Repaving cuts costs of Chanute streets with new process
Chanute adopts Cutler Repaver to recycle asphalt and overlay 29 blocks including Elm Main and Lincoln streets. City officials expect 50 percent savings on overlays as oil prices rise and bricks are reconsidered. process used in 70 cities across 27 states and nine European countries.
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Chanute
Jim Beck
Elm Street
Beck
Cutler Repaver
Main
Lincoln
John Rathbun
Cutler Repaver Inc
Lawrence
Rathbun
Kansas
East Elm Street
Carter pressurizes energy bill to conference amid dissent
Senate liberals press for floor action on a $40 billion energy tax credit bill but President Carter urges quick passage to a conference with the House bill. Senate Finance chair and leaders support moving to conference while Jackson Kennedy oppose fast floor debate risking a weekend struggle.
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Carter
Bill
Washington
UPI
Senate
Henry Jackson
D-Wash
Senate Energy Committee
Jackson
House
Senate Committee
Finance Committee
Russell Long
Thomas O'Neill
Robert Byrd
Edward Kennedy
D-Mass
Hands Held for Peace by 18 Girl Scouts in Irving
Eighteen Girl Scouts linked hands from 7 15 a.m. Saturday to 37 hours later in a sunrise to sunset peace tribute across Irving. The event moved from the University of Dallas to the World Trade Center and the Kennedy Memorial and included stops at the Irving City Council chambers and North Lake College.
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Irving
Tex
UPI
Girl Scout Troop 1564
United Nations
Jean Smith
University of Dallas
World Trade Center
Kennedy Memorial
Irving City Council
North Lake College
South MacArthur Church of Christ
Drivers ignore Road Closed signs on Shaw Road
Neosho County officials report Shaw Road near US 169 and US 59 remains closed to through traffic after a recent asphalt overlay left dropoffs and no edge stripes. Drivers ignore barricades while crews prepare edge packing and fresh striping, with completion uncertain and liability cited for accidents.
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Andrea Groves
Shaw Road
US. 169
U.S. 59
Bill Richwine
Charles Ingle
Neosho County
Ingle
Peterson Brothers
Kansas farmers join groups backing proposed strike
A Plains grade school gym hosted 300 farmers and spouses as they endorsed a Dec 14 strike call from American Agriculture. The vote was unanimous and echoed by Plains Georgia participants. Farmers cited poor prices and rising costs, with Johnson County grower Bob Durant noting wheat at 210 a bushel vs 315 cost to raise. Beth Cockrin read a letter she sent to President Carter.
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Durrant
Johnson
USDA
Beth Cockrin
Oklahoma
President Carter
Area Forecast Clear to partly cloudy and warm
Weather area forecast reports clear to partly cloudy and warm conditions tonight and Wednesday. Lows tonight upper 40s to low 50s. Highs Wednesday in the low to mid 70s. Winds light and variable tonight.
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Dave LaBelle
North Evergreen
Durant
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