ECKAN Seeks Clients To Help Weather Elderly Homes
ECKAN seeks to weatherize six to ten more homes for seniors using remaining grant funds. Franklin County has 3400 left of a 4000 grant. seven homes await weatherization. Eligible seniors must be homeowners, 60 plus, and meet income limits.
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Diane Yeamans
ECKAN
Mid America Council On Aging
David Hahn
East Central Kansas Economic Opportunity Office
Franklin County
The
Council On Aging
MPG Rebates Die as Gas Guzzler Tax Survives Panel
Washington AP President Carter’s plan for a rebate on fuel efficient cars was rejected by the House Ways and Means Committee while his gas gouging tax survived. A Rostenkowski substitute would delay the tax to 1979 and set an 15 mpg floor. The rebate plan failed 31 5 as unworkable with foreign car purchases. A staff compromise on tax timing and standards drew support from Rep Ullman but no immediate response from the Carter administration.
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Washington
Carter
House
Ways and Means
Dan Rostenkowski
D-Iii
Rostenkowski
al Ullman
Amin's Little Game Goes On
AP reports an apparently false Ugandan claim that President Idi Amin has arrived in London for the Commonwealth heads meeting. The hoax, cited from Kampala, sparked speculation about Amin's intentions and the political risk to Uganda’s relations with Western allies.
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Amin
London
Idi Amin
Com
Getaway Great Bend Beer Truck Heist Report
Barton county officers pursued thieves who stole a truck carrying 600 cases of beer from Quality Beverage Co. The vehicle, reported missing Sunday morning, was found abandoned near the Barton Stafford county line. Up to 40 cases were missing and suspicions rose over the weekend.
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Great Bend
Hns
Barton County
Quality Beverage Co
Barton-Stafford County
Pomona Basks In Breeze Of 242000 CD Windfall
Pomona, a city of 801, receives a 242000 grant from the Department of Housing and Urban Development under the Community Development Block Grant Program. Funds will rehab housing, repair streets and sidewalks, and build a water tower to improve fire protection.
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Pomona
Joan Istas
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Virginia Breshears
Ottawa Lands $250000 for Public Water Mains Upgrade
U S Representative Larry Winn announced Ottawa and nine nearby Third District communities will receive Economic Development Administration planning target grants for public works. Ottawa will get 250000 to extend water mains, with plans for a river crossing and two main routes totaling about 375000 in project costs. Final project approvals are expected by mid August.
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Washington
U. S
Larry Winn
Kan
Ottawa
Economic Development Administration
Robert Mills
Third
Cedar
Poplar
Powhattan
11Th
Beech
15Th
Ash
Mills
EDA
Winn
Johnson County
Overland Park
DeSoto
Prairie Village
Roeland Park
Shawnee
Wyandotte County
Kansas City
Castro Rates Nixon False and Castro Talks U S Ties
In a wide interview with ABC News, Cuban leader Fidel Castro calls Richard Nixon a false man and foolish while asserting the Soviet Union is the freest country and Cuba remains distant from full diplomatic ties with the United States. He recalls Bay of Pigs links to Nixon and notes limited U S Cuban relations amid a recent diplomat exchange. Castro also comments on China as an ally with caveats and discusses his personal life sparingly. Castros remarks come as a county forecast notes a partly cloudy night with possible storms and mild Friday conditions.
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Washington
Jimmy Carter
Richard Nixon
Soviet Union
China
United States
Fidel Castro
Carter
Castro
Cuba
ABC News
Barbara Walters
Nixon
White House
Eisenhower
John F. Kennedy
America
Public hearing offered on John Brown Highway route change
The county offers a public hearing on JBH economic social and environmental effects. Written requests must be filed with the county engineer by July 7. The proposed route at the US-59 Princeton junction extends 1.7 miles east with a straighter southern alignment and new grading two bridges surfacing and seeding. Contact Bob Lister county engineer for details.
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Princeton
Bob Lister
Harder Warns on Medicaid Cuts in Kansas Budget
Topeka Kansas AP Secretary Robert Harder of the Department of Social and Rehabilitation Services warns that a proposed 1.89 million cut in Kansas Medicaid payments could create real financial problems for the state unless changed before the end of the next fiscal year. He notes the action affects many states and expects Congress to consider altering the proposed cuts.
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Topeka
Kan
Kansas
Robert Harder
Department of Social and Rehabilitation Services
Harder
Congress
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Ottawa Herald
Herald
ABC
Miss Walters
Celia Sanchez
Communist Party
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