K State Examines Women In Alcohol Problem Study
Kansas State University expands a statewide alcohol education program focusing on female alcoholics. Ruth Osborne of the National Council on Alcoholism outlines a disease that affects about 4.5 million women nationwide, noting stigma, denial, and the higher recovery rate when families join treatment.
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Manhattan
Kan
Kansas State University
Martha Brill
Ruth Osborne
National Council On Alcoholism
Topeka
Kansas
Mrs. Osborne
Osborne
Food Battle Plan Set By White House Aide
Virginia H. Knauer, the president’s special consumer affairs consultant, outlined a shopping battle plan to curb high food costs. She urged selective shopping, planning, price comparison, and awareness of unit pricing, while opposing boycotts as unproductive and warning against overbuying. She also called on food chains to publish cost per serving.
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Washington
Virginia H. Knauer
Knauer
City Reviews Bids Monday on Subdivision Sewer Work
The City Commission plans to resume a meeting at 4 p.m. in the Memorial Building to award a contract for sewer work in the Hillside and Westview subdivisions. Ouster Brothers Construction Co. submitted the low bid of 74353 dollars. Burns and McDonald Engineering Co. will present bids for an electrical substation and assess if bids exceed the estimate or if retakes are needed.
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City Commission
Memorial Building
Hillside
Westview
Ouster Brothers Construction Co
Burns and McDonald Engineering Co
Burns and McDonald
Water shutdown planned in Chanute area Monday evening
Water service will be off for two hours starting at 7 30 p m in a large Chanute section after a fire hydrant at Main and Forest is replaced. The hydrant work affects water supply within two blocks of Main. Williams, water department superintendent, said the job should last about two hours.
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Chanute
Charlie Williams
Water Department
Main
Forest
Williams
Parsons Police Civil Suit Over Halloween Disturbance
Bern ie J. Wilkerson Parsons police sergeant sues city of Parsons Labette County District Court seeking back wages about six weeks suspension and 10 000 damages. Also names former city manager Will B. Tschudy city commissioners and Harry E. Tims. Measures arose from rock and egg throwing melee at the west end of Parsons during Halloween night.
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Parsons, Kan
Bernie J. Wilkerson
Parsons
Labette County
City of
City Commission
Wilkerson
Will B. Tschudy
Mike Underwood
Harry E. Tims
Tims
Tschudy
Olathe
Parsons Police Civil Service Commission
Underwood
Kansas House passes abortion bill with 24 week limit
The Kansas House approved an amended bill restricting abortions after 24 weeks and sent it to the Senate to resolve differences. If accepted, the measure goes to Gov. Docking. a conference committee could craft a compromise. The amendment, proposed by Rep. Francis McMaster, aims to ban after 24 weeks except emergencies.
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Topeka
Kan
Kansas House
Senate
Robert Docking
House
Francis McMaster
Wichita
U.S. Supreme Court
McMaster
Fleming Boss of Year Honored by Local Secretaries
Fleming executive Clark M. Fleming along with Eric and Mrs. Duane Knapp were honored by the Neosho Allen Counties Legal Secretaries Association at Bosses Night at Chanute Country Club. Mrs. Knapp named secretary of the year. she works for Neosho County attorney Raymond Radford.
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Clark M. Fleming
Eric
Duane Knapp
Neosho-Allen County Legal Secretaries Association
Stan
Neosho-Allen Counties
Legal Secretaries Association
Chanute Country Club
Lucky Irishman Marion Fowler Turns 97 At Tuber Culosis Hospital
Marion Fowler, a patient at the Southeast Kansas Tuberculosis Hospital, celebrates his 97th birthday on St Patrick's Day. A Methodist with a long Bible study, he walks the grounds when possible and performs a "terrapin tap" exercise. He cherishes a 1668 hymnbook, recalls boyhood tunes, and credits God with his longevity. Fowler retired at 85 after railroading, carpentry, and farming. His daughter in Hendersonville NC sent a floral bouquet. He has seven surviving children from ten twins tied to a life of construction, music, and memory.
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Marion Fowler
Southeast
Kansas
Kansas City
Coffeyville
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