City pool leaks persist despite renovations
City and Recreation Commission officials confirm the 40 year old Municipal Swimming Pool built in 1936 continues to leak, costing funds despite a 1970 renovation at about 42500 dollars. Officials cite sunk maintenance, ongoing repairs, and the pool’s drainage into Sand Creek as key factors while aiming to break even and extend use for years.
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Ly Nancy Horst
City and Recreation Commission
Works Progress Administration
Recreation Commission
Ken Schlup
County Parks and Recreation
Schlup
The
Bill Katzenberger
Howard Knox
Diretor of
Public Works
Katzenberger
United Way
Jay Newton
Wichita
Knox
Sand Creek
Odor Source Identified in County Feeding Operations
County officials say foul odors in the city may originate from seasonal cattle and hog feeding areas southeast of town. KWPC and Kansas officials advise better waste control. no charges filed. Sanitarian David Kinkaid notes odor abatement laws are new and names of operations are being withheld.
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David Kinkaid
Sanitarian
Kansas Water Pollution Control
Kinkaid
KWPC
County Health Department
Newton district funds Seattle trip for debate teacher and student
Newton Unified School District adjourned meeting voted to fund a Seattle national forensics trip for high school debate teacher Dave McCracken and student James Chapman. Motion to fund died earlier. a moratorium on other out-of-state trips was approved until travel policy is revised.
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Newton Unified School District
Dave McCracken
McCracken
James Chapman
Seattle
Clark Whiting
Whiting
Newton-Nea
Jury begins deliberation in Warren aggravated assault case
The jury in the Therell Bright Warren aggravated assault trial began deliberations after closing arguments by the state and defense. Warren, 32, is accused of assaulting a Burrton girl on June 30, 1976, with six defense witnesses and two for the state testifying.
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Hutchinson
Therell Bright Warren
Burrton
Carl B. Anderson Jr
Galen Morford
State energy autonomy urged in Topeka
Kansas official James Newman told the Kansas Legislature's energy committee that the Federal Energy Administration should assist states in meeting energy conservation goals rather than dictate them. He said the FEA should outline a federal program and let states choose applicable parts, noting that five parts are mandatory for all states.
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Topeka
Federal Energy Administration
James Newman
Kansas
Energy
Newman
FEA
Wheat harvest begins as warm weather aids yields
Harvey County farmers rollout into wheat fields with favorable conditions. Early shipments arrive at Farmers Co-op Grain Co in Halstead, about 6000 bushels from hail damaged areas southwest of Halstead. Newton based mills report dry new crop with 9.75 percent protein. Alfalfa mills show high moisture in samples.
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Harvey County
Farmers Co-op Grain Co
Halstead
Ross Industries
Newton
Newton Mill
Sedgwick
Harvey County farmer develops new wheat
Harvey County farmer Leonard Juhnke near Sedgwick developed a new wheat variety named Superior with a three year protein average around 14 percent. It yielded 82 bushels per acre on a 55 acre field last year and 73 bushels on a 4.5 acre plot in 1975. The line shows strong disease tolerance versus Scout and has good milling baking qualities. Juhnke plans to harvest about 400 acres this year and market the crop as seed wheat while pursuing USDA patent protection.
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Harvey County
Leonard Juhnke
Sedgwick
Juhnke
USDA
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Commission
the Newton
Dawn Mann
Cliff Mann
Camp Hawk
Dawn
Kansan
Weather Data
John Fraser
Superior
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