Newtonians Propose Third Year of Community Funds Plan
Sixteen Newtonians attended a public meeting to review Newton's $405,000 Community Development funds for 1977 78. The session, led by Mayor Bill T Smith and director John Torline, favored continuing elm tree removal and curb repairs while outlining projects from sidewalks on W 12th Street to park improvements at Cherry Hills and Themian Park.
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Claire Capel
Newton
Bill T. Smith
John Torline
W. 12Th St
Foursquare Church
Main
W. Broadway
Highland
Grandview
Cherry Hills
Themian Park
Dole predicts GOP revival after election loss
Sen. Bob Dole said he has met with Ford twice since the election and urged a change in GOP image while keeping principles. He cautioned against last rites and endorsed Ford as an active leader in the party.
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Bob Dole
Ford
Dole
Rabin Sees Major Arab Israeli Peace Push Next Year
In Paris Rabin said Israel expects a large Arab Israeli peace initiative in 1977 and would work with Arab neighbors on economic cooperation even without a formal accord. He said territorial concessions are possible but borders will not return to 1967 lines. He foresaw a shift from war to peace through a treaty.
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Paris
Yitzhak Rabin
Israel
France Soir
Rabin
Paul Winkler
Black Panthers Seek $100 Million in Harassment Suit
The Black Panther party files a federal suit seeking $100 million from the government and dozens of current and former officials. Named defendants include heads of the FBI CIA IRS Postal Service Treasury and Justice departments alleging a nine year campaign to disrupt the party and even murder its members. United Nations Angola joins UN as 146th member by 116 to vote with US abstaining on Cuba troops issue. The US vetoed Angola’s Security Council entry last June but abstained on a later council vote.
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Washington
Black Panther Party
FBI
CIA
IRS
Postal Service
Treasury
Justice Departments
United Nations, N.Y
Angola
United Nations
General Assembly
United States
Africa
Security Council
Newton school board agenda outlines audits bids and grants
The Newton board schedules reports from Al Penner and Reber on the Kansas Association of School Boards meeting. It will consider accepting the 1975-76 audit, receive bids for two new school buses, and discuss central office evaluation by a North Central Association inspection. Traffic safety at Newton High and bleacher renovations are noted, with retirement of union concerns and possible state grant for teaching improvements to be discussed at the December meeting.
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al Penner
Kansas Assn. of School Boards
Reber
North Central Assn. of Colleges and Secondary Schools
Newton
Newton High
Calvin Chandler
Whiting
Newton Unified
Fred Saab
Supt
Clark Whiting
Bob Reber
Area Vocational Technical School Board
Newton loses bid for plant move to Newton airport
Cessna Aircraft announced the McCauly Division will stay in Dayton Ohio, rejecting a move from Dayton to Newton City County Airport. Reasons included 125 workers reluctant to relocate, proximity to raw materials, and higher capital costs. Local leaders criticized Wichita Eagle coverage and pledged continued efforts to attract industry.
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Cessna Aircraft
Wichita
McCauly
Dayton
Ohio
Newton City-County
Chamber Opposes Plan to Tap Equus Beds Water
Newton Chamber of Commerce votes to oppose Wichita's plan to draw more water from the equus beds, urging follow the Little Arkansas River Basin study which favors a surface reservoir. A task force will study legal means to curb increased equus beds use, while the agri business committee will receive the High Value Crop Study from Kansas State University to aid farmers. The board also approved a legislative policy manual and welcomed new members Clark Whiting and The New Times.
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Newton Chamber of Commerce
Elks Club
U. S. Bureau of Reclamation
Wichita
Equas Beds
Dick Chamberlain
Little Arkansas River
C. of C
Clark Whiting
Broadway Texaco
The
New Times
Wichita plant eyed for coal gas using sewage water
Overnight reports indicate Wichita plans a coal to gas plant that would use water from the city sewage disposal system rather than fresh supplies. The project would need about 5 million gallons daily while the plant’s effluent totals about 30 million gallons a day.
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Wichita
Tom Bell
Equus Beds
Halstead
Panhandle Eastern Pipline Co
Rocky Mountain
Halstead High School
Groundwater Management District
Opponents seek stay as Gilmore faces Utah firing squad
Death penalty opponents vow a concerted effort to halt Gary Gilmore's sunrise execution in Utah. Legal groups plan coordinated actions while the case may reach the Supreme Court, as Gilmore awaits a scheduled Dec 10 death by firing squad after his 36th birthday.
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Salt Lake City
Gary Gilmore
Utah
U.S. Supreme Court
Jinks Dabney
The
American Civil Liberties Union
Dabney
District Court
J. Robert Bullock
Robert van Sciver
Gilmore
Aves
Ronal Stanger
United States
Luis Jose Monge
Colorado
Texas
Robert Excell White
White
Weather Forecast South Central Tonight and Friday
Partly cloudy tonight and Friday with lows in the upper 20s and highs around the low 40s. Winds will be northwesterly to westerly at 5 to 15 mph tonight. Arpt KIRG observations show humidity near 75 percent and barometer around 30.28 to 30.44 inches. Wind roughly northwest to west.
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South Central
Hear Ye Hear Ye invitation to submit questions
Citizens are invited to mail or deliver questions to The Kansan Hear Ye Hear Ye page at 121 W. 6th Newton Kansas 67114 or P O Box 268. The notice specifies to send inquiries for possible inclusion. The Kansan outlines submission details for readers seeking answers.
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W. 6Th
P. O. Box
Newton
Kansas
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Robert H. Whitfield
Newton Recreation
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Louisville
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Dodge
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UN Assembly
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Kansan
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