Regional jail grant announced for Fort Scott project
A federal grant of 464 600 will fund 90 percent of regional jail construction in Fort Scott. The total building cost is about 511 000 with the city Bourbon County and the state covering the rest. Police and sheriff offices will be housed in the facility.
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Fort Scott
Joe Skubitz
R-5th
Law Enforcement Assistance Administration
Bourbon County
State
Ken Peak
Southeast
Peak
Intercepted Letter Mentions Refugees and UFO
An intercepted letter suggests a UFO sighting involved refugees from a U S financed war in the Mars area. The CIA has declined to comment on the reports.
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CIA
U.S
Mars
Dracula Baby at Royster High Delivers Halloween Comedy
Royster Junior High presents Dracula Baby a music filled all school comedy in the auditorium at 8 p m today and Saturday Admission is 1 for adults 75 cents for students Director Patricia Abts describes the spoof as Dracula leaving Transylvania in search of a wife and landing in a London style sanitarium Cast includes Chris Wheatley Ted Kihm Donita Davidson Mary Ashley Brian LaRue and others with Colette Clark as stage manager The show features a full ensemble of roles from nurses to villagers and monsters with a wry ending suitable for a school audience
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Count Dracula
London
Royster
Dracula
Patricia Abts
Transylvania
Lucy
Dr. Seward
Chris Wheatley
Ted Kihm
Donita Davidson
Nurse
Mary Ashley
Brian LaRue
van Helsing
Bobby Johnson
Renfield
Greg Barnhart
Arthur
Brad LaRue
Frank the Monster
David McGhee
Harry the Werewolf
Melinda McNeill
Sylvia the Witch
Karen Green
Jana West
Michelle Dewey
Janelle Mugrage
Jamie Haines
Eddie Barclay
Josh
Colette Clark
Betl
Janis Ashley
Marcie Dawson
Zombie
Debbie Hansen
Ghost
Warlock
Mary Hosck
Mummy
Carmin Park
Terri Padilla
Jackie Hole
Cindy Bitts
Karen Gallagher
Julie Hosack
Chris
Steeple Rise for Nazarene Church on 14th and Plummer
The new Church of the Nazarene steeple is in place after about a month of work by Rev. Paul Stroud and his son Raymond 17 with help from George Barker treasurer. Wilbur Ames operated the crane. The 24 foot high plywood framed fiberglass steeple weighs about 400 pounds and saved two thirds of the cost of a ready made steeple.
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Church of the Nazarene
Plummer
Paul Stroud
Raymond
George Barker
N. Lafayette
Wilbur Ames
Stroud
Oklahoma
Father and Son
S. Lafayette
Tribune
UFO Sighting Over Southeast Kansas Sparks Chilly Mystery
Cherokee County dispatcher Beverly Coble and Columbus officer Chuck Sharp reported a glowing white object seen at about 6 PM. The light grew brighter then ascended and raced south. radios malfunctioned briefly and no airports or Miami Oklahoma later reported sightings.
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Columbus
Kan
UPI
Kansas
Cherokee County
Sheriff's
Beverly Coble
Chuck Sharp
Coble
Sharp
McGovern Says Cuba Thaw Depends on U.S. Embargo Lift
After four days in Cuba and talks with Fidel Castro, Senator George McGovern states the United States must lift the trade embargo first for improved relations. Castro reportedly seeks resuming economic ties and may discuss compensation, prisoner releases, and hijack money once the embargo ends.
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Washington
UPI
United States
Cuba
George McGovern
White House
Fidel Castro
McGovern
Castro
Senate
U.S
Ron Nelsen
NBC Today Show
Kansas Legislature Ranked Runner Up In 1974 Improvement
Kansas earned second place in the Citizens Conference on State Legislatures 1974 ratings for most improved state legislature, behind Iowa. The ranking evaluated efficiency, independence, representation, and member information, reflecting six years of progress since earlier assessments.
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Topeka
Kan
UPI
Citizens Conference On State Legislatures
Kansas
Larry Margolis
Citizens Conference
Iowa
White House
House
Richard C. Peter Loux
Wichita
Margolis
Board
Loux
Weather Area Forecast Details
Partly cloudy tonight then scattered late afternoon and nighttime showers and thunderstorms. Lows in the upper 40s to low 50s. Saturday partly cloudy with highs in the low to mid 70s. East winds 5 to 15 mph tonight.
Kansas congressmen seek Army briefing on Parsons plant shutdown
Kansas lawmakers Skubitz and Dole press Army for reasoning behind plans to close the Parsons ammunition plant while the service seeks sites to produce the explosive RDX HMX. An Army report on Parsons is due by June 30. two candidate sites remain for RDX HMX production.
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Skubitz
Dole
Army
Parsons
Washington
UPI
Kansas
McAlester
Okla
Newport
Ind
Bob Dole
R-Kan
Howard Callaway
Joe Skubitz
Pricing violations in energy industry could reach billions
A House subcommittee inquiry into fuel pricing violations, discussed by Chairman William Moorhead and Federal Energy Administrator Frank Zarb, suggests potential losses around 5 to 6 billion dollars as investigations proceed. The Ways and Means Committee also tentatively approves an energy tax bill lifting the gasoline levy.
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Washington
UPI
House
Federal Energy
Frank Zarb
House Subcommittee On Conservation, Energy and Natural Resources
Zarb
Ways and Means
William S. Moorhead
D-Pa
Moorhead
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