Attendance policy reviewed with high school officials
Dean Nolte and staff at the high school discussed the attendance policy with a visitor, explaining records, letters, and daily notes for students with absences. Nolte averages four to five conferences daily, and while errors occur and communication can fail, he defends the policy as sound and open to improvement. The advisory committee, including parents, will reexamine the policy. the public deserves a full review despite concerns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dean Nolte
Nolte
Drama 60 Feet Above Missouri River Rescue on Bridge Ledge
Kansas City police Sgt. Richard Hood dived after Des Moines man Erwin Cornstubble 60 feet above the Missouri River to save him from suicide. The men clung to a rope as officers on the bridge held the line, ultimately lifting them to safety with firemen. Cornstubble spent a night at Western Missouri Mental Health Center. Hood was treated for cold and rope burns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Richard Hood
Paseo Bridge
Missouri River
Hoedl
W. L. Davis
Curry Bates
Chuck MacCray
Erwin Cornstubble
Des Moines
Iowa
Cornstubble
Korea
Hoedi
Hoed
Hood
Western Missouri Mental Health Center
High Plains Village to receive $19000 grant expansion
High Plains Village of Garden City will get a $19,000 grant to expand the present group home facility at 608 N. 12th adding four bays for eight total. The announcement was part of nine grants totaling about $174,000 to community based group care homes and delinquent youth programs. The funds will be matched by roughly $166,000 in local money to create two new home spaces for youths needing structure and supervision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Plains Village
Garden City
N. 12Th
Robert F. Bennett
Bennett
Federal takeover at South Boston High sparks clashes
After a federal judge ordered a receivership of South Boston High, fights erupted between white and black students. Three black pupils were arrested, two injured and hospitalized. The NAACP office was firebombed with damages estimated up to 25 000 dollars, and teacher warnings of new trouble followed the ruling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
South Boston High
Boston Hospital
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
NAACP
U.S. District Court
W. Arthur Garrity
Boston School Committee
Joseph McDonough
South Boston High School
John Cunningham
Garrity
South
Garden City considers second fire station sites
At the city commission meeting Garden City weighs four proposed locations for a second fire station Third and Kansas Mary and Third Campus and Mary Kansas and Center City manager Deane Wiley adds Fleming and Mary as a fifth option Commissioner Al Towles questions practicality of Campus and Mary Mayor Tony Jewell notes firefighters already pass by the station Ensuing discussion supports a study by staff Thomas requests new gear including a $100000 snorkel compressor and air tank refills cost about $600 yearly Contingency funds approve $3000 for the compressor with a 4-1 vote West dissenting He urges prioritizing rescue equipment Wiley asks Thomas to research equipment options.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Garden City
City Commission
Tommy Thomas
Third
Kansas
Mary
Campus and
Center City
Deane Wiley
Fleming and
al Towles
Tony Jewell
City Hall
Wiley
Towles
Duane West
Thomas
Commission
West
Stevens Confirmation Hearing Advancing in Senate Panel
The Senate Judiciary Committee is poised to issue a strong recommendation for John Paul Stevens to join the Supreme Court. It will hear opposition witnesses after earlier criticism of his views on the women's movement, with Rep. Bella Abzug pressing for additional hearings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stevens
Washington
Senate Judiciary Committee
John Paul Stevens
Supreme Court
Bella S. Abzug
Dn.y
James C Eastland
D-Miss
Senate
Kansas Farm Bureau Queen Scott County Woman Honored
Scott City mother of two Carol A. Trout was named Kansas Farm Bureau Queen for 1976 at the Wichita convention. Census of 19 contestants crowned at the Broadview Hotel with Trout, a registered nurse, as county woman chairman. Her husband Kenneth is county VP. the couple live near Shallow Water with sons Andrew and Matthew.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scott City
Scott County
Kansas Farm Bureau
Carol A
Kenneth) Trout
Wichita
Broadview Hotel
Trout
Scott County Farm Bureau
Kenneth
US 83
Andrew
Matthew
Marvin Wiechman
Stan Tarpley
Tarpley
Farm Bureau Insurance
Sandy Sleichter
Dickinson County
Meeting on Health Act to discuss Western Kansas impact
The Health Planning Association of Western Kansas hosts a public hearing at 7 30 p m Wednesday at the Co op Center Garden City to discuss the National Health Planning and Resource Development Act and its effect on the 54 county region. HAWK seeks to become the health systems agency and will file its application in January.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Western Kansas
Co-op Center
Garden City
The
Health Planning Association of Western Kansas
HAWK
Health Systems Agency
Kansas
City bars keep same sex dancing ban as floor barriers fall
City commissioners allowed the dance floor barriers to come down but kept the prohibition on couples of the same sex dancing in public venues. Tavern owner Gene Griggs argued the 3 to 4 foot dividers were hazardous and unnecessary as he expands 8 & G Witches Brew on Taylor Plaza. A motion to repeal the barrier provision passed, while a motion to remove the same sex dancing ban failed 3-2.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City Jaw
City Commission
Gene Griggs
8 & G Witches Brew
Taylor Plaza
Commission Overturns Prospect Street Vacation Decision
City commission reversed a prior vote to vacate Prospect Street between Main and 7th after protests from affected property owners. The plan to reopen the street, which has a barn and sport courts on dedicated land, was approved 5 to 0, with mayor urging further planning input but no longer delaying the improvement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. H. Calihan Jr
Prospect Street
Main
7Th
Prospect
Mary
Ronald H. Remschner
Remsehner
Deane Wiley
Remscher
LaVerne Roderick
Ed Beahm
Ronald Remsehner
Beahm
Tony Jewell
Commission
Planning Commission
Calihan
Jewell
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Youth Unlimited, Inc
Second Mile
Leavenworth
Wyandotte House, Inc
Wyandotte Girls
Kansas State Foster Parents' Association
Karamu House
Kansas Children’s Service League
Topeka
Gus Garden
Garfield Elementry School
Dear Watson
Garfield School
Cunningham
Federal
Roxbury
Dorchester
Stary
Une Eele
Horace Good
Sannet
Sik
Southwenterly
Dodge City
Kinporia
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Hall City
Russell Ey
Estee Lauder
Hoovers
St. Thomas
Fellowship Book Store
Kansas Farm Bureau Queen
Clyde Daniel
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John Miller
Alf Towles
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