Surprise Meeting Unites Strangers in Montana
A Kansas couple vacationing near Woods Bay, Montana, meets a Valley Center pair who recognize one traveler as a long lost brother. Mrs Web ster exclaims you’re my brother as the two reconcile after five years apart during a roadside stop near Flathead Lake.
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Kalispell
Mont
Kansas
Montana
Cecil Jester
Valley Center
Calif
Woods Bay
Flathead Lake
Kan
Lee Webster
Websters
Red Gate Lodge
Wichita Drug Raid Puts 32 in Custody
WICHITA Kansas law enforcement halted late Wednesday night rounding up 32 people on drug charges in the citys second straight narcotics sweep. About 88 officers from the attorney generals office KBI Sedgwick County sheriffs and Wichita police led by Atty Gen Vern Miller served 40 arrest and 19 search warrants.
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Wichita
Kan
Kansas
Attorney General's Office
Kansas Bureau of Investigation
Sedgwick County Sheriff’s
Wichita Police
Vern Miller
KBI
Chanute landfill to be inspected over open burning
State health officials will inspect Chanute’s sanitary landfill next week after Leon ard Imhof flagged burning issues. The review by Charles Linn of the solid waste section will assess legality under 1970 statutes and department regulations, with city officials seeking guidance on compliance and enforcement.
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Chanute
State Department of Health
Howard Saiger
Leonard Imhof
Health Department
Imhof
the Tribune Today
Charles Linn
Topeka
Linn
Kenneth Sanborn
Kansas
Department of Health
Melville Gray
Environmental Health Division
Ice Cream Social at 7th and Kan
Otterbein Meth Church hosts an ice cream social on July 23 at 5 30 PM at the 7th and Kan location with advance organizers requesting attendance.
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Otterbein Meth
Adv
Rail unions reach tentative pact with Chicago and North Western
The United Transportation Union announced a tentative contract with Chicago and North Western Railway while strikes persisted at Union Pacific and Southern railroads. Federal mediators saw no progress as UTU planned wider walkouts, with Norfolk and Western and Southern Pacific set to strike at 6 am Saturday and six other carriers targeted for July 30.
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United Transportation Union
Chicago & North Western Railway Co
UTU
Union Pacific
Southern
C&nw
Norfolk & Western
Southern Pacific
Landon Opposes Tinkering Kansas Primary System
Former Kansas Governor Alf M Landon told a special legislative committee he opposes any tinkering with the state primary system except possibly adding a presidential primary He was governor 1933 37 and the 1936 Republican nominee for president The interim committee is studying proposals to abandon the primary for party conventions hold a presidential preferential primary and move the Kansas primary up from August to June.
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Topeka
Kan
Kansas
Alf M. Landon
Landon
Aid Bill Advances as War Pullout Date Dropped
House Foreign Affairs Committee approved a 3.4 billion foreign aid bill by 30 to 6 and struck all reference to an Indochina war pullout date from a prisoners of war resolution. The measure includes a 1.5 billion increase mainly for Nixon Doctrine military aid and could go to a House vote within two weeks.
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Washington
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Teens Run Home Radio Station Shut by FCC Action
In Metairie Louisiana government agents sealed the studio door of a four month old home made station run by youths led by 15 year old Nathan Gifford. The FCC closed the operation noting a 180 milliwatt signal from a 110 foot directional antenna was easily detectable two blocks away from the bedroom studio.
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Metairie
WBAD
Federal Communications Commission
Nathan Gifford
FCC
Nathan
Boeing Contract for B52 Kits Sealed in Wichita
A $41.7 million Air Force contract awarded to Boeing in Wichita Kansas funds 17 electro optical viewing system kits for B52 bombers. The infrared based devices defend against nuclear attack and work begins immediately for one year, employing about 265 people.
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Washington
Boeing
Wichita
Kan
Kansas
Garner Shriver
Planners approve city capital improvements package
The City Planning Commission approved a three year capital improvements package to be sent to the City Commission with revisions. City Planner Richard McLanathan noted 45 requests were trimmed to 37 and the cost lowered from 89 million to 2 million with drainage maintenance funding added. Street improvements were removed over dissent from John Orozco who argued streets remain in poor condition.
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City Planning Commission
City Commission
John Orozco
Don Manning
Planning Commission
Richard McClanathan
North
Kansas
South Steuben
MacClanathan
US 169
Kenneth Sanborn
McClanathan
Twirling program to stage final performances Friday
The twirler program at Neosho County Community Junior College auditorium will feature beginners, advanced beginners, intermediate and advanced groups at 7 30 p m Janet Webber supervises with Candy Ogle assisting.
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Neosho County Community Junior College
Janet Webber
Candy Ogle
Neosho Manor Nursing Home Lease Signed in Chanute
Neosho County commissioners signed a $1,500 per month lease with Mr and Mrs Bernard T Myers of Iola and Mr and Mrs James R Lewis of Kansas City. Ray Coder chairman said the one year renewable lease starts Aug 1. Erie resident Bernadine McAlexander terminated her prior lease for health reasons. Neosia Manor is a 30 bed facility built by the county about ten years ago at 302 S Denman Chanute.
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ERIE
Neosho Manor
Chanute
Neosho County
Bernard T. Myers
Iola
James R. Lewis
Kansas City
Ray Coder
Commission
Myerses
Lewises
Garnett
Clay County
Missouri
Bernadine McAlexander
Neosia Manor
S. Denman
Weather Area Forecast Winds Warm With Spotty Thunderstorms
Partly cloudy to cloudy regional forecast through Friday with warm and humid air and isolated showers and thunderstorms. Southwest winds 15 to 25 mph tonight, lows in the lower 70s, Friday highs in the lower 90s, and a 40 percent chance of rain.
Emergency Blood Drive Sees 78 Pints Collected
Neosho County Red Cross reports seventy eight pints collected during an emergency visit by the Red Cross bloodmobile at Zion Lutheran Church 1200 W Main yesterday. No donor goal was set as a low reserve prompted the drive serving Wichita Blood Center supply to 130 hospitals.
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Red Cross
Neosho County
Wichita Blood Center
Zion Lutheran Church
W. Main
Mobile Homes Rules Proposed
The meeting discussed a 23 page proposed mobile home park ordinance shifting variances to the planning commission, requiring tie downs, underground utilities, two acre minimum parks, and revised space sizes. It sets fire safety rules, street lighting, a five percent recreation area, $50 permit and license fees, and inspection authority for city officials with BOZA appeal rights.
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City Planning Commission
Robert McGregor
Board of Zoning Appeals
Intercepted Letter Dear Cha Capital Improvements Debate
A clipped note named Dear Cha discusses capital improvements or support for funding. The writer contemplates who will provide the capital and what everyone is for if funding falls through.
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Cha
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