LBJ Admitted to UVA Hospital for Chest Pain
Former President Lyndon B. Johnson was admitted to the University of Virginia Hospital cardiac unit with chest pains. Dr. Richard S. Crampton said his condition is stable as tests proceed. no heart attack was confirmed. Johnson had been visiting his daughter Lynda Bird Johnson Robb in Charlottesville and planned to travel to Washington for a wedding.
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Washington
Lynda Bird Johnson
University of Virginia School of Law
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Naval Hospital
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Texas
Gangland figure Joey Gallo shot in Manhattan deli
Brooklyn gang member known as Crazy Joe was gunned down early today in Umberto's restaurant in Little Italy Manhattan. The death ends a noted underworld career made famous in the film The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight.
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Joey Gallo
Brooklyn
Gallo Brothers
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Little Italy
Lower Manhattan
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Joey the Blondes
Umberto
Lina Essary
Akron
Ohio
Jerry Orbach
Gallo
Bruno Carnevale
Queens
FDA seeks court order to halt Sunshine Biscuit production
The Food and Drug Administration asked a U S District Court in Dayton Ohio for an injunction to stop production at Sunshine Biscuit Co until equipment is cleaned and processes revised after tests found potentially dangerous levels of the insecticide ronnel in cookies and breakfast cereal. Contaminated stocks would be destroyed. the chemical appeared in Toy Cookies Shredded Wheat and cracker meal but not in raw manufacturing inputs.
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Food and Drug Administration
Sunshine Biscuit Co
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U.S. District Court
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Alcoholism Facility Planned in TB Wing Chanute Center Eyes 1973 Start
Southeast Kansas Comprehensive Mental Health Center plans to convert one wing of the Chanute Tuberculosis Hospital into an inpatient alcoholism treatment center by 1973. If successful, the facility could later serve Southeast Kansas counties, with outpatient follow ups and family programs, backed by anticipated federal funds from a 1970 act.
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Haines
Burns
Seran
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Chanute Hospital
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Mansfield Scott to Lead Three-Week China Trip
Senate leaders Mike Mansfield and Hugh Scott plan a three week visit to mainland China starting April 16. They will be joined by their wives and a staff of six to eight.
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Washington
Mike Mansfield
D-Mont
Hugh Scott
R-Pa
China
Mansfield
Senate
Job gain in March boosts employment figures
The AP reports total employment rose 620,000 to 81.2 million in March, the largest gain in five years, while wholesale prices increased only about one tenth of one percent. The data suggest better grounds for President Nixon to defend economic policies, with food and industrial raw materials costs rising modestly.
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Washington
Nixon
Chanute School District Expands Drug Abuse Curriculum
A state funded committee led by Ray Zumalt aims to craft a curriculum guide to curb drug abuse in Chanute and 17 Kansas districts. Teachers use new material in class after a Parsons workshop, with values based instruction showing better results than facts alone. Police Chief Lige Matlock cautions local usage isn’t higher than elsewhere.
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Ray Zumalt
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Zumalt
Buford Fisher
Drug Control
Coronado
Calif
Zemailt
Lige Matlock
Kustom Bond Contract Completed at City Commission Meeting
The City Commission finalized the Kustom Electronics bond contract and approved a larger annual contributions contract for Chanute Housing Authority. The housing authority may spend up to 1 989 940 in HUD funds for 20 low unit homes and will contract with BFW Construction for 1 598 600 to build 92 units. The city transferred the ILC building to Kustom, then accepted transfers of other Kustom properties, with the city as lease holder and Kustom as lessee.
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Dodgers players push to start 1972 season amid strike
Los Angeles players urged immediate season start as wage talks with owners continue. The push follows a delayed opener caused by a players strike over pension terms. In Kansas Fort Scott state news, Sen. Tom R. Van Sickle announces plans for a fourth term in the Kansas Senate.
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Los Angeles Dodgers
van Sickle
Senate
Intercepted Letter Dear Cha Shrouded in Mystery
An intercepted letter mentions a person nicknamed Cha and Joey the blond, implying issues with shooting accuracy. The message hints at a confidant who knew him, closing with a veiled sign‑off.
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Cha
Trail Hike by Green Berets Across Santa Fe Trail
Several members of the special forces will hike the Santa Fe Trail from Independence Missouri to Santa Fe New Mexico this summer with 12 to 24 Green Berets. They may camp at Fort Larned as they pass through. Army recruiters note the route was last retraced by 22 berets from St Louis to the Columbia River last summer. Fort Larned officials are being checked for camping facilities and services such as veterinarians and pack horse care.
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Kan. Martens
Tommie Malcom
Ft. Larned
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Martens
Kansas Fighter Bomber Squadron Heads for Southeast Asia
A Kansas based squadron of F105 jets is en route to Southeast Asia as U S officials weigh sending more airpower to counter a North Vietnamese attack. Other air units in several states are alerted, but the 23rd Tactical Fighter Wing at McConnell AFB dispatched one squadron of 18 planes across the Pacific.
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Washington
Southeast Asia
U.S
23Rd Tactical Fighter Wing
McConnell Afb
Kan
Pacific
Price probes widen across chains and firms in KC
The Cost of Living Council announced investigations into 11 major food chains, several large meat packers, and 25 manufacturing firms. Deputy director Bert J. Concklin said the probe seeks possible violations of the economic stabilization program.
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Kansas City
Cost of Living Council
Bert J. Concklin
Elevated derailment injures 29 in Chicago rainstorm
Chicago Transit Authority officials reported 29 people injured when part of a four car elevated train plunged about 30 feet to the ground on the South Side during a Thursday night rainstorm. Investigators have not yet determined the train’s speed at impact.
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Chicago
Chicago Transit Authority
CTA
Violent storms spawn tornadoes across Midwest
Violent thunderstorms along a cold front produced tornadoes in Illinois Iowa and Indiana. One person was killed and nine injured when a tornado struck Polo Illinois. State police reported another death from a tornado in Barnard Indiana.
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Illinois
Iowa
Indiana
Polo
Barnard
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Senate panel votes to widen ITT probe and end by April 20
The Senate Judiciary Committee voted 8-7 to expand its investigation of International Telephone & Telegraph Corp. and to end the probe on April 20. Chairman James Eastland said hearings resume Monday and will cover Life magazine allegations of Justice Department improprieties along with Kleindienst’s qualifications for attorney general.
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Senate Judiciary Committee
International Telephone & Telegraph Corp
James O. Eastland
D-Miss
Life Magazine
Justice Department
Richard G. Kleindienst
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