City refunds 2024 utility overcharges to Chanute residents
City Clerk Jim Youngberg confirms a 2024 refund from Cities Service Gas Co totaling 20 224 40 dollars will be passed to utility customers through rate adjustments. City commissioners plan to discuss sewer charge increases to fund projects including a potential new wastewater treatment plant and a 7 2 million dollar capital program. Heavy rain causes mud and delays for gas water and sewer crews across Chanute.
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Jim Youngberg
Chanute
Cities Service Gas Co
Federal Power Commission
FPC
Youngberg
Memorial Building
Bob Bunting
Allgeier, Martin & Associates
Commission
Bunting
Plummer Street
Larry Shepard
Gas, Water and Sewer Department
Shepard
City curfew targets youths under Section 17-608
Police Chief Chet Hale notes many curfew violators under the 17-608 ordinance. Kids 16 and younger must be home by 10 30 p m Sunday through Thursday and 11 30 p m Friday and Saturday, with exceptions for guardians. Repeat offenders may be brought to the station or petitioned in juvenile court.
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Chet Hale
Hale
Two Chanute utility workers retire after long service
Rosemary Biele retired after 20 years with Chanute city utility office and Kathryn Althaber retired after almost 27 years. City officials praised their contributions. Meantime unfinished electrical work by a subcontractor delays Chanute's new Public Works and Utility Complex by two to three weeks.
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Chanute
Rosemary Biele
Kathryn Althaber
Jim Youngberg
East 14Th Street
Bob Bunting
Tax on gas guzzlers passes committee in watered down form
The House Ways and Means Committee approved a milder version of President Carter’s gas guzzler tax amid battles to weaken or strengthen it. Chrysler feared the levy would limit competitiveness as the tax targets 1978 models under 15 mpg with a $339 charge.
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Washington
UPI
Carter
House
Ways and Means Committee
Energy Subcommittee
House Commerce Committee
Oil and Gas
Federal
Chrysler
William Brodhead
D-Mich
Senate Finance
Committee
Senate
Utility rebate? Lookin good and steady
A brief note from Nute expresses approval of a utility rebate, praising its appearance and promising ongoing support. The message conveys enthusiasm and positive regard for the rebate program.
Hunt for Gene Hart halted by heavy rain in Oklahoma
In Locust Grove Oklahoma authorities suspended the manhunt for Cherokee suspect Gene Leroy Hart after a downpour washed out trails and tracks in Skunk Mountain. About 400 volunteers and 200 officers searched the area near Camp Scott where Lori Farmer Denise Milner and Michelle Guse were found dead. Aircraft continued to sweep the brush as investigators assessed armed danger unknown and possible recapture.
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Hart
Oklahoma Highway Patrol
Skunk Mountain
Camp Scott Crossroad
Lori Lee Farmer
Doris Denise Milner
Michelle Guse
Scrub Oak
Richard Guse
Rains stall Kansas wheat harvest across state
National Weather Service forecaster says heavy rains will keep the Kansas wheat harvest stalled another week to 10 days in central and eastern Kansas. Only scattered cutting occurred in west central counties, with Western Kansas likely to begin by Monday if rain holds. The rain boosts soil moisture but delays grain collection statewide.
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Topeka
UPI
Kansas
Barton
Ellis
Rush
State Harvest Control Office
Great Bend
Jim Jay
Harvest Office
Jay
Shideler
Weather and Train Delay Near Chanute
Partly cloudy day with a chance of scattered showers as a cold front nears Chanute and stalls tonight. Mostly cloudy through Sunday with highs around 8 and 4 percent, lows near 68. Santa Fe railroad workers in Emporia inspect a derailment that derailed three cars of a 115 car train arriving Friday at the Chanute switch yards near Walnut Street. crews repair cars and track.
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Chanute
Santa Fe Railroad
Emporia
Chanute Switch Yards
Walnut Street Crossing
Highway signs saved from metric conversion
The U S government will not switch highway signs to metric units after public opposition. Federal officials cited 5000 comments with 98 percent negative and a cost estimate of 100 million dollars for the change.
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Washington
UPI
William Cox
FHA
Richard Reilly
American Association of Highway and Traffic Officials
Reilly
EPA implements water safety rules requiring consumer notices
The EPA's Safe Drinking Water Act rule effective Friday requires water systems to warn customers when water fails health standards. Systems must test for contaminants, notify consumers of problems and corrective actions, and inform media outlets when a standard is not met.
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Washington
UPI
Environmental Protection Agency
EPA
Barbara
Blum
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