Ottawans At Home Away From Home In Cairo Egypt
Vern Chesbro and his wife live in Cairo where he works as general manager of Continental Telephone International Operations. He and his wife adapt to a developing country while planning retirement in Ottawa. They study Egypts telephone system and enjoy English language media as they tour the Nile city.
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Rhonda Holman
Vern Chesbro
Cairo
Egypt
Ottawan
Franklin County
Republican Party
Continental Telephone International
Chesbro
Herald-Tribune
Ottawa Herald
Voice of America Radio
Ottawa
Nile
Trinidad and Tobago
Reactor Vessel Travels Toward Kansas Nuclear Plant
In Independence, Tim Hersh and his mother watched the 385-ton reactor vessel pass through town under heavy guard. Protesters near Burlington planned to block tracks, while authorities warned arrests for interference. The vessel originated in Chattanooga and moved via river and rail to the Wolf Creek generating station in Burlington.
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Independence, Kan
Tim Hersh
Independence
Roth Hersh
Santa Fe
Wolf Creek
Burlington
Missouri Pacific
Aliceville
Coffey County Sheriff's Office
Oklahoma
Kansas State Line
Kansas
Caney
A.B. Sanders
Kansas City Power & Light and
Kansas Gas & Electric Co
Chattanooga
Tenn
Westinghouse
Tennessee
Ohio
Mississippi
Arkansas
Tulsa
Okla
Food Tax Phase Out Proposed in Kansas House
A 15 member Democratic group led by Rep. Homer Jarchow of Wichita proposed phasing out the 3 percent food sales tax over three years. The plan would cut to 2 percent in 1980, 1 percent in 1981, and remove the tax in 1982, easing state revenue loss versus the GOP plan for a full immediate repeal. Also notes Senate committee chair change and energy and unclaimed property bills.
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Topeka
Kan
Kansas House
Homer Jarchow
Wichita
State
House
Senate
Tom Reborn
Kansas City
Bud Burke
Leawood
House Energy and Natural Resources Committee
Robert Miller
R Wellington
The
Corporation Commission
Senate Commercial and Financial Institutions Committee
Unemployment Edges Up Amid Slower December Hiring
Washington AP reports the unemployment rate rose from 5.8 to 5.9 percent as 104 000 jobs were added in December. The Labor Department notes 1978 saw 3.3 million jobs created with women gaining 2.1 million, while December marked a slow month after November’s 510 000 jobs. Analysts fear a potential downturn and rising joblessness later in the year.
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Washington
Labor Department
Carter
Bloodmobile Visit to First Baptist Church Ellott Hall
The Red Cross bloodmobile will be on site Monday from 1 30 a m to 1 20 p m at Ellott Hall First Baptist Church 0 8 Victory.
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Red Cross
First Baptist Church
Ellott Hall
Victory
Record year for Franklin County traffic deaths in 1978
Franklin County tallied 19 traffic fatalities in 1978, a county record, including several fatal multi vehicle crashes. Notable incidents occurred April 18 near Race Track Road and I-35, April 27 on US-50 and I-35, plus fatal crashes in May, June, July, August, and October. Victims included residents from Ottawa, Fredonia, Williamsburg, Osawatomie, Rantoul, and Baldwin.
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Franklin County
Robert L. Hull
Ottawa
Race Track Road
Here
Eric W. Anderson
Ottawa University
Massachusetts
William W. Scribner
Ottawa Rfd 3
University of Kansas Medical Center
Richard J. Munger
Fredonia
Roger B. Sunderlin
Hutchinson
Sunderlin
Munger
KU Med Center
Clara L. Leonard
Williamsburg
Ransom Memorial Hospital
Larry Steven Hall
Osawatomie
Hall
Rmh
Paul A. Roeckers
Rantoul
Chris Hutchinson
Edwin J. Mueller
Yates Center
Roeckers
Dawn R. Sheldon
Thomasb. Sheldon
Raylene A. Herrill
Kenneth A. Johnson
Velma L. Bunch
St. Louis
Miami-Franklin County
Norman D. Chambers
Baldwin
Wellsville
James M. Jeffries
Ben Elder
Russell
Chambers
Iranian Strife Rises as Demonstrations Hit Shiraz
Iranian protests demanding the ouster of Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi widened across Shiraz and other cities. In Shiraz up to eight feared killed, a mob attacked SAVAK headquarters freeing 40 prisoners, while troops patrolled but took no action.
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Tehran
Iran
Mohammad Reza Pahlavi
Shiraz
SAVAK
Shahpour Bakhtiar
State Radio
U.S
Bakhtiar
Majlis
Senate
Cambodia Forces Close In On Northwestern Cambodia
Vietnamese troops pressed attacks on Siem Reap Battambang and Sisophon as nearly 400 suspected ex-officials fled into Thailand. Reports said Sisophon fell and tanks moved along Highway 6 toward the border while observers predicted quick Cambodian control by Hanoi and allies.
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Bangkok
Thailand
Cambodia
China
Siem Reap
Battambang
Sisophon
Surin
Aranyaprathet
Phnom Penh
Poipet
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Ottawans
Whiskers
Frances Meiers
Poplar
Meiers
Mike Gullett
Bloodmobile
America
Kentucky
North Carolina
HEW
Joseph A. Califano Sr
Julius B. Richmond
Robert Morgan
D-N.c
Califano
Walter B. Jones
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