Nursing home rules face critique at Topeka hearing
Nursing home operators in Topeka challenge parts of proposed state licensing revisions while a consumer group urges tougher standards. KINH criticizes ignoring its proposals and calls for a state official to enforce rules, public reporting of violations, stricter staff ratios, and posted patient standards. About 200 staff attend as discussions move to KDHE and a legislative panel. Regulations may take effect in February unless major changes occur.
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Topeka, Kan
UPI
Mound City
KDHE
Dwight Metzler
Muskie calls 7.9% unemployment unacceptable urging work plan
Sen. Edmund Muskie urges Senate approval of a 412.8 billion budget aiming to put 1.5 million Americans to work next year. He links budget discipline to balancing the federal deficit around 50 billion and reaching full employment by 1980. House budget plans propose 413.2 billion, claiming over one million more jobs than Ford.
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Washington
UPI
Edmund S. Muskie
Maine
Senate
Muskie
Congress
Ford
James B. Allen
D-Ala
House Today
House
United Rubber Workers End Strikes Against Goodrich
The United Rubber Workers ratified a new contract with B F Goodrich after a 40 hour bargaining effort in Columbus. Workers will return to plants with wage gains totaling 84.7 cents first year, 30 cents second year, and 25 cents third year plus cost of living protections.
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Akron
Ohio
UPI
United Rubbers Workers
B.F. Goodrich
Goodrich
UAW
Peter Bommarito
Firestone
Goodyear
Uniroyal
Bommarito
Columbus
Weather Area Forecast Partly Sunny and Cool Today
Partly sunny and cool with light northerly winds today. Highs reach 70 to 75. Tonight will be clear and cooler with light variable winds and lows near 50. Friday will be sunny and warmer with highs near 80.
Rape Prosecution Described as Very Difficult by Chief
Kansas City Police Chief Joseph D. McNamara told about 100 attendees at a two day national conference that the credibility of rape victims is questioned more than other crime victims. He said rape and sexual assault are among the most difficult crimes to prosecute and victims often feel accused. The Metropolitan Organization to Counter Sexual Assault conference ends today.
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Kansas City, Mo
UPI
Joseph D. McNamara
Intercepted Letter to Cha Praises Chanute Support
A brief intercepted note reads Dear Cha, Good for Chanute. Some people really care. Yours, highlighting local sympathy and civic concern for Chanute.
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Chanute
Football Opens for Area Schools in 1976 Season
Area high schools Chanute Humboldt Erie Yates Center Marmaton Valley Altoona-Midway Vaughn Thayer kick off their 1976 campaigns Friday and Saturday with coaches players and schedules featured in the Tribune Football Review. Predictions for this week's games appear on Friday's sports page.
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Tribune
Pigskins
Chanute
Humboldt
Erie
Yates Center
Marmaton Valley
Altoona-Midway
Thayer
Chanute Comets
Royster Rockets
We Who Care Organizes Second Meeting at Central Park Building
More than 100 people attended the second We Who Care gathering, electing officers and a board of directors. The group formed five committees on drug abuse crime discipline schools and juvenile concerns with plans to draft a constitution and bylaws.
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Central Park Building
John Odell
R. W. Good
Michelle Johnson
Jesse Jackson
Ron Tucker
John Scully
Carl B. Orr
Robert Ahlenius
Thad Clements
Floyd Thuston
Paul Thomas
R. C. Lee
Greater Chanute Area
Desegregation Bus Scene Quiet as Boston Opens Second Year
Minority students were bused to Charlestown High and South Boston High with light police presence. Small white crowds and a minor disturbance in Charlestown marked a calmer opening than previous years. Two U.S. marshals were slightly injured by thrown bottles. four people arrested.
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Boston
UPI
Charlestown High School
South Byron High
Charlestown
South Boston High
U.S
Low bids named for land projects
Rhodes Construction Co of Newton Kansas submitted the apparent low bid of 1 025 196 for relocation of Butler County roads in the El Dorado Lake area. Yellowhammer Inc of Morriston Arkansas 261 925 for mooring facility on the Arkansas River above W D Mayor Lock and Dam. Carter Construction Co of Benton Arkansas 72 230 to stabilize the Cossator River bank near DeQueen to protect the water intake.
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Tulsa
UPI
Arkansas
Kansas
Army Engineers
Rhodes Construction Co., Inc
Newton
Kan
Butler County
el Dorado Lake
Yellowhammer, Inc
Morriston
Ark
W.D. Mayor Lock and Dam
Carter Construction Co., Inc
Benton, Ark
DeQueen
Oil Boost Prospects Drive Mixed Stock Market Action
Stocks slipped on the New York Stock Exchange as traders eyed internal market dynamics and an anticipated OPEC crude price move. The Dow fell near 990 while volume eased from the prior session, with United Telecommunications and Polaroid among notable movers and Eastman Kodak delaying a new EK8 camera launch. On the American Exchange, Champion Home Builders led declines while Brascan and Pulte Homes posted slight changes.
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NEW York
UPI
New York Stock Exchange
Dow
Wall Street Journal
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
United Telecommunications
Florida Power & Light
Polaroid
Eastman Kodak
Pickwick International
American Stock Exchange
Champion Home Builders
Amex
Brascan Ltd
A_ stock
Pulte Homes
Coffin Missing From State Fair Attraction
The state fair reports the coffin used for The Old Mill missing during preparations for the 1976 event. Bob Gottschalk offers a reward for its return, promising 10 free tickets to the attraction and two reserved-seat tickets for the September 18 or 19 grand stand show.
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Jessie Branson
Lawrence
Kansans For Improvement of
Kansas Department of Health and Environment
KINH
Kansas City
Bob Barnhart
City Electrical Department
Santa Fe Park
Rose Gobea
Robert Bennett
Carla Lopez
Topeka
Oscar Cunningham
Bailes Mestizos
United Rubber Workers
Cha
Yours
Stu Butcher
Low
State Fair
Royster
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