Southeast Kansas planning panel to oversee regional transport
The Southeast Kansas Regional Planning Commission will coordinate rural public transportation across nine counties and four additions. Six specialists will run the two year program funded by a $500000 grant while buses and drivers are provided as needed.
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Jane Blades
Kansas
Southeast
Landman
Commission
Chautauqua
Elk
Greenwood
Cowley
Shocking Nursing Home Conditions Cited In Kansas Hearings
Kansans for the Improvement of Nursing Homes spokesmen told legislators that disturbing conditions persist in some Kansas nursing homes and state standards need stronger enforcement. Nurse Jesse Branson praised recent state moves toward mandatory aide training as 675 aides enroll in a new medication program and over 200 begin a general training course next month.
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Topeka
Kan
UPI
Kansas
Jesse Branson
KINH
Branson
Ment
Area Forecast Highlights Warm Weekend Ahead
Mostly sunny and warm through Saturday with lows tonight in the low to mid 60s and highs Saturday in the upper 80s to low 90s. Winds southerly 10 to 20 mph tonight.
Dr Kay Camin files for 5th District congressional seat
Dr Kay Camin a Wichita State University staff member since 1965 filed as a Democratic candidate for Congress from the 5th District. Her background includes directing a reclamation project for 4000 acres of strip mined land in southeast Kansas and she cites economic energy and environmental issues and criticizes incumbent Joe Skubitz for not supporting federal reclamation standards. Camin highlights the district as a coal mining area and urges funds to undo damage from years before reclamation laws. She has taught economics at Wichita State and has broad work on environmental matters and citizen participation programs.
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Kay Camin
Wichita State University
Kansas
Joe Skubitz
Camin
Whitewater
Ozarks
Carter Gains Momentum As Democrats Rally For Carter
United Press International reports Carter gains among Democrats in Congress and in the Harris poll leads Ford 53 to 40 and Reagan 58 to 35. Mansfield praises Carter as a bridge builder while Reagan rejects a No. 2 ticket idea and continues campaigning in Minnesota Wyoming and Montana.
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United Press International
Congress
Harris
Jimmy Carter
Washington
Ronald Reagan
Ford
Senate
Mike Mansfield
Carter
Democrats
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Carl Albert
Jerry Brown
Lyndon Johnson
Mansfield
Reagan
Gil Carmichael
Jackson
Carmichael
Louis Harris
Minnesota
Wyoming
Montana
Kansas Court Ruling on Federal Wage Rules Weighs State Action
A Kansas official says the Supreme Court decision striking federal minimum wage and overtime coverage for states will force careful weighing of rolling back or keeping overtime and wage provisions. Governor must decide, after shifts in Department of Administration oversight. Overtime has been paid at state hospitals since 1968.
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Topeka
Kan
UPI
Secretary of
W. Keith Weltmer
U.S. Supreme Court
Kansas
High Court
Weltmer
Kansas Supreme Court
Kansas Finance Council
Department of Administration
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Piqua
Joe Chambers
Fort Scott
Ray Daniel
Hallowell
Paul Gravemann
Girard
Leonard Johnson
Neodesha
Charles Wilson
Montgomery County
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Independence
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Treece
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Lola
Rodney Armstrong
Harold Caldwell
Santa Fe Park
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