Bennett proposes regional planning boundary redraws in Kansas
Gov. Robert Bennett announced seven public meetings across Kansas to discuss redrawing planning boundaries. He aims for three options and a July executive order to simplify and reduce overlapping areas affecting social services manpower economic development and other programs. Meetings run May 30 Lawrence to June 10 Hays with dates for Chanute Ulysses Wichita Pratt Salina.
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UPI
Kansas
Robert Bennett
Bennett
Division of State Planning and Research
Division of Planning and Research
Lawrence
Chanute
Ulysses
Wichita
Pratt
Salina
Hays
SEK region kept at current site per SEKPC director
Ben Robinson of SEKPC favors maintaining the commission at its present site. He views Bennett’s plan to create 12 19 or 27 county regions as feasible, noting Linn Anderson and Coffey counties would join the SEKPC in the 12 county option. Chanute and Neosho County are part of SERPC headquartered here.
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Southeast Kansas Regional Planning Commission
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Bennett
Linn
Anderson
Coffey
Chanute
Neosho County
SERPC
City Commission to Hold Sewer Hearings Tonight
The City Commission schedules two public hearings before the regular meeting. A 5 p.m. hearing covers a 103,200 sewer expansion between 14th and 15th and Washington to Allen with 67.6 percent paid by the benefit district and 32.4 percent by the city. At 5:30 p.m. a 372,200 sewer addition from north of 21st to south of 35th along South Santa Fe is planned with 68.7 percent by the benefit district and 31.3 percent by the city.
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Plummer
Memorial
Nazarene Church
Doonesbury Strip Debuts in Tribune Today
Garry Trudeau unveils the Doonesbury comic strip in today’s Tribune. Trudeau, Pulitzer Prize winner in 1975, brings witty and searing takes on politics and daily life with his signature plant-voiced humor.
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Ford to announce energy action on TV address
President Ford pledges new energy steps in a nationwide speech, saying he has run out of patience with Congress and will impose actions of his own. A $1 per barrel import duty increase on crude oil is planned effective June 1, expected to lift gasoline prices by about 1.5 cents a gallon.
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al Ullman
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Senate
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Brussels
Anwar Sadat
Ways and Means
Weather and energy policy mix in brief forecast and diplomacy
The forecast calls for increasing clouds with showers and storms late tonight and Wednesday with highs in the upper 70s to lower 80s. Separate energy coverage notes Kissinger urging a multination program spending up to 1 trillion through 1985, Ford tariff plans, and congressional debate over an energy package and gasoline taxes.
Supreme Court extends double jeopardy protection to juveniles
The Supreme Court ruled 9 to 0 that juveniles cannot be tried twice for the same crime, affirming a lower court ruling that barred dual prosecution after a juvenile finding followed by adult conviction. The decision aligns with broader rights expansion toward younger offenders.
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Suffolk County
N.Y
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Gary Steven Jones
California
Central Intelligence Agency
Congress
Juvenile Justice Spars With Military Pledge Opposition
The article notes a push by Nute to keep juveniles out of regular trials. It discusses concerns about fair treatment and potential reforms. The tone reflects debate over juvenile handling and legal procedures.
Tribune Hires Kathleen Pickett as Reporter
Kathleen Pickett 22 joins The Tribune as area news reporter replacing Nancy Huffman who becomes news editor. A May KU graduate with journalism and music history degrees from William Allen White School and KU School of Fine Arts, she won the 1974 Hearst Award for editorial writing and is the daughter of Dr and Mrs Calder M Pickett of Lawrence.
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William Allen White
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School of Fine Arts
Hearst Award
Pickett Is the Daughter
Mrs
Calder M. Pickett, Lawrence
Bennett cites three state hiring problems in affirmative action push
Kansas Governor Robert Bennett says federal discrimination allegations can be corrected only if state hiring shows commitment to affirmative action. He cites education requirements, provisional hiring avoiding civil service tests, and subjective exams as issues, and plans to study a model program by W. Keith Weltmer. He has no immediate plan to appoint a new labor commissioner, may appoint acting chief Joseph Pichler to help reorganize the department.
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Kan
UPI
Robert Bennett
Bennett
W. Keith Weltmer
Darrell Carlton
Joseph Pichler
University of Kansas School of Business
Pichler
State Labor Department
Drowning mars holiday weekend near Iola
A 14 year old Gas City boy Justin Wilson drowned Sunday afternoon after trying to retrieve a fishing pole from a pond four miles east of Iola and north of U S 54. Funeral is at 10 30 a m Wednesday at Iola Waugh Yokum Funeral Home chapel. He is survived by his parents Earnest and a brother Matthew plus three more brothers and two grandparents.
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Allen County — Sheriff's Department
Justin Wilson
U.S. 54
Iola Waugh-Yokum Funeral Home
Earnest Wilson
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Mark
Wesley
Faron
Danny Wilson
Frank Tindel
Portugal Moves to Form Cuban Style People Alliance
Portugal's AFM regime curtails parties and pushes a Cuban style alliance with the people. A 240 member assembly backs revolutionary defense committees while sparing a party ban. Socialists claim a move toward communist dictatorship amid bitter clashes with the Communists.
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