Testimony protests post office closings in midwest towns
Nearly 50 witnesses from Nebraska Iowa Missouri and Kansas testified before Postal Service officials led by Gaylord Freeman and Paul Krebs. They urged maintaining rural post offices and paying more for service while officials gave no commitments to halt closings as part of a nationwide austerity effort to reduce a budget deficit.
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Atchison, Kan
Gaylord Freeman
Commission On Postal Service
Paul J. Krebs
Nebraska
Iowa
Missouri
Kansas
Everett Brown
Maryville
Brown
Greenwood
Country Post
Kansas Senate committee OKs first step water use permit bill
The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee approved a bill to require temporary permits for water appropriation excluding domestic use. It targets large crop irrigators, oil and gas, highway contractors, and cities, with a floor vote pending. The panel rejected amendments to ban fresh water use in oil operations or to require a feasibility study, and urged interim study on statewide water allocation.
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Topeka
Kan
Kansas
Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee
Senate
Jack Janssen
D-Lyons
John Simpson
R-Salina
Janssen
Don Schnacke
Kansas Independent Oil and Gas Association
Schnacke
Simpson
Water Resources Division
PRIDE approves projects in Sedgwick and Burrton
State PRIDE committee awards Sedgwick recreation and Burrton educational programs and facilities high standards. Burrton earns blue ribbons for community services utilities and transportation. planned expansion may earn Pacemaker Community status. Sedgwick notes include paid summer leadership and library outreach plus a well used teen center and local recreation facilities.
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Harvey County
State Pride Committee
Sedgwick
Burrton
Warren Bell
State Board of Education
Kansas
Pride Committee
Don Lindley
Kansas State University
Kiritsis Faces Kidnapping Charge After Hostage Release
In Indianapolis Anthony G. Kiritsis, 44, held mortgage executive Richard Hall for 63 hours and released him unharmed, then was arrested on kidnapping charges amid a disputed immunity offer. Hall, 42, was treated for minor abrasions and returned to his family. Carter to visit Plains Georgia for weekend retreat after White House meetings.
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Indianapolis
Anthony G. Kiritsis
Kiritsis
Richard O. Hall
Hall
Washington
Carter
Plains
White House
Jody Powell
Georgia
Wholesale prices rise in January but weather impact limited
The Labor Department says wholesale prices increased five tenths of a percent in January driven by farm products textiles and machinery with figures as of January 11. Severe winter weather later worsened citrus and vegetable crops and boosted fuel costs.
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Washington
Labor Department
Florida
Weather Update for South Central-A Tonight into Saturday
Rain or thundershowers tonight with lows in the upper 30s to around 40. Partly cloudy and cooler Saturday with highs in the lower 50s. Winds NW 5 to 15 mph tonight and an 80 percent chance of precip tonight. Aircraft remarks include station data and barometer readings.
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South Central
Riordan says petroleum heating is folly amid energy options
Robert J. Riordan, speaking at Bethel College during energy week, condemned petroleum heating as folly without better transportation alternatives. He favors solar energy, critiques coal and nuclear costs, and notes solar viability mainly for peak use while cost hinders broader adoption.
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Robert J. Riordan
Bethel College
Riordan
City water chlorine levels spark Fish pond concern
A reader asks about water treatment in The Kansan Hear Ye Hear Ye column. City water officials say chlorine is kept at .05 per 1000 gallons as required by the EPA and state agencies, but the reader reports fish die-offs when changing pond water. City supervisor Leon Blackwell invites the caller to arrange on-site sampling for testing.
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Environmental Protection Agency
State Environmental Services
Leon Blackwell
City Water Department
Blackwell
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Manhattan
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Wichita
Lloyd K. Greenwood
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Newton
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Renae Shafer
Newton High School Office Education
W. Broadway
Sedgewick
PRIDE
Plains, Ga
Bennett Asks
Robert F. Bennett
Bennett
Weather Data
Ozark Regional Commission
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Marymount College
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