On the Hill at Kansas Correctional Institute for Women
Kansas Correspondent John Marshall profiles Miriam Phillips, director of the Kansas Correctional Institute for Women in Lansing. He details 86 residents, education programs, and interior reforms while highlighting the old men’s prison below and a push for humane treatment and meaningful work.
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Kansas Correctional Institute For Women
Miriam Phillips
Ms. Phillips
Raymond Maynard
Miriam
Men’s Penitentiary
Maynard
Hallmark Cards
Kansas City
Community notes from Ottawa Topeka and Richmond events
The Hubert Penne Memorial Fund for cancer research is set at Santa Fe Memorial Hospital Topeka with donations accepted at Ottawa banks and shops or by mail to Richmond. Kayette Leadership Camp at Rock Springs Ranch Aug 21-? draws 675 Kansas girls with Ottawa leaders Joleen Thompson and Waynette Schoch among organizers. Red Cross Blood Mobile returns to Ottawa Aug 7 at Elliott Hall with scheduling options via Gary Jordan or Roy Sullivan. Elks Club Bridge winners listed. Laverne Pressler of 822 N Main hospitalized after heart surgery at Shawnee Mission Hospital intensive care.
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Topeka
Peoples National Bank
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Ottawa
Richmond
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Kansas
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Joleen Thompson
Waynette Schoch
Rock Springs Ranch
RED Cross
Elliott Hall
S. Hickory
Laverne Pressler
Shawnee’ Mission Hospital
Shawnee Mission
Ruling on School Board President Election in Kansas
Atty. Gen. Curt Schneider ruled that electing a school board president requires a plurality of the full board and a simple majority of those present. The question arose from Unified School Dist. No. 282 in Howard, Kansas.
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Curt Schneider
Roy E. Perkins
School Board of
Unified School Dist. No
Howard, Kan
Howard
Schneider
Harold Fish Rites Set At Trinity Church
Harold Fish 70 of Vinita dies at home. Services at 10 a.m. Thursday at Trinity Baptist Church officiated by Rev. Sam Garner. Burial in Princeton Cemetery, Kansas. Survived by widow Nell, three sons Harold J. Fish, Jack, Dwayne. two sisters. seven grandchildren. two great grandchildren. Also lists local admissions dismissals emergencies citations and Kansas livestock market data.
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Ark
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Kattis
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Vera Reed
Ottawa
Kan
Rail Plan Aims Quick Action In Congress
Washington AP report outlines a proposed government reorganization to save northeast railroads. ConRail would consolidate seven lines into a 15000 mile system from Atlantic to Mississippi, led by Penn Central, with Erie Lackawanna Reading Central New Jersey Lehigh Valley Lehigh and Hudson River and Ann Arbor. Some lawmakers praise the plan while others call for changes or a moratorium on track abandonments. The Railway Association calls it the largest corporate reorganization in U.S. history.
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Northeast
Congress
Indiana
Hartke
Lowell P. Weicker Jr
R-Conn
Richard S. Schweiker
R-Pa
ConRail
Atlantic
Mississippi River
Penn Central
Erie Lackawanna
Reading
Central of New Jersey
Lehigh Valley
Hudson River
State Art Display at Ottawa Library Corner Gallery
Kansas arts information is shown this week at the Corner Gallery in the Ottawa Library. It includes material from the Kansas Arts Commission and other state agencies. Also featured are items on the Lawrence Community Arts Center and the Topeka Recreation Commission. The exhibit runs through Saturday. A future Ottawa Arts Council display will feature prize-winning exhibits from the Franklin County Fair.
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Kansas Arts Commission
Lawrence Community Arts Center
Topeka
Congress Wrestles With Many Sided Energy Saga
In Washington the Senate tax panel weighs a windfall profits rebate while the House Rules Committee considers blocking Ford’s revised oil price plan. Senator Long backs a windfall tax to fund citizen rebates as price controls near expiration and Congress debates a floor vote on Ford’s plan.
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Ford
House Rules Committee
Frank G. Zarb
Harley 0. Staggers
Dw.va
Commerce Committee
Rules Committee
John D. Dingell
Dmich
Commerce Subcommittee
Energy
Dingell
Senate Finance Committee
Russell B. Long
D-La
Congress
Long
Bate
U.S
Con
Wall Street Advances On Indicators Rise
The stock market firmed midday as the government index of leading indicators rose. The Dow Jones 30 inched up 5.87 to 833.70 with more gainers than losers on the NYSE, while the AMEX market value index rose 0.33 to 90.67. MGIC Investment traded down 1% at 13% after reporting sharply lower earnings for the first half. Auto shares ticked up amid plans to increase August car output by 11.4% from a year earlier.
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New York Stock Exchange
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American Stock Exchange
NYSE
Apollo leak forces risky splashdown end of mission
NASA officials blame a slip as Apollo astronauts faced poisonous fumes from nitrogen tetroxide during a Pacific Ocean splashdown ending a joint U S Soviet mission. Slayton and Brand faced isolation for infection risk while Stafford led a recovery effort after a gas leak inflamed their lungs.
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Pacific Ocean
U.S
Space Agency
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Donald K. Slayton
Vance D. Brand
Glynn 8. Lunney
Slayton
Brand
Stafford
Village Shoppe Summer Sale At Young Place
Advertisement briefs announce further reductions at Young Place Summer Sale with 2 3 4 gallon stoneware jars and 50 percent off all summer merchandise at the Village Shoppe. Also notes new VFW club hours and city trash pickup rules for Williamsburg, plus a water conservation notice from Pomona authorities.
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