Newton voters face a crowded primary slate for city and school posts
Newton voters will pick six candidates for the city commission and six for the regular school board terms at the March 8 primary. Eleven filed for the city commission, eight for the school board regular terms, and two for the unexpired school board term. Incumbents seeking re election include Vernon Baker and Orville Brunner for the city commission and Phil Anderson III, Dr. C M Brown, Ardith Sauerwein for the school board. The unexpired term candidates are Alvin Penner and Rev DuWayne Hintz. The two unexpired term candidates will not appear on the primary ballot.
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Newton
City Commission
Commission
W. T. Moran
Vernon Baker
Orville Brunner
Santa Fe
Joan Bernowich
Eddie Boaz
Air Force
Gilbert Buller
W. R
Floyd Darrow
Gerald Housh
Savings and Loan
Melvin
Lois) Porter
Phill Crupper
Wichita Oil Company
Alvin Penner
DuWayne Hintz
Burrton
Halstead
Hesston
Sedgwick
Walton
Conrad Bryant
Brian K. Boston
USD
James R. Gundy
Ronald P. Bryant
Dale Blandin Sr
Joel D. Goering
Byron D. Rader
Francis E. Luginbill
Richard L. Nierman
Ruth Pownell
Jim Benbrook
Rachel S. Buller
Barry Dalton
Wesley T. David
Jake H. East
Jimmie L. Held
Robert D. Hernsley
Helen L. Moots
Robert R. Roberts
Dr. Sharfuddin Shah
Kenneth Stein
Glenda Weesner
Bernard P. Manning
Joe Swartzendruber
Howard Wohlgemuth
Mervin Bontrager
Duane A. Graham
Jerry J. Griffin
Newton residents file for school board and city seats
Phill Crupper of 1112 Allison and John E. Wiebe of 308 Central filed for city commission seats and school board terms. Crupper, 1112 Allison, a Vickers Petroleum retail credit manager, is a Newton native with McPherson College economics degree and church and Cub Scout service. Wiebe, 53, of 308 Central, a former U.S. Army Air Corps member and current American Legion commander, is a Newton native and First Mennonite Church member with wife Janett employed at Axtell Christian Hospital.
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Phill Crupper
Allison
Newton Unified
Crupper
Vickers Petroleum Corp
Wichita
Newton
McPherson College
First United Presbyterian Church
Mrs. Crapper
Jeff
Angie
John E. Wiebe
Central
Wiebe
Newton High School
First Mennonite Church
American Legion
Jacob T. Friesen
Regal Crescent
General Conference Mennonite Church
Bethel
New York
Mennonite Biblical Seminaries
Bluffton
Ohio
Beatrice
Nebr
Gerald Schmidt
Rosewood
Newton Concrete Products Inc
North Newton
Ken Janzen
Main
Hesston Corp
Meade Bible Academy
Bethel College
Joe Hinz
E. 24Th
Newton Unified School District
Orlando Goertzen
W. 22Nd
United Printing Inc
Wesley Pauls
Emerald
Minnesota
Belgium
Zaire
K. U
John Zerger
K. U. School of Business
Marie Snyder
Prairie View
K. U. School of Journalism
Howard Snyder
North Newton city primary spotlights 11 candidates for council
A lively March 8 North Newton primary will select three council members from 11 candidates and a mayoral winner from three contenders. Filing closed Tuesday noon with candidate details including Hartzel Schmidt, Richard Van Dyke, and James Stucky for mayor and 11 names for city council.
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North Newton
Hartzel Schmidt
E. 24Th
First Kansas Life Insurance Co
Richard van Dyke
Rosewood
Bethel College
James Stucky
Main
Photographics
Schmidt
Wichita State
Joint Board of Zoning Appeals
Newton C. of C
van Dyke
Friends
Northwest Missouri State University
Alaska Methodist University
Stucky
Moundridge High
Arnold M. Wedel
Bethel
K. U
Iowa State
Clayton M. Penn
Commission approves 646000 West First Street improvement plan
The city commission approved a West First Street widening and drainage project costing about 645,557 to 646,000 dollars. Funds come mainly from state and federal sources with a 15 year repayment, plus a 20 day protest period and 51 percent owner signers needed for protests.
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Commission
West First Street
Department of Transportation
Howard Knox
Athletic Park
Knox
Engineering Department
Director of Finance
Art Turner
Orville Brunner
City Sets Liquor Store Hours After Vote
City commission adopts new closing times 10 p m weekdays and 1 p m Saturday after a 3 2 vote. Moran and Baker supported the earlier proposal. Smith Wells Brunner opposed citing policing overtime and past murder at closing. Hall owners and McCullough and Mrs Jessie rd pressed for changes.
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Bill Moran
Vernon Baker
Moran
Bill Smith
Brad Wells
Brunner
Iquor
Jack and
Maxine Hall
Pron McCullough
Jessie Rd
Carter to address nation in low key fireside chat
President Carter plans a 9 p.m. fireside chat to urge support for major domestic and foreign policy goals amid energy and economic pressures. Congress moves toward final approval of an emergency natural gas bill as Blumenthal defends a two year 31.2 billion package and a $50 payment plan.
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Carter
Washington
House
Senate
House-Senate
Treasury
W. Michael Blumenthal
Congress
Blumenthal
Ways and Means Committee
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U. S. Army Air Corps
Wichita State University
Janett
Axtell Christian Hospital
Kansan Newton
Lively
Junior Janzen
Joe I. Kauffman
Lloyd Vogt
Jerry Weaver
Donald Keith DeHaven
Randy Mitchem
Jimmie Robinson
Dennis L. Yates
James W. Beal
Frank Blank
John L. Sage
Jerry J. McGinn
Janice McVicar
John H. Sanders
Marvin Esau
Max Davis
Paul Dean Smith
Theodore W. Pankratz
Weather Data
South Central
West
Meridian
Boyd
Sand Creek
Mrs. Gandhi
New Delhi
India
Indira Gandhi
Congress Party
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