City Seeks KCC Regulation On Gas Sales From Cities Service
City Commission authorized the city attorney to seek Kansas Corporation Commission regulation of direct gas sales by Cities Service Gas company while city signed a contract with the firm for power plant gas. The council noted an increased rate from 26.37 to 30.85 cents per thousand cubic feet and discussed charges during the presidential freeze. With other actions, bids for water tank repairs and street drainage projects were considered, and proclamations for Peanut Butter Sunday and Halloween safety were issued.
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City Commission
Cities Service Gas Company
Kansas Corporation Commission
Cities Service
Robert Pennington
Clyde Kile
John Schultz
Pennington
Tax Properties Sell for 12 961 At Neosho County Sale
Eighty parcels in Neosho County brought 12 961.54 at a delinquent tax sale held in the Chanute courthouse lobby. Taxes through 1968 totaled 34 885.27, with 1969 and 1970 taxes not included. Purchasers included David Robinson and Bill K Wolfe, with Robinson paying 2 400 for a vacant Lot on West Fifth.
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Erie
Neosho County
Mavis Gard
Porterfield
Chanute
West Fifth
South Larson
South Butter
David Robinson
Robinson
Fifth
Larson
Ray Radford
Radford
Kansas
Kansas City man named state architect succeeding Hale
Kenneth R. McLain of Kansas City Kansas will succeed William R. Hale as state architect. The appointment was announced by Robert F. Brandt executive director of the Kansas Department of Administration and McLain will assume the post on November 1. Hale resigned Friday after serving since 1967.
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Topeka, Kan
Kenneth R. McLain
Kansas City, Kan
William R. Hale
Robert F. Brandt
Kansas Department of Administration
McLain
Hale
Mayor appoints Louise Moulton to Zoning Appeals board
Mayor Vesta Lightfoot approves Louise Moulton of 915 South Lafayette to fill the unexpired term of Emmet Bolze on the Board of Zoning Appeals. Other members are Boyd Burns Ira Barber R W Fisher John Gorton Charles Rubew Edward Ranzell. President Tito arrives for a six day state visit with Nixon and top officials.
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Vesta Lightfoot
Louise Moulton
S. Lafayette
Board of Zoning Appeals
Emmet Bolze
Boyd Burns
Ira Barber
R. W. Fisher
John Gorton
Charles Rubew
Edward Ranzell
Washington
Tito
Yugoslavia
Nixon
Miller heads to Great Bend with subpoenas for gambling probe
Atty Gen Vern Miller traveled to Great Bend Kansas with subpoenas to pursue an inquisition into alleged gambling. The state Supreme Court overturned a prior injunction blocking the probe, clearing official duties. Miller and aides prepared subpoenas after the ruling and vowed to proceed, following past raids that seized slot machines gambling tables and punch cards.
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Peka
Kan
Vern Miller
Great Bend
Miller
State Supreme Court
Barton County
Charles Anderson
Wichita
Herbert Rohleder
Rohleder
City Commission Debates Morning Meetings Proposal
Mayor Vesta Lightfoot asks residents to respond to proposed 10 am Monday meetings and possible weekly sessions to allow more staff attendance without overtime. Citizens can call 431-3200 with views. If many cannot attend morning sessions, the change may be rejected.
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Vesta Lightfoot
City Commission
Commission
Seven Girls Compete For Chanute Area Junior Miss Title
Seven area high school seniors compete for Chanute Area Junior Miss at Memorial Auditorium 7 30 p m Saturday. Contestants from Chanute Humboldt Midway Altoona and Fredonia with special guest Kansas Junior Miss Robin Black. Judges evaluate talent poise appearance scholarship and youth fitness. awards for congeniality and scholarship.
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Area High Schol
Chanute Area
Memorial Auditorium
Midway - Altoona High School
Linda Guenther
Richard Guenther
Shelia Sharp
Dale Sharp
Benedict
Tori Wiggans
Tom Wiggans
Fredonia
Robin Black
Kansas
Chanute
al Guiot
Mike Kennedy
Antiwar arrests as protesters try eviction notice on Nixon
Nearly 300 antiwar demonstrators are arrested on misdemeanor charges near the White House after a sit-in and sidewalk obstruction actions. Police report 202 for dis orderly conduct and 96 for obstructing a sidewalk. Rennie Davis and James Groppi are among those detained. The protest, sparked by a message said to come from Paris peace talks, lasted about an hour without violence.
