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"thumbs down" on the alternate plan.
"The plan is entirely unacceptable." be
satisfied.
The county had planned construction of a $100,000 bridge over the creek and removal of two others before the Corps changed its mind, he said.
"We had the plans all drawn and were ready to let for bids," he said.
under the alternate plan, the new bridge probably would not be necessary, he said, but the county would then have to rebuild the other two.
Cragan also said that the additional cost to the city and the drainage district under the alternate plan probably would be at least double the Corps' estimate.
The alternate plan, be said, would place the levees in the middle of valuable farmland south of the creek, which he said probably would be just as damaging to the environment as the original plan was supposed to be.
"THEIR ASSERTION," HE said, "is that it will be a tremendous savings to the U.S. government—at an additional cost to the county's taxpayers."
The alternate plan was so far down on the Corps list of possibilities when the county first evaluated the project and began making plans, he said, that "it was not even
A joint city, county and drainage district letter protesting the Corps' change of mind was sent earlier this month to Corps Chairman John E. Kawasaki of the Kansas Congressional delegation.
The letter notes that the new plan would leave 480 acres of land unprotected along the bank of the creek, between the creek and the new levee site.
"This community has always placed a high premium on the matter of honoring commitments," the letter states, "and it would seem a poor example for the Corps of Engineers to change not only the contract but the rules relative to this worthwhile project.
"THERE IS NO doubt that if the contractual relationship existed between individuals or private corporations an action could have been taken, damages would bring quick results."
Kansan Staff Photo by DAVE REGIER
Joyce Svoboda, Chapman freshman, found
an empty chair to fill an art class requirement was
a great success.
to get in a phone booth in the basement of Strong Hall.
Meir.
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minister, Moshe Dayan, informed the prime minister that he was ready to serve in the cabinet.
The dramatic turnabout came at an extraordinary meeting of the cabinet, which was called to discuss the state of development and an important development might have cropped up on the Middle East scene that prompted Dayan to retract his decision to stay out of the next session.
The official announcement, however, gave no hint of an impending national emergency. It said Meir "responded to the plea by asking the president's plea" to remain as band of the government.
The cabinet met under the title of Foreign Affairs and Security Committee, which automatically imposes a news blackout on its deliberations.
The decision by Israel's two major leaders to reverse threats to resign came after weeks of a political crisis that began in January. The government had appealed parliamentary majority in Dec. elections
Dayan refused to remain as defense minister in a minority government because of criticism of his handling of the October Middle East war and because he said he favored a national unity government embracing the right-wing opposition Iliakd
Mir steamed out of a partly meeting two days ago and vowed to resign after failing to comply.
Earlier yesterday more than 500 members of the Labor party's 615-member Central Committee gave Meir an over-turn to accept her nomination, a year-old premier didn't attend the meeting.
The Laborites passed a resolution, with only four abstensions, urging the immediate formation of an active government led by Golda Meir."
While Dayan was threatening to resign, Meir had nominated Yitzhak Rabin, former ambassador to Washington and a former chief of staff, to be defense minister.
The fragile minority cabinet proposed by Meir would be charged with handling, among other things, negotiations with the Arabs through Secretary of State Henry A. Kissinger. It would represent only 88 of the 120 seats in the Knesset, or parliament.
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