Chanute Chamber Struggles With Finances Amid Recession Woes
Chanute Area Chamber of Commerce officials told the board it faces financial strain from unbudgeted expenses slow golf tournament proceeds and higher unemployment withholdings. Delinquent dues blamed on the recession. Plans discussed include Up With People event transportation ticket sales and exploring a new motel complex while negotiating with an out of town chain.
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Chanute Chamber of Commerce
Chanute Area
Hoxie
Chanute
Teresa Paschal
Up With People
Chamber
Bill Boone
Boone
Chanute Company
Optimized Process Furnaces Inc
R. C. Lee
Dale McCoy
Lee
Salina
U.S
John Schultz
Schultz
U S and Soviet Grain Deal Brings Stability for Wheat Trade
The United States and the Soviet Union sign a five year pact ensuring a minimum annual purchase of six million tons of corn and wheat from Oct 1 1976 with a potential two million ton annual increase. Ford lifts embargo on grain sales and aims for oil talks with the USSR.
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Washington
UPI
United States
Soviet Union
U.S
Earl Butz
America
Ford
Afl-Cio
Frank Zarb
Moscow
Zarb
Moldy corn fears rise in Midwest four-state area
Corn from Kansas Missouri Iowa and Nebraska was rejected by grain firms after a suspected afla toxin mold appeared in white and yellow varieties. Kansas State University researchers call testing preliminary and warn corn must be dry before storage while officials note regional rejections and that ultraviolet screening can be misleading.
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ST. Joseph, Mo
UPI
Kansas State University
Manhattan
Kan
Elbert Turner
University of Missouri
St. Joseph
Kansas
Missouri
Iowa
Nebraska
Quaker Oats
Bartlett Grain Co
Voters to Decide School Bond Fate
Voters in eight districts face a $59.5 million bond to fund building projects for three metropolitan community colleges. Penn Valley Longview and Maple Woods would share the funds if approved by a two thirds vote to handle at capacity enrollments through the 1981 82 school year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City, Mo
UPI
Penn Valley
Longview
Maple Woods
Sunny Warm Weather Through Thursday With Cooling Trend
A weather area forecast calls for sunny and warm conditions through Thursday. Afternoon highs today and Wednesday reach upper 70s to lower 80s, then fall to mid-50s by Thursday with a chance of showers developing by Saturday.
Ford Plan Tightens Food Stamp Eligibility
President Ford proposes a food stamp package tying eligibility to the official poverty line for a family of four and eliminates many loopholes. The plan would cap annual income at $5,050, allow up to $100 monthly, and require a 30 percent contribution, reducing recipients by about 3.4 million from the current 18.8 million.
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George McGovern
D-S.d
Robert Dole
U.S. Treasury
Kissinger Holds Unscheduled Meeting With Mao In Peking
Secretary of State Henry Kissinger met unexpectedly with Mao Tse-tung in the Great Hall of the People during his Peking trip. The session, the third in eight visits, came as Kissinger hosted a reception with about 2,000 guests watching.
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Peking
UPI
Communist Party
Mao Tse-tung
Henry A. Kissinger
Kissinger
U.S
Mao
Russia
United States
China
Washington
Ford
Quik-Trip Store Robbed in Chanute Armed Hold Up
An armed robber took 43 from the Quik-Trip at 924 W. Main in Chanute early today. Clerk Michael Robinson 18 described the white male suspect as 5 foot 10 and 150 to 160 pounds wearing blue jeans and a paper sack over his head. Police note this is the tenth armed robbery in Chanute this year.
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W. Main
Chanute
Quik-Trip Corp
Michael Robinson
N. Highland
Lige Matlock
Matlock
Kentucky Fried Chicken
Morris Liquor Store
Kansas Bureau of Investigation
KBI
Robinson
Defense Budget Cuts Draw Fire From Schlesinger and Congress
Defense Secretary James Schlesinger says deep savage and arbitrary cuts in the House defense appropriation imperil national security. House and Senate leaders clash over the impact with Mahon defending the cuts as non injurious while McClellan worries the reductions reduce the U S to a second rate world power.
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Washington
UPI
James Schlesinger
House
George H. Mahon
D-Tex
House Appropriations Committee
John McClellan
D-Ark
Senate Appropriations Committee
Senate
United States
Pentagon
Schlesinger
Mahon
Congressional Budget Office
Congress
McClellan
Farmers' wrath at Ford over grain pact warnings
United Press International reports Farm Bureau leader William Kuhfuss criticizes the five year U.S. Soviet grain agreement as a breach of faith and a dangerous precedent. He accuses the Ford administration of dictatorial actions and using farmers as political pawns in international trade.
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United Press International
Ford Administration
American Farm Bureau
William Ruhfuss
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By Bud Huffman
United Fund
Midwest
Fred Hannah
Bartlett
Hannah
Bob Wilcox
KSU Grain Science Department
Cha
Ol’ Henry
Yours
Chiao Kuan-hua
Chiao
Kuhfuss
Park Ridge
Ill
State Department
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