Chanute considers $6 million sewer upgrade plan
A special Chanute meeting reviewed a full sewer study by Gene Spears of Allgeier Martin and Associates proposing a $6,173,630 program. The plan adds a larger treatment plant, a primary interceptor, four collector sewers, and system improvements to handle growth projected to 27,100 residents by 2000, with financing via 75 percent federal funds and a city revenue bond plan.
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Chanute
Gene Spears
Allgeier Martin and Associates
Joplin
Spears
City Commission
Environmental Protection Agency
Katy
Santa Fe
Ash Grove Cement Co
Country Club
West Third - Mulberry Street
Arolyn Heights
Little Turkey Creek
Nixon Considers Temporary 10 Percent Income Tax Surcharge
President Nixon weighs a temporary 10 percent income tax surcharge to combat inflation with refunds planned after the economy cools. Melvin R. Laird says no final decision yet while also noting a variable investment tax credit for corporations. The plan targets current rates, raising a 20 percent payer to about 22 percent, not to 30.
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Washington
Nixon
Melvin R. Laird
Laird
White House
Israelis Down Syrian Planes in Major Middle East Sky Battle
Israeli air force jets shot down 13 Syrian MIG21 fighters in a daytime dogfight over the Mediterranean. One Israeli plane was hit but the pilot was rescued unharmed. A Syrian pilot bailed out and was picked up by an Israeli helicopter.
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Tel Aviv
Mediterranean
Middle East
Syria
Beirut
Cept
Intercepted Letter Discusses Chanute Growth Plans
The note argues Chanute must annex Humboldt and Erie to reach a population of 27,000 by 2000. It frames annexation as essential for urban expansion and growth strategy.
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Chanute
Humboldt
Erie
Not Too Old for a Second Career in Nursery
Dale Steinman, 49, after 25 years in finance and insurance, started a nursery and garden shop in Chanute. He attended Neosho County JC and Kansas State, planting 17 000 trees with partner Bill Guy. The shop opens Saturday 2 miles east and a quarter mile north of Fairfield school, offering fall plants, shrubs, and garden supplies with a grand opening planned for next spring. Steinman says he is selling beauty in a new career.
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Dale Steinman
Chanute
Steinman
Neosho County
Dale Jr
Dennis
KSU
Sherry
Juco
Bill Guy
R. 4
Guy
Fairfield School
Grand Jury Privacy Tightens in Maryland Probe
A special Maryland grand jury investigating alleged political corruption resumes work under unprecedented secrecy. Courthouse corridors and an elevator to the grand jury room are sealed by U.S. marshals with no public trials or hearings allowed near the area. Indictments of local officials may be forthcoming as witnesses enter the sealed area.
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Baltimore
Maryland
Federal Court House
Grand Jury Room
U.S
Washington
White House
Archibald Cox
Congress
Attica Reform Touts Cosmetic Changes Amid Upheaval
Two years after the Attica prison uprising critics say reforms are cosmetic. Officials cite modest policy revisions while advocates warn state funding remains uncertain for broader changes across New York’s correctional system.
Weather Area Forecast Partly Cloudy Through Friday
Partly cloudy through Friday with cool nights in the upper 50s to low 60s. Friday will be slightly warmer with highs in the mid to upper 70s. North to northwest winds will diminish tonight to 5 to 15 mph.
Arnett confirmed as head of Office of Economic Opportunity
President Nixon's nominee Alvin J. Arnett won Senate approval 88 to 3 for director of the OEO. A veto threat remains from the White House over further agency appropriations, with current funds set to expire September 30. Meanwhile networks weigh live coverage of the Watergate hearings as schedules hinge on witnesses.
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Washington
Nixon
Office of Economic Opportunity
Senate
Alvin J. Arnett
New York
NBC
CBS
ABC
Burma rebels offer to destroy opium to end export
In Washington Rep. Lester L. Wolff said Burma rebels proposed destroying enough illicit opium to halt Southeast Asian exports. The rebels linked the move to pressuring Burma to restore a legal constitution via foreign influence.
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Washington
House
Southeast Asia
Lester L. Wolff
D.Y
State Department
Burma
UAW Chrysler Talks Weigh Strikes as Negotiations Continue
Detroit union officials report a sense of progress as talks wind toward a Friday strike deadline. No formal agreements were reached on remaining disputed issues after nearly 12 hours of negotiations.
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Detroit
United Auto Workers
Chrysler Corp
Colson Excused From Senate Testimony Amid Indictment Expectation
Charles W. Colson, once a defender of the Nixon administration, is excused from testifying before the Senate Watergate committee. His attorney David I. Shapiro told chief counsel Samuel Dash that Colson expects indictment by a federal grand jury probing a break in at Daniel Ellsberg’s psychiatrist’s office.
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Washington
Charles W. Colson
Senate Watergate Committee
Colson
Senate
David I. Shapiro
Committee
Samuel Cash
Daniel Ellsberg
Mansfield aims for 50 percent overseas force cutback
Senator Mansfield plans to press a proposal to slash U S overseas forces by half in the upcoming military procurement debate. Senate sources say the amendment, broadened from his Europe troop cut, will face strong opposition and an uphill fight.
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Washington
Mike Mansfield
U.S
Senate
Mansfield
Europe
Pinochet Heads Chile Junta After Midnight Ceremony
In Santiago the 55 year old artillery officer Augusto Pinochet Marambio became president of Chile's four man military junta. He signed the installation act at midnight creating a 10 man cabinet with seven generals two colonels and an admiral as street clashes raged between troops and backers of the murdered Marxist president.
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Santiago
Chile
Augusto Pinochet Marambio
Pinochet
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