District 413 delays pay decision amid wage freeze uncertainty
The District 413 Board of Education postponed action on teacher salaries due to Cost of Living Council rulings. Superintendent Buford Fisher urged delaying until Sept 20, with options to decide then or risk contradictory guidance from agencies. The meeting approved hiring three staff and resigning one, issued bids for a van and fleet insurance, and reviewed lunch program compliance and high school athletic budgets. A community drug-abuse curriculum group was named and Governor’s Conference attendees listed. Fisher flagged furniture concerns and suggested replacing desks with tables for newer grade programs.
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District 413 Board of Education
Cost of Living Council
Buford Fisher
Sandra Kennedy
James Burke
Gladys Wiles
Harold Larkin
Fisher
Chanute
Area Forecast Brief Partly Cloudy Cooler Tonight and Thursday
Partly cloudy and cooler tonight and Thursday with showers and thunderstorms likely this evening and tonight. Lows in the mid 60s and highs near 80 to 85. Precipitation chances 60 percent tonight, 20 percent Thursday.
Intercepted Letter Dear Cha
A fragmentary intercepted letter recounts a dated aside about arithmetic and a reference to the Office of Emergency Preparedness. The text hints at 1950s or Cold War era language and government terminology. No identifiable individuals or events are present.
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Office of Emergency Preparedness
District 413 Sees Enrollment Dip at Board Meeting
Buford Fisher, superintendent, noted a district wide enrollment drop of 97 from last year with 2 573 students now. Kindergarten 183, grades one through six 1 073, Junior High 670, Senior High 647. He expects slight decreases over the next five years.
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Board of Education
Buford Fisher
Kansas seeks AG opinion on exempting teachers from wage freeze
Kansas education officials will seek an official opinion from the attorney general after the Oklahoma ruling exempted teachers from the wage price freeze. Local boards, including Topeka, delayed deductions by deciding to pay raises but may reverse if later ruled illegal.
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Kansas Education
State Department of Education
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Kansas Association of School Boards
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Dallas
Fred Rausch
Rausch
OEP
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The
Oklahoma At
Torney
Nixon
Kansas
John Martin
Enrolment Surges At Neosho County Junior College
Neosho County Junior College reports 510 credit students enrolled by Tuesday for 1971-72, a 12 percent rise from last year. Dormitory full with 40 men and 30 women residents, night classes underway, and full time equivalents at 455. Delegates named to state association and various campus projects proceeding despite wage freeze.
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Dwight Wallingford
Neosho County
Conard
Chanute Fiesta Celebrates 54th Year at Santa Fe Park
Chanute’s annual Fiesta begins Friday at 7 pm and Saturday at 7 30 pm at Santa Fe Park with coronation of the fiesta queen. A downtown sidewalk bazaar runs Saturday 9 am to 5 pm as the city marks a long-standing Mexican independence celebration dating to 1917.
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Chanute
Santa Fe Park
Kansas
Tax Shift Likely For Education Financing Reform
California Governor Reagan and Assembly Speaker Moretti favor new taxes to equalize school funding after the state Supreme Court ruled local property taxes discriminate against students in poorer districts. The court urged a Superior Court hearing on wealth and per pupil spending, noting property wealth varies widely across 1100 districts.
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Calif
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California Assembly
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Superior Court
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Sanford Gruskin
Supreme Court
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University of California Law
Coons
California Law Review
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California
State Supreme Court
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Canady freed on bond after mistaken release in murder case
David Canady, 22, who was freed by mistake after appearing on a gun charge, was ordered released on 15000 bond in Miami. Circuit Judge Thomas A. Testa required him to hold a full time job, stay with his mother custody, and surrender to his attorney. He faces murder charges in the November death of John Cameron.
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David Canady
Circuit Court
Thomas A. Testa
Testa
Canady
John Cameron
Ellen Morphonios
Connally Pushes Nixon Tax Plan to Capitol Hill
Treasury Secretary John B. Connally urged lawmakers to approve the Nixon administration tax program unchanged. Budget director George P. Shultz prepares to testify to the tax-writing committee as Nixon plans a noon joint session address to Congress.
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Treasury
John B. Connally
Nixon
Capitol Hill
George P. Shultz
Connally
Congress
Spring Byington Dies Veteran Actress at 72
Hollywood mourns Spring Byington a veteran character actress who died after a brief illness. The 58 year career spanned more than 30 plays and 75 films including Little Women Mutiny on the Bounty and The Charge of the Light Brigade.
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Hollywood (Ap
Spring Byington
Topeka raid nets large marijuana cache at rural farm
State and county officers seized a substantial quantity of processed marijuana and arrested a man and his wife at a farm home about five miles north of Topeka. The raid, led by Atty. Gen. Vern Miller KBI Director Fred Howard and Shawnee County Sheriff Jim Chaffee, followed weeks of surveillance. Investigators said the farm received processed marijuana harvested elsewhere and brought to a barn on the property.
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Topeka
Kan
Atty
Vern Miller
Kansas Bureau of Investigation
Fred Howard
Shawnee County
Jim Chaffee
Tower Collapse in Shoreview Kills Seven in Minnesota
A 1,285 foot television tower near Shoreview, St. Paul area, collapsed while near completion. Seven ironworkers died and two were injured as the structure buckled at one side, with six at the 1,000 foot level pulled into debris and a seventh struck on the ground. No cause was given.
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ST. Paul, Minn
St. Paul
Shoreview
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