Energy crisis grows as Kansas faces gas supply limits
Kansas faces a widening energy crisis as Cities Service Gas Co restricts large volume users to reserve existing supplies for residential and small users. Kansas Corporation Commission chair Dale Saffels warns rates may rise, while experts note scarce future gas despite large reserves still in place and high drilling costs.
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Topeka
Kan
Kansas
Cities Service Gas Co
Dale Saffels
Kansas Corporation Commission
Saffels
Federal Power Commission
Saffers
FPC
United States
Saffel
Hugoton
Alaska
Nebraska
Plot to Steal Arms Told
Informants said Kansas National guard plots aimed to steal about 50 M16 rifles to fuel riots in U S cities. The Fort Riley arsenal was eyed but Marysville armory chosen. two Topeka men held on charges of conspiring to receive stolen goods and as an accessory after the fact. Armory security remains tight with no extra precautions expected.
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Marysville
Kan
Kansas National Pit
United States
Laurence Martin
Kansas City
Topeka
Robert Inman
Ft. Riley
Army
Alma
Randall B. Macy
Marion R. McGuire
Wabaunsee County
Lawrence
Service Tronics
Melvin E. Jones Jr
Bert C. Heath
Elmer Campbell
Norfolk, Va
West Bengal election victory faces social challenges ahead
Indira Gandhi's Congress routed the Marxist Communists in West Bengal, but the party must rebuild confidence amid disease, poverty, unemployment, and violence. The state, home to 45 million, has suffered five governments in five years as capital left for other cities.
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Calcutta
Indira Gandhi
Congress Party
West Bengal
Pakistan
East Bengal
Nist
Bombay
New Delhi
Fire destroys Kansas City elementary, damages junior high
A two alarm blaze at the Mary Harmon Weeks Elementary School caused over 1 million dollars in damage Sunday night. The adjoining Martin Luther King Jr. Junior High also suffered heavy smoke damage. the elementary may be closed for the rest of the year while the junior high is expected to reopen within a week. Deputy Chief Imperial labeled the fire arson after investigators found an open basement door and debris piled against walls. several firefighters were overcome by smoke.
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Kansas City
Mary Harmon Weeks
Ross Tuckedt
Tucker
Benny Imperiale
World traveler Hughes supervises offshore rig prep in Italy
Bud Hughes, 53, son of Mrs. E. J. King, is in Ravenna, Italy, guiding the fig up of two offshore drilling rigs for towing to the Norwegian North Sea. He works for Moran International Ltd Rigs, has roamed 60 countries, crossed the Pacific 3 times and the Atlantic 15 times. His wife Betty, formerly Davis, and two children Judy Kay and Gary Jay live in Los Alamos California.
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Bud'’ Hughes
E. J. King
Ravenna
Italy
North Sea
Hughes
Chanute
Moran International Ltd
Pacific
Atlantic
Betty Davis
Cat Davis
Judy Kay
Gary Jay
Los Alamos
Calif
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James Rueger
Joe Nickel
Hotel Tioga
Grant Avenue Baptist Church
N. Grant
Evangelist Joe Morone
Deane Endicott
S. Central
Proctor-Silex
Lamp Liters Inc
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William C. Mann
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