of Machinists
Thurgood Marshall
William Brennan
America
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Kenneth BeCamp
Tulsa
Mayes County
ReCamp
Joe Hernandez
Manual Tabares
Frank Pink
Emporia
Santa
Fe Railroad
American Cancer Society
Arthur Holleb
Cha
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