City adopts housing plan step in Chanute growth plan
Chanute Planning Commission tentatively approves Housing Plan and Residential Area Analysis as part of the 1975 1995 Comprehensive Plan and schedules public hearing for Nov 17 to gather written or in person feedback. The panel also backs studying a south of Safari Park industrial site with Chamber of Commerce support amid utility concerns.
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Insects Disease Attack City Trees Survey Finds Damage
A Chanute City Tree Board survey and inventory shows a large percentage of trees along city right of way affected by insects and disease, threatening vigor and urban canopy health. The report calls for monitoring, treatment, and possible removal plans.
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Bratton
Memorial Building
Washington Hawthorne
Cover-up alleged in Soweto violence editorial
Rand Daily Mail accuses police of a massive coverup in Soweto casualty figures amid prolonged unrest. Official tallies disputed as journalists blamed for intimidation and withheld victim data while World reports 16 black deaths in the first two days of a three day strike.
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Newspaperman Faces Ethics Hearing Over Source Name
CBS reporter Daniel Schorr defied a House Ethics Committee order to reveal a source for a secret intelligence report. Rep. Flynt led nine readings of warnings as Schorr cited First Amendment rights and journalistic ethics. The panel adjourned with no immediate action and may reconvene after transcripts are studied.
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UPI
House Ethics Committee
CBS
Daniel Schorr
John J. Flynt
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Schorr
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House Intelligence Committee
New York Village Voice
Kansas prisons crowded but not in crisis yet
Kansas Corrections official John Hazelet says the state’s prison capacity is 1 924 with more than 2 000 inmates, indicating crowding though not a immediate crisis. He notes state facilities such as Lansing and Hutchinson prisons are over capacity and a new medium security facility is planned but unlikely to be ready within a year.
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UPI
Corrections Department
Kansas
John Hazelet
Department
Hazlet
Robert Bennett
Hazelet
Kansas State Penitentiary
Lansing
Kansas State Industrial Reformatory
Hutchinson
Ford Strike Expands as UAW Leaders Expect Prolonged Walkout
Detroit industry reports show 170000 Ford workers out, with no talks scheduled on day two of the nationwide walkout. Leonard Woodcock warns forecasts of a two week end date are uncertain while analysts tally impacts on car production, wages, and the broader economy.
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United Auto Workers
Leonard Woodcock
Ford Motor Co
Ford
AFL Cio
Woodcock
Tire
United Rubber Workers Union
Kansas cities gain home rule to set local sales taxes
Kansas Attorney General Curt Schneider said cities may use home rule to adopt any local sales tax amount without a popular vote, due to a defect in the 1976 law. A 60 day protest window remains, and uniform applicability across cities is lacking, with Topeka Manhattan and Lawrence cited.
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UPI
Curt .Schneider
Kansas Cities
Schneider
Kansas
Manhattan
Edward Horne
Lawrence
Weather Area Forecast for Tonight and Friday
Mostly cloudy with a chance of thundershowers through tonight. Partly sunny and warmer Friday with highs in the upper 70s to lower 80s. Tonight's low in the lower 60s. Friday highs mid 80s. South to southeasterly winds 5 to 15 mph. Rain chances 20 percent today and 30 percent tonight.
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