Kansas lawmakers weigh tighter bingo law to curb crime
Wyandotte County officials tell a legislative panel that the 1975 bingo law must be strengthened to curb a criminal element behind professional style halls. They cite $187,966 in four months and call for limits on games, license terms, and disclosures of winners.
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Topeka
Kan
Kansas
Attorney General's Office
Wyandotte County
Wyandotte Dist
Nick A. Tomasic
Wyandotte
Sedgwick
John Hayes
R-Hutchinson
House
Donald Hoffman
Attorney General’s Office
State Revenue
F. Kent Kalb
Kalb
Revenue Department
Tomasic
Hoffman
Ingo
Harvey County to Hold Road Vacation and Bridge Plan Hearing
Harvey County Commissioners schedule a public hearing Monday at 10 a.m. on vacation of a segment of county road 799 between sections 27 and 28 in Garden Township and a bridge proposal to remove a bridge on 799 from the replacement program to fund a bridge across Emma Creek on Garden Emma Township Road 805 about 1.5 miles south of county road 556. A 9 a.m. meeting precedes in the courthouse commission room with an 11:30 a.m. open meeting for additional administrative and budget items.
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Harvey County
Garden Township
Emma Creek
Garden- Emma
Hospital Receives Cardiac Fund Gift From Deceased Helper
Bethel Deaconess Hospital reports a 14287 dollar mutual fund share gift from the Emma Linscheid estate. Linscheid died in August 1975 after serving as a hospital receptionist in summers and a Newton public school teacher. Funds will defray uninsured service costs, including cardiac emergency equipment, per administrator M H Ewert.
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Bethel Deaconess Hospital
Emma Linscheid
Miss Linscheid
Newton
M.H. Ewert
Bethel Receives Bachman Trust for College Scholarships
Bethel College becomes recipient of 35 percent of a fund from the sale of 80 acres for 75600 dollars. Another 35 percent goes to Mennonite Biblical Seminary in Elkhart Indiana and the rest to other charities. The trust will net Bethel over 25000 dollars at annuity maturity after both Bachmans die. Income funds pre ministerial student scholarships. Bachmans long connected with Bethel and other institutions.
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Ernest Bachman
Newton
Bethel College
Mennonite Biblical Seminary
Elkhart
Ind
Mennonite Foundation
Bachman
Fire and police roundup from Newton area notices
Fire crews responded to an overheated electric fan motor at 507 Ash and to a Broadway Texaco pumpside leak after an attendant left a hose in a car tank. small fire contained. Births report a son for Mr. and Mrs. Rockey R. Penner of Burrton at Bethel Deaconess Hospital. Police report a Main at 6th collision left one injured. two drivers uninjured. David C. Kohn of Gladstone, Mo., arrested for theft by deception after alleged Unification Church candy scheme. $100 bond posted. Animal control picked up a injured St Bernard in the 600 block of W. 5th. owner contact info provided. Municipal Court fined Gary Boyes $250 with 90 days jail, six months license restriction, one year probation. four suspects from May 30 incident appeared. some charges dismissed or not guilty.
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Newton
John Knight
Broadway Texaco
W. Broadway
Rockey R. Penner
Burrton
Bethel Deaconess Hospital
Main
David Anderson
Karla Anderson
Eugene Hushbeck
Hushbeck
David C. Kohn
Gladstone
Kohn
W.estanderician
Unification Church
Animal Control
St. Bernard
W. 5Th
Gary Boyes
Ted Olivier
Boyes
Johnnie Goodall
W. 9Th
Olivia Goodall
Julio Mosqueda
Peter Mosqueda
N. Elm
Court costs and fines drop in May in Harvey County
Bernard Peterson reports May court costs fell to 3665 from 5036 in April while May fines remitted to the school fund were 5418 versus 7375 in April. Adoptions rose to six from two along with six mental petitions and 22 juvenile matters. Other activity included three wills, three guardianships, eight estate proceedings, 32 marriage licenses, five DWIs, one reckless driving, 314 speeding offenses, 18 misdemeanor and eight felony cases, five civil suits and 11 small claims in County Court Juvenile totaling 22 juvenile matters.
