Kansas considers 11 welfare regions to streamline aid
A Kansas interim welfare committee endorsed a plan to consolidate welfare administration from 105 counties into 11 regional directors. Regions align with existing Kansas Economic Development zones, aiming to save at least one million dollars annually with potential for greater savings.
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Topeka
Kan
Kansas Revisor of Statutes
Kansas Department of Economic Development
George L. White
R-Valley Center
White
Topeka To Get Harris Group State Bureau
Harris newspapers expand state coverage with a new Topeka bureau starting Nov. 1 serving Hutchinson Salina Garden City Hays Ottawa Olathe and Chanute Leroy Towns a 1966 KU journalism graduate will be state correspondent Towns previously edited Sun day magazine for the Capital Journal and won the Apsa local government reporting award in 1970 He will focus on state government and the Kansas Legislature while remaining based in Topeka.
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Topeka
Kansas
Harris Group
Harris
Hutchinson
Salina
Garden City
Hays
Ottawa
Olathe
Chanute
Leroy Towns
Kansas State University
Towns
Topeka Capital - Journal
Midway
Kathy
Colby
Kaw
Uncertainty Grips Kansas Budget Hearings On Economic Controls
Kansas Budget Director James Bibb labeled the new budget hearings "the age of uncertainty" as the state faces Nixon era wage and price controls and Phase 2 economic measures. He warned tax revenues could shift under a controlled economy while noting analysts lack clear guidelines and the legislature will resume in January.
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Topeka
Kan
Kansas
James Bibb
Bibb
Forerunner Of Winter Temperatures Inland Forecast
The area forecast notes mostly cloudy and cool conditions with a chance of rain tonight and Friday. East to southeast winds 10 to 20 mph, with a 30 percent chance of precipitation tonight and 5 percent Friday. Tonight low in the upper 40s to lower 50s, Friday high in the upper 50s to lower 60s. Northwestern Kansas braces for possible winter with snow and freezing precipitation reported northwest of Kansas. Goodland clocks light snow as the cold front moves in.
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Topeka
Kan
Kansas
Weather Service
Nebraska
Colorado
Goodland
Protective Step Fails Ernest Seibel in Brush Killer Death
Ernest Seibel 43 died at Neosho Memorial Hospital after reportedly drinking brush killer from a mislabeled bottle. Police say he was brought to jail in protective custody after failing to report for a polygraph about a Sept. 20 fire. The Chanute resident, a Santa Fe railroad switchman, was found unconscious with vodka bottles containing Pioneer brush killer at the scene. Autopsy planned. funeral set for 2 p.m. Saturday at Johnson Chapel.
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Ernest Seibel
Neosho Memorial Hospital
Lige Matlock
Matlock
Seibel
Kansas Bureau of Investigation
Floyd Gaunt
Don Davidson
Gaunt
Davidson
Chet Hale
Ing
Richard Johnson
Chanute
Santa Fe Railroad
Santa Fe
Nixon Predicts Control Success
President Nixon forecasts victory in Phase 2 of wage and price controls as inflation battle lines are drawn. The nine day freeze ends November 13 and officials urge a post freeze push to revive the economy with NAM backing and a national business audience.
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Washington
Nixon
National Association of Manufacturers
Flation
Council of Economic Advisers
Donald Rumsfeld
Cost of Living Council
Price Commission and Pay Board
W. P. Gallander
NAM
Moonlite Sale Night in Chanute Draws Bargain Hunters
Chanute merchants offer special prices from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. tonight in a four hour Moonlite sale. Special merchandise was highlighted in ads appearing in Wednesday's Tribune.
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Chanute
Tribune
PRIDE Working on Bylaws and State Data Preparation
Royce Wells, president of Chanute PRIDE, says no plans for the year until new officers are elected on November 10. The group is drafting bylaws and filling 19 pages of state central committee criteria. Wells reports on Wichita awards and Chanute’s sweepstakes win, and notes PRIDE will be a year round effort with projects guided by the Kiwanis survey.
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Pride
Royce Wells
Chanute Pride
Wells
Wichita
Chanute
Kiwanis Community
City Planning Commission
Chanute Housing Authority
Safari Jaycees
Intercepted Letter Dialogues on a Junior Mister Pageant
A clipped note titled Intercepted Letter Dear Cha argues for a Junior Mister pageant to advance men's lib causes. The brief text signals a cheeky proposal within a conversational aside.
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Cha
Flag maker delivers 4 by 6 China banner to UN
Annin and Co of Verona New Jersey supplied the United Nations with a 4 by 6 foot flag for the People's Republic of China after a rush order. Vice president Norman Rivkees said sewing the flag took about 20 minutes and the firm will begin producing China flags in various small sizes for all occasions.
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Verona
N.J
Annin and Co
United Nations
People’s Republic of China
Norman Rivkees
Rivkees
China
Governor Invites AEC to Kansas Nuclear Waste Site
Gov Robert Docking invited the Atomic Energy Commission to Kansas to discuss locating a national nuclear waste repository in abandoned salt beds. An AEC spokesman reacted favorably, but no commitment to attend has been received.
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Topeka
Kan
Robert Docking
The
Atomic Energy Commission
Kansas
AEC
Federal panel rejects halt on Amchitka nuke plan
A three judge federal panel refused to stop the governments plan to detonate a five megaton underground nuclear device on Amchitka Island off Alaska.
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Washington
Amchitka
Alaska
Statewide Coalition to Tackle Hunger and Health
Health Organization TOPEKA reports formation of the Statewide Coalition of Emergency Food and Medical Services Directors. The group aims to incorporate and seek funds to address state wide hunger malnutrition and ill health and will investigate the school lunch program. It was organized in July 1970 by OEO emergency directors.
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Topeka
Statewide
Coalition of Emergency Food and Medical Services Directors
Emergency Directors For Local Office of Economic Opportunity Programs
Kansas approves $3 million for 389 state local jobs
The Finance Council unanimously approved spending an extra 3 million federal funds to create 389 jobs in Kansas over two years. 139 state government positions and 250 in local units will be funded, with allocations including Butler 111,400 Crawford 61,400 Labette 63,300 Montgomery 73,200 Sedgwick 219,700 Sumner 38,600 Wichita 1.12 million and Kansas City Kansas 208,400.
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Topeka, Kan
State Finance Council
Butler
Crawford
Labette
Montgomery
Sedgwick
Sumner
Wichita
Kansas City
Kan
Miller Delays Inquiry Into Barton County Gambling Raids
Attorney General Vern Miller postponed the Barton County private club gambling inquiry from Wednesday to Monday. Miller and assistant Pat Connally issued seven subpoenas, then granted a suspension to allow subpoenaed individuals to obtain lawyers.
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Great Bend
Kan
Vern Miller
Barton County
Budget pledge calls agency requests for 1973 budget
Officials pledged today to submit a no nonsense budget to the 1972 legislature. They called agency requests for fiscal 1973 unrealistic and unacceptable.
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Topeka
Kan
Robert Docking
Warning on Treats From Trick-or-Treaters
Albany Attorney General Louis J. Lefkowitz warned parents to inspect Halloween goodies before eating. He cited past cases of laxatives, apples with concealed razor blades, and chocolate-coated pep pills given by mentally sick individuals. Children should not eat treats until they get home.
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Albany, N.Y
Louis J. Lefkowitz
Lefkowitz
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