FPC order to Cities Service harms Kansas gas supply
The Federal Power Commission requires Cities Service Gas Co to stop adding new customers after Jan 1, shifting Kansas gas to eastern markets. The writer argues the move overlooks ecological concerns and burdens Kansas and western customers, urging court review.
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Federal Power Commission
People of
Kansas
Cities Service Gas Co
Cities Service
Gas Service Co
Newton
FPC
Atlantic Coast
Atlantic Ocean
Kansas Wheat
State of
Guam as crossroads for international drug traffic
The island of Guam is described as a central hub in a global narcotics network. Intelligence reports outline heroin, opium, and Thai sticks moving through Guam with routes from Bangkok, Hong Kong, Manila, Honolulu, and U.S. cities. Smuggling techniques include concealment in luggage and body carries, with revenue from $12 million per month and vast profits laundered through Caribbean banks and other international financial centers.
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Jack Anderson
Les Whitten
Washington
Guam
United States
Miami
Asuncion
Panama City
Hong Kong
mid-Pacific
U.S
Mog Fog
Bangkok
Manila
Honolulu
California
New York
Missouri
Nevada
Texas
Illinois
Conecticut
Bahamas
Cayman Islands
Haiti
Jamaica
Netherlands Antilles Islands
Panama
Seger U.S
Alaska
Arizona
Delaware
Idaho
Liechtenstein
Europe
America
Iran
Harlem
Spikers
Customs Service
Internal Revenue Service
The
Drug Enforcement Agency
General Tire Faces Fresh SEC Scrutiny Over Secret Funds
The General Tire & Rubber Co plans to file a report with the SEC detailing investigations into alleged improper use of corporate funds. Pentagon records show 85 season tickets and 20 corporate jet flights to federal personnel between 1973 and 1975, highlighting lax ethics scrutiny amid a wider pattern of corporate bribery disclosures.
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Martha Angle
Robert Walters
Washington
NEA
Securities and Exchange Commission
SEC
Slush
Wall Street Journal
General Tire & Rubber Co
General Tire
Akron
Ohio
U.S
Defense Department
Pentagon
Aerojet-General Corp
el Monte
Calif
Department
Shipping lobby presses plan to boost U S tanker fleet
A powerful maritime lobby backs a House bill forcing up to 30 percent of imported oil to be carried on U S tankers by 1980, risking higher costs for gasoline and heating oil. The push, funded by subsidies and ads, faces international tanker surpluses and questions of national defense.
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B. J. Cutler
Carter
House of Representatives
American Ag
U.S
America
Maritime Lobby
Liberia
Kansas sorority leader attends national convention in Virginia Beach
Virginia Schmidt president of the Kansas State College Kappa Delta chapter attended the sorority's national convention in Virginia Beach Virginia. Mr and Mrs Mur Miller planned an open house June 22 to mark their 25th wedding anniversary. Bernadine Hanna teaching in Panama arrived to spend the summer in Newton. Newtonans in KU summer school included George R Lewey Mildred Becker James Feitz Ed Becker and Kirk Scott Jr. A two dollar per bushel coin price appeared as a possible future trading development after reaching 1.99 on the Board of Trade.
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Kansan
Virginia Schmidt
Kansas State College
Kappa Delta Sorority
Virginia Beach
Mur Miller
Bernadine Hanna
Panama
Newton
George R. Lewey
Mildred Becker
James Feitz
Ed Becker
Kirk Scott Jr
Board of Trade
The World Almanac Q and A Quiz Poses Trivia
A reader quiz from The World Almanac tests knowledge on sports hall of fame inclusions, the Chinese lunar year for 1978, and chess champion Tigran Petrosian. Options cover football, zodiac, and flower genetics with ambiguous extra symbols at the end.
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Pro Football Hall of Fame
Dick Butkus
George Halas
Greasy Neale
Tigran Petrosian
On this date in history spotlight of 1977
Today marks June 21 1977 with notable past events including the 1788 U S Constitution going into effect New Hampshire as the ninth ratifier Cyrus McCormick patent on the reaping machine 1898 U S troops land in Cuba and 1945 Okinawa surrender among others plus birthdays Jean Paul Sartre and Jane Russell and a Shaw thought for today.
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United States
New Hampshire
Cyrus McCormick
U.S
Cuba
Scapa Flow
Scotland
Tobruk
Libya
Okinawa
Milan
Italy
Paul VI
Cherry Hill
New Jersey
Pretoria
South Africa
Jean Paul Sartre
Jane Russell
Morris Hogan celebrated in Newton memorial tribute
The letter to the editor honors Morris Hogan a Newton legend describ ing him as a strong one man promotion figure on Main Street and a kind, eloquent, churchgoing businessman. Dudley Dodgson praises Hogan and urges continuing pursuit of life’s truths. Mrs Dick Morris thanks John Fraser and Kansan staff for a refreshing June 15 issue highlighting local civic efforts and youth theatre.
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Newton
Morris Hogan
Chamber of Commerce
Main St
Oliver Villeneuve
Dudley Dodgson
John Fraser
Nancy Horst
The
Kansan
Dick Morris
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Huff
Bonnie A. Clark
World
Edward Daley
Daley
Charles Whalen
Tip O’neill
D.-Mass
Whalen
United Feature Syndicate, Inc
Angle and Walters
Congress
Ford
Gerald Rafshoon
the World Almanac
Associated Press
George Bernard Shaw
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