Bond victory for Ottawa vocational program in tight turnout
Ottawa voters approved a 600000 vocational education bond by 756 to 442 amid a 19 percent turnout. The plan finances a new metal building near Ottawa High School to house industrial arts and a vocational cooperative with districts in Baldwin City Pomona Williamsburg and Central Heights. Superintendent Don Lambert and director Neuenswander praised the support and planned a fall start with completion by August 1978.
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Don Lambert
Dan Neuenswander
Ottawa High School
U.S.C
Franklin County
Ottawa Junior High
Ottawa Senior High
Lincoln School
Ottawa
Baldwin City
Pomona
Central Heights
Consumer Spending Down Economy Could Slow Further
Washington AP reports a third straight monthly decline in consumer spending as the economy faces a possible slowdown. Retail sales in June edged down to 59.233 billion from May’s 59.247 billion, with inflation unadjusted figures suggesting a larger drop in real terms. Analysts caution the outlook remains uncertain.
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Washington
Carter
Maynard Comtez
Commerce Department
Comiez
Kansas Unemployment Trust Could Cut Employer Contributions
Kansas faces potential cuts in employer contributions as its unemployment trust fund remains solvent with about 15 million more than safe operations. The Employment Security Advisory Council may urge raising the contribution ceiling from 3.6 to 4.5 percent or removing the ceiling, affecting large firms with high layoff rates and could lower rates for smaller firms with good records if the legislature acts next year.
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Topeka
Kan
Kansas
Employment Security Advisory Council
James A. McCain
Kansas City
McCain
Kansas’ Trust Fund
Racial clashes at San Quentin leave three dead in turmoil
Tense but calm at San Quentin after Black Muslim and Nazi inmates fought with clubs and knives in the honor wing. Guards fired shots to quell the violence. three inmates died and five were injured as the prison went into lockdown for a likely week.
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San Quentin
Calif
Mike Luxford
Luxford
American National Socialists
Charles Jack Captain
San Francisco
Carter Walks Softly on Nuclear Use Policy
President Carter discussed a cautious approach to possible U S use of nuclear weapons during a televised briefing. He suggested that a single atomic strike could cause worldwide devastation but avoided detailing exact actions in any scenario. Expert Herman Kahn says Carter is hedging.
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Washington
Carter
U.S
Herman Kahn
The
Hudson Institute
Herd
Carlin
No Burning Ambition Governor Bid Interest in Kansas
Harold Herd denies burning ambition for governor but the Coldwater attorney and former Kansas senator says the idea intrigues him. He profiles liberal yet pragmatic traits, critiques tax structure and prison policy, and notes timing and campaign dynamics as Democrats prepare for the 1978 primary.
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Dean Hinnen
Kansas
Coldwater
HNS
Harold Herd
Curt Schneider
John Carlin
Herd
Comanche County
Comanche
Topeka
Norbert Dreiling
Bob Brock
Schneider
Carlin
Democratic Party
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Williamsburg and
Vince Skidmore
Lincoln
East Central Vocational Cooperative
Carl
Waltman
Ing Commerce Department
Kansas Unemployment Trust
Kansas Senate
George McGovern
Miami
McGovern
Salina
Senate
Kansas Bar Association
Government
Steadman Ball
Jimmy Carter
Plains
Minnesota
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