Residents weigh sewer plan costs at Chanute hearing
At a public hearing on Chanute's 7.2 million Facility Plan about 15 residents questioned engineers on costs and scope. The proposal urges rate increases to fund a new wastewater plant and interceptor sewers with EPA grants covering 75 percent of the project and the city’s share around 1.9 million.
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Chanute
Seth B. Gray
S. Evergreen
Charles Davidson
Allgeier, Martin and Associates
Wilson
Davidson
EPA
Rat Olympics Winners At St Michael’s College
Ben the rat won the first annual Rat Olympics at St Michael’s College with 15 points across six events. Achilles placed second with 13 points and Kilgore third with 11 as coaches earned a $70 prize. Events included obstacle course and rope climbs with times and reps listed for each winning rodent.
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Winooski Park
UPI
Ben
Psychology
St Michael's College
Achilles
Kilgore
Bennett Signs 30 Bills for 1978 Fiscal Year in Kansas
Gov. Robert Bennett signed more than 30 bills for fiscal 1978 authorizing funding for corrections transportation health and environment. The Health and Environment bill includes 11 million for elderly homestead property tax relief. Additional appropriations cover legislative executive education and civil rights, with energy emergency regulations and fuel allocation powers. Also approved were pay plans for judiciary personnel and affirmative action, plus residency training programs in underserved areas.
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Topeka
UPI
Robert Bennett
Bennett
Corrections, Transportation and Health and Environment
Department of Health and Environment
Department of Education
Kansas Commission On Civil Rights
Kansas Energy Office
America begins switch from oil to coal nationwide
The Federal Energy Administration announced a nationwide push to convert 56 heating fuel users from oil or natural gas to coal. Public hearings are set in seven cities this month ahead of a June 30 deadline when conversion authority ends.
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Washington
UPI
Federal Energy Administration
FEA
John O'Leary
Paper and Chemical Company
Oklahoma approves lethal injections for executions
Oklahoma becomes the first state to authorize lethal injections to replace the electric chair. Gov. David Boren signed the bill, aiming for a humane method with a two drug protocol and a possible fallback to the chair or firing squad if challenged. The law takes effect 90 days after adjournment.
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Oklahoma City
UPI
Oklahoma
David Boren
Boren
Texas
Bill Dawson
Seminole
Bill Wiseman
Tulsa
U.S
Area Forecast Highlights Warm Tempts Through Thursday
Mostly sunny through Thursday with clear to partly cloudy tonight. Lows tonight near mid 50s. Tuesday highs around the upper 70s to low 80s, with calmer south to southeasterly winds 5 to 15 mph. Sunrise 6 16, sunset 8 2, humidity around 48 percent, barometer 29.050 inches. No precipitation expected.
Vietnam stalls for aid from America
In Bangkok the Vietnamese government rejects official relations with the United States and the search for missing Americans until Washington provides aid funds. The Nhan Dan daily calls U.S. UN admission inevitable but says normalization requires aid and an end to hostility. Talks in Paris with Vietnamese and American officials are set for next week.
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Bangkok
Thailand
UPI
Vietnam
United States
Washington
Nhan Dan
People
United Nations
U.S. Congress
Paris
U.S
Hospital audit shows high efficiency in patient care
Neosho Memorial Hospital reviews audits on diabetes, abdominal and hysterectomy cases, tonsillectomies and ulcers noting strong adherence to written criteria except for oral directions to patients and some workups. New board attorney Charles Bennett and several new trustees join, with John McMeekin reelected chair.
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Jane Blades
Murray Brown
Neosho Memorial Hospital
Brown
Hospital Medical Records Department
Neosho Memorial
Charles Bennett
Richard Tucker
Parsons
Bennett
Chanute
Oklahoma
Pittsburg State University
University of Arkansas
Fayetteville
Marilyn Haines
Lisa
Nicholas
Noel
H. Eddie Smith
Stark
St. Benedict's College
Atchison
Bill Roberts
Top Hat Cleaners
Don Sailors
William Boone
John McMeekin
Glen Strange
Eric
Charles Henshall
Mary Christie
Carol Davis
Albert Kihm
Southeast
Kansas
Humboldt
Kihm
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