Egypt Egypt-PLO split looms amid editor murder turmoil
In Cairo anti Palestinian sentiment rises after the Cyprus assassination of leading Egyptian editor Youssef Sebaei. Observers warn Sadat could sever ties with the PLO and seek separate peace with Israel if unrest grows. The PLO condemns the murder, while Egyptian editorials grow harsher toward its leaders.
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Cairo
Egypt
Cyprus
Israel
Anwar Sadat
Palestine Liberation Organization
Ibrahim Saada
Akhbar el Yom
Sinai
PLO
Sebaei
Ottawa City Commission Agenda Includes Elm Street Improvement and Airport Irrigation Project
The 9:35 a.m. meeting agenda lists a service plaque for Eric Wieneke marking his retirement, a public hearing and resolutions on improving the 1200 block of Elm Street, a Kansas State University irrigation facility proposal on Municipal Airport land, and planning commission recommendations to expand home occupation rules to include a telephone answering service and radio dispatch plus re zoning Wilma J. Smith’s tet property at 203 W 9th from R-1 to R-2.
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Eric Wieneke
City of
Ottawa
Elm Street
Elm
Kansas State University
Planning Commission
Wilma J. Smith
W. 9Th
UMW Eyes TV Campaign To Sell Strike End Pact
United Mine Workers officials plan about $40,000 in television ads and radio spots featuring Johnny Paycheck to persuade miners to ratify a tentative contract with the Bituminous Coal Operators Association. The deal offers wage hikes up to 2.40 an hour, health and pension benefits with deductibles, and allows firing wildcat strike leaders. Ratification is expected this weekend amid union dissension and ongoing talks on construction-worker contracts.
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Washington
United Mine Workers
Johnny Paycheck
Bituminous Coal Operators Association
UMW
Arnold Miller
American Bituminous Contractors Association
County Balks At Joint Effort On Seventh Street
The Franklin County Commission postponed aiding Ottawa on the Seventh Street improvement citing other commitments and notes that funding may extend into 1980. A joint meeting also covered Ottawa airport development with airport manager Joe Dennis proposing a county city joint venture to broaden the tax base and enable industrial revenue bonds.
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Seventh Street
Diane Yeamans
Franklin County Commission
City of
Ottawa
City Commission
County Commission
Eisenhower Road
Vi Reusch
Jack Davis
Leroy Wasmund
Main Street
Joe Dennis
Olathe Airports
Kansas Airport Operators Association
Olathe
Dennis
FAA
Economic Development Administration
Ozark Region Commission
Glen Underwood
Greater
Inventory Bill Dies In Senate
Kansas Senate committees killed a proposed constitutional change to allow separate tax classification for livestock, merchants' and manufacturers' inventories, asking for more experience with farmland classification before expanding. The plan would have let the Legislature rate inventories at lower taxes, but failed with only two favorable votes. A county forecast then noted variable clouds and cold temperatures with lows around 10 to 15 and highs in the upper 20s.
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Topeka
Kan
Kansas Senate
William Morris
Wichita
John Simpson
R-Salina
Paul ‘Bud’ Burke
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Noel Bishop
Youngstown
Fla
al Smith
Environmental Protection Agency
Atlanta
Smith
Florida
Sadat
Area News
NCAA
Captain Crunch
Tony
FTC
Ottawa City Commission
UMW Eyes TV
Paycheck
Variety
Gary Shaffer
Cook, Flatt and Strobel
Kansas Department of Transportation
Reusch
Federal Aviation Administration
Senate
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