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December 18, 2018 - 9:48 AM

December 1973

45 Years Ago

Pat Haire sits inside one of the geodesic playground domes he is selling made from galvanized steel tubing. The domes have plenty of room for a gang of kids to play house, or can be used as a smaller and safer set of monkey bars. Haire’s neighborhood on East Garfield is populated with the domes. The finished dome stands about four feet high and is so sturdy that a grown man can stand on top without distorting it. Haire has made other domes of various sizes for tool sheds, outhouses, cabins, etc.

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A letter in the Register today from Gordon A. Elliott, commander of the American Legion Leslie J. Campbell Post No. 15, explains that the Eternal Flame memorial to the veterans of all wars in front of the Allen County Courthouse will be turned off in response to a request by the national and state commanders of the American Legion to assist in the energy crisis by extinguishing Eternal Flame memorials.

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Iola’s two diesel-fired electric generators were activated yesterday in response to a request by the Kansas Gas and Electric Company. KG&E had three of its own generators out of service for repairs and asked for the supplemental power from Iola and other cities on its lines. Iola ran its units from 5 to 8 p.m. yesterday, the peak hours for electricity usage, and will have the units in operation during those hours again today. Jim Wilson, city superintendent, said the Iola generators will not be in use over the weekend, but will resume on Wednesday evening. The local generation will continue until KG&E can resume full production. Due to the emergency and the uncertain supply of fuel oil needed to fire the Iola generator, Mayor Jack Hastings has requested Iolans use as little electrical power as possible. The public will be notified as soon as the supply is back to normal, Hastings said.

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