Chanute Fire Chief Ogle resigns amid harassment claims
Chanute fire chief Charles C. Ogle resigns effective July 1 after alleging harassment humiliation and external interference from city manager Bob Bunting. Ogle cites 25 years with the department a breakdown in command and a hostile city hall climate as triggers for stepping down following a May 3 meeting.
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Charles C. Ogle
Chanute
Ogle
Bob Bunting
Bill Boaz
Bunting
Boaz
Kansas Board
Hazel Ogle
Chanute Fire Department
City seeks EPA deadline extension for Chanute wastewater plan
Chanute officials say the EPA deadline of July 1977 to upgrade the sewage system cannot be met. Engineering firm Allgeier Martin and Associates expects three more years of work and seeks a variance from EPA rules. The commission also denied John Solomon’s rezoning request and authorized street vacation and mobile home ordinance amendments. Buford Hazen named to the Planning Commission.
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Chanute
Environmental Protection Agency
EPA
Allgeier, Martin and Associates Consulting
Spears
John Solomon
West Mulberry
Solomon
City Planning Commission
City Commission
9Th Street
Planning Commission
Clifford Erickson
Erickson Tire Service, Inc
Taylor
Buford Hazen
Weather forecast and birthday note from The Tribune
Sunny and warm today with highs in the upper 70s to lower 80s. Tonight mild with lows near 60 and a mix of clear to partly cloudy skies. Wednesday brings more warmth with scattered showers and thunderstorms and highs in the mid to upper 80s. Winds southeast 5 to 15 mph. Rain chance about 20 percent. Veal were surprised by a birthday greeting on the back page of Monday’s Tribune.
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Neosho Memorial Hospital Trustees Seek New Directions
The Neosho Memorial Hospital board met Monday to chart new directions in building expansion, employee relations, and physician recruitment. Administrator Murray Brown outlined options for leasing equipment, noted architects Hewitt and Roger will study costs, and a firm representative will visit Chanute.
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Neosho Memorial Hospital
Murray Brown
Hewitt
Roger
Kansas City
Chanute
Brown
Chicago
Wheat crop seen smallest since 1970 in Kansas
Kansas farmers abandon 2.3 million acres of this year’s wheat amid a severe drought. The Crop and Livestock Reporting Service projects a 1976 wheat crop of 302.4 million bushels, 14 percent below last year, with 10.8 million acres harvested from 13.1 million seeded. Yield forecast is 8 bushels per harvested acre, up from April but below five-year and 1975 levels.
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Topeka, Kan
Kansas Crop and Livestock Reporting Service
Olson seeks 5th District seat held by Rep. Skubitz
Virgil Leon Olson of 807 N Garfield files as a Democratic candidate for Kansas 5th District against Rep. Joe Skubitz while John Barnes of Cherryvale also seeks the nomination. Olson vows to talk with farmers and workers, opposes Washington figures, and supports farmers and the poor as he campaigns before the May primary. Wheat prospects across Kansas show variable yields with rain aiding southwest growth but late rains hurting some fields, jointing reached 80 percent by May 1, heading 15 percent, weeds potential amid thin stands.
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Virgil Leon Olson
N. Garfield
Joe Skubitz
John Barnes
Cherryvale
U. S
Olson
America
Ford
Kissinger
Washington, D. C
Intercepted Letter Highlights Wheat Forecast Impact
An intercepted note mocks Soviet wheat hopes, declaring no wheat it means no bread. The remark implies sharp economic strain for the U.S.S.R. tied to grain expectations.
Twin birthday greeting goes nationwide in Tribune surprise
Bill Veal a Saudi air force base diesel mechanic arranged a full page ad in The Tribune to honor his wife Ellis and daughter Barbra who share May 10 birthdays. The celebration occurred at Barbra’s Brownie Troop party while the Veals await a maroon car with white top and pin stripes.
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Bill Veal
Saudi Arabia
Saudi Air Force
Ellis
Barbra
S. Malcolm
The
Ellie Veal
Veal
Hutton School
Iran
Bugs Bunny
Ellie
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