State control plan frightens NCCJC board at Jaco meeting
Neosho County Community Junior College board heard that the 1202 Commission proposed plan would create an advisory group with regents and state education board input, defining powers beyond the original charge and potentially harming college self control. The meeting covered electric rate effects, data collection, ACT comparisons, student activities, and advisory committee meeting requirements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kathleen Pickett
Kansas Legislative Educational Planning Committee
Board of Trustees
Neosho County Community Junior College
NCCJC
Leon Hazen
Kansas Association of Community Colleges’ Board of Directors
Commission
Joseph Harder
R-Moundridge
Regents
State Board of Education
Hazen
1202 Commission
J.C. Sanders
Chanute
Sanders
Larry Smith
Community College
Board of Education
Robert Geiger
Daryl Hoelting
Senate
Wichita
Veterans’ Administration
Floyd West
Seven named to Health Systems Agency from SE Kansas counties
Seven members from nine southeast Kansas counties were elected to represent the region on a 22 county Health Systems Agency. The HSA will oversee federal health planning funds and staff, with a 30 member SE Kansas subarea council advising. A Wichita meeting will set terms and planning steps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Erie
Kansas
Health Systems Agency
HSA
Wichita
Southeast Kansas Subarea Council
Southeast Kansas
Subarea Council
Southeast Kansas Regional Planning Commission
SERPC
Lucy Campbell
Humboldt
Consumer
Johnny Brown
Crawford County
Helen
Weather snapshot: variable clouds and mild highs
Area forecast shows variable cloudiness with a slight chance of rain today and tonight. High today upper 60s to lower 70s. Low tonight upper 40s to lower 50s. Partly cloudy Thursday with highs in the lower 70s. Light, variable wind through tonight.
President to keep Colby as acting CIA chief through year end
President Ford asks CIA director William Colby to remain in an acting role until year end amid a White House shake-up. Colby’s firing sparked criticism from both parties as Congress probes intelligence activities and Colby prepares appearances before Senate and House panels.
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Washington
Peking
House
Senate
Colby
Ford
Frank Church
Idaho
Senate Intelligence Panel
U.S
Government keeps 89 million acre feed grain pledge for 1976
US Agriculture Department confirms 89 million acres eligible for price support on corn and other feed grains in 1976, same as this year. Officials note the allotment limits only loan and payment programs, not total planting. Forecasts point to potential record yields and bigger meat supplies late in 1976, while 5.9 billion bushels of corn expected to meet domestic and export needs.
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Washington
UPI
Agriculture Department
Department
Kansas
Oklahoma
Texas
Great Plains
Oklahoma Panhandle
High Plains
Kissinger Challenges Downgrade as Ford Reshapes Security Posts
Secretary of State Henry Kissinger resists a perceived loss of White House influence as President Ford reorganizes national security. He seeks to install his ally William Hyland as deputy to Brent Scowcroft or to George Bush at the CIA, while Rumsfeld replaces Schlesinger to steer detente policy.
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Washington
UPI
Henry Kissinger
White House
Ford
National Security Council
CIA
Kissinger
State Department
William Hyland
Brent Scowcroft
National Security
Hyland
George Bush
Central Intelligence Agency
William E. Colby
Secretary of Defense
Donald Rumsfeld
James Schlesinger
Ford cancels Kansas visit
President Ford will not attend the Republican Governors Conference in Wichita this month while Vice President Rockefeller still plans to attend. Gov. Robert Bennett cited a tight schedule between trips to Europe and China and noted the White House regrets the omission. Bennett also described ongoing cabinet changes and the California business delegation's Kansas expansion talks during his Topeka visit.
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Topeka
Hns
Gerald Ford
Wichita
Rockefeller
Robert Bennett
White House
Bennett
Europe
China
Washington
Los Angeles
Calif
Kansas Cavalry
Kansas Department of Economic Development
California
Kansas
New York Faces Setback in Bid to Avert City Default
Washington reports that Senate backers of a New York City rescue bill say eight to ten days are needed to win converts through an educational process. With mid November debt due, officials warn the city could default.
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Washington
UPI
New York City
Congress
Senate
Abraham Beame
National Press Club
Ford
New York
William Proxmire
D-Wis
Democratic Policy Committee
Proxmire
Adlai E. Stevenson III
Ill
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Joanna Welch
Chanute Public Library
Jaco
State Board of Regents
Robert F. Bennett
Neosho County
Reuben Burkman
SEKPC
Albert Kihm
Ben Robinson
Allen County
Bill Robison
Iola Consumer
Lacey Campbell
Davidson
County Commission
Wilson County
Health Planning Council
Don Proett
Fredonia
Lynn Brien
St. Margaret’s Mercy Hospital
Sharon Frankenberg
Altoona
Woodson County
County
Jay Atkin
Yates Center
Phyllis Gustin
Toronto Consumer
Bush
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James Allen
Ala
Harry Byrd Jr
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