Senators hear witnesses urge against Gray FBI nomination
Witnesses urge Senate to block L Patrick Gray III's nomination as FBI director citing political partisanship. Anderson accuses Gray of being a Nixon hatchetman while Rauh warns against politicizing the bureau and seeks a nonpartisan leadership.
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FBI
Washington
L. Patrick Gray III
Jack Anderson
Gray
Richard Nixon
Joseph L. Rauh Jr
Americans For Democratic Action
Senate Judiciary Committee
J. Edgar Hoover
Rauh
Hoover
Anderson
City Commission to Award Paving and Drainage Contracts
The City Commission meets Monday at 4 p.m. in the Memorial Building to award paving and drainage contracts. Bids will be opened for sewerage work in Hillside and Westview and for an electrical substation. An ordinance on street cuts and excavation will be considered, a car damage claim due to an open trench may be acted on, and a beer license for the Ru Bar at 6 S. Evergreen will be issued.
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Westview
Commission
S. Evergreen
Registration End Nears In Chanute April Election
Chanute voters must register by Tuesday for the April 3 election. City clerk Bonnie Moffatt says registration is in the Memorial Building utilities office from 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday and Tuesday, with late hours since Wednesday but no registrations yet. Area forecast calls for rain and thunderstorms tonight with a Sunday shower chance. highs in the 50s today and upper 40s to low 50s Sunday, easterly winds 8 to 15 mph.
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Bonnie Moffatt
Memorial Building
Historic Building in Chanute Tied to City’s Early Schools
The onetime Webster School site at Ash and North Evergreen, later the broom factory, saw a long life from 1834 to 1902 as a two-room school. It later housed Chanute General Hospital, Mrs. Harrison's Hospital, and a button factory before its summer demolition for a housing project. The piece chronicles occupant changes, legal actions, and local industry tied to mussel shell buttons and evolving city history.
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Chanute
Ash and
North Evergreen
Webster School
Ward
Old Webster
Oilfield Research
N. Highland
S. Evergreen
Deeper Life Manor
Fred Mullen
N. Steuben
Walt
Frank Ausburn
Brown Wells
Harold Williams
S. Lincoln
Neosho River
Burlington
Personal Views on Marijuana Use For readers curious
A first person account by a marijuana user describes initial curiosity and the reverent, trance like effects. The author notes enhanced senses and creative thinking while warning this is not endorsement and that the piece presents information for interested readers.
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the Tribune
Pipe Wrench Found Hidden in Tioga Works Ceiling
Tioga Hotel adds a 15 inch pipe wrench to its assets after Larry Bailey of B D Contractor recovered it from between walls above the Tioga Barber Shop. Hotel operator Tom Baughn says the dirty tool still works and likely dates to when the hotel was built 44 years ago.
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Tom Baughn
Larry Bailey
B D
Bailey
Baughn
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