Water Valve Failures Tie Up City Supply Near Evergreen
City crews fought weekend water trouble from Evergreen and 14th as 16 inch feeder work failed to stop flow. Smoky Hill and Salina contractors rushed a bypass valve to restore pressure while pumps run at high capacity. City officials plan add valve east of Evergreen to stabilize the system and curb future blows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
14Th and
Evergreen
14Th Street
Smoky Hill
Salina
Sanborn
Apollo 16 starts home voyage from lunar orbit tonight
Apollo 16 astronauts John W. Young Charles M. Duke Jr. and Thomas K. Mattingly lift off lunar orbit tonight aboard the Casper to begin a 66 hour return to Earth with 245 pounds of samples believed to reveal ancient volcanic activity on the moon. Splashdown is planned for Thursday in the Pacific Ocean.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John W. Young
Charles M. Duke Jr
Thomas K. Mattingly
Casper
Earth
Pacific Ocean
Moon
Young
Duke
Orion
Mattingly
Tony England
Pete Franks
Descartes Plateau
Stone Mountain
Price rollbacks and refunds promised by Price Commission
The Price Commission will order hundreds of millions of dollars in price rollbacks and refunds in coming weeks as profit margins are curbed. Chairman C Jackson Gray Jr. says the action, announced at the AP annual meeting, aims to curb inflation and rally public opinion behind controls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
The
Price Commission
C. Jackson Grayson Jr
Grayson
Associated Press
the Price Commission
Ecnomic Club of
Detroit
Rumsfeld
Parsons Plant Life Extended Through 1973
The Kansas Army Ammunition Plant near Parsons will stay in operation through 1973 after a defense study deemed retention desirable and cost effective. The site employs about 1,270 now, with a planned 12 percent staff reduction and a historic peak near 4,000 during Vietnam. Opening in 1942, it loads artillery shells bombs and components. Senator Pearson had protested a March 1 closure and sought GAO review on plant closings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parsons
Kan
Kansas Army Ammunition Plant
Here
Melvin R. Laird
Secretary of Defense
James B. Pearson
R-Kan
Pearson
Washington
Laird
Army
Kansas
Vietnam
General Accounting Office
Intercepted Letter Describes Home Life Issues
An intercepted letter discusses a man of the house not missing water much yet admitting the strain on local dogs cats and horses from water use. The note hints at domestic matters and neighborly impact without broader context.
New Housing Authority Secretary and Draftsman Start Local Posts
Mrs. Virginia Sparks begins training as Chanute Housing Authority secretary succeeding Mrs. Sharon Hermann who moves to Blue Mound. Mrs. Ginger Schlegel starts as city junior draftsman as the commission establishes the post. Mike Ferrell leaves city drafting to join the state Highway Commission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chanute Housing Authority
Virginia Sparks
R. 3
Sharon Hermann
Ginger Schlegel
Safari West
City Commission
Schlegel
University of Arkansas
McGoodwins, Williams and Yates, Inc
Fayetteville
Bruce
Goodyear
Mike Ferrell
State Highway Commission
Ginger Schilegel
New City
Housing Authority
Young Jurors Called To Sedgwick Court
Ten year old Lisa Starr and her sister Deborah fourteen were summoned for jury duty in Sedgwick County District Court. Judge Howard C. Kline called it a clerical error as juror lists derive from census data and the computer should pick adults. Duane Starr said the letters excited the family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wichita, Kan
Lisa Starr
Deborah
Sedgwick County
Howard C. Kline
Quebec returns to class as 1.5 million resume work
Teachers civil servants and about 1.5 million school children return to desks in Quebec today for the first time since April 10. The return to work and study was peaceful despite dissension within the labor movement over emergency legislation ending a province wide public servant strike that shut schools offices liquor stores and many hospital services for 11 days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montreal
Quebec
Shipboard romance blooms as Natalie Wood reunites with Wagner
Natalie Wood and ex-husband Robert Wagner survived a fierce storm aboard the Queen Elizabeth 2 off Southampton. The couple, divorced eight years, met aboard the liner returning from New York, Wagner calling their reunion chance and timing everything in life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southampton
England
Natalie Wood
Robert Wagner
Cupid
New York
Wagner
Miss Wood
Seven seamen jump overboard from USS Nitro during antiwar flotilla
The Coast Guard reported seven Nitro sailors leaped into the water as the ammunition ship sailed through a canoe flotilla of antiwar demonstrators. All seven were rescued by two Coast Guard vessels and returned to the Nitro.
British MP Crawshaw sets world 255 mile non stop walk
Dick Crawshaw, a 54 year old Labour MP and ex paratroop officer, completed a 255.84 mile non stop walk in 76 hours 21 minutes at Aintree Motorcycle Track to raise funds for underprivileged children. He had already set a European 201.13 mile record in 56 hours and plans to donate about 7800 dollars with sponsorship from MPs including Prime Minister Edward Heath.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Liverpool
England
Dick Crawshaw
Crawshaw
Aintree
Edward Heath
Supreme Court Limits National Pollution Suit Scope
The Supreme Court ruled nationwide pollution cases are best handled by lower courts. The decision pauses a broader move by 18 states to compel auto makers to install anti-pollution equipment in 85 to 100 million cars built from 1953 to 1969.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Supreme Court
Mayor Seeks Payless Two Week Furlough for 280000
New York Mayor John V. Lindsay asks authority to impose payless two week furloughs on 280000 municipal employees as a last resort to close a budget gap. He seeks $400 million in city borrowing power plus $227 million in state aid and $141 million in local taxes to balance a $9.8 billion 1972-1973 budget. The proposed furlough would save about $110 million.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
NEW York
John V. Lindsay
New City
Lindsay
Also Mentioned on This Page
Kenneth Sanborn
Wilson and Company
Memphis, Tenn
Memphis Better Business Bureau
BBB
Charles Williams
Harvey Young
Donald Rumsfeld
Cost of Living Council
Parsons Plant
Cha
Wayne
Memorial Building
Public Works
Erly
Duane Starr
Lisa
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!