Elm tree on 620 W Elm looms over street as nuisance
City serves a nuisance abatement order to Mr and Mrs Pete Esch over a large elm at the corner of Elm and Kansas. The tree, over 80 years old and a state landmark, has branches below the 14 foot ordinance clearance. 10 days to abate. Neighbor W M Gerken cites liability risk from overhang. Eschs seek traffic limits or signs as remedy while city and police pursue settlement.
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Pete Esch
Esch
Elm Street
Esches
Mohr
Gerken
Elm
Kansas
Robert Briley
Robert Pennington
Pennington
Briley
Kenneth Sanborn
Lige Matlock
Matlock
Confusion Over Teacher Pay Status Deepens
In Topeka and across Kansas educators face mixed interpretations of a wage freeze. State officials cite a clarifying memo as non entitling raises without pre Aug 15 work. Some districts move to freeze pay for late starters amid IRS complaints.
School staff pay raises tied to prior work date rule
Buford Fisher, superintendent of schools, reports state education officials say teachers won’t gain pay increases under the wage price freeze unless they worked before Aug 15 at the new rate. The Board of Education planned a Sept 20 salary decision and may cancel the meeting if a firm ruling arrives before then.
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Kansas Department of Education
Kansas National Education Association
C. Taylor Whittier
State Cost of Living Council
Kansas
Melvin Neely
KNEA
OEP
Washington
Midwest
Missouri
Iowa
Nebraska
North
South Dakota
Wyoming
Whittier
State Education Department
Kansas Association of School Boards
Topeka
Buford Fisher
State Department of Education
Fisher
Board of Education
Library Seminar Draws Southeast Kansas Librarians
Nineteen librarians representing members of the Southeast Kansas Library Association attended a Wednesday seminar at Chanute Public Library. Rene Jordan of Kansas State College Library led on government documents with exhibits and guidance on access.
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Southeast Kansas Library Association
Chanute Public Library
Rene Jordan
Kansas State College Library
Pittsburg
Mobile Home Rules Restudied
The city Plan ning Commission sent back a proposed mobile home park ordinance after park owners and occupants objected to skirting, licensing, inspections, and road and gas provisions. The commission plans further review with City Manager Sanborn and contemplates a 30 day leave of absence for home occupations, up from 14 days.
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Mobile Home Park
City Planning Commission
Harvey Young
Mobile Home
Young
Kenneth Sanborn
Sanborn
Ers
City Commission
Rights of 14 year old questioned in murder case at Iola
Judge Stadler questioned whether the boy Richard Jones 14 was deprived of rights by an Anderson County deputy coroner and said the immunity promised in a coroner's inquest was improper. The boy was sent for psychiatric evaluation after the Aug. 29 killing of a Kansas City Kansas woman, with prosecutors relying on evidence beyond statements from the coroner's proceeding.
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Iola
Kan
Richard Jones
Anderson County
Robert Stadler
Stadler
David Leitch
Garnett
Menninger’s
Topeka
Kansas City, Kan
Howard Jones
U.S. Supreme Court
Young Jones
Intercepted Letter to Cha at Enterprise
A brief note suggests an aging couple at Enterprise may miss portions of their conversations as they continue to speak to each other. The fragment hints at a personal exchange and ongoing domestic relations.
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Enterprise
Area Forecast: Cooler Tonight with Partly Cloudy Skies
Partly cloudy and a little cooler tonight with east to northeast winds 5 to 15 mph. Friday will see little temperature change with a 20 percent chance of rain tonight and 10 percent Friday. Low tonight near 50, high Friday 70 to 75. Sunrise 7 03 Sunset 7 30. Precipitation today 0.02 inch, yesterday 0.02 inch.
Reuters Celebrate 75th Wedding Anniversary in Enterprise
Charles Reuter 102 and Mary 97 mark 75 years of marriage. Married Sept. 16, 1896 near Sioux City Iowa the couple moved to Enterprise in 1904. A family gathering at their two story farmhouse five miles east of Abilene includes a daughter two sons three grandchildren and eight great grandchildren.
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Enterprise
Kan
Charles Reuter
Mary
Reuters
Sioux City
Iowa
Abilene
Edith Storm Strikes Cameron Area Causing Fatalities
Edith slammed Cameron and reached Lafayette and Baton Rouge with 90 mph winds and tornadoes. Heavy rain caused widespread damage and at least one death was reported.
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Cameron
Edith
Lafayette
Baton Rouge
POW tapes from Hanoi claim POWs form peace movement
American peace activists returning from Hanoi say they brought tapes that allegedly carry voices of four U.S. POWs. The tapes released by antiwar groups claim the prisoners are building a peace movement and publishing a pacifist magazine.
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Washington
Hanoi
U.S
North Vietnam
Atty Gen Miller to Inspect Kansas State Fair Games
Kansas Attorney General Vern Miller and Col. Allen Rush will visit the State Fair in Hutchinson on Friday afternoon to review fair games for potential gambling law violations. They expect no major issues as most games are run by the American Royal Shows, which Miller deemed legal aside from one game he ordered closed.
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Topeka
Kan
Vern Miller
Col
Allen Rush
Kansas Highway Patrol
Hutchinson
Miller
Highway Patrol
Justice Dept. Creates Unit to Protect Prison Inmate Rights
In response to Attica and San Quentin, the Justice Department forms a special unit to safeguard inmate civil rights. Two cases have charged racial discrimination at Parchman in Mississippi and a Kansas City, Kansas, county jail, with more possible. Director Jesse H. Queen vows to push prison reform.
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Washington
Attica
San Quentin
Justice Department
Mississippi
Parchman
Kansas City
Kans
Jesse H. Queen
Look magazine to cease publication in Oct 1971
New York Look magazine will stop publishing with the October 19 issue. Gardner Cowles of Cowles Communications cites rising postal rates and shrinking advertising revenue as the main causes despite 28 million readers and strong subscription renewal activity in early 1971.
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New York
Look Magazine
Gardner Cowles
Cowles Communications
Cowles
Look
Governor Docking Has Not Chosen Kansas Supreme Court Nominee
James Shaffer, press secretary, emphatically denied that Gov. Robert Docking has decided on a Kansas Supreme Court appointment. He said as of 12:15 a.m. Docking had made no decision.
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Topeka
Kan
James Shaffer
Robert Docking
Docking
Kansas Supreme Court
Shaffer
Kansas Party
San Juan
Puerto Rico
National Governors’ Conference
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