City Commission approves EPA grant application
The City Commission approved applying to the EPA for a 367000 grant to upgrade sewage treatment facilities with 122000 local funds contributing to a 489000 project. The two steps address infiltration and plant design as part of a three stage plan toward a new treatment plant, with HUD funds also sought for a community facilities center.
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City Commission
EPA
Bud Huffman
Shivering City
Environmental Protection Agency
Bunting
John Orozco
Barbara Kihm
Cliff
Carter favored by Kansas delegates says Carlin
Kansas House Minority Leader John Carlin predicts most of Kansas 1976 Democratic delegates will back Georgia Governor Jimmy Carter. He and Margaret Hoberman of Fredonia become cochairs of the Carter for President Committee as delegate selection runs to April and May with early tests in Iowa and Florida ahead.
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Topeka
Kan
UPI
Kansas
Georgia
Jimmy Carter
House
John Carlin
Smolan
Carlin
Carter
New York City
Florida
Alabama
George Wallace
Iowa
Margaret Hoberman
Fredonia
Women’s Democratic Federation For
Carter Committee
Ford allows CIA to testify in secret on Chilean affairs
President Ford will let intelligence officials testify about CIA actions in Chile but only in executive session. The Church committee hearings next week will review U S roles in Allende's 1970 election bid and the 1973 coup. Colby confirms covert funding but denies direct coup links. Nixon faces committee findings on ordered operations to block Allende.
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Washington
Church Committee
CIA
Sen
Frank Church
D-Idaho
CBS
Church
William E. Colby
United States
Allende
Richard M. Nixon
U.S
Chile
Nixon
Trade rules ease Cuba restrictions allow foreign sales
The Commerce Department announced new regulations permitting Western Hemisphere countries or companies to sell goods to Cuba with U.S.-made parts limited to 20 percent of value. Goods must be manufactured outside the United States.
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Washington
UPI
United States
Cuba
Commerce Department
U.S
Department
Kansas considers $50 million federally insured student loan program
The Legislative Education Planning Commission discussed creating a $50 million federally insured loan program under the higher education act of 1965. The Kansas Board of Regents would issue revenue bonds to finance loans for eligible residents at qualifying institutions, with repayment required if students borrow and do not enroll.
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Topeka
Kan
UPI
Legislative Education Planning Commission
Kansas Board of Regents
Kansas
Regents
Kansas Pooled Money Investment Board
Legislative Education Commission
Kansas Board of Education
Commission
Intercepted Letter to Cha Mentioning Ski Kansas
Intercepted correspondence shown as a brief note titled Dear Cha references a ski trip in Kansas. The fragment mentions the sender Nute in a casual tone.
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Cha
PRIDE Committee Discusses Bicentennial Tree Project Chanute
The PRIDE Executive Committee discussed adopting a Bicentennial Tree Project for 1976. Jerry Bratton, area extension forester, outlined planting sites at the library cemeteries grade schools and Neosho County Community Junior College. He urged forming a City Tree Board and city tree ordinance to govern public land planting and inventory all trees after the board is started. Bratton noted elm trees on public property cannot be saved despite a new chemical treatment costing about 70 dollars annually for a 24 inch tree. The group considered a public meeting to explain the issue, with Bratton offering to present.
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PRIDE
Jerry Bratton
Area Extension Forester
Neosho County Community
Bratton
Soil Conservation Service
Pride Executive Committee
Chanute
Government steps toward allowing prescription price advertising
The Justice Department sues to force removal of price advertising bans from the APA code of ethics. FTC proposals claim state laws restricting price ads could be wiped out, arguing consumers could save hundreds of millions annually.
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Justice Department
State Pharmaceutical Association
APA
Michigan
FTC
Moynihan to stay at UN post with Ford backing
US Ambassador Daniel Moynihan will remain at his United Nations post for now after White House talks with President Ford and Secretary Kissinger. Ford and Kissinger urged him to speak candidly on major issues, expressing complete confidence in Moynihan despite prior criticism over remarks about Idi Amin and Zionism.
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United Nations, N.Y
UPI
Daniel Moynihan
Ford
U.N
Moynihan
Washington
White House
Henry Kissinger
Ron Nelsen
Kissinger
Nelsen
U. S
Uganda
Idi Amin
Organization of African Unity
General Assembly
Record Low Shatters in 1918 Date With Cold Weather
Weather report notes today's low of 18 degrees breaks the 1918 record of 20. An area forecast warns travelers of a wintery night with snow diminishing to flurries and possible 1 to 3 inch accumulations. Lows in teens, with NE winds 5 to 15 mph.
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Dobson
Kansas City
Housing and Urban Development
HUD
Orozco
Santa Fe
First National Bank
Jim Youngberg
Oscar Cunningham
Wichita
Peggy Smith
S. Kansas
Neosho County Community Junior College
Yours
Pride Committee
Bob Barnhart
Cliff McNaught
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