A decade later Watts remains a bleak social problem
Ten years after the Watts riot, Los Angeles experiences higher despair and continued urban problems. Grand jury member Glenn Reeder reports sustained poverty, unemployment, crime, and welfare reliance in Compton and Watts, with limited gains from black political representation and self help programs.
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Glenn Reeder
Watts
Los Angeles
Reeder
Los Angeles County Grand Jury
Rosemead
Compton
Long Beach
Thomas Bradley
Mervyn Dymally
Wilson Riles
Martin Luther King General Hospital
Watts Labor Community Action Committee
United Auto Workers, Teamsters
Afl-Cio
Ted Watkins
Edward Davis
Blood clue in Hoffa case proved fish blood not human
FBI analysis found stains in a car linked to James Hoffa's disappearance were from frozen fish, not humans. The setback shifted focus to nationwide tips as U.S. Attorney Ralph Guy Jr. considers grand jury action in Detroit. Hoffa, 62, vanished July 30 after being last seen at the Machus Red Fox parking lot.
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Detroit
UPI
FBI
Teamsters
James Hoffa
Hoffa
U.S
Ralph Guy Jr
Guy
Justice Department
Teamsters Union
Anthony
Tony Jack
Giacalone
Lake Orion
Charles
Chuckie’ O'Brien
Joe
Detroit Teamsters
Robert Holmes
O’brien
O'Brien
West Memphis
Ark
Cults blamed for livestock mutilations across multiple states
Colorado officials say evidence from El Paso County and other states links cult involvement to about 60 livestock mutilations since spring. Minnesota and other states report similar cuts using a sharp instrument to remove organs, prompting interstate information sharing and investigations led by state and federal authorities.
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Colorado Springs
Colo
Texas
Dakotas
Nebraska
Minnesota
U.S
Robert Renner
Minneapolis
Renner
Gibbs
Kansas Congressmen Vote Summary July 13 to Aug 1 1975
Kansas members split on oil pricing and inflation measures. Reps Sebelius Keys Winn voted yea on S 1849 extending oil price controls. Shriver and Shubitz voted nay. Keys and Shriver also supported the wage price stability bill HR 8731 with Sebelius and Winn. Senate votes on Turkey arms and energy policy showed mixed outcomes with Dole and Pearson supporting certain measures.
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Washington
Kansas
Congress
HOUSE
Senate
White House
Ford
Administration
Keith Sebelius
Martha Keys
Council On
Council
Keys and Shriver
Sebelius
Winn and
Shubitz
Henry Bellman
Okla
Pearson
Dole
Deaths and funerals Wise rites in local obituaries
The funeral for Opal Jeanne Wise, who died Friday, was today at Johnson Chapel. Interment was in Elmwood Cemetery. Born in Chanute, she returned here in 1955 after 30 years elsewhere and was married in 1936 at Girard to Ernest Wise. Survivors include siblings and a son who preceded her in death. Earle E. Rambo, 83, died at Labette County Medical Center Parsons. Funeral will be 2 p.m. Wednesday at Galesburg United Methodist Church, with burial at Mount Hope Cemetery. The family will receive friends 7 to 8:30 p.m. Tuesday at Pierce Funeral Home Erie.
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C. Edgar Rains
Elmwood Cemetery
Chanute
Girard
Ernest Wise
C. E. Franklin
N. Larson
Ruby Marhasin
S. Grant
Lee
Ruth) Weeks
S. Malcolm
Billy
Earle E. Rambo
Galesburg
Labette County Medical Center
Parsons
Galesburg United
Galesburg United Methodist Church
Eric Jaderborg
Mount Hope Cemetery
Pierce Funeral Home
Erie
Fireman Treated After Chanute Grass Fire
Chanute fireman Bill Boaz was rushed to Neosho Memorial Hospital for heat exhaustion after helping fight a grass fire northeast of town. He was treated and released and returned to work. The blaze on George McCune property destroyed a 1970 Chevrolet truck 350 bales of hay and about 10 acres of meadow with equipment damaged. Fire officials said James John cutting hay near Walnut may have started the fire when a truck struck a hay bale and ignited another bale. The fire burned roughly three miles east and three miles north of Chanute and burned about two hours.
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Chanute
Neosho Memorial Hospital
Bill Boaz
Shostakovich Dies at 68 in Moscow
Soviet composer Dmitry Shostakovich died of a heart attack at his Moscow home at age 68 after a long battle with heart disease. His death follows a career marked by clashes with Soviet leaders and a legacy as one of the 20th century's leading composers. Funeral plans were not announced.