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Washington
Nixon
White House
Paris
Rennie Davis
People’s Coalition For Peace and Justice
Dick Gregory
Chicago
David Dellinger
Davis
Dellinger
Fahrer
James Groppi
Milwaukee
Halloween Events Friday and Saturday in Chanute
The largest program of Halloween activities was planned this week by the Safari Recreation and Parks commission Youth Advisory Council led by Kenny Jenkins with Gilbert Alonzo as secretary treasurer and Keith Moffatt as youth coordinator. Events include a Friday Spook parade, a free junior high dance, Launching Pad activities, and a Saturday open house as well as movies at Peoples Theater and a Chanute Safari Junior Miss pageant. Fort Scott Comets vs Chanute?
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Chanute
Kenny Jenkins
The
Safari Recreation and Parks Commission
Gilbert Alonzo
Keith Moffatt
Kiwanis Club
Memorial
Bank
Main
Grant
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Post
West Main
Royster Stadium
Area forecast for tonight and Thursday
Partly cloudy and cooler tonight with northerly winds 10 to 25 mph. Lows around the mid 50s and a high near 70 on Thursday with only a 5 percent chance of rain tonight and 10 percent Thursday.
Intercepted Letter Urges Cheap Fuel Innovator Forward
A fragment from an intercepted letter appeals to the inventor of a low cost fuel to reveal themselves now proposing a pivotal moment for the breakthrough. The plea frames the inventor as a key figure in advancing affordable energy.
Sheila Scott finally passes auto driving test in London
Sheila Scott, 44, famed record setting pilot, passed her car driving test on her fourth attempt in 12 years. She noted the adjustment from rudder pedals to a steering wheel, and recalled wanting to fly away. Scott holds 100 solo flying records and both British and American commercial licenses. Two months earlier she completed a 34,000 mile round the world flight in a single engine plane, setting seven records.
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London
Sheila Scott
Miss Scott
Nixon authorizes five megaton Amchitka test
The Atomic Energy Commission announced that President Nixon has authorized the explosion of a five megaton atomic warhead under Amchitka Island in the Aleutians.
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Washington
Nixon
Amchitka Island
Aleutians
Atomic Energy Commission
Governor seeks federal funds for 500 plus jobs in Kansas
Gov. Robert Docking will ask the Finance Council to approve 3.58 million dollars in federal funds to provide work for more than 500 jobless Kansans. He seeks 567,600 dollars in Title 6 funds to create 94 jobs in Butler, Sedgwick, Crawford, Labette, Montgomery and Sumner counties and 3.01 million dollars in Title 5 funds under the Emergency Employment Act of 1971.
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Topeka
Kan
Robert Docking
State Finance Council
Finance Council
Butler
Sedgwick
Crawford
Labette
Montgomery
Sumner
Steelmakers report 1971 third quarter losses
U S Steel and Republic Steel, the nation s top and third largest producers, posted third quarter losses of 10.5 million and 15.5 million respectively citing higher labor costs and weak demand. U S Steel nine month income held near 1970 levels while Republic s nine month earnings fell about 66 percent.
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Pittsburgh
U.S. Steel
Republic Steel Corp
Republic
United States Faces Major Share of 1971 UN Budget
The United States is assessed 56,332,171 dollars for the 1971 United Nations budget, 31.5 percent of the total. Other allocations include the Soviet Union 22,065,684. France 9,409,000. Great Britain 8,964,633. and China 6,272,971, based on a formula tied to UN financial needs and member net national product with adjustments downward for low per capita income.
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United Nations, N.Y
United States
U.N
Soviet Union
France
Great Britain
China
United Nations
Quint Dies in Israel's First Set of Quintuplets
The youngest of Israel's first quintuplets, a boy, died four days after birth at Hadassah Hospital. The other twin and three sisters remain in satisfactory condition.
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Jerusalem
Israel
Hadassah Hospital
Nixon to Meet Chinese Leaders Advisory Plan at White House Breakfast
President Nixon summoned Dr. Henry A. Kissinger to a White House breakfast to review the upcoming meeting with top leaders of Communist China. Kissinger returned to Washington from Beijing after a 15 hour flight and waved to reporters on arrival at Andrews Air Force Base.
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Washington
Nixon
Henry A. Kissinger
White House
China
Kissinger
Peking
Andrews Air Force Base
Maryland
Country singer Ray Corbin shot dead in Phoenix home
Ray Corbin, 37, was shot through the chest and found at Violet Henderson, 27, home in Phoenix. Henderson was hospitalized with a thigh wound and a .25 caliber pistol was found at the scene. No arrests reported. Henderson could not answer investigators.
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Phoenix, Ariz
Ray Corbin
Phoenix
Corbin
Violet Henderson
Henderson
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By Jay Perkins
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