Sewage Overflow Into Neosho River Sparks City Study
City engineer James Beck says Chanute is discharging raw sewage into the Neosho River after heavy rains due to inadequate wastewater facilities. A 1973 study by Allgeier, Martin and Associates warned Chanute would miss the July 1977 EPA deadline, risking fines without a variance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Brooks
Chanute
Neosho
James Beck
Neosho River
Beck
Kansas Department of Health and Environment
Allgeier, Martin and Associates
Joplin
City Commission
EPA
Gene Spears
City
Spears
Tremors Strike Northeast Italy After Big Quake
A wave of aftershocks in Friuli after last week's 6.9 quake collapses walls and opens chasms. Police report multiple deaths and injuries in Buia Gemona and surrounding towns as tremors wake Padua and Venice and a 5.4 reading is recorded by Monteporzio Observatory.
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Udine
Italy
UPI
Ionian Sea
Greece
Friuli
Buia
Gemona
Padua
Monteporzio Observatory
Rome
Canal City
Venice
Stage ready for major Ford Reagan showdown
Reagan routed Ford in West Virginia as the campaign moves toward Michigan next week. Schneider to send chief assistant to Erie to investigate sheriff Kern and police department tensions and to respond to Erie Mayor McBride’s notes.
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Major Ford
Reagan
Kansas
Curt Schneider
Topeka
Neosho County
Erie Police Department
Schneider
Erie
Charles McBride
David L. Kern
Thomas W. Reagan
Ford
West Virginia
Michigan
Frank Church
Jimmy Carter
Nebraska
Summer Jobs for Youth aid offered by Chanute Jaycees
The Chanute Safari Jaycees sponsor the Summer Jobs for Youth program inviting ages 15 to 25 to apply at the Job Service Center 119 N. Grant during Youth Registration Week May 17 21. Local employers have been urged to list openings. most jobs are in Chanute with some in Yates Center Humboldt Fredonia and other towns.
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Chanute Safari Jaycees
N. Grant
Tiegreen
Chanute
Yates Center
Humboldt
Fredonia
H. W. Knapp
Former principal in line for NCCJC post contract
Former Chanute High School principal Dr. Garry Church is in line to become dean of instruction at Neosho County Community College. He would succeed Dr. Erik Conard, who left today, while Ronald Oliver is named instructor for the new carpentry program. The trustees approved salary increases for master’s degree holders and non credit instructors, with sick leave expansion and duties for the distributive education program outlined. Enrollment notes include reduced veterans benefits and efforts to schedule evening courses and expand the carpentry program outreach.
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Jane Blades
Chanute High School
Neosho County Community Junior College
Garry Church
Kansas State College of Pittsburg
Erik Conard
J. C. Sanders
Ronald Oliver
Jetmore
Oliver
James Carlson
Ralph Barclay
Galen Mote
Floyd West
Sanders
Charles Moore
Chanute
Duane Clum
Veterans Administration
Intercepted Letter Mocking Catfish Bait Mention
A fragment from a correspondence notes an intercepted letter that jokes about catfish ignoring stink bait as they cannot tell the difference, ending with a signature line.
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FeRdinand Roten
Chapman Library
Wichita
Way Chanute
Board of Health and Environment
Environmental Protection Agency
State Board of Health
Gene Bilyeu
Kustom Electronics Inc
Mid-America, Inc
United Press International
Ronald Reagan
Bhe
Carter
Connecticut
Morris Udall
Henry Jackson
Tom Tiegreen
Jaycee Youth Committee
NCCJC
Moore
Clum
Cha
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