Chanute Installs Inductive Loop Traffic Signal at Santa Fe
City officials report a new traffic light at 14th and Santa Fe became operational about 11 30 a m Tuesday. An underground inductive loop detects metal mass to trigger the controller and change signals. Cost totaled about 11 000 dollars with 9 000 saved by in house installation. Pedestrian crosswalk buttons are on the southeast and southwest corners.
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Chanute
Chanute Square
Santa Fe Street
Outer Space
Jim Beck
14Th
Santa Fe Streets
Beck
City digester cleaned to resume sewage processing
City engineer Jim Beck says Ace Pipecleaning Co. cleaned the wastewater treatment plant digester after nearly three years of buildup. The digester, which converts waste to sludge, must be cleaned every three to five years, but inorganic debris like plastic and snails hinder its function. Cost was about 4000 dollars, and recovery to optimal operation will take 30 to 45 days as microbial activity restarts.
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Jim Beck
Ace Pipecleaning Co
Kansas City
Beck
Zoning Board Set to Review Three Variances
The Board of Zoning Appeals will meet at 6 p.m. Wednesday in the Memorial Building to consider three appeals. Lucille Beeler seeks a mobile home on a city parcel due to hardship. Dave Brotton appeals a denial of a certificate of occupancy at 200 S. Kansas for insufficient off street parking. Jack C. Oliver Inc seeks a variance for an elderly housing complex near 14th and Washington streets.
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Board of Zoning Appeals
Memorial Building
Lucille Beeler
S. Katy
Dave Brotton
S. Kansas
Jack C. Oliver Inc
Overland Park
14Th
Washington Streets
Chanute City Tree Board Expands to Five Members
Loren Gregory of 425 S. Central was appointed to the Chanute Tree Board by the City Commission on Monday. He replaces Gary Kilgore, a Kansas State University Extension agronomist, who resigned in April after moving outside city limits.
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Chanute’s Tree Board
Loren Gregory
S. Central
Gregory
Gary Kilgore
Kansas State University
Kilgore
Storm warning test scheduled for Monday at 10 a.m.
Chanute civil defense will test the storm and disaster warning system at 10 a.m. Monday on clear days, per police chief Chet Hale. If canceled by bad weather, the test moves to the following Monday. sirens outside test times indicate possible disaster and urge cover.
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Chanute
Civil Defense
Chet Hale
Hale
Commission to review West 14th Street rezoning request
The Planning Commission will review a rezoning request on West 14th Street necessary for an elderly housing complex. The proposal by Jack C. Oliver and Co. of Overland Park seeks R-1 to R-2 zoning. Staff recommends approval. The meeting also covers the Capital Improvements Program and a city alley vacation.
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West 14Th Street
Planning Commission
Memorial Building
Jack C. Oliver and Co
Overland Park
Kansas tax revision bill becomes law without Bennett signature
Gov. Robert Bennett allowed the income tax revision bill to become law without his signature. He criticized lawmakers for tying the measure to a needed nonconformity bill and warned of a $50 million tax rise if federal changes occur. The measure would affect about 57,953 wealthiest taxpayers and included a personal exemption rise to 750 dollars and higher rates.
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Topeka, Kan
Bennett
James Slattery
Topeka
Slattery
Congress
GOP
House
Senate
Goldwater calls Nixon to tell truth on Watergate
Sen. Barry Goldwater urges President Nixon to appear on a Frost-Nixon program and publicly explain how the Watergate break-in happened. He says a candid interview could heal the nation and lead him to reexamine his views once truth is told.
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Washington
UPI
Sen
Barry Goldwater
Richard Nixon
David Frost
Arizona Republican
Nixon
Goldwater
Frost-Nixon
Weather Outlook Mostly Cloudy With Thunderstorm Chance
Forecast calls for mostly cloudy skies with a 50 percent thunderstorms risk. Daytime high near the upper 70s with lingering storms tonight and Sunday morning. Clearing from the west by Sunday with cooler air accompanying the cold front.
Education expands beyond reading and math in USD 413
Elementary teachers across USD 413 weave diverse programs into the curriculum. Fourth graders hike fields south of Chanute with Mary Brant and Margaret Kelley cataloging plants while fifth and sixth graders grow plants at Fairfield and Murray Hill hosts an international program funded by a 500 dollar mini grant.
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Usd 413
Chanute
Mary Brant
Margaret Kelley
Brant Farm
R. 1
Sloppy Joes
Linda Ashley
Cynthia Pfaltzgraff
Melvin Owen
Murray Hill
Harald Burghart
Hutton School
Neosho County
United Nations Association
Owen
Ted Schmeltz
Fairfield School
Rueben Borjas
S SS. Evergreen
Roosevelt
Dennis Abbott
S. Evergreen
Borjas
Todd Staggs
S. Highland
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