Funds Released Delayed as FEC Reopens for Matching Grants
President Ford signs bill to revive the Federal Election Commission and resume matching funds for 11 candidates. Nominees to the new six member panel expected soon, with funds potentially available by Thursday or Friday after swift Senate action, swearing in, and treasury processing. Amounts approved include Ford with about 865 674 and Reagan around 389 895, Carter 313 886, while others await final staff recommendations.
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Ford
Federal Election Commission
FEC
White House
Treasury
Senate
Supreme Court
Ronald Reagan
Henry Jackson
Commission
Reagan
Georgia
Jimmy Carter
West outlines Chamber role amid business activism
Glenn West, executive vice president of the Lawrence Chamber, told the Big Eight Cities Conference that chambers must speak as the voice of business. He cited rising political involvement, staff professionalism, and demand for action, while urging strong leadership and open participation in local government.
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Boulder
Colo
Chambers of Commerce
Glenn West
West
Lawrence Chamber
Chamber
Chambers
Big Eight
KU prof spurs Russian study initiative across five states
Kansas University professor William Fletcher leads the Mid-America Russian Curriculum Consortium to develop five hour units on Russia for high schools. The MARC group includes educators from Kansas Colorado Missouri Nebraska and Oklahoma with field testing planned through 1977 and wide distribution next year via KU or a publisher.
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Kansas University
Soviet Union
William Fletcher
Mid-America
Richard Barta
Minot
N.C
MARC
Kansas
Colorado
Missouri
Nebraska
Oklahoma
Fletcher
Barta
Russia
Topeka
Department of Education
Larry Lonard
Warren Bell
Kansas Department of Education
U.S. Office of Education
Marine Lance Cpl. Madonna M Llamas completes radar repair course
Marine Lance Cpl. Madonna M Llamas finishes a five week ground radar repair course at Twentynine Palms California. The program covers operation and maintenance of electronic detection systems and related electrical diagrams and test equipment.
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Madonna M. Llamas
LaVan
Lewis Johnson
Lawrence
Marine Corps Base
Twentynine Palms
Calif
Rep Macdonald Near Death After Life Support Removed
Rep Torbert H. Macdonald of Massachusetts lies in critical condition at Bethesda Naval Hospital after his life support was removed. The Boston newspaper cited sources saying he chose to end life support, with an unnamed aide confirming the report and noting the family would issue a statement in time.
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Boston
Torbert H. Macdonald
Bethesda Naval Hospital
Washington
Macdonald
Peter S. Knight
Boston Herald American
Knight
the Herald American
City seeks single hearing on Haskell Loop project
Local officials push for one combined hearing on the Haskell Loop with design and location aspects. Federal authorities say hearings must be separate, pending FAA approval. The project links 11th and Haskell to Seventh and New York, with land acquisition ongoing and 587 264 dollars already committed including CD funds. An environmental impact statement is being prepared with a 60 to 90 day timetable after the hearing plan is finalized. Public opinion will be used in the final draft.
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FMC Corp. Chemical Division
Lawrence
Ninth and Maple
North
Lawrence Country Club
Chamber of Commerce
Company National
Federal Highway Administration
Haskell Loop
Kansas Department of Transportation
Brian Montalbo
Fhwa
11Th
Haskell
Seventh
New York
Housing and Community Development Act
U.S. 59
Oblinger-Smith Corp
Wichita
Lowell Richardson
Salt beds urged as best method for nuclear waste burial
Washington officials and geologist John C. Frye tout salt beds as the best permanent repository for radioactive waste. A 1957 National Academy of Sciences study backed the choice, with E RDA detailing ongoing studies to narrow site options to remote areas. Plutonium remains hazardous for 240000 years.
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Washington
Joint Atomic Energy Subcommittee
John C. Frye
Geological Society of America
National Academy of Sciences
Frye
Energy Research and Development Administration
Interior announces mixed strip mining rules
Washington Interior Secretary Thomas Kleppe unveils new strip mining rules praised as environmentally protective while allowing a projected rise in federal coal output to 305 million tons. Critics say the measures are cosmetic or only semantic, with debates over public hearings and environmental safeguards continuing.
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Washington
Interior Department
Ford
Interior
Thomas “S. Kleppe
Louise Dunlop
Environmental Protection Agency
Council On Environmental Policy
Kleppe
Drought grips Britain as rainfall runs dry in 249 years
An African prayer mat from Botswana hangs in Wessex Water Authority offices with the word Pula meaning Let there be rain. Britain faces its worst drought in 249 years as reservoirs fall and only light, infrequent rain arrives.
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London
Botswana
Wessex Water Authority
Britain
Weather Bureau
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