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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 04, 1976
Page
1
USD 413 faces construction delays on a 105000 dollar hot lunch center set to open by mid October after zoning variance. Board approves bids June 7 and budget increases of 9.5 percent for 1976-77, with raises for secretaries aides custodians and food service staff.
John Grasso, current USD 413 assistant superintendent, will assume duties as superintendent effective July 1. The board votes June 7 to formalize the appointment after the resignation of Dr. Jerry Steele moves to Pittsburg. Grasso previously led Chanute as assistant superintendent and Cherokee as superintendent, with a long teaching career and degrees from Kansas State College of Pittsburg.
KC Power & Light faces a Kansas Corporation Commission hearing where staff attorney Robert Alderson says the utility needs only about 2 million dollars of the 10.4 million dollar requested increase. KCPL general counsel Arthur Doyle disputes the staff method as inflation, fuel shortages, and environmental rules drive costs. President Robert Zimmerman cites inflation, new regulations, nonproductive investments, and coal-mining limits as key cost factors.
Chanute City Commission and fire department leaders held a special meeting to bury the hatchet over personnel and administrative problems. Fire captain Bill Boaz alleged unfounded criticism, broken command, and harassment tied to a discrimination complaint, while Mayor Oscar Cunningham urged a clean slate and reaffirmed the chain of command from fire chief to city manager to the City Commission. City Manager Bob Bunting said the firemen must run the department themselves.
The Chanute Housing Authority voted to not submit a proposal for an additional high rise apartment building and to relinquish the option granted by the city. HUD rejected last year due to rent financing concerns. The city may pursue developers to fund a high rise as a commercial venture using federal aid.
Mostly sunny and warmer today with highs in the lower to mid 70s. Partly cloudy tonight with upper 40s to lower 50s. Wednesday brings mostly cloudy skies with showers or thunderstorms and highs in the mid 70s. Southerly wind 15 to 25 mph. Chance of rain 50 percent Wednesday.
Kansas Crop and Livestock Reporting Service says Monday's light frost did little harm to wheat, with the crop in good condition amid cool damp weather that boosted growth. By weekend 80 percent reached jointing, 15 percent heading. corn 25 percent planted. some sorghum and soybeans planted. green bugs and mosaic diseases reported in parts of the state.
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