Pentagon to close Olathe Naval Air Station and cut base jobs
The Defense Department plans to close the Olathe Kansas Naval Air Station by next July and cut 638 military plus 169 civilian jobs. Deactivation starts in January, with a $5.3 million annual payroll loss. The base will be kept in inactive mobilization status for potential future use.
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Washington
Pentagon
Olathe, Kan., Naval Air Station
Richards-Gebaur Air Force Base
Congress
Naval Station
Navy
Durant man’s fugitive charge ruled illegal by judge
Durant native Frank Sawyer 70 had fugitive charge dismissed by Dist. Judge Allan B. McPagron. Sawyer, pardoned last month by Kansas Governor Robert Docking for a crime he did not commit, had earlier been paroled from an Oklahoma prison in 1962 after two life terms for murder and a 99-year term for kidnapping.
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Durant
Okla
Frank Sawyer
Allan B. McPagron
Sawyer
Kansas
Robert Docking
Oklahoma
Proxmire Attacks Watchdog Panel Over Defense Ties
Sen William Proxmire accuses a blue ribbon Pentagon watchdog panel of bias due to defense industry holdings by eight members totaling over 1 billion dollars. In San Diego Marines 3164 return from Vietnam aboard Iwo Jima and Bexar, largest group home since Korea War, under President’s troop reductions.
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Washington
William Proxmire
Pentagon
Wisconsin Democrat
San Diego
Calif
Vietnam
Iwo Jima
Bexar
Prohibition Ends as Roaring Twenties Era Concludes
Fifty years ago today the Velstead Act made the nation dry though speakeasies flourished. By Dec 5 1933 the 21st amendment repealed the 18th, ending prohibition amid a social and economic upheaval in New York and across the United States.
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New York
Herbert Hoover
Allied forces kill near 100 Viet Cong in Vietnam action
Allied units killed about 100 Viet Cong and North Vietnamese across South Vietnam late Monday and early today. U S B52s bombed enemy base camps along the Cambodian border north of Saigon. Casualties included two Americans wounded. A spokesman said there were likely additional American deaths not in communiques.
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Saigon
South Vietnam
U.S
Surfaces Vary on 809 Blocks of City Streets
Chanute city engineer map shows 240 plus blocks gravel with about 126 brick 215 oil or asphalt and 228 concrete. Paving by Tarbet Construction Co started in 1968 with 33 concrete blocks done and four more underway. The project cost has risen from 172 000 to over 400 000 funded by residents tax bills with the city paying inter sections drainage and non petitioned blocks. The Ardyn Heights subdivision paving may double total blocks.
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Martha Allen
Chanute
Santa Fe
Main
Tarbet Construction Co
Ralph Caldwell
Tarbet
Rutter
Allen
Lafayette
Plummer
Tennes
Ardyn Heights
Caldwell
Warmer Weather Expected In Chanute Area
Forecast issued for Chanute and surrounding area predicts warmer conditions for the coming days. Temperatures are expected to rise with increasing sunshine and light afternoon breezes. Local readers are advised to plan outdoor activities accordingly.
Budget Bids Climb As Docking Faces Kansas Shortfall
Gov. Robert Docking warned of a Kansas fiscal crisis and said he will cut agency budget requests totaling 883.1 million for 1971. He blamed the legislature for spending beyond means as agencies seek 396.13 million in general funds for 1971, with a 42.87 million increase over this year.
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Topeka
Kansas
Robert Docking
Docking
James Bibb
Bibb
State Department of Education
West Cherry Crosswalk Guard Tentatively Approved
The West Cherry crossing gets a temporary guard after a unanimous city commission vote to hire to cover dangerous school crossings until a permanent plan is set. The decision followed input from PTA representatives and supporters urged immediate action while traffic studies and ordinances are prepared.
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West Cherry
City Commission
Alcott, Hutton
Murray Hill
Jack Brennan
State Highway Commission
Lige Matlock
John White
John Curtis
Alcott Parent-Teachers Association
Forest Crossing
Cherry
Forest
Curtis
Brennan
Humboldt
Independence
Coffeyville
Parsons
Inla
Garnett
Marjorie Russell
Hutton Pta
South Santa Fe
Hutton
St. Patrick’s
Santa Fe
Hutton School
Duane Moyer
W. H McMurray
East Elm
Central
Eighth
Texan Donald Manning Named Palacios City Manager
Donald R Manning 33 will be Chanute s new city manager starting Navy 17 He has served as Palacios city manager since January 1968 and previously worked in Fort Worth administration Manning was chosen from 33 applicants five in serious contention The Palacios post included Brennan as assistant city manager over utilities and Manning plans rotating equipment replacements and a city wide street maintenance schedule.
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Donald R. Manning
Palacios
Texas
Chanute
Navy
Manning
Reuben J. Burkman
Jack Brennan
R. J. Hayes
Brennan
Parkman
Commission
Burkman
Fort Worth
Intercepted Letter Dear Cha
A note suggests the closing of the Naval base will only temporarily slow growth in the Olathe area, hinting at ongoing development pressures amid defense-related shifts.
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Cha
Naval Base
Olathe
Gary McCoy Held on Murder Charge in Ark Shooting
Gary McCoy 22 of Chanute is jailed in Boonville Arkansas on first degree murder charges after shooting T L Blackwell 50 of Blue Mountain Arkansas Friday night. McCoy allegedly took his grandparents pickup and a family shotgun to Arkansas, encountered mechanical trouble, tried to steal Blackwell's truck, and fled after shooting him at about 845 p m. He was arrested near Dardanelle Arkansas and jailed in Paris lacking a hearing date.
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Gary McCoy
Chanute
Boonville
Ark
Blue Mountain
McCoy
W. E McCoy
T. L. Blackwell
Arkansas
Blackwell
Dardanelle
Akr
Parris Ark
GE Strike Hits GE Plants Across the Nation
A nationwide strike by a 13 union coalition at General Electric affects 9 percent of GE's 147000 union workers as 117 plants report 25 operating normally and 92 with curtailed or halted production. White House says defense work protected. Union leader calls for Shultz resignation over anti inflation policy.
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New York
General Electric
Tomer
Tary
George P. Shultz
Washington
White House
Shultz
Paul Jennings
International Union of Electrical Workers
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