Humboldt Mayor Baxley resigns over enforcement clash
Humboldt mayor Ralph Baxley quits after council rejects his demand for a vote of confidence to enforce all ordinances. Russell Runnels to become mayor, council to elect a new member. Disputes over junk vehicle removal leash laws dog licenses ambulance control and manpower sparked the resignation.
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Humboldt
Ralph Baxley
Maxdeline Herman
Baxley
Russell Runnels
Runnels
Softening On Fringes The Wage Price Freeze Policy
Washington AP The Cost of Living Council moved to ease two fringe benefit rules during the wage price freeze. Employers may grant more paid vacation time after a specified length of service and may reissue stock options to employees under the same terms as the 30 days before August 15.
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Washington
Cost of Living Council
Player Sheds Locks For Team's Cause
Chanute High School basketball coach Pete Dillman urges players to keep neat hair as senior David Saubers responds by shaving his long hair to set an example for the 1971-72 squad.
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Orville Breiner
David Saubers
Chanute High School
Pete Dillman
Engineer Bailey Joins Chanute City Engineering Team
Michael Bailey 24 begins as assistant to the city engineer at Chanute. He will work in planning and engineering, with more responsibility than his prior city post in Joplin. He and his wife Sheila live at 815 W. Cherry with their six month old daughter. Bailey, born in Wichita, is a Missouri Southern graduate in marketing and management. He studies the master plan and building permits as he acclimates to city operations. He was previously employed in Joplin for four years.
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Michael Bailey
Bailey
Sheila
W. Cherry
City of
Joplin
Chanute
Wichita
Missouri Southern College
Education Meetings Map Two Aims Across Missouri
State education commissioner Dr. C Taylor Whittier says regional conferences seek public opinion on education purposes and cost effectiveness. About 150 attended the Neosho conference as eight meetings across the state gather input from citizens students and educators on topics values student learning services personnel finance facilities and accountability.
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C. Taylor Whittier
Whittier
Neosho County Community Junior College
Unseasonably Warm Days Meet Cool Nights Forecast
Weather area forecast notes fair skies with unseasonably warm days and cool nights through Thursday. Southwest winds 10 to 15 mph tonight. Lows in the low 40s and Thursday highs in the low to mid 70s. Probability of precipitation near zero.
Intercepted Letter to Cha Describes Hair Growth Wish
The fragment shows an intercepted letter addressed to Cha expressing a wish to grow hair longer if nature allowed. It preserves the informal tone and dated handwriting style suggesting a personal communication within a historical period.
British Banknote Redesign Bets Blue Gold In New 5 Pound Note
The Bank of England issued a new 5 pound note with blue gold and multicolored patterns and a Duke of Wellington portrait. Old notes remain valid as both versions are valued at 12.50 dollars, amid Brexit era debates.
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London
Bank of England
Britannia
Britain
Duke of Wellington
Napoleon
Waterloo
Two young women set themselves on fire in Ann Arbor
In Ann Arbor two women, Aunty Louise McQueen aged 20 and Raille Wainstein aged 26, reportedly wrapped themselves in paper and sat cross legged on the floor before setting each other ablaze. Police say the act was linked to a statement that dying is beautiful and both remain in critical condition.
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Ann Arbor, Mich
Ann Arbor
Walter Krasny
Louise McQueen
Raille Wainstein
Real Issue Is Good State Operation Says Hill
Kansas lawmaker Rep. Clyde Hill argues the 1972 session’s real issue is maintaining good state operation not side issues like bingo or liquor by the drink. He predicts a tough year with debates over taxes and budgets to balance a growing gap, urging revenue from sales and income taxes to fund state needs.
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Legislator Hill
Topeka
Kan
Kansas
Clyde Hill
R-Yates Center
Hill
The
House
Senate
Yates Center
Docking
Ways and Means
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Fred Hartwig
Tom Murrill
Martin Henrichs
Rex Clements
H. B. Jones
Earl Strack
Gerald McCall
Dale Orton
Orville Brenner
Sauders
Environment
Edmund S. Muskie
Maine
John Snyder
State Department of Education
Cha
Threadneedle Street
King’s Road
Topeka, Kan
State Supreme Court
Sedgwick County
Keith Sanborn
Sedgwick
Wichita G. H. Club, Inc
Independence
Guy Carter
Robert Docking
Hull
Inter
George Docking
Ments
Kansas State University
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