County Officials Split Over a Tax Election Timing
Richman and Guffey told Chanute city commissioners that the Neosho County Commission will not order a sales tax referendum unless forced by Chanute. They noted timing is poor for a new tax and discussed funding for probation and road maintenance along city boundaries.
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Neosho
Chanute
Jim Guffey
Guffey
Richman
Bob Bunting
Charles Ingle
Barbara Kihm
John Orozco
Kihm
Orozco
Intercepted Letter Informs Cha Of No Threats
Intercepted correspondence asserts that Jerry does not intend any harm and asks Cha to understand there are no threats. The note emphasizes reassurance and a closing signoff.
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Jerry
Ford declines to rule out first use of nuclear arms
President Ford refused to declare that the United States would refrain from first use of nuclear weapons in a future conflict. He said a White House press conference was not the setting to discuss deployment of strategic or tactical arms. He noted potential limited nuclear war as a possibility and cited unchanged policy in practice.
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Ford
Washington
UPI
United States
White House
Europe
South Korea
North Korea
Fred Harris
Oklahoma
U.S
Soviet Union
Russia
Ford warns of persistent unemployment to curb inflation
President Ford cautions Americans to endure high unemployment for a short period to avoid renewed inflation. He says 9.2 percent jobless is unacceptable and signals may misjudge the unemployment outlook while continuing to fight inflation despite a recent inflation drop.
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Ford
Washington
UPI
Indicators signal end of recession as May index rises
The government's leading economic index climbed 2.1 percent in May, marking the third straight monthly gain and virtually assuring that the 18 month recession has ended. No three month rise since World War II has failed to signal a recovery.
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Washington
UPI
Commerce Department
Aviation fuel shortage hits midwest spread to Kansas City
A regional energy official says aviation fuel shortages will last three to four days across the midwest. Topeka and Kansas City airports report critically low stocks as Mobil Oil and Phillips Petroleum struggle to meet demand amid refinery disruptions and high April and March price gains.
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Kansas City, Mo
UPI
Duane Skelton
Federal Energy Administration
Midwest
Skelton
Topeka
Philip Billard
Fairfax
Kansas City
Kan
Kansas City Municipal
Sioux Falls
S. C
Minneapolis
Mobil Oil Co
Phillips Petroleum Co
Kansas
Missouri
Mobil
Augusta
Phillips
Judge Abductor Freed After Abduction Case
Probate Judge H Dean Cotton refused to comment on his seven hour kidnapping to protect the defendant's right to a fair trial. Kenneth Huff 41 was charged with seven counts of theft and kidnapping and held on bond 175000. Authorities considered federal charges and possible Oklahoma cases as Huff was arrested near Dewar Oklahoma after taking Cotton to a camper pickup and releasing him near Okmulgee.
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Cotton
Huff
Okmulgee
Okla
Oklahoma
Galva
McPherson
Dewar
Area Forecast Highlights Thunderstorms and Mild Lows
Partly cloudy with scattered thunderstorms tonight and highs in the mid 80s Friday. Lows tonight in the mid 60s to lower 70s. Southerly winds 15 to 25 mph this afternoon diminishing to 10 to 15 mph tonight.
Nature's Best Scout Ranch Hosts Kansas Troops
Quivira Scout Ranch ten miles north of Sedan runs weekly summer sessions for southeast Kansas youths. This week 25 Scouts from Chanute's Troop 3 and Troop 100 attend at the 300 acre lake site, with about 400 boys in sessions. Summer staff includes Bernard Tinkler as camp director, Craig Burress as aquatics director, Scott Allen as commissary director, and Jody Maple as scout craft instructor.
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Quivira
Sedan
Kansas
Chanute
Bernard Tinkler
Humboldt
Craig Burress
Eric
Scott Allen
Edith
Jody Maple
S. Garfield
Willie Wimsett
Wimsett
Troop 100
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Gray
Cha
Yours
John F. Kennedy
Pentagon
Congress
James R. Schlesinger
Korea
Afl-Cio
George Meany
Nature’s
Quivira Scout Ranch
Harold Brouchard
W. Main
Kelly Spiva
Quivira Council
Wichita
David Merritt
Scott Morris
W. 4Th
Mark Barnby
S. Rutter
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