Court denies injunction to halt Newton downtown redevelop plan
District Judge Sam Sturm overruled and denied the petition to stop the Newton downtown redevelopment including Main St beautification, underground utilities, and removal of meters. The ruling allows the project to proceed with three phase benefit districts and no court-ordered delay.
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Newton
Sam Sturm
Main St
Sturm
Jay Newton
John F. Jones II
Supreme Court
Jones
Art Turner
Joan Bernowich
Jack Royston
Dorris Walker
Dick Anduss
Newton Better Government Assn
Bernowich
Cordance
Kansas
Bennett faces highway tax plan amid trucker protest
Gov. Bennett signals possible support for a gasoline tax hike within a highway funding package, while pressing for a heavier tax share on trucks. He backs closing loopholes and boosting fuel efficiency as aims, and warns lawmakers on the fiscal impact of broad bills.
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Topeka
Kan
Robert F. Bennett
Senate
Bennett
Ross Coyen
Senate Transportation and Utilities Committee
Doyen
Congress Sues Postal Service Over Rural Post Office Closures
Forty four members of Congress sue the Postal Service in U S District Court asking for a preliminary injunction to block closing unprofitable rural post offices. They contend the closures threaten small communities while the Postal Service says service would not be reduced and costs must be cut.
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Washington
Congress
Postal Service Today
Postal Service
Paul Simon
D-Nl
U.S
Congressional
Mike Gravel
Dalaska
John Lewis Smith
Hear Ye Readers Question Park Safety and Street Plans
A citizen asks why older riders use the rock wall while younger kids play in the Civic Center wood park and questions Blaine Street paving. David Welfelt notes windbreak demand rising as two year seedlings cost 12 cents each. no shelters destroyed, but shelter belts are valued for erosion control and beauty.
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Wood Park
Civic Center
Blaine St
Blaine
8Th
10Th
James R. Barnett
David Welfelt
State Forestry Service
Welfelt
Forestry Service
Weather Summary for SOUTH CENTRAL Tonight and Friday
Mostly clear tonight with low around 38. Friday partly cloudy with highs in the mid to upper 60s. Winds from the west 5 to 15 mph today and south 5 to 15 mph tonight. At Arpt KIRG: high 66, humidity 40, low 2-25, barometer 30.24, wind SW 10.
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South Central
Harvey County Sales Tax Up 13.5 Percent in February
Kansas Department of Revenue reports Harvey County sales tax receipts for February at $232,402.61, up from January 1975’s $204,958.14. The gain follows declines in November and December, but fiscal year totals still lag behind the previous year by about $15,711.42.
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Harvey County
Kansas
Halstead flood control plan eyed at six to ten years
At a Halstead hearing, U S Army Corps of Engineers presented 12 flood control options for the Little Arkansas River, with Plan VII a horseshoe levee plus channel work favored. Local costs could reach about 4.15 million dollars, funded in part by residents, while opponents warned of ecological and habitat impacts. The corps will digest comments for six months before a final recommendation to the Secretary of the Army and possible congressional funding.
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Karen Sipes Halstead
Little Arkansas River
U. S. Army Corps of Engineers
Tulsa
Anthony A. Smith
Smith
Halstead
U. S. Fish and
Wildlife Service
Fish and Wildlife Agency
Glen Hansen
Sens
Bob Dole
James B. Pearson
Garner Shriver
T. A. Blossom
Cecil Eberle
Newton
Bernard Warkent
State Division of Agriculture
J. W. Funk
Harley Stucky
Warkentin Homestead
Corps
Arkentin
Don Warnken
Dean Burnett
Secretary of the Army
Congress
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Roland Ortman
Mission Water Plant
City
Kansan
P. O. Box
Weather Data
Fish Service
Shriver
Jack Pinney
Kansas Water Resources Board
Barry Dalton
Paul Amilton
Kansas City, Mo
The
Fish and Wildlife Service
U. S. Fish and Wildlife
Richard Nierman
Hamilton
Federal Agency
Kansas Fish and Game
Sedgwick
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