Jesus Festival Approved By District 413 Board
The District 413 Board of Education approved a Jesus music festival in Royster Stadium on June 16 despite concerns about stadium readiness and insurance. Organizer Van Finney said insurance up to 300000 for injuries and 25000 for stadium damage would be secured, and Johnny Cash was asked to perform. The board limited stage extension and approved additional staff and equipment purchases for district needs.
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Dick Cowden
District 413 Board of Education
Royster Stadium
van Finney
Chanute High School
Buford Fisher
District 413
Finney
Johnny
Cash
Sony
Fisher
Local Carrier Wins State Recognition
Van Finney a 15 year old Chanute Tribune carrier received a Kansas Press Association Award of Excellence at a Topeka banquet. Gov. Docking presented the trophy and the group toured government offices and the Kansas House. Finney praised for courteous service and accurate accounts.
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van Finney
S. Highland
Chanute Tribune
Kansas Press Association
Finney
Jayhawk
Topeka
Robert Docking
Kansas House of Representatives
Topeka Capital-Journal
the Tribune
Rain Slows Chanute Voting In City and School Races
Voters faced morning rain as Chanute residents cast ballots in the City Commission and District 413 Board of Education primaries. Noon tallies show Alcott Central Park North Malcolm Royster Murray Hill fire station Senior Trade Lincoln Roosevelt totals with 5,899 city and about 6,600 413 registrations. Polls close this afternoon with results not expected before 8 p.m. election Tuesday.
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Chanute City
Alcott
Central Park
North Malcolm Community Center
Royster
Murray Hill
Fire Station
Senior Trade
Lincoln
Roosevelt
City Commission
Tribune
Erie School Fire Called Arson
Erie High School suffered an arson fire discovered at 5 30 a m Monday. State fire marshal report cited a set blaze on the library side of the partition between the library and the art room with damage confined to those areas and smoke damage in other parts of the building. Superintendent W J Han said classes proceeded and an exact damage estimate would come later.
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Erie
Erie High School
W. J. Han
Han
Flooding Not Seen Despite Rising East River Bridge Level
The East River Bridge reads 18.5 feet and rising with flood stage at 20 feet, but officials say no flood danger or road closures are expected. Water covers R101 north of Edna in Labette County, yet the highway remains open with no closures reported.
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East River
The
Highway Patrol
Edna
Labette County
Benefit Wheelchair Basketball Game Highlights Local Ties
A March 17 charity wheelchair basketball game at Neosho County Community College gym features local able bodied players joining the Dealers of Topeka in wheelchair play. Proceeds support the National Jerry Lewis muscular dystrophy drive. Topeka officials oversee arrangements and ticketing.
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Topeka
Neosho County Community Junior College
Jesse Jackson
Chanute Human Relations Board
National Wheelchair Basketball Association
United States
St. Louis Rams
Southern __ Illinois University Squids
Kansas City Pioneers
Emporia State Vigilantes
Chanute
No-Fault Bill Passes in Kansas House 86 to 28
The Kansas House approved a no fault automobile insurance bill by 86 votes to 28 and sent it to the Senate. The measure is a compromise between a plan from Insurance Commissioner Fletcher Bell and an alternative from a legislative committee. It would pay victims’ medical up to 2000, rehabilitation up to 2000, funeral costs up to 1000, wage loss or survivor benefits up to 650 monthly for a year, and 12 a day for 365 days for services.
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Topeka
Kan
Kansas House
Senate
Kansas
Fletcher Bell
Loss of OEO Funding Threatens Chanute Programs
Chanute faces the possible extinction of the Office of Economic Opportunity on July 1. Local officials say Reading teachers aides and work study would vanish without OEO funding, costing Chanute about $87 000 in programs including Head Start and senior citizen enrichment. Officials note HEW still funds some classes and adult education, while SEK CAP warns NYC and Mainstream projects may be cut, jeopardizing job training for youths and adults.
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Chanute
Office of Economic Opportunity
Jerry Steele
Unified School District 413
OEO
Chanute Head Start
Head Start
Owen
Office of Health, Education and Welfare Now
Steele
HEW
Unified District 413
Harley Knapp
Job Opportunities Center
Tunities
Garrison
Neosho County
Sekcap
NYC
Democrats Drop Plan to Veto and Seek Compromise in Kansas
Democrats in Kansas abandon immediate veto fight on the GOP school finance bill. House leaders unveil a compromise plan with a grandfather clause to limit aid reductions to 10 percent per year for a decade and replace Docking’s eight mill levy with a seven mill statewide property tax phased out over 14 years, aiming for legislative study after the veto.
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Topeka
Kan
Kansas
Robert Docking
House
Richard
Pete
Loux
Docking
Senate
Woman officer commands all male unit in Heidelberg
Capt Reba C Tyler 32 former Neosho Missouri schoolteacher takes command of an all male unit at US Army Europe in a weekend ceremony. The move marks a milestone as she leads 33 enlisted men and one male officer in Germany.
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Heidelburg
Germany
U.S
Army
Reba C. Tyler
Neosho
Peace terms sought as Wounded Knee siege nears end
Wounded Knee South Dakota AP reports federal officials hopeful for a peace agreement with tribesmen who occupied the town. Militant leaders demand assurances of Interior Department action on tribal reforms before leaving. Ralph Erickson top Justice official in Pine Ridge says he is mildly optimistic a satisfactory deal can be reached.
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Wounded Knee
S.D
Interior Department
Ralph Erickson
Homecoming for POWs Under Way With 80 Set to Fly
Eighteen prisoners remain in North Vietnamese hands as eighty of the 106 American POWs released this week are slated to fly to the United States on Wednesday. Planes will transport 20 men each to Andrews Air Force Base Washington D C Scott Air Force Base Illinois Kelly Field Texas and Travis Air Force Base California. Separately the Viet Cong urged Saigon to release a quarter of its Communist prisoners and start the second phase of exchanges by week’s end in a note to Lt General Du Quoc Dong from Col Dang Van Thu.
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Clark Air Base
Philippines
North Vietnam
United States
Andrews Air Force Base
Washington, D.C
Scott Air Force Base
Belleville
Ill
Kelly Field
San Antonio
Tex
Travis Air Force Base
Fairfield
Calif
Saigon
Viet Cong
Dang van Thu
Joint Military Commission
du Quoc Dong
Gray resumes Senate testimony on FBI director nomination
L Patrick Gray III resumes Senate confirmation hearing as documents including a July 21 1972 memo released Monday assert Nixon campaign committee did not cooperate in Watergate. Gray acted as FBI director and submitted material to the Senate Judiciary Committee last week.
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Washington
L. Patrick Gray III
FBI
Nixon
Senate
Gray
Senate Judiciary Committee
Secret spy satellite launched from Cape Kennedy
An Atlas Agena rocket lifted off from Cape Kennedy at about 3 30 a m CST carrying a secret Air Force intelligence satellite. It aims to gather data on Soviet and Chinese military developments and marks the second such covert launch in three months. The Air Force again kept the mission secret with no prior announcement.
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Cape Kennedy
Fla
Air Force
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Mrs
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Clyde Kile
Jackson
NCCJC
Division of the Disabled of the
Topeka Human Relations Commission
Melvin Owen
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Southeast Kansas Community Action Program, Inc
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Antipoverty Agency
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Lyndon B. Johnson
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Danby, Vt
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