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Moscow
UPI
Dmitry Shostakovich
Kremlin
Shostakovich
Soviet Union
Communist Party
Tanglewood
Mass
Mstislavy Rostroprovich
Galina Vishnevskaya
Leningrad
Josef Stalin
Mzensk
Stalin
Nikita Khrushchev
Inter State Fair and Rodeo Kick Off in Coffeyville
The Inter State Fair opens tonight at 8 with an auto demolition derby, full six day program with 2,400 to 2,900 entries and 967 animals. Rodeo runs four nights starting Wednesday with about $16,000 in prize money. judging by livestock day slots, parade, chuck wagon feed, and Junior Fat Livestock Sale wrap the event. Curt Schneider, Kansas Attorney General, will attend the parade and rodeo activities.
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Coffeyville
Fairgrounds
Kansas
Curt Schneider
Pedestrian Hit By Car In St Paul Injury Report
A pedestrian sustained cuts and bruises after being struck by a car Sunday afternoon in St Paul. Kenton Chambers 19 of Neodesha was driving a 1973 Javelin eastbound on R 57 when he hit Munday J Shouse 6 of Richville Missouri as she crossed the street. The vehicle incurred about $100 in damages. The crash occurred around 1 45 p m.
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ST. Paul
Kansas Highway Patrol
Highway Patrol
Kenton Chambers
Neodesha
Munday J. Shouse
Richville
Kustom Sells MR-7 Moving Radar to North Carolina and New York
Kustom Signals announces two major contracts for MR-7 moving radar systems. North Carolina highway patrol orders 200 units, while New York state police contract covers 144 units. Current deployments include 100 and 43 units respectively. Moving radar enables patrol cars to be seen by motorists and deters speeding with audible alarms.
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Kustom
Kustom Signals, Inc
Kustom Electronics, Inc
North Carolina
New York
Highway Patrol
Pickup Hits Train Near Iola After Noon Collision
A 1973 Ford pickup driven by Thomas E. Jones of Iola struck a northbound train on a county road two miles north and a half mile east of Iola at about 12 10 p m Saturday. The pickup received roughly 300 in damage and Jones was not injured.
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Iola
Kansas Highway Patrol
Thomas E. Jones
Jones
Altercation at Pizza Hut leads to injury in Lindsey
Police report details five incidents including 16 year old Dale Rodden treated at Neosho Memorial Hospital after being struck by a Chanute man during a chair dispute at the Pizza Hut. Edwin Williams was held in protective custody briefly. Endsley cited for careless driving after striking a parked car. Firefighters battled a grass fire on Lloyd Rensing’s property.
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Dale Rodden
Lindsey
Okla
Neosho Memorial Hospital
Pizza Hut
Edwin Lee Williams
S. Central
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Idaho
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Chicago Sun-Times Today
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Leonard Schultz
Tony Pro” Provenzano
Turkey
Radio Free Europe
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Robert Dole
Department of Defense
House-Senate
Oak Ridge
Tenn
Pearson and
Daily Transcript
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N. Malcolm
Roxanna Romine
W. Main
Thaddeus Ralls
Esther Callerman
Buffalo
Otto Abbott
N. Grant
Emma _ McNeal
Westview Nursing Home
Clyde Graham
N. Evergreen
Devery Dettweiler
S. Rutter
Teresa Zeigler
Hepler
John Aker
S. Highland
Lorenzo Deibert
S. Evergreen
Silas Nichols
Humboldt
Ralph Ellis
S. Larson
Wesley Brinkmeyer
Phillip Jeffries
Inez Cox
Yates Center
Hugh Vanderford
S. Santa Fe
Artie Mannion
Bryan Manchester
Lane
Kimberly Tilman
John Ellison
John Minor
Eric
Joseph Harper
S. Kansas
Irvin Clover
Robert Golden
N. Washington
Carl Castle
Thayer
Ogle
Dick McMinimy
Charles Rubew
van, Tex
Lettie Nokes
McMinimy
Rubew
Southeast Kansas Tuberculosis Hospital
Chanute Chapter of
Alcoholics Anonymous
American Red Cross
K.ciden Cocbaes Hh
Police
Roger Turner
Kustom Signals
Alvin G. Endsley
N. Western
West Main
Endsley
Bill W. Guinette
Lloyd Rensing
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Charles Ogle
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