Resigning Undersheriff Blames Leadership Clash at Finney County
Finney County Undersheriff Denny Michel resigns effective January 15 citing disagreement with Grover Craig over who should head the patrol division and personnel moves into investigations. Michel says his departure follows friction over leadership and notes collaboration with Garden City PD will be needed after two departments consolidate next spring. Craig calls the move a crying shame and says a successor will be appointed.
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Finney County
Grover Craig
Denny Michel
Craig
Michel
Sheriff’s Department
Garden City
Jerald Vaughn
Record Low Christmas Across the Northeast and West
A Siberian cold front set multiple Christmas freeze records from New Orleans to Portland Maine while Pacific Northwest floods and western warmth disrupted travel. Subzero readings hit Vermont New Hampshire and New York while Los Angeles and parts of Oregon and Washington enjoyed highs in the 50s and 60s.
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Associated Press
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N.J
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Washington
Petition protests housing project in Garden City
Landowners north of Garden City file a protest petition against rezoning for an apartment complex on seven acres west of Main Street and five acres east of Herald Street. Proposal by Mayor Gary Fuller and Doug Foltz seeks 7.5 million in industrial revenue bonds. City officials note the petition’s legal effect remains undecided while planning bodies debated the rezoning from R-1 and R-3 to R-4 and final plat approvals.
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Doug Foltz
Fuller and
Foltz
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Main
Bellevue
Herald
Gene Streets
Deane Wiley
Wiley
Planning Commission
City Commission
Holcomb-Garden City-Finney County Planning Commission
Rintoul
Gang wars close church in Greensboro
In Greensboro North Carolina the Holy Trinity Episcopal Church, once a 24 hour refuge, has begun closing at night as derelicts and two gangs of transients battle in the pews and sanctuary. Police Lt. Bob Brewer notes similar incidents have forced other downtown churches to lock up, pushing displaced transients toward Holy Trinity.
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Greensboro
N.C
John Broome
Holy Trinity Episcopal Church
Holy Trinity
Bob Brewer
Charity and fires mark Christmas in America
Strangers cheered a Cleveland couple missing their child as thousands received free meals from turkey to rabbit in champagne sauce. Fires across cities killed over two dozen and displaced families amid record cold. President Carter spent Christmas in Plains while Reagan celebrated at home. In San Francisco, 4000 attended a St Boniface Church dinner.
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Associated Press
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Plains
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Los Angeles
Ronald Reagan
Fort Chaffee
Ark
United States
San Francisco
Franciscan Fathers of St
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Fiorilli
Sioux City
Iowa
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Ohio
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Richmond
R.I
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Ind
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S.C
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Indianapolis
Frankfort
Portland
Maine
Pittsburg
Calif
el Monte
Mark Herron
Earl Gravely
Patricia Wright
Elizabeth
Connie
Study urges embracing urban shift to Sun Belt region
The President's Commission for a National Agenda for the Eighties urges an urban policy that accepts the Northeast and Midwest population move to the Sun Belt. It warns Northern cities face traumatic consequences but argues resources should back future needs and help old metros adjust.
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United States
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Midwest
Sun Belt
Washington Post
Quiet Post Holiday Markets Show Little Movement on Wall Street
New York trading opened with minimal changes as markets awaited the return of investors after the holiday. The Dow slipped 1.10 to 961.65 at noon while gainers and losers were evenly balanced. volume remained light, with expectations of a slower day as many kept a long Christmas weekend. Citibank held its prime rate at 11 percent, not matching Wells Fargo and Chase Manhattan’s cut to 10.5 percent.
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