DeSoto Council Debates Gravel Roads and Water Upgrades
DeSoto City Council weighs rock or chip and seal for gravel streets with a 46,464 cost for three inches of gravel on 5.6 miles, funded partly by a depleted gasoline tax. Budget questions spur duties for developers curb work, landowner bonds, and all-weather upkeep. Also pending bids for a water treatment upgrade at 77,474.53, well above the 35,000 estimate, with Nov 1 decisions.
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Archie Bedford
Bedford
Charles Schmidt
M.C. Viets
Winkler Co
Lenexa
Leavenworth District awards $413,839 water system contract
Leavenworth County Rural Water District No. 9 awards BRB Construction Co. of Topeka a $413,839 contract to build a water system adjoining Tonganoxie. Construction to begin in 30 to 60 days, with service to some subscribers expected by spring and full completion within a year.
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Leavenworth
Leavenworth County
BRB Construction Co
Topeka
Tonganoxie
Bridge Bids Taken on I 635 Kansas River Crossing
The Kansas Highway Commission opened five bids for the I 635 Kansas River bridge project in Kansas City. The apparent low bid was 8.88 million from American Bridge Division of U S Steel Pittsburgh. Work on footings and piers is nearing completion. the bridge will connect Kansas 32 with I 70 and I 635 across the river.
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Kansas City
Kansas Highway Commission
American Bridge Division
U.S. Steel
Pittsburgh
Fonda Sues Nixon Officials Over Civil Rights Violation
Actress Jane Fonda files a 2.8 million federal civil suit in Los Angeles through the ACLU Foundation. It names President Nixon and 20 others alleging surveillance harassment and civil rights violations tied to her antiwar stance. The action seeks 2.25 million in general damages and the rest for exemplary and punitive damages.
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Los Angeles
Jane Fonda
Nixon
American Civil Liberties Union Foundation
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