Apollo 16 Faces Minor Hitches Aboard Mission
Apollo 16 endured two minor glitches on the two day journey to the moon. A guidance system hiccup briefly locked the command ship while radio antenna trouble woke the crew early. Astronauts John W. Young Charles M. Duke Jr. and Thomas K. Mattingly II continued toward a rendezvous with the moon despite the issues.
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Space Center
Houston
John W. Young
Charles M. Duke Jr
Thom
K. Mattingly II
Moon
Orion
Mattingly
Jupiter
Welfare Review Units Expanded to Nine Kansas Counties
Nine Kansas counties will get 55 eligibility review specialists to bolster welfare checks. Sedgwick Wyandotte Shawnee Johnson Douglas Reno Montgomery Leavenworth and Labette are the initial sites with plans to reduce errors in eligibility determinations.
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Topeka
Kan
Robert Harder
Harder
Sedgwick
Johnson
Wyandotte
Shawnee
Douglas
Reno
Montgomery
Leavenworth
Labette
Clyde Hill
R-Yates Center
House
Ways and Means Committee
Douglas, Reno, Montgomery and Leavenworth
Shift in Bombing To Test Reaction
Saigon confirms Nixon paused air attacks on Hanoi Haiphong to gauge North Vietnam's response. U.S. jets carried over 1,000 strikes in the South on Monday and today while naval and air actions continued north of the 20th parallel despite Defense Secretary Laird denying a halt north of the line.
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Nixon
U.S
Hanoi-Haiphong
North Vietnam
South Vietnam
Hanoi
Haiphong
Melvin R. Laird
Washington
Zwine
Murphy Leaves Chanute Tribune For Akron Beacon Journal
Murphy editor of The Chanute Tribune accepts an assistant city editor post with Akron Beacon Journal effective June 1. He came to Chanute in 1968 after Kansas, Iowa paper work and KU journalism degree. The Laid out family remains in Chanute until school ends May 26.
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Terry Murphy
Chanute Tribune
Akron, Ohio
Beacon- Journal
Murphy
Chanute
Harris
Ottawa
Kan
Burlington and
Spencer
Iowa
Topeka
Manhattan
University of Kansas
Joan
Intercepted Letter Teases Balloon Deflate Image
A terse intercepted note to Cha mentions letting the balloon deflate while Raquel should not, implying a secretive exchange and potential prank or caution in a private correspondence. The fragment hints at a personal relationship dynamic without revealing broader context.
Weather Area Forecast Cloudy and Cooler With Showers
Considerable cloudiness and cooler conditions with occasional showers or thunderstorms. Gusty southerly winds 20 to 35 mph this afternoon shift to northerly 10 to 25 mph tonight. Low tonight mid 40s to mid 50s, high Wednesday mid 60s to mid 70s. Precipitation chance 40 percent tonight and Wednesday.
Highway Corridor Discussion In Neosho County
A 1 30 p m April 27 forum in Stoltz Lecture Hall Neosho County Community Junior College will discuss the US 169 corridor. Sponsored by Mid-America Inc See Kan RC D with Chanute Chamber of Commerce cooperation. Major Highway Commission hearings planned for May. Richard Peyton will lead a six topic program covering 1972 legislation plans implementation priorities design and funding for county projects.
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Nine County
Stoltz
Neosho County Community Junior College
Mid-America, Inc
See-Kan Resource Conservation and Development
Chanute Chamber of Commerce
State Highway Commission
Richard Peyton
Balloon lands in Ness City from Las Vegas ceremony
A balloon released to celebrate a Las Vegas Strip hotel groundbreaking drifted about 700 miles to Ness City Kansas where it was found by Mr and Mrs Martin Coker. A photo in Monday’s paper helped identify the shipper as Raquel Welch with Cary Grant at the Las Vegas event.
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Paul Keller
Mary __ Burris
Commission
Keller
Kansas City
Ness City
Kan
Raquel Welch
Las Vegas
Nev
Mrs. Martin Coker
Las Vegas Strip
Cokers
Miss Welch
Cary Grant
Harris Seeks Ban on TVA Strip Mined Coal
Senator Fred R. Harris of Oklahoma introduced a bill to block the Tennessee Valley Authority from using coal extracted by strip mining. He warned that strip mining is rising rapidly and would turn affected areas poorer while benefiting large landowners and miners.
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Washington
Fred R. Harris
D-Okla
Tennessee Valley Authority
Harris
America
Moon
Health Department tackles pinworm outbreak at Norton State Hospital
The state Health Department is taking precautionary steps to curb an outbreak of pinworm infestation at Norton State Hospital. Officials say the infection has spread to the Norton community as hospital workers and visitors contract the parasite.
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Topeka, Kan
State Health Department
Norton State Hospital
Norton
Ed McMahon Leaves Wife as Carson Moves Show
Ed McMahon files for separation from his wife of 27 years. A spokesman says Mrs. McMahon is devastated and their four children very hurt as the couple ends their marriage while Carson relocates the Tonight Show to Burbank and McMahon plans to live alone in California.
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New York
Ed McMahon
Johnny Carson
Mrs. McMahon
McMahon
California
Carson
Burbank
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