Osawatomie Site Favored for New Medium Security Prison
A state committee backed Osawatomie adjoining Osawatomie State Hospital for a 400 inmate prison. Estimated savings of 590000 by using the site and hospital power, plus 440000 if a second plant is built. Hutchinson and El Dorado sites considered as backups. Construction could cost at least 14 million.
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Topeka, Kan
UPI
Osawatomie
Osawatomie State Hospital
Kenton Cox
Schaefer & Associates
Hutchinson
Kansas State Industrial Reformatory
State Hospital
Wint Winter
Ottawa
Jim Marquez
el Dorado
Marquez
Robert Bennett
Wichita
Towanda
Lansing
Bennett
Supreme Court death penalty clash tests equal treatment
The Supreme Court may revisit mandatory death penalty laws after upholding tests in some states. The Louisiana statute drew scrutiny when Jefferson Washington Jr. received a life sentence while Harry Roberts faces possible execution for similar offenses. A pending ruling on Nixon tapes hinges to be argued next spring with summer outcome.
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Washington
UPI
Supreme Court
Louisiana
Jefferson Washington Jr
Harry Roberts
New Orleans
Roberts
Richard M. Nixon
White House
Utah Board Grants Gilmore Immediate Execution
The Utah Board of Pardons voted 2 to 1 to approve Gary Gilmore’s request for immediate execution by firing squad. Judge Bullock will set a new date and authorities aim to schedule Gilmore’s death by next Monday to meet the 60 day requirement. Harriet Marcus dissented seeking delay until the Utah Supreme Court rules on the statute’s constitutionality.
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Salt Lake City
UPI
Utah Board of Pardons Today
Gary Gilmore
George Latimer
Fourth District
J. Robert Bullock
Provo
Gilmore
Latimer
Board
Harriet Marcus
Utah Supreme Court
Link between refinery explosions remains uncertain
Officials said the Phillips Petroleum refinery blast caused fires on Sunday but is not connected to prior explosions. The cause is under investigation as remaining fires are extinguished, and most employees returned to work though the gasoline processing section stayed shut.
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Kansas City, Kan
UPI
Phillips Petroleum Co
Partly to mostly cloudy forecast with slight snow risk
The area forecast calls for partly to mostly cloudy skies with a slight chance of snow later this evening. Highs in the upper 30s, tonight lows expected to reach the upper teens. Sunrise at 7 17 and sunset at 5 04. Precipitation is listed as none.
Gas system tale gets revision
City officials and commissioners spar over a $125 000 gas system improvement program submitted to the Kansas Corporation Commission. Public statements claim the program commits the city, though officials say formal approval has not occurred. The dispute centers on leakage losses estimated at 30 000 or 100 000 annually and who reviewed the plan.
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John Brooks
City Commission
Chanute
Jim Chappell
Kansas Corporation Commission
KCC
Chappell
Frank Hoblick and Associates
Carthage
Hoblick
Oscar Cunningham
Bob Bunting
Robert Pennington
Frank Hoblick
Commission
ECC
Bers
Pennington
Carter warns steel price hikes threaten price stability
President elect Carter protests a 6 percent price rise by U S Steel Bethlehem and Republic joining six others. He warns the move could unsettle price stability and invite higher oil prices from OPEC. Alcoa also hikes aluminum can stock prices 10.2 percent, affecting auto and appliance sectors.
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United Press International
America
Jimmy Carter
Ford
Carter
U.S. Steel Corp
Bethlehem Steel Corp
Republic Steel Corp
Aluminum Company of America
Alcoa
Cbs-Tv
Iran
U.S. Steel
Edgar B. Speer
Detroit
Ford keeps focus on running the country as president
White House spokesman Ron Nessen says Gerald Ford remains active governing the nation, not despondent or reclusive, with a high desk stack and daily meetings. Ford continues his routine, meeting aides and ambassadors and planning a briefing with Labor Secretary Usery.
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Washington
UPI
White House
Ford
Ron Nessen
Nessen
W.J. Usery Jr
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Rolling
Utah
Dick Robinson
Phillips
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