City Commission Approves 9th Street Pay Plan Amid Costs
The City Commission voted to have the city-at-large pay 60 percent of the 9th Street project from Gretchen to Plummer, despite opposition from City Engineer Jim Beck who noted the $47 000 estimate was high. Residents mixed on funding the street, with some favoring full city support or alternative chip and seal options. The meeting also approved a parking variance for the Propst Center, declared City Clean Up Day, and authorized asphalt overlay bonds for 53 blocks and four intersections.
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Bud Huffman
Gretchen
Plummer
Jim Beck
Beck
Benefit District
Benefit
Dwight Blackwood
S. Plummer
Blackwood
Seth Gray
Ardyn Heights
Barbara Kihm
John Orozco
O. H. Cunningham
Opponents push to drop Wolf Creek plant plans
William Ward of the Mid-America Coalition presses Kansas utilities to withdraw construction applications for a nuclear plant near Burlington. Opponents seek NRC extension for a transcript from a May 19 Lawrence hearing while KG&E faces delays and higher costs.
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Topeka
Kan
UPI
William Ward
Mid-America Coalition For Energy Alternatives
Kansas
Burlington
William Griffin
Wolf Creek
Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Lawrence
Griffin
Environmental Protection Agency
Energy Research and Development Administration
Atomic Energy Commission
Kanopolis
Ward
Kansas Gas and Electric of
Wichita
Santa Fe sewer project vote splits residents 14 to 5
Residents heard opposing views on a 372 200 project with a 68 7 to 31 3 cost split between the benefit district and city at large. Lakeside Addition residents urged action while others decried cost distribution and square footage fairness. Additional Sunnyside hearing followed with costs per square foot higher due to small project size.
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Santa Fe
O. H. Cunningham
Lakeside Addition
Santa Fe Park
Beck
Sunnyside
Robert Pennington
Growth Potential Spurred by New Streets in Area
A reader suggests that development may accelerate if the neighborhood gains well constructed streets. The note implies infrastructure upgrades as a path to economic growth and improved livability.
Ford opens six nation Europe trip with NATO pledge
President Ford arrives in Brussels on the first leg of a six day Europe tour promising unwavering U S support for NATO allies and Europe. He cites 26 years of alliance strength and detente based on secure defenses as Kissinger and Belgium royalty greet him before travels to Spain Austria and Italy and a NATO summit.
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Brussels
UPI
Ford
NATO
Europe
Betty
Belgium
Baudouin
Court urged to uphold Kansas Senate appointment confirmation
Gov. Robert Bennett asked the Kansas Supreme Court to affirm Senate confirmation of executive branch appointments. The brief argues the process protects checks and balances and warns against carte blanche appointment power, while a suit by Carolee Leek seeks to oust Franklin Theis.
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Topeka
Kan
Jim Marquez
Robert Olsen
High Court
Carolee Leek
Franklin Theis
Curt Schneider
Kansas
Senate
Theis
Bennett
Weather watch and travel notes from a Presidential trip
A flash flood watch covers this afternoon and tonight with heavy rain possible and a few severe storms. temperatures in the 70s today and low to mid 70s Thursday. Separate items discuss Portugal’s leftist move, a Salzburg meeting with Egyptian President Anwar Sadat, and Ford’s reassurances on NATO, world peace, and U S policy.
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Anwar Sadat
Salzburg
Austria
Ford
Middle East
U.S
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Betty
Susan
Air Force One
Miss Ford
United States
NATO
Brussels
Ford blasts Congress for inaction on energy
President Ford accuses Congress of inaction on energy plans in a 14 minute national address. He announces a new 1 per barrel import fee effective June 1, a windfall profits tax on oil firms, a 60 cent levy on imported refined fuels, and higher tariffs to raise gasoline prices by about 1.5 cents per gallon by August.
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Washington
UPI
Congress
Ford
United States
Flood watch issued for eastern and south central Kansas
The National Weather Service warned of severe storms this afternoon and tonight and issued a flash flood watch for eastern and south central Kansas. Locally heavy rains were expected with a threat of several thunderstorms.
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Topeka, Kan
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Isl and
Lafayette
Propst Center For
South Highland
Cunningham
Pride Committee
Memorial Building
Orozco
Kihm and Cunningham
Kg&e
Ralph P. Fiebach
Fiebach
Kansas Corporation Commission
KCC
Kansas Supreme Court
Jeff Lassman
Chanute Playschool Association
Jeff
Gary Lassman
S. Rutter
State Board of Health
Yours
Cha
Damon Williams
S. Forest
Debbie Cunningham
Portugal
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