Chanute bypass decision due soon says highway official
A state highway official said a decision on the U.S. 169 bypass location and design near Chanute is expected in about two weeks. The plan to run east of Chanute faced questions after federal reviewers asked for alternate routes, though federal officials later indicated approval of the eastern location with studies on flood impact and design effects to follow.
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State Highway Department
John D. McNeal
State Department of Transportation
Chanute
McNeal
Highway Commission
Kansas
Earlton
Iola
Highway Department
Federal Highway Administration
Topeka
Robert Morrissey
Federal Highway Division
Dale Hudson
R-Chanute
Hudson
State Department
K-39
Bennett
Secretary of Administration
Acker becomes 11th president of Kansas State University
Dr. Duane Acker was inaugurated as Kansas State University's 11th president in a ceremony at Ahearn Fieldhouse attended by about 2,500 people including Gov. Robert F. Bennett and college leaders. He urged shared leadership and challenged students to seek knowledge with discernment as he succeeds James A. McCain.
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Kan
UPI
Duane Acker
Kansas State University
Ahearn Fieldhouse
Robert F. Bennett
Board of Regents
Kansas
Acker
James A. McCain
Iowa State University
Oklahoma State University
Bennett weighs personal investigating team for nominees
Gov. Robert Bennett said he has considered creating a small team of investigators to run background checks on nominees and state employees up for reappointment. He noted he used highway patrol troopers for some checks and voiced no intent to involve the Kansas Bureau of Investigation.
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UPI
Robert Bennett
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Kansas Bureau of Investigation
Bennett
KBI
Eloise Floods East as Thousands Flee Homes
Hurricane Eloise drenched the central eastern Seaboard driving about 7,000 from homes in Pennsylvania and triggering evacuations in Maryland New York and elsewhere. Flooding shut rail service in New York and trapped commuters in Washington with at least one flood related fatality reported.
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Nuclear advisory committee unsatisfied with Burlington site plans
The Advisory Committee on Reactor Safety urged the NRC to supply more information before approving two storage facilities for the Burlington nuclear plant. Despite satisfaction on safeguards for population density, traffic, floods, and geology, the committee wants further safety details while KG&E and Kansas City Power & Light await licenses and environmental clearances. Public timeline foresees limited site work in 1976, construction 1977, completion 1981, fuel load fall 1981, and operation April 1982. Gerald Doughty led the hearing for the MidAmerica Coalition for Energy Alternatives.
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UPI
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Burlington
Kansas Gas & Electric Co
Wichita
Kansas City Power & Light Co
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Kg&e
Gerald Doughty
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
MidAmerica Coalition For Energy Alternatives
Levi seeks to extend Watergate prosecutor office
Attorney General Edward Levi plans to keep the Watergate prosecutor's office beyond its September 30 end date and will appoint a new special prosecutor. Henry Ruth Jr. will resign in mid October after issuing the office’s anticipated final report, which adds no new evidence but discusses possible criminal liability Nixon would have faced without a pardon.
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UPI
Edward H. Levi
Henry S. Ruth Jr
Richard M. Nixon
Ruth
Levi
Area forecast shows windy mild day with patchy clouds
Partly cloudy and windy today with highs in the mid to upper 70s. Considerable cloudiness tonight and Sunday with lows in the mid 40s to around 50. Cooler Sunday with highs in the lower 70s and northwesterly winds 15 to 25 mph with stronger gusts.
Saudi demand splits oil price talks at OPEC meeting
In Vienna Iran resisted, seeking a 15 to 16 percent price increase while Saudi Arabia pressed to freeze prices until January, producing one of the deepest splits in OPEC history.
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Austria
UPI
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
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OPEC
Jamshid Amouzegar
United Arab Emirates
Mana Saeed al- Otaiba
Ahmed Zaki Yamani
London
Yamani
Saudi Arabia
Wichita lawmakers push bill to restore oil depletion tax break
Reps Ben Foster and William Southern of Wichita promote a bill for Kansas to restore a state income tax depletion allowance on oil and gas production. The measure, reacting to federal repeal, would exempt the first 22 percent of earnings from taxation to spur exploration and jobs in Kansas.
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Kan
UPI
Wichita
Kansas
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William Southern
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