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Bernard Peterson
Harvey County
Public Housing Authority mulls Section 8 program
The Public Housing Authority tabled a new Section 8 subsidy plan at its Thursday meeting. It would let property owners apply for rental subsidies and low income residents apply to live in units, with the government covering the difference to match fair market price. Topeka is cited as the only city aware of implementing the program. The board also approved funding for Newton Creative Housing to help install an automated sprinkler system and reported all public housing units are currently full.
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Public Housing Authority
Topeka
C. E. Patterson
Housing Authority
Newton Creative Housing
Patterson
Reusser Named Tabor College Business Manager
Loren D. Reusser, 43, named business manager at Tabor College effective July 1. He has seven years teaching business and coaching track at Hesston College and previously served with the General Conference Mennonite Church mission in Taiwan. A Walton native, he holds a Bethel College economics and business administration degree and a master’s in business education from Emporia State. He and his wife Peggy Stout of Newton have three daughters.
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Loren D. Reusser
Tabor College
Roy Just
Reusser
Hesston College
General Conference Mennonite Church
Taiwan
Hesston
Walton
Bethel College
Empor
Markets mixed as Tenneco leads active NYSE list
Tenneco held at 32 as the NYSE composite rose .11 to 55.46 and the American Exchange value index gained .31 to 1.19. Volume on the Big Board ran 8.25 million in two hours, A.B. Dick fell to 8 on delayed earnings, Allis-Chalmers rose 7 to 24 on an upbeat prospect, and wholesale eggs and livestock quotes appeared from Kansas City and Wichita with cattle hogs and sows showing varied movements. Local grain prices were posted for wheat soybeans milo and corn.
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Allis-Chalmers
New York
Emere
NatGyp
Exxon
Norngs
NorSim
Fordm
Polaroid
RCA
Am Motors
Goodyr
Amt&t
Grace
Ralston Pu
Ampex Corp
Ryder Sys
Hallibrun
SafewyStr
Avco Corp
Vg Hercules
St JoMin
Beecha
IBM
Sfeind
BethSt
Sears
Mg Boeing
Sperryr
CBS Kangel
Katy Ind
Texaco
KerrMc
Timlin Chrysler
A Kresger
Transw Air
Kroger
Comwee
UnElec
Comsat
Littonin
Marcor
US Steel
Upjohn
McDond
Union
CurtisnWr
States' rights confirmed by high court ruling draw limited Kansas impact
Kansas officials say the Supreme Court ruling exempting states from parts of the Fair Labor Standards Act will not alter state practices. They note Kansas already pays overtime and minimum wage and provides extra benefits beyond federal requirements, including vacations and holiday pay.
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Topeka
Kan
U.S. Supreme Court
Kansas
W. Keith Weltmer
State Department of Administration
County health departments to offer full maternal and child health services
County health officials announce expansion of services to all persons in a full maternal and child health program. Starting June 30, family planning centers will operate at the county level rather than the state, removing Kansas statutory qualifications and extending access to those previously ineligible by age residence or marital status.
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Lowell Wiese
Department of Health and Environment
Kansas
Health Department
Supreme Court rules on private schools and employment discrimination
The court banned racial exclusion by commercially operated private schools and affirmed protection against discrimination in private employment. In a 7 to 2 decision on the schools case, Justice Stewart led the opinion condemning racial exclusion as a civil rights violation, with Justices White and Rehnquist dissenting. The employment ruling was unanimous save for two partial dissents. Cases involved Fairfax-Brewster School in Bailey's Crossroads and Bobbe's Private School in Arlington, both near Washington.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Potter Stewart
Byron R. White
William H. Rehnquist
Private Schools
Fairfax- Brewster
Bailey's Crossroads
Bobbe
Arlington
Fairfax-Brewster
Bobbe’s
Anderson Leaves Hospital After Rabies Vaccine Reaction
Animal Control Officer Robert Anderson has been released from the hospital after a reaction to a rabies injection. He had not been bitten and was receiving immunization as a precaution for potential contact with a rabid animal in his work.
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Robert Anderson
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