Secrecy of Nuke Deal Is Upheld
Judge E. Newton Vickers upheld a permanent injunction barring Kansas Gas and Electric Co from disclosing public terms of the 1974 nuclear fuel contract with Westinghouse for the Wolf Creek plant. KEPCo and allied co ops seek sale approval of a 17 percent stake. Westinghouse cites trade secret protection. The KCC awaits ruling by month’s end.
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Topeka
Kan
E. Newton Vickers
Kansas Corporation Commission
Kansas Gas and Electric Co. of
Wichita
Westinghouse Electric Co
Wolf Creek
Kg&e
Kansas City Power and Light Co
Burlington
KCC
Kansas Electric Power Cooperatives Inc
KCPL
Kepco
Westinghouse
Big Corporation
Virginia
Government Says 90 Percent Registered For Draft
Washington AP reports Selective Service Director Bernard Rostker announced that over 90 percent of eligible men born in 1960 and 1961 registered during the August period, with 3,593,187 of 3,880,000 cards received by Aug 22. He noted late registrations boosted totals, cost about $2 per registrant, and that a future 1962 group would register in early January 1981. Some 18 percent wrote conscientious objector or protest notations on their cards.
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Washington
Selective Service
Bernard Rostker
Rostker
Grisly discovery in elderly woman's attic in Pennsylvania
In Gallitzin, Stella Williamson left a two page note revealing five infants buried in a trunk in her attic. Pathologist says the crime dates to birth or shortly after, about 50 years ago. Remains wrapped in newspapers from 1923 to 1933. discovery followed her Aug. 26 death at 76.
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Gallitzin, Pa
Stella Williamson
Stanley Goldblatt
Miss Williamson
Cambria County
John Barron
Barron
Weeds Thrive On Red Tape In Ottawa City Hall Debate
Ottawa officials told Everett Chapman that weed problems on private property persist despite ordinance. Limited manpower and state legal steps delay enforcement, with two inspectors and two mower operators handling city lands and parks. Railroads like Santa Fe balk at mowing rights of way, complicating efforts. Chapman urged action to protect property values while city officials cited heavy procedures and cost of suing a major railroad.
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George B. Pyle
Ottawa
Ottawa City Commission
Everett Chapman
Oak
Chapman
Robert Mills
Mills
Public Works Department
Santa Fe
Kansas
Dorothy Nichols
Nichols
Views Differ On Mideast Talks
The United States says Egypt and Israel will resume Palestinian autonomy talks within weeks, while Egypt’s Ghali calls them preparatory. Linowitz, meeting Sadat and Begin, says talks will cover autonomy, not just a summit, despite Israel’s stance on East Jerusalem and settlements. Weather notes follow with a warm, partly cloudy forecast and a late night low around 67.
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Alexandria
Egypt
United States
Israel
Anwar Sadat
Jerusalem
U.S. Mideast
Sol Linowitz
Menachem Begin
Linowitz
Carter
Washington
West Bank
Jordan River
Gaza Strip
U.S
Sadat
Begin
Butros Ghali
East Jerusalem
Holy City
Ghali
Poles Face Strike Tensions As Uprising Grows
About 15,000 miners in Upper Silesia remain on strike after a settlement allowing independent unions. Soviet credit supports Poland with price controls to curb living costs. AFL-CIO funds aid Polish workers, Carter administration objects. Pope John Paul II voices moral right to independence.
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Warsaw
Poland
Upper Silesia
Soviet Union
Washington
Afl-Cio
Carter
PAP
Silesia
Bytom
Wiodzimierz Lejczak
Communist Party
Gdansk
John Paul II
St. Peter’s Square
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Angie
Billy and
Cheryl Adams
S. Ash
Dave Kaup
Vickers
Shawnee County
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Goldblatt
Migs Williamson
Mideast
National Weather Service
State Price Committee
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