City Power Outage Quietly Schedules Two Hour Shutdown
The city electric department will cut power in the southwest area from 1 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. to install switching gear for a circuit serving Neosho Memorial Hospital. Affected zones include Ardyn Heights Bethesda nursing homes areas south of Seventh Street to 35th Street and adjacent rural districts. Major industries and facilities have been notified.
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Ron Reed
Neosho Memorial Hospital
Ardyn Heights
Bethesda Nursing Homes
Seventh Street
South Plummer
Allen Streets
35Th Street
South Plummer Street
7Th Street
Earlton
U.S. 169 Highway
Reed
Neosho County Community Junior College
City Commission to consider Plummer Street improvements and Crestview requests
The City Commission meets at 7 p.m. Tuesday in the Memorial Building to review a sidewalk and street lighting project along Plummer Street and to act on Crestview additions requests including alley vacation and Crestview-Sunnyside rezoning. The meeting also includes a 48 unit elderly housing plan by Jack C. Oliver & Co. and a track project bid by City Manager Bob Bunting.
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Plummer Street
City Commission
Memorial Building
Crestview
Sunnyside
Jack C. Oliver & Co
Overland Park
Boone clarifies policy role after Dobson resignation remarks
Commissioner Bill Boone insists the city manager does not set policy, saying the commission determines policy. He disputes Tribune wording on the variance to an industrial firm, stating no error was admitted and his stance on granting the variance remains unchanged.
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Bill Boone
Commission
Cliff Dobson
Bunting
Bob Bunting
Boone
the Tribune
City Commission Shifts Meeting Day and Time
The City Commission changes schedule to meet on the second and fourth Tuesday each month at 7 p.m. in the Memorial Building Commission Room, instead of Mondays at 6 p.m.
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The
City Commission
Memorial Building
Police issue 22 tickets in Chanute patrol
Police issued 22 traffic tickets in the Chanute area after about 12 hours of radar use. Seventeen speeding tickets, four illegal parking citations, one illegal license tag ticket, and four warnings were issued. First place went to 46 mph in a 20 mph zone, second to 41 mph in a 20 mph zone, and third to 44 mph in a 30 mph zone.
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Chanute
Memorial Day Flower Rules Relaxed at Cemeteries
Parks director Paul Keller says four days before and three days after Memorial Day may place fresh and artificial flowers wreaths and ornaments at graves in Memorial Park and Elmwood cemeteries. Ordinance bans artificial arrangements April 15 to Oct 10 to aid lawn maintenance, with Memorial Day as an exception. Three days after Memorial Day the rule returns to full effect.
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Paul Keller
Parks and Recreation
Memorial Park
Elmwood
SALT talks near framework for third arms pact
In Geneva Cyrus Vance and Andrei Gromyko moved closer to a SALT III framework. The Soviet Union proposed disarmament ideas, the U.S. to respond after study. Talks aim to curb strategic missiles and bombers and begin formal negotiations on a new pact before Vladivostok limits expire.
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Geneva
Switzerland
UPI
Cyrus Vance
Andrei Gromyko
Vance
U.S
Hodding Carter
Carter
Intercepted Letter Raises Diplomatic Weapon Deal Inquiries
An intercepted letter to Cha questions the handling of weapon deals by diplomats, implying hidden arrangements and tactics. The writer wonders what may be concealed behind their public postures and sleeves.
Malpractice insurance up 100 percent at Neosho Memorial
Hospital administrator Murray Brown notes a doubling of malpractice premiums at Neosho Memorial as Kansas hospitals cope with 1976 law aimed at capping costs and expanding carrier options. Larger hospitals seek broader coverage while courts delay rulings on constitutionality.
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Murray Brown
Brown
United Press International
Topeka
Kansas Hospital Association
Frank Gentry
KHA
Byron Liggett
Curt Schneider
Kansas
Jerry Slaughter
The
Kansas Medical Society
Kansas Supreme Court
High Court
EMS
Senate approves revised federal strip mining bill
The Senate approved a major revision allowing states leeway under reclamation rules while rejecting a broad ban on surface mining in arid West valleys. The measure sets federal standards to protect landscapes, with Ford's amendment permitting limited highwall retention if states approve and after compromise with Randolph. Interior Secretary Andrus backed the West ban in line with House provisions.
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UPI
Senate
Carter
House
Gerald Ford
Sen
Wendell Ford
D-Ky
Ford
Jennings Randolph
D-W. Va
Walter Huddleston
Kentucky
Gary Hart
D-Colo
Interior
Cecil Andrus
Handgun Ban Debate Rages At Cincinnati NRA Show
Hundreds of handguns filled a display at the NRA convention in Cincinnati as protesters from the ACLU and others urged a national ban. Exhibitors argued ownership should not be banned, noting illicit production would continue. The event drew attention as the NRA moved its main convention from Washington due to DC gun regulations.
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Cincinnati
UPI
National Rifle Association
Charlie Gara
Charter Arms Corp
Convention
American Civil Liberties Union
Fountain Square
Theresa Edell
NRA
Area Forecast Cloudy Skies and T storms Likely Today
Cloudy to partly cloudy skies with a good chance of thunderstorms. Temperatures range from the lower 60s to upper 70s today, a cooler Sunday with highs around 70 and overnight low in the upper 50s.
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