President Ford narrowly escapes collision in Hartford street crash
At Market and Talcott Streets the presidential motorcade collided with a yellow Buick despite claims no police were guarding the intersection. Ford suffered no injuries. Beibel and Salamites were briefly examined, and Hartford police admitted security failures while vowing a departmental inquiry.
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Hartford
Ford
Sacramento
San Francisco
Market and
Talcott Streets
Neosho County Memorial Hospital approves 1976 wage hike
Neosho County Memorial Hospital trustees approve a $98,000 1976 wage increase plus rate hikes across several services including emergency room nursery isolette delivery and labor rooms central service physical therapy and surgery. Administrators cite a year-to-date deficit and higher federal minimum wages as factors.
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Board of Trustees
Neosho County Memorial Hospital
Finance Committee
Bill Boone
John McMeekin
Murray Brown
Isolette
Opposition meeting on Kansas Wolf Creek nuclear plant plan
A Saturday gathering on the statehouse grounds will unite eastern Kansans against Kansas City Power & Light Co. and Kansas Gas & Electric Co. proposed Wolf Creek plant near Burlington. Speakers include Dr. J. K. Frenkel, William Ward, and Ilene Younghein of Citizens Action for Safe Energy.
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Topeka, Kan
UPI
Kansas
Statehouse
People’s Energy Project
Wolf Creek
Burlington
Kansas City Power & Light Co
Kansas Gas & Electric Co
Kansas City
J. K. Frenkel
William Ward
Ilene Younghein
Citizens Action For Safe Energy
Oklahoma
Ford orders 60 day plan on drug policy shift
President Ford's advisers promote a federal drug abuse policy that de emphasizes marijuana and targets heroin amphetamines and mixed barbiturates. The Domestic Council Drug Abuse Task Force urges executive action to resolve DEA and Customs Service jurisdictional disputes and accelerate implementation within 60 days.
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Washington
UPI
Ford
Jack
Oregon
Drug Enforcement Administration
Customs Service
Area Forecast Highlights Variable clouds and mild temps
The forecast calls for variable cloudiness today with highs in the upper 60s to lower 70s and partly cloudy conditions tonight with lows in the lower to mid 40s. Thursday will be mostly sunny with highs near 70 as a northwesterly wind of 5 to 15 mph persists tonight.
Legislature rejects transfer of junior colleges to regents
Kansas legislators rejected 7-1 a proposal to shift governance of junior colleges and vo tech schools from the State Board of Education to the Kansas Board of Regents. The 1202 Higher Education Planning Commission will study alternative options to improve coordination among two year colleges, vo techs, and regents four year institutions.
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Topeka
Kan
UPI
Kansas Board of Education
Kansas Board of Regents
1202
Higher Education Planning Commission
Commission
Kansas Association of Community Colleges
Jack Steineger
Kansas City
Steineger
Regents
State Board of Education
James Maag
Dodge City
Inmates promised talk on demands at Kansas prison
Corrections Secretary Robert Raines pledged to address a list of inmate demands next week after 125 inmates staged a seven hour sit down strike at the Kansas State Penitentiary in Lansing. He said two items will not be negotiated and fingerprinting will continue for those entering security areas, with inmates not allowed to call anyone they choose. He expressed confidence the demonstration would not be renewed, warning negotiations would end if it resumes.
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Richard Tucker
Virginia Jones
California
Topeka
Kan
UPI
Kansas State Penitentiary
Lansing
Robert Raines
Raines
Gates Rubber plant to start production next spring
IOLA The Gates Rubber Co plant will begin production in January or February with a range of hoses. Plant manager Bert Hoefs said recession cut demand but inventories should be depleted by year end, prompting new orders. Equipment worth $18 million moved into a $9.2 million complex and installation is underway.
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IOLA
Gates Rubber Co
Bert Hoefs
Humboldt
Hoefs
Keys Blasts Government Abuses At Public Issues Conference
Rep Martha Keys insists programs swollen beyond design due to recession unemployment and economic factors. She endorses revenue sharing with local use to meet community needs and calls for program-by-program review of outcomes. The discussion includes Sen James Pearson and KSU experts on local control and finance.
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Topeka
Kan
UPI
Martha Keys
Dkan
Kansas Public Issues
Kansas State University
James Pearson
R-Kan
Pearson
Congress
Barry Flinchbaugh
KSU
Flinchbaugh
Donn Everett
Manhattan
Everett
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Masini
Secret Service
Bradley International
James Salamites
Meriden
Gordon Damon
Salamites
Damon
Thomas Grant Jr
Hartford Civic Center
Civic Center
Talcott Street
Market
Tlcott
Gary Adams
DeMeritt Grain Co
Chanute
Kathleen Pickett
Brown
Eric Ulmer
Gary Sweet
Hewitt and
Roger
State Board of Health
Sweet
Boone
John Carlin
Damolan
Board of Regents
Mang
Joe Harder
R-Moundridge
Roger Robertson
D-Hutchinson
Department of Education
Salina
Kansas Technical Institute
Cha
Yours
Rep. Keys
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