Planning Commission Reviews Mobile Home Ordinance Revisions
The Planning Commission discussed favorable mobile home ordinance rules for park owners. Sub committee recommendations exempt existing parks from new area and setback rules while enforcing tie downs and fire resistant skirting. The proposal avoids a mandatory occupant register and will be returned to the City Commission for final action.
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The
Planning Commission
Michael Bailey
Bailey
City Commission
Swedish Visitors Reunite With Carl Leo After 44 Years
After four decades apart Carl Leo Stark welcomes his brother Otto Leo sister Mrs Vera Johansson and sister in law Mrs Ellen Leo from Stockholm Norrkoping Sweden. The group toured the Eastern states and spoke little English while sharing smiles and brisk handshakes. They praised Redmond Dam and the flat prairie scenery near Stark and visited Friends Home Lutheran Church.
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Carl Leo, Stark
Otto Leo
Mrs
Vera Johanson
Stockholm
Sweden
Carl Leo
Stark
Leo
United States
Ellen Leo
Norrkoping
Karisas
New York City
New York
Redmond Dam
Burling
Ford Company
Friends Home Lutheran
Savenburg
Walden
Wichita
Boeing
Intil
Otto
Centennial Plans Kick Off For Chanute's 100th Birthday
Chanute chamber manager Steve Kinney invites nonmembers to join committees and submit ideas for the centennial celebration set to begin in January 1973. The year will culminate with a September Mexican Fiesta highlighting Chanute’s cultural heritage, with 99 cent sales and cleanup campaigns planned this year.
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Chamber of Commerce
Chanute
Steve Kinney
Kinney
Chamber
Off-Duty Officer Wounded in Taverns Fight With Vice Squad
An off duty Kansas City police officer Glen Loyd was wounded by vice squad officers in a tavern brawl. Loyd had four gunshot wounds and remained in satisfactory condition at Menorah Medical Center. Witnesses described Loyd aiming his revolver at two plain clothes vice squad officers and declaring his status as a police officer before being struck and eventually handcuffed.
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Kansas City, Mo
Kansas City
Glen O. Loyd
Menorah Medical Center
Loyd
John Botkins
Botkins
Andrew Braden
Michael Chase
Nye suspended instead of dismissal as Kansas investigator
Harold R Nye formerly headed the Kansas Bureau of Investigation will be suspended 30 days and demoted from supervisor to special agent in a mutual agreement reached after a conference with Nye his counsel Fred Howard director of the KBI Attorney General Vern Miller and Nye’s counsel Miller had disclosed the proposed dismissal on March 15 and Nye had served just over a year under Miller the first Democratic attorney general in eight decades.
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Topeka
Kan
Harold R
Nye
Fred Howard
Kansas Bureau of Investigation
Howard
Vern Miller
Bureau
Kent Frizell
Miller
Kansas
County Eyes Ferry Network as New Economic Push
Officials consider launching a chain of ferries to boost trade and mobility. The plan envisions regional routes linking towns across the river with potential private partners and state support.
Government Day Held at Erie
One hundred students from Chanute Thayer and Erie high schools attended County Government Day at the Erie courthouse. Sponsored by American Legion posts, the event featured sworn-in students learning about sheriff clerk and other offices, a noon Legion lunch, banking talk by Gertrude Salb, and a mock district court trial with Judge George Donaldson presiding. Fifty-five Erie students participated along with others from Chanute and Thayer.
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Erie
Chanute, Thayer
American Legion
St. Paul
Thayer
Chanute
Wayne Gibson Jr
Erie Legion Hall
Gertrude Salb
Erie Home State Bank
George Donaldson
J. W. Kerby
Richard Culver
Legion
Gibson
Neosho County Bridges Await Federal Aid Delays
Kansas congressman Joe Skubitz informs Neosho County officials no federal funds are available now for repair or replacement of seven closed bridges on the county’s secondary road system. He notes the federal process is 50 states wide with no guaranteed priority and urges coordination with state highway officials while noting possible future funding from the special bridge programs.
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Neosho County
Joe Shubitz
Washington
Kansas Highway Commission
Federal Department of Transportation
Department of Transportation
Skubitz
Forgotten Easter Seals moment with Pat Nixon
A Pennsylvania four year old briefly sat in Pat Nixon's lap to promote Easter seals. The child then announced she needed to go, provoking a startled official who admitted the moment was a detail forgotten. Mrs Nixon accepted the first sheet of Easter seals from Jo Ann Shaffer in the Roosevelt map room.
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Washington
Pennsylvania
Pat Nixon
Nixon
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Jo Ann Shaffer
Stephen E. Shaffer
North Hampton
Nixon seeks $100 million for elderly nutrition next year
President Nixon asked Congress to provide an extra 100 million dollars in the next year to bolster nutrition programs for people over 65. In a 12 000 word special message he reviewed current and proposed elderly aid programs and urged early passage of welfare reform plans linking to Social Security liberalization.
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Washington
Nixon
Congress
Ways and Means backs 5.3 billion state city aid bill
The House Ways and Means Committee tentatively approved a 5.3 billion dollar state city aid measure as a substitute for President Nixon’s plan to share federal revenues with state and local governments.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means
Nixon
Talks on Vietnam Prisoner War Issue Stall Peace Talks
The United States canceled next week's Vietnam peace talks session citing little progress on the prisoner of war issue. Ambassador Porter suggested no regular weekly meetings would be held going forward. North Vietnam accused President Nixon of hindering POW returns and widening the war. At the same time Nixon planned a late afternoon announcement on filling the Pay Board vacancy created by three AFL-CIO resignations.
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Paris
United States
Washington
Nixon
White House
Grocery prices surge as inflation climbs in 14 years
Washington AP reports the largest grocery price increase in 14 years contributing to the sharpest rise in overall living costs since Nixon set price controls. The government announced the data today signaling broad inflation pressures.
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Washington
Nixon
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