Highway routes discussed for US 169 relocation plan
Engineers presented 20 possible routes for a Chanute area relocation starting south of Earlton and extending north of Iola with futures stating three and a quarter to three and a half miles west or east of the present road. Public input followed the hour long briefing as officials plan 50 percent federal funding and an environmental review before a three to four route pruning and a hearing.
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John Rabe
State Highway Commission
Wilson and Company of
Salina
Earlton
Iola
Chanute
Mark Roberts
John Schultz
Roberts
Humboldt
Highway Commission
Washington
Commission
Wilson and Company
Ron Chandler
Bob Augustine
The
Roberts, Ogan
Buck Jones
Tuition Bill Supported by Private College Leaders
Educational leaders from private colleges in Kansas and a Kansas Chamber of Commerce representative backed a bill to provide tuition grants for Kansas students attending private colleges. William Gough Jr. argued the program offers high quality education, expands intellectual resources, boosts economic benefits, and preserves freedom of choice for students.
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Topeka, Kan
Kansas
Kansas State Chamber of Commerce
William Gough Jr
Chamber of Commerce
Gough
Kansas Doctors weigh defining reasonable in welfare fees
Kansas Medical Society plans a member survey to decide if a lawsuit should seek a court definition of reasonable as it applies to welfare payments. The question follows a 1971 law change from usual and customary to merely reasonable, with doctors split over potential legal action.
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Topeka, Kan
Kansas Medical Society
State Department of Social Welfare
Ebel
Robert Harder
Robert Docking
Medical Society
Harder
Watchers Doubt Mao Rumors
China watchers doubt Mao is near death or seriously ill though signs point to a political issue. A possible leadership change is hinted by no Oct 1 parade and restricted air travel, with directives on war prep seen as domestic political moves. The puzzle attracts attention due to Nixon's Peking trip.
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Associated Press
Washington
China Watchers
Mao
Peking
Chou En-lai
China
Nixon
Intercepted Letter Dear Cha
A brief item notes an intercepted letter flagged as Dear Cha with a remark about differences in views between doctors and patients on what counts as reasonable.
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Cha
Owens to speak at Chanute alumni meeting October 5
Kansas coach Ted Owens will address Chanute alumni association on Tuesday October 5 at the Central Park pavilion. Reservations with Mrs. Balch due by October 2. Tickets are three dollars. meal is a charbroiled T-bone steak. Attendees provide their own table service. Meal served at 6 30 p.m.
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Ted Owens
Chanute
Alumni Association
Owens
Jayhawk
Houston
Joe Balch
Larson
Central Park Pavilion
Car Buyer Burns Troublesome Lincoln In California
Eddie Campos of Whittier set his 1970 Lincoln Continental Mark V ablaze on August 31 on the front lawn of a Ford assembly plant after a string of mechanical failures. He says his act was a consumer protest to urge better service, not vendetta. Local Ford spokesmen report only one complaint from Campos, which was resolved.
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Ford Assembly
Campos
Carlotta
Ford
Chrysler
Modern Jesse James Robbery Hits Greyhound Bus
A robber boarded a Greyhound in Fort Wayne and, with a .38 pistol, robbed 17 passengers on the Chicago South Side, taking $650 in cash and jewelry after forcing the driver to unload luggage. He fled on foot, firing two shots. no injuries reported.
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Chicago
Jesse James
Greyhound
Fort Wayne
Ind
South Side
Walter Tribolet
Lima
Ohio
Tribolet
Cable cut isolates large swath of Kansas
A contractor digging a septic tank trench three miles east of Garden City severed a 50-pair Southwestern Bell telephone cable. By 3 p.m. Tuesday the outage affected all telephone communications including radio lines and state teletype systems, isolating southwest Kansas.
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Garden City
Kan
Kansas
Here
Southwestern Bell Telephone
Kansas Law Enforcement
Highway Patrol
Autopsy Reverses View of Jackson Death at San Quentin
The final autopsy report concludes George Jackson was killed by a bullet entering his back, not his head, during the San Quentin escape attempt that left six dead. Marin County Coroner Donovan O. Cooke had initially said the bullet entered the head. Prison officials reaffirm the tower guard shot Jackson.
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San Rafael
Calif
George Jackson
San Quentin Prison
Marin County
Donovan O. Cooke
Jackson
Cooke
Price Report Indicates August Cost and Wage Increases
Washington AP reports the first consumer price overview since Nixon ordered the wage price freeze shows August costs up three tenths of a percent driven by gas prices, while wages for about 45 million workers rose two cents an hour and $1.43 weekly to $129. Purchasing power after price boosts rose seven tenths of a percent for the month and 1.1 percent from a year earlier.
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Washington
Nixon
Labor Department
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Brezhnev Visits Belgrade to Seek Yugoslav Sovereignty Recognition
Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev arrives in Belgrade as Yugoslavia insists on recognizing its sovereignty and independence to improve bilateral relations between the two Communist states.
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Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Leonid I. Brezhnev
Moscow
Balkans
Soviet Union
House approves move to vote on school prayer amendment
The House pushed a constitutional amendment to counter a Supreme Court ruling on school prayers. A petition collected 218 signatures Tuesday to remove the bill from the Judiciary Committee, which had not acted.
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Washington
House
Supreme Court
Judiciary Committee
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Pearson
James B. Pearson
Neosho County
Central Park
GOP Central Committee
Lewis M. Gulick
Mao Tse-tung
Burma
Ne Win
Tien An Men Square
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