Older Kansans join bicentennial aging conference
Chanute area seniors attend the governor's aging conference in Topeka. Activites include a Capitol photo session, a Betsy Ross skit, Indian drum dancers, mass bands, a flag ceremony, pioneer crafts displays, health screenings, nutrition and housing exhibits, and ongoing center programs at Propst Center in Erie.
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Jane Blades
Capitol
Governor's Mansion
Memorial Building
Betsy Ross
Air National Guard
Mayetta
Kansas
Propst Center
W. Main
Shelton Propst
Henry Watkins
Erie
Martha Stoltz
Ruth Mannoni
Eldon Penner
Penner
Howard Splane
Lavon Deuel
Neosho Village
Erie Group
Deuel
Helen Townsend
Townsend
Southwestern Bell trims Kansas rate increase request
Southwestern Bell Telephone Co reduces its proposed rate hike in Kansas from 33.1 million to 27.9 million after four changes. A hearing on the amended request is set for September 13, with a separate 3.6 million directory assistance fee to be heard, potentially combined later.
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Topeka, Kan
UPI
Southwestern Bell Telephone Co
Kansas Corporation Commission
Bell
Communications Workers of America
Commission
Area Forecast Low Temperatures With Variable Winds
Weather outlook shows lows in the mid fifties tonight and daytime highs in the mid sixties to lower seventies through Sunday. Winds shift from light easterly to northeast at 5 to 15 mph. Measurable rain possible with about 20 percent today and 40 percent tonight.
Fire breaks out in city jail cell in Chanute
A Kansas City man in protective custody at Chanute city jail was hospitalized after a fire filled his cell with smoke. Austin T. McGill, Kansas City Kan, was listed in satisfactory condition. Firefighters and police responded after a passerby alerted the station to smoke from the second floor.
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Kansas City
Chanute City
Neosho County Memorial Hospital
Austin T. McGill
Kan
William Day
Chanute
City Memorial Building
Ford Seeks Victory as Economy Receives Boost Praise
President Ford touts a revitalized economy on a border-state swing, citing a nuclear treaty gain and inflation control. Reagan counters from Michigan warning of faltering policy while Carter Brown clash in Washington over campaign strategy and federal bureaucracy cuts.
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United Press International
Ford
Tennessee
Kentucky
Michigan
Ronald Reagan
Reagan
Jimmy Carter
Edmund G. Brown Jr
Maryland
Carter
Afl-Cio
George Meany
Washington
Brown
White House
Moscow
United States
Soviet Union
Economic Club
Detroit
Morris Udall
Udall
Private mail service given ultimatum
Robert Black, owner of Alternate Systems Inc, has until May 24 to hire an attorney and contest a federal law granting exclusive letter delivery to the Postal Service. Black faces a misdemeanor charge carrying up to $500 and six months in jail for operating a private mail delivery service in Pittsburg and Frontenac, challenging government action and potential injunction.
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Kansas City
Kan
UPI
U.S
U.S. Postal Service
Robert Black
Alternate Systems, Inc
Black
Pittsburg
Frontenac
Landon Questions Elk Hills Oil Use For Emergency Reserve
Alfred Landon challenge the proposed use of Elk Hills Naval Reserve oil for domestic needs instead of keeping it as a military emergency supply. He urged testing wells, linking to pipelines, and capping them to preserve the reserve for military and domestic use.
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Landon
Topeka, Kan
UPI
GOP
Alfred M. Landon
Elk Hills Naval Reserve
Washburn University
Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society
London
Congress
Elk Hills
Frank Zarb
Kansas
Tennessee
Greenwood County
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Neosho Memorial Hospital
Marie Keyes
June Puckett
Puckett
Helen Phillips
Velma McGuire
Iola
S. Highland
Neosho County
Propst
Tioga
Big Creek
Southeast
Velma Cox
McGuire
Dreamer
Jeff Brant
Southeast Kansas
National Guard Armory
Jim Dureftt
Seebrc
Jeff
Jody Campbell
S. Western
Southwestern Bell
Cha
Yours
Day
Charles Ogle
Bill Bright
McGill
Ogle
Barbara Day
Neosho County Hospital
America
Meany
Labor
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