Area Girl Breaks Precedent In Being Named State Farmer
Annie Orton a 17 year old Erie High School senior becomes Kansas first girl named State Farmer in the Future Farmers of America district. She ranks among 2 percent of FFA members receiving the award, with a farming program including Holstein heifers cattle hogs sheep and horses and success in horticulture judging contests. Further details follow.
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Barbara Kihm
Annie Orton
Erie High School
Miss Orton
Jim Orton
Stark
Kansas
Future Farmers of America Club
Erie
FFA
Randy Ermey
Vance Ermey
John Arthur
Joe Arthur
Charles Hawkinson
Frank Hawkinson
Lavonburg
Greg Brungardt
John Brungardt
Galesburg
Tonka
Area Forecast Predicts Cooler Tonight and Showers Friday
Tonight will be largely cloudy with a low in the 40s and southerly winds 15 to 30 mph. Friday brings a high in the 60s, with partial showers and a 50 percent chance of precipitation. tonight’s rain probability is about 20 percent.
Kleindienst Drops Watergate Probe Role
Atty. Gen. Richard J. Kleindienst withdrew from the Watergate investigation citing links to people with whom he has personal and professional ties. The Washington Post reported Jeb Magruder said Mitchell and Dean approved wiretapping and paid defendants to ensure silence.
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Washington (Ap
Richard J. Kleindienst
Magruder
Mitchell
Dean
Nixon
The
Post
Kleindienst
Justice Department
Asst. Atty
Henry Petersen
Nixon Magruder
Minesweeping Halted in North Vietnam Waters
The U S Navy halted minesweeping in North Vietnamese waters to pressure Hanoi over Cambodia attacks and Viet Cong reinforcements. Hanoi said the move violated the cease fire. Pentagon said suspension due to the other side’s failure to honor Paris agreements and cease-fire.
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Saigon
Hanoi
Cambodia
South Vietnam
North Vietnam
Vietnam
Paris
Sekan Sues FCC Over Southeast Kansas Microwave Ruling
Sekan files suit in U S District Court of Appeals against the FCC after its decision allowing ATC to build a private microwave system in southeast Kansas. ATC suspended service for Chanute cablevision customers. negotiations of Sekan sale to ATC are reported.
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Southeast Kansas Microwave, Inc
American Television and Communications Corp
Federal Communications Commission
U.S. District Court of Appeals
FCC
ATC
Kansas
Sekan
Cablevision
Chanute
Kansas City
Chanute Cablevision
Parsons
Independence Cablevision
Vernon Wible
City Drives Campaign to Remove Abandoned Cars
Police served notices on 36 disabled street cars, all but one removed within 10 days. An additional 18 notices followed, with owners given four more days to act. Hillside Auto Parts’ new wrecker aids removal and open burning until April 30. Private property cases trigger 10 day notices, 100-dollar fines, and higher salvage costs after April 30.
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Glen Taylor
Hillside Auto Parts
Dick Cowden
Hillside
Taylor
Lige Matlock
Law expert to testify on war crimes at Pentagon papers trial
Richard Falk, Princeton international law professor, is slated to testify today as defense expands Ellsberg remarks about possible illegal actions by U S officials during the Vietnam War. The issue arose as prosecutors questioned Ellsberg and raised war crimes concerns.
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Los Angeles
U.S
Daniel Ellsberg
Richard Falk
Princeton University
Ellsberg
Senators Move To Cut Off Cambodian Laos War Funding
Washington reports a rising push for a May Senate vote to deny U S military spending in Indochina and N N Vietnam aid unless Congress approves. Frank Church and Clifford Case sponsor a bill to halt bombing and aid until authorization is granted. Nixon proposes a 2.3 billion shared revenue program to fund urban community aid and would end the current grants system if Congress approves.
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Washington
Senate
U.S
Cambodia
Laos
Frank Church
D-Idaho
Clifford P. Case
R-N.j
Indochina
North Vietnam
Nixon
Congress
Uncertain Moscow Suspension Sparks Emigration Fees Debate
U S officials cast doubt on Moscow’s pledge to suspend education taxes for Jews emigrating to Israel. Senate leader Hugh Scott notes Soviet promise to Nixon, but other sources say the suspension rests on uncertain words. George Meany recalls AFL-CIO aide Robert McGlatten quits Brennan staff and returns to civil rights post.
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Washington
U.S
Moscow
White House
George Meany
Peter J. Brennan
Meany
Afl-Cio
Brennan
Robert M. McGlatten
Thomas J. Costigan
Costigan
Inflation Surges as GNP Rises 14.3 Percent in Q1
Washington reports the economy grew rapidly in the first quarter with a 14.3 percent gain in gross national product. Inflation is running about six percent, as Commerce Department data show a $40.6 billion increase to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $1.235 trillion.
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Washington
Government Today
Commerce Department
ERA Rejected By The Associated Press
Florida and Ohio joined other states this week in rejecting the proposed Equal Rights Amendment to the Constitution. Thirty states have approved the amendment since Congress sent it to the states on March 22, 1972, leaving 8 states still needed to reach the 38 required. The amendment would guarantee equality of rights under law regardless of sex.
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Florida
Ohio
Congress
United States
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Kerry Erickson
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