Controversy Over Truman Reservoir Dam Suit Emerges
WARSAW Mo AP about $64 million has been spent on the Harry S Truman Reservoir project which is 23 percent complete. EDF with Missouri Wildlife Society and seven residents filed suit in Kansas City seeking to halt construction alleging overstated benefits and warning the project could threaten paddlefish. Critics say land takings displace farmers and town residents as the flood pool expands to 55 600 acres normal and up to 209 000 acres at flood stage. the expected completion date is June 1979 with costs near $200 million.
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Warsaw
Harry S Truman
Environmental Defense Fund
Missouri Wildlife Society
U. S. District Court
Kansas City
EDF
Arkansas
Army Corps of Engineers
Osage River
China
Gordon Drake
Truman Reservoir
Harry Mills
MoArk
Clinton, Mo
Corps of Engineers
Mills
Missouri
Kansas
Lake of the Ozarks
Drake
Wellsville Council Agrees To Purchase Fire Hose
Wellsville council authorized buying 200 feet of 24 inch fire hose to upgrade equipment for newly annexed areas. They moved a street light to serve both edge residents and annexed areas and amended the plumbing code to allow plastic pipe with cast iron for drainage. A new police car with a spotlight and red light cost 2393 dollars plus about 118 for the light. An item for summer employment was tabled. Local solid waste reps reported on countywide plans and feasibility of a city landfill.
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Wellsville
Bill Shields
M. F. Payne
Jim McDaniels
Maple
Pendleton
McDaniels
Lowell Collins
Pete Averill
Jay Newman
Darell Paris
Another Remap Bill Aimed For Today in Kansas
Senate apportionment chair Jack Robinson said a second Senate reapportionment bill will go to Gov. Docking before the session ends. Docking has vetoed both Senate and House remap measures, with a Southeast Kansas redistricting dispute between Sen. Tom Van Sickle and Rep. Bob Talkington highlighted by the differences in their districts.
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Topeka
Kan
Senate
Robert Docking
House
Jack Robinson
Wichita
Robinson
Docking
Tom van Sickle
Fort Scott
Bob Talkington
Kansas
Fire Rules Hit Ottawa Schools As Inspections Begin
State fire marshal official Fred Dice and Ottawa Fire Chief G A Diamond Jr say several local school buildings fail state fire rules. Dice, in Ottawa since Tuesday, will present recommendations to school officials. An inspection of a Wednesday house fire at 5345 Poplar is under review, with a report due in about two weeks.
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Fred Dice
Dice
Ottawa
G. A. Diamond Jr
Diamond
Poplar
Kansas Delegates Set At Local Meetings In April
Kansas Democrats plan local meetings at 2 p.m. April 8 to begin selecting national convention delegates and alternates with district conventions on May 13. Five district conventions will open simultaneously at 10 a.m. for six delegates and five alternates per district to the national delegation. Local unit meetings will choose the eight hundred twenty four delegates and alternates.
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Arlen J. Bruns
Kansas
The
Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod
Faith Lutheran Church
Topeka
Kan
Norbert Dreiling
New Airline Directives In Effect
Top officials of the 29 biggest airlines were summoned to Washington to discuss rules against dangerous individuals and weapons on planes. President Nixon ordered immediate implementation, with new procedures due to take effect in three months. The meeting included Secretary of Transportation John Volpe and the FAA, as Sky Marshal program head Gen. Benjamin C. Davis noted uneven compliance among carriers.
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Frank Cormier
Associated Press
Washington
Nixon
Transportation
John Volpe
Federal Aviation Administration
Air Force
Benjamin C. Davis
Sky Marshals
White House
India War Cease-fire Sparks Political Clash
Prime Minister Indira Gandhi faces opposition claims that she ended the India Pakistan war too soon. Jana Sangh accuses a unilateral cease-fire, arguing more days could have crippled Pakistani forces. Officials note mixed military views, while Pakistan still fields about 230,000 troops against India's 930,000. Gandhi warns another war is possible amid Kashmir tensions.
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New Delhi
Indira Gandhi
India
Pakistan
Gandhi
Nixon
China
Kashmir
Indian Defense Ministry
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Marion Barnes
Osage Valley
J. $. Whitaker
Deepwater State Bank
Whitaker
Mahlon White
Benton County Enterprise
Twon
O. C. Crudginton
Osage Valley Bank
Wellsville Council
North Country
Plaza Theater
Jeff Graham
Graham
Far North Country
Shawnee County
E. Newton Vickers
State Taxpayers Association
Shawnee County Taxpayers Association
Topeka, Kan
Richard Rogers
Manhattan
House Ways and Means Committee
Clyde Hill
Viola, Kan
Viola
Wichita Municipal
Roy D. Pointer
C. R. Pointer
E. Wilson
University of Michigan
Princeton High School
Pointer
University of Kansas
Bloomsburg State College
Bloomsburg
Didde Office Supply
Franklin Savings
Jain
Franklin Savings Association
Olathe
Jo7tamerigan National Enterprises Inc
SUN
WKDYS
Qixie Donovan
Johnny Rocco
Debbie Osborne
Wendy Winters
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