Elderly housing clears zoning and alley vacation in Chanute
Chanute Planning Commission approved rezoning for a 48 unit elderly housing project on West 14th and South Washington and authorized vacation of 300 feet of adjacent alley to create a contiguous parcel. The project hinges on Farmers Home Administration loan approval with potential start in August alongside CIP priorities for 1979 80 81 totaling about 3 1/2 million.
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John Brooks
Chanute
Planning Commission
Jack C. Oliver & Co
Overland Park
West 14Th
South Washington Street
Cliff Dobson
Commission
South Washington
West 14Th Street
Jim Clark
Clark
John Litchenburg
CIP
21St Street
Vance and Gromyko pause arms talks for Middle East focus
In Geneva the two negotiators halted their intensive strategic arms discussions for a two hour session to address Middle East tensions. Carter said talks would resume Friday as the Likud rise in Israel prompts regional caution and Waldheim met with both sides.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geneva
Switzerland
UPI
Cyrus Vance
Andrei Gromyko
Middle East
State Department
Hodding Carter III
Carter
Vance
Gromyko
U.N
Kurt Waldheim
Siberia
Cyprus
Africa
Waldheim
Mental health center land acquired in Humboldt for new building
Paul Thomas administrator of Southeast Kansas Mental Health Center reveals city agreement for a land west of US 169 on Wulf Drive. Bids will be opened by end of May with three contractors showing interest. Center plans a 72 by 90 foot one story facility with eight offices and play area near the pool, zoning split with city, and a June 1 Garnett office opening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Thomas
Southeast Kansas
Humboldt
Thomas
Wulf Drive
Humboldt Swimming Pool
Humboldt Monarch Cement Co
State Health and Environment Department and Health Systems Agency
Mental Health Center
Allen, Anderson
Bourbon
Neosho
Woodson Counties
Fort Scott
Parsons
Garnett
Senate votes to consolidate energy under new cabinet
The Senate approved a plan to merge the Federal Energy Administration, Federal Power Commission and Energy Research and Development Administration into a cabinet level department. The measure, 74 to 10, would place pricing authority over oil and gas in a three member board, with James Schlesinger likely to head the new department. Only Democrat John Durkin opposed, criticizing hasty consideration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPI
Senate
Carter
House
Federal Energy Administration
Federal Power Commission
Energy Research and Development Administration
James Schlesinger
House Committee
Howard Baker
Tennessee
Area forecast shows warm start with storms developing
Mostly sunny this afternoon with highs in the low to mid 80s. Tonight becomes partly cloudy with a 60 percent chance of thunderstorms and lows in the mid to upper 60s. Friday remains mostly cloudy with a good chance of storms and highs in the low 80s. Winds mainly south 15 to 25 mph today, easing to 5 to 15 mph tonight.
Man clings to dog in Austin pound to free pet
Grant Thomas 31 climbed into Layla the dog’s cage at the Austin dog pound to avoid a $10 fine after his pet was seized. He stayed in the cage with Layla until paying the fee and taking the dog home, sparking debate over which dogs are captured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Tex
UPI
Grant Thomas
Layla
Thomas
Humane Society
Majorie Bird
Chanute Man Drowns at Coffeyville Pool
Herbert Adam Cheney aged 18 died after drowning at a private Coffeyville pool. Friends saw him sink. mouth to mouth resuscitation failed. A Coffeyville Community Junior College student and former Chanute Tribune carrier, he played in the Chanute High School band and on football and cross country teams. Survived by Ray and Juanita Cheney, sister Kathy Lee Cheney, brothers Marvin Dean and Donald Ray Cheney, grandparents Mary Lynch and Jack E. Johnson. Funeral Monday at New Hope Baptist Church with burial in Elmwood Cemetery.
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Herbert Adam Cheney
Washington
Coffeyville Memorial Hospital
Coffeyville
Cheney
Coffeyville Community Junior College
Chanute Tribune
Chanute High School
Elmwood Cemetery
Gibson-Koch Chapel
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Rob Johnson
Rick Walken
Elms
Likud
Menahem Begin
Israel
Deann Crismas
Rod Johnson
Hutton
John Durkin
New Hampshire
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