Nursing staff turmoil at Neosho Memorial Hospital escalates
Neosho Memorial Hospital Board holds special session with doctors and nurses to address a "serious problem" amid resignations of Director of Nurses Helen Wycoff and two long serving nurses. The board approves temporary overtime, seeks a temporary director of nurses, and asks local Chamber to mobilize non working nurses. Resignations cited stress and friction with Dr. Burkman.
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Malcolm Turner
Neosho Memorial Hospital Board of Trustees
Reuben Burkman
Burkman
Helen Wycoff
Wycoff
Chanute Area
McMeekin
Neosho County
Jim Guffey
John
Rachel Ray
Neosho Memorial
Chanute officials face costs of Phoenix power convention
Five Chanute representatives and spouses attended the American Public Power Association meeting in Phoenix. The five travelers’ expenses totaled just over $3,000, funded by the electric utility, not taxes. City leaders say meetings were attended and offer insights on fuel costs, interconnects, and potential nuclear involvement near Burlington.
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Phoenix
Chanute
C. S
American Public Power Association
Burlington
John Lofthouse
Kenneth Sanborn
Key City
Wichita
Kansas Municipal Utilities
KMU
Sanborn
Salaries Proposed to NCCJC Board
The Neosho County Community Junior College board will meet at 8 p.m. to consider salaries for the 1974 75 academic year. The agenda includes graduation details, buildings and grounds report, early enrollment figures, and weekend and summer food service plans.
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Neosho County
Revealing statue costly yet controversial
A $6,000 feasibility study for a 32 to 34 foot sculpture in the Kansas Supreme Court Building mall area was approved by the Capitol Area Plaza Authority. Bernard Frazier unveiled a model of the kneeling woman with a falcon, while Betty Thompson questioned its nudity. The project, funded by a $15,000 appropriation, now faces a potential $70,000 final cost and possible abandonment if more funds are not authorized.
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Topeka
Kan
Kansas Supreme Court
Capitol Area Plaza Authority
Statehouse
Bernard Frazier
University of Kansas
Betty Thompson
Neodesha
Authority
Bennett boosting vocation training in Kansas
Kansas Senate president Robert F. Bennett urged the state to expand vocational education at a Rotary Club talk. He noted only 20 percent of jobs require a college degree and called for earlier career guidance and stronger emphasis on work training as part of schooling.
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Kansas City
Kan
Kansas
Robert F. Bennett
Kansas Senate
Bennett
Overland Park Rotary Club
Star Still Striking in Kansas City Front Office
Picketing by Web Pressmen's Union Local 14 continued at the Kansas City Star Co headquarters. The paper kept limited production with supervisory staff and non union workers. Theodore Bowman Jr. said Local 80 and other unions with over 500 workers will honor the picket lines.
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Kansas City
Web
Kansas City Star Co
Theodore F. Bowman Jr
Typographical Local 80
American Party of Kansas Announces 1974 Platform
The platform calls for a constitutional amendment banning abortion, repeal of the graduated income tax, withdrawal from the United Nations, and welfare tied to the disabled elderly blind and handicapped. It urges removal of government energy resource controls and blames the energy crisis on government interference.
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Topeka, Kan
American Party of Kansas
United Nations
Intercepted Letter: News Silence on Watergate
A clipped message laments not finding Watergate coverage in the paper, signed as a personal note. The brief letter reflects reader frustration with national scandal news and a desire for local or unrelated topics.
Evaluators critique Chanute plan amid praise for staff
Miles Rickart reports to Unified School District 413 after a North Central evaluation of Chanute High School. The team commends faculty dedication and the Chanute Plan while noting the building is deficient. High school commencement is set for May 24.
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Jane Blades
Miles Rickart
Chanute High School
Board of Education
Unified School District 413
North Central
Chanute
Memorial Building
Fisher Administration Center
Special Services Center
Brandt Resigns as Bonn Faces Government Reshuffle
In Bonn Germany Chancellor Willy Brandt resigns amid a spy scandal and electoral setbacks. Helmut Schmidt expected to become chancellor with Walter Scheel leading a caretaker cabinet as talks begin to shape a new government for the ruling Social Democrats and Free Democrats.
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Bonn
Germany
The
Social Democrats
Free Democrats
Willy Brandt
Brandt
Helmut Schmidt
Walter Scheel
Gustav Heinemann
East Germany
Guenther Guillaume
Area Forecast Highlights Tonight and Wednesday
Variable cloudiness tonight with a slight chance of showers or thundershowers. Lows in the 50s. Wednesday expect partly cloudy skies with a chance of morning showers or thundershowers. Highs in the mid 70s to low 80s. Winds shift to westerly to northwesterly late tonight. Precipitation probabilities 20 percent tonight and Wednesday.
Kissinger seeks Soviet help to ease Israel Syria clashes
Secretary of State Kissinger travels to Cyprus to urge Soviet Foreign Minister Gromyko to restrain Syria on the Golan Heights. The move follows talks with Israeli leaders on withdrawal terms amid daily artillery exchanges and disputed air losses. State Dept notes the meeting aims at de-escalation, not a settlement, with Israeli government approval.
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Jerusalem
Henry A. Kissinger
Cyprus
Andrei A. Gromyko
Israel
Syria
Golan Heights
Kissinger
Gromyko
Damascus
Golan Front
Hafez Assad
Tedly
Mt. Hermon
State Department
Robert J McCloskey
United States
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NCCJC
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U.S
Memphis
Tenn
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George Templar
Texas
Shawnee County
Richardson Homes Corp
Waco, Tex
Coventry Homes Co
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Carson Crawford
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Carl Druart
Dale Fairchild
Jerry Steele
Melvin
Buford Fisher
Ronald Spire
Jack Carrico
Elaine Dutton
Royster Junior High School
Carol Blecha
Marjorie Grady
Susan Hart
Susan Neff
Mary Jane Burghart
Marilyn Hart
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