HUD Grants Chanute Housing 1.84 Million Contract
HUD awarded Chanute Housing Authority a 1,837,618 dollar contract to build 92 low rent housing units, including 50 high rise elderly units and 42 scattered sites. Bonds will be issued to cover development costs, with final bond date pending. The project uses conventional bidding, and bids will be advertised for award to the lowest bidder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of Housing and Urban Development
HUD
Chanute Housing Authority
Joe Skubitz
James B. Pearson
J. C. Sanders
Housing Authority
New Area Crop New Area Crop By Dick Laruw
A clipped byline names Dick Laruw as author of a short column on agriculture moves into a new area crop. The piece focuses on cultivation challenges and potential yields in a developing farming region.
Triticale trial grains grow locally amid mixed verdicts
Two area residents George Norris and Kenny George plant triticale seed claiming potential yields near 60 bushels per acre. Kansas tests show triticale often out yields rye but seldom equals wheat, with some varieties surviving harsh winters. Researchers note high protein but poor baking quality and anticipate a cattle feed market.
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George Norris
W. 4Th
Kenny George
Thayer
Norris
George
Kansas
Ronald Meredith
Kingman
Meredith
Alaska
Charles B. Jenkins
University of Manitoba
Jenkins
Jenkins Foundation For Research
Salinas
Calif
Kansas State University
Change in Policy On Bad Checks In Neosho County
County Attorney John White and incoming Ray Radford announce a new policy on insufficient funds and no account checks. No restitution will be required in such cases, aligning with 1965 law and Kansas Supreme Court rulings. Public meeting set for June 29 at 3 p.m. in the Chamber of Commerce Memorial Building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John White
Ray Radford
Neosho County
White
Kansas Supreme Court
Richard Ashley
Radford
George McCune
Chamber of Commerce
McCune
Chamber
Memorial Building
Kansas
Rich
Chautauqua Circuits Remembered By Local Residents
Dwight Wallingford recounts Chanute connections to early 1900s Chautauqua circuits. Raymond Justice and Thurlow Lieurance formed a notable band that toured Minnesota to Nebraska with roles in Lieurance’s troupe. Justice details salaries and travel by train and spring wagon, noting the troupe’s era ending before World War I. Lieurance later became a Wichita University arts leader and died in 1963.
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America
Lyceum
Raymond Justice
Highland
Thurlow Lieurance
Redpath-Horner
Des Moines
Chanute
New York
Alice Nielsen
Columbia
Edna Wolley
Mme. Schuman Heink
Miss Wolley
Lieurance
Justice
Iowa
United States
Dean Emritus
School of Fine Arts
Wichita University
Boulder
Colo
Southeast Kansas Tuberculosis Hospital faces use questions
The Southeast Kansas Tuberculosis Hospital in Chanute sees a declining utilization rate prompting state reviews of its future role. Dr. James Brown notes TB is diminishing but not gone, with mining and poverty cited as historical causes. The 80 bed facility on 50 acres now contemplates new possible uses.
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Kansas
Cherokee County
James Brown
Chanute
Brown
Norton
Triticale Life Cycle Sows Easy Growth, Hard Pronunciation
If it lives up to its billing, triticale must be easier to grow than to pronounce. The line hints at promising agricultural traits and the tongue-twisting name reflects its hybrid origin.
Kansas State Reports Southern Corn Blight in Ten Kansas Counties
Kansas State University plant pathologists confirm southern corn leaf blight in at least 10 Kansas counties. Counties include Riley, Douglas, Johnson, Woodson, Jefferson, Leavenworth, Franklin, Miami, Allen and Jackson. They warn the disease will likely spread with hot humid weather.
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Manhattan
Kan
Kansas State University
Kansas
Riley
Douglas
Johnson
Woodson
Jefferson
Leavenworth
Franklin
Miami
Allen
Jackson
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The
Earlton
By Dick Laruw
Ard Ashley
Dwight Wallingford
Charlie Rickle
Gale Brown
Walter Lowey
James Butin
Fredonia
John Brown
Tuberculosis
Dick Larimore
Southeast
West Seventh Street
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