Chanute USD 413 Board Accepts Salary Plan After Negotiations
The Chanute USD 413 school board approved final salary and health insurance terms for certified staff for 1976-77 after four months of talks with the ChanuteNEA. The CNEA rejected the board proposal 89-24. The board raised base pay to 8200, increased step raises to 3.4 percent, and averaged an 11.2 percent rise for supplemental staff. Health insurance was capped at 30 dollars single and 60 dollars family monthly, with other issues left for potential later action.
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USD 413
CNEA
Jerry Steele
Blue Cross
Blue Shield Heath
Steele
Chanute to receive new utility truck and fire engine
Chanute will get about $80,000 worth of new equipment within a week. A $19,180.15 utility truck with an aerial basket arrives soon from Mobile Hydraulic Equipment Co. A $61,000 fire pumper, purchased via two-year-old authorization and funded by bonds, is also due next week.
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Bob Bunting
Bunting
Mobile Hydraulic Equipment Co
Harrisonville
City Commission
Chanute
Ford
Merle Kelly
Seagraves
Kansas GOP Chair defends closed delegate convention
Kansas GOP Chairman Jack Ranson says the state delegate selection convention will be closed to the public due to a 700 seat shortage and would only open balconies if delegates do not attend. Don Concannon accuses the move of discriminating against Reagan supporters while planning a public rally elsewhere. Ranson says the event remains a political convention with press seating and a brief delay for Reagan's appearance.
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Topeka
Kan
UPI
Kansas
GOP
Jack Ranson
Ranson
Don Concannon
Ronald Reagan
Reagan
Rawson
Concannon
Ford
Ashcraft Withdraws From Neosho County Sheriff Candidacy
Neosho County probate and juvenile judge Dwaine Ashcraft said he is withdrawing from the November sheriff race citing age health and educational requirements. He announced his candidacy May 7 on the Democratic ticket. incumbent David L. Kern remains the other filed candidate. Ashcrafts term as county judge ends January 1977 but cannot be renewed due to a Kansas court unification bill.
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Dwaine Ashcraft
Neosho County
Ashcraft
David L. Kern
Kansas
Governor backs use value appraisal for Kansas farmland
Gov. Robert Bennett urged passage of a fall constitutional amendment allowing use value appraisal of agricultural land. He argued it would curb inflation pressures, keep land in farming, and deter premature suburban development while boosting farm income and statewide prosperity. Stops on the farm and ranch field day included Abilene and counties Dickinson Greenwood Leavenworth Wyandotte.
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Topeka
Kan
UPI
Robert Bennett
Bennett
Kansas
Abilene
Dickinson, Greenwood
Leavenworth
Wyandotte
Kansas DOT Receives 253 Bids for 22.37 Million in Contracts
The Kansas Department of Transportation collected 253 bids totaling about 22.37 million dollars for highway work. Sherwood Construction Co. led with 9.514 million for U.S. 75 grading, while King Construction and Reece Construction headed six bridges at 2.506 million and 391,852 respectively. J. H. Shears Sons won 10.1 miles on Kansas 9 and 4.1 miles on Kansas 61, and Western Engineer Co. led 13.1 miles of U.S. 283 in Ness County at 1.228 million. Delay noted for 30 days on I-35 east of Emporia due to technical issues.
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Topeka
Kan
Reece Construction Co., Inc
Scandia
J. H. Shears Sons, Inc
Hutchinson
Kansas
U.S. 283
Ness County
Western Engineer Co
Harland
Iowa
Department
DOT
Interstate 35
Emporia
Chanute Police Chief Details BB Gun Ban
D W Lige Matlock Chanute police chief says two city ordinances cover BB guns. Ordinance 17 605 bans using or discharging air guns and pellet guns. violations can bring up to a $25 fine in Chanute City Court.
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Lige Matlock
Chanute
Matlock
Weather Outlook with Warm Temperatures and Rain Chance
Partly cloudy and warm today with highs in the lower 80s. Night may bring thunderstorms and showers with a 30 percent rain chance. Saturday should be partly cloudy with highs near 70s to 80s and a 40 percent chance of rain. Winds from the south to southeast 5 to 15 mph through tonight.
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Kansas Government Journal
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