Parking ideas emerge for Chanute CBD plan
Local business leaders and officials in Chanute explore Main Street vacation to create a public parking lot with equal land division for adjacent owners. Other options include converting two way streets to one way for parking, extended hours, and establishing generators like farmers markets to draw downtown foot traffic.
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Main Street
Central Business District
C. Bickley Foster
Wichita
Group
Cbd
Commission
Jim Chappell
Chanute
Kansas
Chappell
Cardinal Drugstore
Foster
Flood waters force families to evacuate
Floods from the Verdigris River forced about 30 families in Neodesha and Fredonia to leave their homes after five days of rain. National Guard aid evacuated six to eight Neodesha families, with water depths up to four feet in some areas and rising rapidly. In Fredonia, surface water flooded four blocks, prompting evacuation of about 15 households. most returned by 11 p.m. Tuesday.
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City Commission
Foster
Don Davidson
Chanute
Neodesha
Fredonia
National Guard
Verdigris
David Miller
Cherryvale
Police Department
Miller
Wilson County Sheriff's Department
Storm hampers phone and utility services in Chanute
Heavy rain and high winds disable long distance circuits between Chanute and Wichita and affect calls nationwide routed through Wichita. Repairs are delayed by high water near Eureka, with directory assistance in Chanute now routed through Wichita. Electrical damage from weekend lightning includes burnt conductors and transformer replacements, while access to flooded areas remains limited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wichita
Vaughn
Chanute-area
CB Call Aids Rescue Of Local Tenant
Margaret Rausch found Ernest Typer, in his sixties, collapsed in his apartment at 401 S Santa Fe. A stormy morning CB alert led Cecilia Asher to contact Neosho Memorial Hospital where Typer was in stable condition and barely conscious on arrival.
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Cbers
Margaret Rausch
S. Santa Fe
Ernest Typer
Neosho Memorial Hospital
Mary Christy
Cecilia Asher
Typer
Scout murder still mystery in Locust Grove wedding photo angle
Three women in wedding pictures found near the troop camp where three Girl Scouts were killed are not involved in the case. Authorities clarified the women’s connection is uncertain, and investigators continue to pursue leads.
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Locust Grove
Okla
Weather Area Forecast and Local Camp Scott Murder Reference
Partly cloudy with a chance of thunderstorms tonight and Thursday. Locally heavy storms possible tonight with lows mid to upper 60s and highs near 70s Thursday. Winds southeast 5 to 15 mph tonight. Rain chances 40 percent tonight and 30 percent Thursday. OSBI chief cites wedding photos found near the Camp Scott crime scene as under investigation and notes no ID of women or photographer. District officials call for a male volunteer search Friday to aid the Camp Scott case while restricting participation and gear rules. Authorities seek the killer who entered Camp Scott June 13 and killed three Tulsa and Broken Arrow girls, all subjected to sexual assault.
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Camp Scott
Lori Lee Farmer
Doris Denise Milner
Tulsa
Michelle Guse
Broken Arrow
Okla
Amin's secret police unleashed killings after ambush
Kenya's official news agency reports Idi Amin survived an ambush in Entebbe. The State Research Bureau is described as carrying out a rampage against suspects in the alleged assassination attempt, with hundreds fleeing to Kenya amid a purge.
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Nairobi
Kenya
UPI
Idi Amin
Amin
Luxembourg
David Owen
State Research Bureau
Secret Police
Kampala
Robbery beats Chanute businessman at J and R Motors
Chanute police investigated an early morning robbery at J and R Motors 907 W Cherry. Owner Bob Trabue 45 was beaten with a pistol butt and robbed of about 57 dollars after a 30 minute hold up. Suspect described as six feet tall with blond hair.
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Bob Trabue
J&r Motors
W. Cherry
Trabue
Smith and Wesson
Chanute
Memorial Building
Vernon Shultz
Russell Anderson
J&r
Shultz
Tornado funnel sighted near Buffalo Kansas
A funnel cloud was sighted near Buffalo at 6 31 p m Tuesday and monitored by civil defense and police. Chanute police posted lookouts after a citizen alert. State patrol and county sheriff alerted. A second sighting confirmed near Buffalo as the storm moved southeast over Chanute bringing wind rain and hail.
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Buffalo
Civil Defense
Chanute
Kansas Highway Patrol
Wilson County
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Shaw Road
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Rob Johnson
Shaw
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Eureka
Ron Reed
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Cha
Yours
Jeff Laird
Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation
Oklahoma City
Laird
Oklahoma
OSBI
Sid Wise
Wise
Cairo
Moses Ali
Entebbe
Uganda
Libya
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