Environmental voices expand in Kansas Health Department plan
An interim committee hearing in Topeka explored restructuring to empower environmentalists. Proposals include renaming the Health Department to the Department of Health and Environmental Protection and elevating the Environmental Health Division to equal status with Health, while separating it from the Board of Health.
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Environmental Health Division
Department of Health
Mel Gray
John Simpson
R-Salina
Health Department
State Department of Health and
Board of Health
Simpson
Division of Health
Mike Hayden
R-Atwood
State Advisory Council of Ecology
Hayden
Simpson proposes restructuring Health Department duties in Kansas
Simpson backs moving solid waste, air and water control, strip mining, pesticides, and radiation responsibilities to the Health Department. He opposes creating a separate Environmental Protection Agency and favors transferring pesticides and strip mining oversight from other state agencies. Witnesses debated how to reclaim strip mined lands with topsoil replacement and bonding requirements, while Camin urged state cost sharing for abandoned lands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Steineger
Kansas City
Kansas
Kathleen Q. Camin
Wichita State University
Camin
Orphan Soilbank
Parents in Barstow charged over death of diabetic son
Barstow California AP A couple Wesley Parker 11 died after they rejected insulin and trusted a faith healer. Lawrence Parker 34 and Alice Parker 29 were arraigned on manslaughter and child endangerment charges. Bond set at 10000 each as district attorney says action, not faith, triggered case. Authorities search healer but withhold details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barstow
Calif
Wesley
Lawrence
Alice Parker
Barstow Asst
Edward Burke
Assembly of God Church
Tus
Parker
God
Parkers
San Bernardino County
Lowell E. Lathrop
Two Men Trapped in Midget Sub Off Irish Coast
An international rescue team planned to trap the Pisces midget submarine with two trapped crewmen 1,375 feet down the Atlantic. Roger Chapman and Roger Mallinson faced limited oxygen while surface ships prepared lines to pull the sub to the surface. a rescue deadline loomed Saturday morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cork
Ireland
Atlantic Ocean
Gulf Oil to Close or Sell 70 Percent of Midwest Stations
Gulf Oil Co plans to wipe from its network about 70 percent of an estimated 3,500 Midwest service stations. A company spokesman says the closures or sales will complete by year end as marginal or unlabeled operations are dropped.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Gulf Oil Co
Midwest
Ryere
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Ozarks Regional Commission
Missouri
Oklahoma
Ronald G. Hardy
Mineral Resources Section
Kansas Geological Survey
Hardy
DOLLA
Louisiana
Son
Pair
Irish Coast
Gulf Oil
Esse
Wickes
Wickes Lumber
Flintar
Safety
CNS
Heav
Sept. Ltd
Lawrence Turnpike
Rwvuro
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