Chanute Elderly High Rise Project Approved for Funding
The Southeast Kansas Regional Planning Commission approved 12 housing aid projects, including a Chanute seven story elderly high rise next to Highland Park with 45 one bedroom and 5 two bedroom units. Financing would be via housing revenue bonds and FHA rent subsidies.
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Kathleen Picketterie
Chanute
Southeast Kansas Regional Planning Commission
SEKPC
Federal Housing Administration
Public Housing Authority of
Highland Park
Kiene and Bradley
Topeka
Commission
Fort Scott
Treece
Pittsburg
Parsons
Independence
Frontenac
Coffeyville
Planning Commission
Health Systems Agency
Sub-Area Council
HSA
Kansas
Health Council
British tighten security after fatal bomb blast
Police increased protection for British politicians after a remote controlled explosion killed Prof. Gordon Hamilton Fairley and wounded six others. The blast aimed at Conservative MP Hugh Fraser and endangered Miss Caroline Kennedy who stayed with the Fraser family in London. Officials fear a new IRA campaign targeting Parliament and offices.
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London
UPI
Caroline Kennedy
Hugh Fraser
Fraser
Miss Kennedy
John F. Kennedy
Scotland Yard
Ernest Bond
Irish Republican Army
Home Office
Foreign and Commonwealth Office
IRA
Gordon Hamilton Fairley
Hamilton
Lord Harlech
Washington
Kennedy
Caroline
U.S
USDA Sees 1976 Farm Outlook Tied to Economy and Exports
The Agriculture Department says 1976 farming prospects depend on U S economic health, livestock demand, and export levels. A long term grain pact with the Soviet Union and record crop production support a varied outlook with three potential paths for prices, income, and livestock expansion through mid 1976.
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Washington
UPD
Agriculture Department
U.S
USDA
Soviet Union
Outlook Board
Freeze Warning and Cool Weekend Forecast
The area issues a freeze warning tonight with partly cloudy conditions and a colder trend. Daytime highs in the upper 40s to mid 50s, night lows in the upper 20s to lower 30s. Saturday will be mostly sunny and cool with highs near 50 as northwest winds ease from 10 to 20 mph this afternoon to 10 to 15 mph tonight.
Gun carrying suspect arrested outside White House
A 24 year old man Addison Y McCandless of Harrisburg Pennsylvania was arrested near the northeast gate of the White House after being spotted with a loaded .44 caliber magnum revolver. He faced District of Columbia weapons charges and was jailed after questioning by the Secret Service. The incident occurred while President Ford was in the White House. officials said there was no threat to the President.
Ford tax cut plan rejected by House Ways and Means
The House Ways and Means Committee quickly rejected Ford’s tax cut with a spending ceiling idea and backed the Democratic plan to extend current lower tax levies through 1976. Both votes were 21 to 16 along party lines. Democrats blocked Ford’s proposal while outlining a 1976 credit for families and keeping the standard deduction, with the veto showdown anticipated later in the year.
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Washington
UPI
Ford
House
Ways and Means Committee
Tax Writing
GOP
Wilbur Mills
D-Ark
Omar Burleson
Dtex
Joe Waggonner
D-La
Andrew Jacobs
D-Ind
Democratic Congress
Congress
Economy Caps the Real Problem in U.S. Policy
The article argues that the central issue facing policy is the health of the U.S. economy. It discusses how growth, inflation, and employment shape political strategy and public support for reforms. The piece notes ongoing debates among policymakers on fiscal and monetary measures.
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Mike Bailey
Commission
Skull discovery prompts continued Riley County search
Riley County investigators extended a remote area search after a farmer found a woman's skull two miles northwest of Riley. A tentative victim identity was noted but withheld pending solid facts. Police say legs and pelvis were found, clothing scraps discovered, with no death cause yet determined, possible homicide being considered.
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Manhattan
Kan
UPI
Riley
Les Bieler
Bieler
Jaworski says Nixon implied guilt by pardon
Former Watergate prosecutor Leon Jaworski asserts Nixon’s pardon implied guilt and labeled Nixon an unindicted coconspirator. He argued the pardon framed in living room display and noted Nixon endured unique humiliation.
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Hartford
Conn
UPI
Richard M. Nixon
Watergate
Leon Jaworski
Nixon
Ford
Houston
Jaworski
United States
Connecticut Bar Association
Racial clash at South Boston High School erupts
In Boston police arrested about 10 pupils after a racial clash at South Boston High School as white neighborhood youths entered and black students left buses. Slurs were shouted and officials secluded the fighting outside, trapping about 100 black students inside.
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Boston
UPI
South Boston High School
Mitchell to testify publicly on mail opening inquiry
Former Attorney General John Mitchell was ordered to testify before the Senate intelligence committee about his possible role in illegal mail openings. He previously gave a private deposition but resisted public appearance to avoid affecting his Watergate appeal. The panel deemed public testimony in the public interest. A separate memo noted government monitoring of private telegraph messages in Washington from World War II to last May.
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Washington
UPI
John Mitchell
Senate Intelligence Committee
Mitchell
U.S. Appeals Court
Frank Church
D-Ida
Senate
House
Government Information and Individual Rights Subcommittee
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White House
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