Republican governors set 1975 conference in Wichita
Gov. Robert Bennett announced the 1975 Republican Governors Conference will be held November 20 to 22 in Wichita. President Ford and Vice President Rockefeller may attend part of the session. The event aims to spotlight Kansas ahead of the 1976 elections with host committee leaders named and funding to come from party sources.
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Wichita
Kan
UPI
Robert Bennett
Bennett
Ford
Nelson Rockefeller
GOP
Mary Louise Smith
GOP Governors’ Association
Fourth National Bank
Jordan Haines
Republican Governors’ Association
Leroy Towns
Chanute joins flood insurance program for residents
Chanute is approved for the National Flood Insurance Program enabling property owners to buy federally subsidized flood coverage. The program offers higher limits, with single family homes up to 35000 and other buildings up to 100000, contents up to 10000 per unit, subject to 30 day initial availability and 15 day waiting period.
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J. Robert Hunter
Hunter
Chanute
Secretary of State Visits GOP Women
Kansas secretary of state Elwin Shanahan spoke at the Neosho County Republican Women meeting. She criticized federal postal card voter registration and urged strengthening state level registration and local supervision. Carole Burkman announced the state meeting in Dodge City for June 20 and 21.
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Elwin Shanahan
Kansas
Neosho County
Tioga Hotel
Shanahan
Elly McCoy
Carole Burkman
Dodge City
Cost of living up in April as food prices rise
The Bureau of Labor Statistics reports April CPI up 0.6 percent driven by higher beef eggs used cars furniture houses gasoline magazines and natural gas while sugar and fresh vegetables fall. Take home pay dips 0.1 percent in April and remains 4.1 percent below year earlier.
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Washington
UPI
Bureau of Labor Statistics
BLS
House passes weapons bill amid troop and program battles
The House approved a $32 billion weapons procurement bill amid votes to reject troop reductions abroad and to keep major programs intact. An amendment ordering women into service academies passed 303 to 96, while the full bill moved 333 to 63. The measure now heads to the Senate for debate on a $30.3 billion version.
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UPI
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U.S
Indochina
Senate
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Wayne Hays
Ohio
House International Relations Committee
Vietnam
Europe
United States
Weather forecast: warm with showers and storms
The Area forecast calls for partly cloudy skies with scattered showers and thunderstorms developing this afternoon and tonight and Thursday. Highs today in the upper 70s to mid 80s with lows tonight around the upper 40s. Thursday will be slightly cooler with highs in the mid to upper 70s and winds from the south to southeast at 15 to 25 mph diminishing tonight. Precipitation trace today and Tuesday.
Vote to override veto postponed in House
UPI reports House supporters of a coal surface mining bill postponed the veto override vote to June 10 after Memorial Day recess. Ford argues the measure harms coal production and jobs, while backers say benefits exist without reducing output.
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Washington
UPI
House
Ford
Morris Udall
D-Ariz
Carl Albert
Ken Hechler
D-W. Va
Hechler
Henry M. Jackson
D-Wash
Senate
League of Women Voters
Two US Air Force officers slain in Tehran ambush
In Tehran two U S Air Force officers Col Paul R Shaffer and Lt Col Jack H Turner were killed in an early morning drive by shooting. A Marxist group calling itself the Organization of the Crusaders of the Iranian Nation claimed credit and warned of further retaliations.
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Tehran
UPI
Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlevi
Washington
Iran
Paul R. Shaffer
Dayton
Ohio
Jack H. Turner
Carbondale
Ill
U.S
Shaffer
Turner
United States
Organization of the
Crusaders of the
Persian Gulf
Chanute High sophomores sign yearbooks during distribution
Pam Boyd of 527 S Evergreen and Linda Billbe of 904 W Mulberry supervise yearbook signing as 1975 annuals are handed to Chanute High School students on Tuesday. Both Pam and Linda are listed as sophomores.
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Pam Boyd
S. Evergreen
Linda Billbe
Mulberry
Chanute High School
Pam
Linda
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