Parole officer fatally stabbed in Kansas City Kansas
Melvin Marsh, 27, a Chanute native, narrowly escaped death in a Kansas City Kansas stabbing that left state parole officer Paul J. Weber, 26, dead. Marsh and Weber confronted a parolee at Eva Mae Turner’s home before Weber was stabbed. Marsh barricaded himself in a closet to survive. Police planned to charge a 20 year old parolee with murder.
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Chanute
Kansas City
Kan
Melvin Marsh
Lucille Marsh
N. Lafayette
Loren Marsh
Marsh
United Press International
Paul J. Weber
Lawrence
Weber
Eva Mae Turner
Electric conservation cuts city revenue in Chanute analysis
City manager Bob Bunting notes reduced electricity sales due to energy conservation and mild weather. Peak usage peaked in 1973 at 81,109 MWh with declines every year since, shrinking utility funds that cover about 70 percent of city expenses while costs rise. The Burns and McDonnell study had projected higher sales and revenues than realized, causing cash problems for city operations.
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Chaaute
Bob Bunting
Bunting
Chanute
Burns and McDonnell
Kansas City
Chanute stamp drive gains momentum across city
A grassroots push advances to honor Octave Chanute with a commemorative stamp. Local leaders including Mayor Cunningham and the Neosho Valley Historical Society back letters to the Postmaster General urging a 1978 issuance, aiming for a first day mail in Chanute.
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Octave Chanute
Chanute Area
Joe Skubitz
Chanute
Martha Louise Everitt
S. Evergreen
Wright Brothers
Neosho Valley
Robert Ahlenius
the Historical Society
Oscar Cunningham
Washington
Cunningham
Weather Outlook With Light Northwest Winds
Partly cloudy through Thursday with highs in the 50s and nightly lows around the upper 20s. Northwest winds 5 to 15 mph tonight, easing into Thursday with highs near 50s.
Octave Chanute Honored With Stamp for Airmail Advances
A proposal to honor Octave Chanute with a commemorative stamp highlights his influence on early air mail development and the push to recognize pioneers in aviation history. The note underlines his role in improving the mail system through flight experiments and infrastructure ideas.
Chanute Tribune profiles in Kansas Senate race 14th District
The Chanute Tribune presents candidate profiles for the 14th District Kansas Senate race with Democrat Mike Johnston of Parsons and Republican incumbent Cale Hudson of Neosho County. Johnston outlines priorities education highways and elder care while Hudson defends past work and warns on future water and hospital needs.
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Kansas
Mike Johnston
Kansas State Senate
Johnston
Parsons
Kansas State College of
Pittsburg
University of Kansas
Lawrence
K.U
Washington National Insurance Co
Cale Hudson
Hudson
Neosho County
Erie
Coffeyville Community Junior College
Bethel College
Newton
S. Gretchen
Janie
Clete
Chandler
Hallie
First State Bank of
Thayer
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Dominica Chan
Hong Kong
Neosho County Community Junior College
By Jane Blades
William T. Johnstone
Washington, D.C
C. O. Emerson
Santa Fe Railroad
James Farley
the Tribune
Emerson
Roosevelt
Post Office Department
Everitt
Cha
Chanute Tribune
By Andrea Groves
U.S. Congress
Democratic
Republican
Senate
House
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