Nuclear Power Plant Defended for Safety in Burlington
A Burlington press conference showcased a Wolf Creek site nuclear plant model to reassure public safety. Westinghouse engineers defended safeguards, cooling systems, and four barrier isolation, while noting federal liability coverage and waste storage plans. The projected plant would cost about 550 million to build and produce 1100 megawatts for about a million customers, with a 40 year life.
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Dick Cowden
Burlington
Wolf Creek
John Redmond
Westinghouse Nuclear Energy Systems
Romano Salvatori
William S. Brown
Robert Wiesemann
Salvatori
United States
Brown
Kansas
Neosho
Ralph Nader
Westinghouse
William Brown
Intercepted Letter Dear Cha Reveals Local Attractions
Intercepted letter mentions the area’s gravitational and magnetic attractions as notable features. The fragment highlights scientific or thematic draws without further context or detail about people or dates.
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Cha
Scenic Route Promoted by RC D B in Southeast Kansas
The RC D Board in Erie advances tourism by mapping historic sites scenic spots and recreation areas across nine counties. A pilot Neodesha housing project is planned using 4 by 8 foot U S Steel units with crew of six to build weather tight houses in 24 days at about ten dollars per square foot.
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Resource Conservation and Development Board
Kansas
Erie
Jim Gaskell
Rc&d
Richard Leibert
Coffeyville
Neodesha
Gaskell
Industrial Development Committee
Everitt Tomlin
Topeka
U. S. Steel
Plot to assassinate Nixon shakes New Orleans visit
Federal and city officials offered few public details about a possible conspiracy to kill President Nixon during his New Orleans stop. One federal source urged taking the threat seriously, while a police source called it overblown and protracted. Nixon canceled a Canal Street motorcade, then traveled by air to the Rivergate Center. Secret Service later pursued Edwin Gaudet on unrelated threats, with no link shown to the alleged plot.
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New Orleans
Nixon
Clarence Giarrusso
Giarrusso
Canal Street
White House
San Clemente
Calif
Laos Rebels Shot After Abortive Right-Wing Coup
Defense Minister Sisouk Na Champassak said a wave of summary executions followed Laos’s abortive right-wing revolt. He reported about 20 plotters arrested and others hunted, and confirmed coup leader Thao Ma died from a crash after his T28 bomber was hit. The government claimed full control with no U.S. aid.
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Vientiane
Laos
Sisouk Na Champassak
Souvanna Phouma
United States
Sisouk
Thao Ma
Air Force
Thailand
Crickets Invade Downtown Chanute In Morning Swarm
Crickets and other insects covered walls and sidewalks in Chanute this morning with black water bugs and a large grasshopper. Officials from the Kansas State Board of Health had no information, while county extension agent Paul Kelly noted a similar outbreak in Erie last week and described the swarms as a cyclical nuisance with little harm.
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Chanute
Paul Kelly
Kansas State Board of Health
Kansas
Erie
Baker Says President To Abide by Court Order
Sen. Howard Baker says he believes President Nixon will turn Watergate tape recordings over if courts order it. He notes a need for separation of powers and urges adherence to court rulings by the President and committee.
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Baker
Washington
Howard H. Baker Jr
R-Tenn
Nixon
Elizabethton
Tenn
Small July rise in consumer prices linked to Nixon freeze
The Labor Department reports a 0.2 percent July increase in consumer prices, the smallest in eight months, with food and rent driving the rise while clothing fell. Nonfood items rose modestly and grocery prices climbed 0.7 percent, led by produce, cereals and poultry, some increases occurring before the freeze but measured in July.
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Washington
Nixon
Labor Department
The
Damages Awarded for Loss of Smell in Malaysia
S Subramaniam a 30 year old schoolteacher won 3181 in damages after a motor accident six years ago in Kuala Lumpur Malaysia. The case was reported by AP and noted the ruling applied to loss of smell continuing from the accident.
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Kuala Lumpur
Malaysia
High
S. Subramaniam
Rome TV Host Held Over Kidnap Tale as Fraud
Rome police detained American TV man Jack Begon 62 after his claim of Mafia kidnapping proved false. Begon, an ABC employee, was moved from Salvatore Mundi Hospital to Regina Coeli jail hospital ward with his wife present. He had been missing four weeks and is charged with simulating a crime and stealing 1700 dollars from ABC Rome office.
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Rome
Jack Begon
Begon
American Broadcasting Co
Regina Coeli
Salvator Mundi International Hospital
ABC
Fuel Warning From White House Energy Chief
White House energy chief John Love warns oil executives some show callous disregard for regular customers under the voluntary fuel allocation plan. He urges industry to make the plan work or risk mandatory controls that might never be fully removed.
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Washington
White House
John Love
Love
Miami attorney weighs pleas for Watergate Cuban burglars
Ellis Rubin, the Miami attorney for four Cubans jailed in the Watergate burglary, says he may advise them to change their pleas to innocent and sue the Committee for the Re-Election of the President. He will delay advice for weeks to see Sen. Lowell Weicker’s plans after meeting the men.
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Washington
Miami
Committee
Ellis Rubin
Lowell Weicker
R-Conn
Rubin
Danbury
Conn
Weicker
Senate Watergate Committee
Agnew Immunity Declared By Maryland Judge
U.S. District Court Chief Judge Edward Northrop in Baltimore bars subpoena of Vice President Spiro T. Agnew to a special grand jury probing political corruption. He said Agnew cannot be compelled, though could testify voluntarily if he chooses due to possible indictment.
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Baltimore
U.S. District Court of Maryland
Spiro T. Agnew
Justice Department
Edward
Northrop
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Dick Hager
Kansas Forestry, Fish and Game
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N.M
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Henry Cabot Lodge
Sterling Cole
City Pool
Chanute Municipal
Norma Maring
Cost of Living Council
Council
California
Brenda Drifting
Mexico City
Brenda
Mexico
U.S. Coast Guard
National Hurricane Center
Ciudad del Carmen
Yucatan Peninsula
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