Kansas City school leader resigns over legislature stance
James Hazlett resigns as Kansas City superintendent citing hostile Missouri Legislature toward education and federal funding. He says a fresh administration could help, leaving with a $31,500 salary and a Dec 195? contract end, while levy and bond measures faltered and another vote is planned for July. He plans to join the Education Commission of the States in Denver.
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James Hazlett
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A. Hazlett
Missouri
Ee Bing
Hazlett
Education Commission of the States
Denver
Holdup search nets escapees
SEDALIA, Mo. AP police hunt for two bandits who robbed two service stations between Sedalia and Marshall netted two Kansas escapees from the Kansas State Industrial Reformatory at Hutchinson. Leon Hazelhurst and Dale Gaddis, both in their 20s, were arrested on a farm south of Sedalia after fleeing a prison work detail at Kanapolis Reservoir. A third suspect was captured. a fourth, William Monteer, was charged with armed robbery.
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Leon Cecil Hazelhurst
Hays, Kan
Dale Gaddis
Atchison, Kan
Kansas State Industrial Reformatory
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Kanapolis Reservoir
Smithton
Hazelhurst
Gaddis
William Monteer
Belton
Tax extension troubles noted
Washington AP report: Rep Byrnes accuses Democrats of failing to lead on a surtax extension. The House Ways and Means Committee begins deliberations Monday on a measure to extend the current surtax past June 30 to curb inflation, while Republicans blame Democrats for lack of a clear stance.
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House
N Byrnes
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Charles A. Vanik
Ohio
Nantucket Paper Drops Wide Format Newspaper
Nantucket, Massachusetts weekly The Inquirer and Mirror abandoned its traditional extra wide paper for a standard size due to high newsprint costs. Publisher George W. Morgan notes the 150 year old paper has a 6,000 circulation, reaching readers nationwide and abroad.
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the Inquirer and Mirror
Nantucket
George W. Morgan
Cape Cod
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