Chanute Faces Housing Shortage and Rising Costs
Chanute Kansas struggles with limited housing despite new units at Safari West and the housing authority. City planner Mike Bailey notes static population and dispersed homes raise city costs, while realtors urge more development in the $20 000 to $30 000 range and rental housing to alleviate demand.
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Safari West
Chanute Housing Authority
Mike Bailey
Chanute
Bailey
Neosho County
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Southeast Kansas pork plant eyed for regional economy
A Southeast Kansas RC&D official says a nearby pork processing plant could boost the area more than oil or aircraft gains. Ed Dickerson cites about one million market hogs in southeast Kansas and notes no large local plant with Oklahoma City as the closest. He warns production may outpace 70 percent growth projection for 1970 to 1930 and stresses eastern Kansas suitability for hogs if processing is built.
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Kansas
Southeast
Rc&d Board of Directors
Ed Dickerson
Rc&d Agricultural and Forestry Committee
Dickerson
Oklahoma City
Charles McFate
Farm Products Management
FPM
McFate
Tomlin
Nixon
Washington, D.C
Intercepted Letter About Beans and Sailor Says Beans Help
An old sailor says the scurvy has him down but beans should pick him up. He spoke in a casual, intercepted letter style with no further context provided.
Retirement honors social security rep Mrs Lorna Howe
After 25 years as a Social Security field representative Mrs Lorna Howe retires in Chanute a public reception is scheduled at the Tioga Hotel with hostesses Pauline Flynn and Ethel Green The Pittsburg office serves five counties and Howe worked in all five counties beginning her duties She aided seniors with Medicare instructions disability claims and moving to Osage Village retirement complex at 301 W Walnut conducted Thursday business at Chanute office averages 35 to 40 people weekly
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Lorna Howe
Social Security
Chanute
Tioga Hotel
Howe
Pauline Flynn
State Department of Social Welfare
Ethel Green
Southeast Kansas Tuberculosis Hospital
Pittsburg
Retirement marks long public service across agencies
Mrs. Howe explains a career beginning in 1936 with a brief WPA stint and stretching through the Wage Control Agency in World War II to the Social Security Administration from 1946. She split time teaching Chanute and Fort Scott, plans to assist the Area Agency on Aging after visiting Yakima, Washington, and continues to stay active beyond retirement.
100th Old Soldiers and Sailors Reunion in Erie This Week
The 100th annual Old Soldiers and Sailors Reunion runs July 16 to 21 in Erie. Since its start in Earlton in 1873 it has grown with a carnival, giant bean feeds in 45 kettles, and events across Neosho County. The centennial events include a queen contest, arts show, Centennial Parade, and Friday Dress Old-Fashioned Days with centennial costumes daily.
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D.C.F
Erie
Old Soldiers and Sailors
Ruth McKinney
Good Will Tours, Inc
Earlton
Neosho County
Grand Army of the Republic Post
American Legion Post
American Legion Post and Auxiliary
Hartong
Dr. E. C. Bryan
Home State Bank
Stark State Bank
Exchange State Bank
St. Paul
James Beech
Getting Even at Dentist Raised Assault Charge
In Dublin Georgia 22 year old Ralph Wadley of Soperton attacked Dr A J Bowen after a dentist said a loose tooth required no treatment. Wadley struck Bowen with fists and with a pistol in a parking lot. he was charged with aggravated assault and released on a $2000 bond.
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Dublin
Ralph Wadley
Soperton
A. J. Bowen
Wadley
Bowen
Kelley Hearing Sets FBI Director Nomination Vote
Senate Judiciary Committee opens hearings on Clarence M. Kelley as permanent FBI director with Kansas City police chief as key witness. The session centers on his philosophy and tactics amid a broader talk on law and order. swift confirmation is expected. In Key West Florida rescuers report two men inside a midget submarine trapped 31 hours are dead after the craft was freed from a destroyer wreck.
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Washington
Clarence M. Kelley
FBI
Senate Judiciary Committee
Kansas City
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Kelley
Key West
Fla
John Maurer
Schlesinger hints at possible renewed bombing of North Vietnam
Defense Secretary designate James R. Schlesinger says he could see circumstances that would trigger resumption of bombing if Hanoi threatens South Vietnam. He testified before the Senate Armed Services Committee, which is expected to take days to vote on his nomination, with little opposition anticipated.
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Washington
James R. Schlesinger
North Vietnam
Hanoi
South Vietnam
Schlesinger
Senate Armed Services Committee
Nixon and Brezhnev meet as talks turn to trade issues
Nixon and Brezhnev summarize a peace pledge before resuming talks on trade and economics. The morning session included signing by Rogers and Gromyko of accords on air travel cultural exchanges agriculture and oceanographic research. Both leaders appeared relaxed after a late dinner with Brezhnev predicting a good mood upon departure.
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Washington
Nixon
Leonid I. Brezhnev
William P. Rogers
Andrei Gromyko
Brezhnev
United States
Dean to Squeal on Nixon in Senate Probe
A source says John W. Dean III will testify that President Nixon knew of the Watergate cover up. Dean may name the President. hearings delayed until after Brezhnev's visit. In Houston, astronauts Conrad and Weitz retrieved six canisters of film from Skylab.
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Washington
Senate
White House
John W. Dean III
Nixon
Dean
Leonid I. Brezhnev
Space Center, Houston
Charles Conrad Jr
Paul J. Weitz
Skylab Space Station
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Farm and Home Administration
Everett Tomlin
Office of Economic Opportunity
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By Jane Blades
Chamber of Commerce
Charles Hartong
Ted Kyle
U.S
Jaycees
Larry Simmons
Eric
Kelley Hearing
Trade
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