Decision on KPL rate hike expected by month end
Kansas Power and Light faces a $31.40 million annual rate increase request. The Kansas Corporation Commission aims to decide by year end after hearing from public witnesses in Lawrence and expert testimony from both sides on the allowed return on rate base.
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Topeka
Kan
Kansas Power and Light Company
Kansas Corporation Commission
G. T. van Bebber
van Bebber
Lawrence
Leo Barbee
Lawrence Douglas County Emergency Service Council
Floyd Cabler
Kenneth Keltz
Commission
Utility
ECC
KPL
Eugene W. Meyer
Kidder, Peabody & Co
New York
Seattle
Wash
Foreign buyers drift into U.S. seafood firms to skirt 200 mile limit
Nations and firms invest in American seafood companies to gain access inside the new 200 mile fishing zone. At least 56 foreign entities and the Soviet government have joined U.S. firms or formed joint ventures, potentially letting foreign fleets fish without U.S. quotas or fees. Congress tentatively plans new legislation to curb such acquisitions.
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Washington
U.S
Hilton Seafood
Seattle
North Pacific
Japanese Alaska Pulp Co
Wrangell Lumber Co
Harbor Seafoods
Wrangell
Alaska
Sovrybflot
Bellingham Cold Storage Inc
U.S. U.S.S.R. Marine Resources Inc
McGill predicts liquor by the drink issue in kansas legislature
Rep. Duane McGill outgoing speaker forecasts liquor by the drink to surface next session with a constitutional amendment. Rev Richard Taylor and Sen elect Norman Gaar weigh anti liquor votes and possible public vote after past 1970 defeat. leaders caution on success and timing.
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Topeka
Kan
Duane ‘Pete” McGill
Kansas House of Representatives
Winfield Republican
McGill
Richard Taylor
United Dty
Kansas
Taylor
House
Sen
Norman Gaar
R-Westwood
I S
Senate
Gaar
Valleyview Care Home Gets New County Admin
The Douglas County Commission hired Katharine Smith a 24 year old Kansas City area native and KU graduate as Valleyview Care Home’s first administrator under total county operation. The county began running Valleyview after leasing it to prior admins until September.
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Douglas County Commission
Kansas University
Valleyview Care Home
Ridge Ct
Katharine Smith
Kansas City Area
Total County
Valleyview
Commissioner's
Willard Nice
Miss Smith
Madison, Wise
Drunk patrol starts work on ASAP traffic safety program
The Alcohol Safety Action Project’s drunk patrol begins operation despite an unready car lacking a two way radio. An early arrest came when a man flagged officers for directions and the sobriety test led to a citation.
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The
Alcohol Safety Action Project
Darrel Stephens
ASAP
Purch
Oskaloosa Youth Wins 4-H Congress Scholarship
An 18 year old Oskaloosa youth received a $500 scholarship for overall excellence at the 55th National 4-H Congress in Chicago this week. Kirk L. Johnson was the sole local winner among nine Kansas residents earning $500 to $1,000 scholarships for 4-H work and leadership development.
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Oskaloosa
Chicago
Kirk L. Johnson
Kansas
Ford weighs ban on sex bias in federal programs
President Ford may seek a law to outlaw sex discrimination among all recipients of federal funds. The proposal would bar discrimination in employment and operations, affecting about 400 programs with roughly 50 billion dollars yearly. The plan aims to extend civil rights protections to women similar to those for racial minorities.
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Washington
Ford
Congress
White House
Justice Department
Jeanne Holm
Jegislarion
Atty
J. Stanley Pottinger
Department
UF drive faced Dec 10 deadline with shortfall
United Fund leaders expect the 1976 campaign to finish about 7 500 short of its 237 480 goal by the extended Dec 10 deadline. Total raised stood at 228 196 with only two divisions meeting goals and others hoping to reach quotas before the drive ends.
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United Fund
Jeff Heeb
Heeb
Lawrence United Fund
Belly Pearson
Cessna to Build Ohio Plant for McCauley Division
Cessna Aircraft Co announces a new $3 million plant at Dayton Ohio International Airport for its McCauley Accessory Division. The facility is slated for completion in late summer 1977.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wichita, Kan
Cessna Aircraft Co
Dayton, Ohio
McCauley
Doctors eyeing remodeled wing at Lawrence Memorial Hospital
A survey by the Douglas County Medical Society shows limited local physician interest in moving offices to a remodeled 1956 wing of Lawrence Memorial Hospital. Four doctors show interest while 35 are not inclined. City officials plan a study session on converting the wing for two health agencies to gain space as the hospital moves out.
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Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Douglas County Medical Society
Terest
Mike Wildgen
City Commission
Douglas County Department of Public Health
Bert Nash Community Health Center
City-County Planning Department
Citizens Advisory Council
Bid opening set for K-10 bypass from Lawrence to Overland Park
State officials will open bids December 16 at 10 a.m. at the Ramada Inn in Topeka for surfacing 7.28 miles of the K-10 bypass from east of Lawrence to the Douglas Johnson line. The four-lane divided highway will run to Overland Park. completion aimed for late 1977.
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Lawrence
Kansas City
Kansas Department of Transportation
Douglas-Johnson County
23Rd Street
Overland Park
Ramada Inn
Tooka
DeSoto
Johnson- Douglas County
Milk route watercolor graces new Lawrence telephone directory
The new Southwestern Bell Lawrence directory features a cover painting titled Picking Up the Route by Belly Pine of Edwardsville. A note in the table of contents wrongly urged readers to seek an explanation on the last page, which does not exist. Bell’s Dick Homer says the error stemmed from a leftover instruction from the previous directory.
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Southwestern Bell Telephone
Lawrence
Dick Homer
Bell
Topeka
Homer
Kansas
Belly Pine
Wyandotte County
Edwardsville
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