Chanute Parade Lights Up Sunny Day With Floats And Prizes
Chanute Chamber of Commerce organized a bright parade with Santa atop fire trucks and 4-H clubs winning prizes. The Little Drummer Boy float by Chanute Senior High School Drum Corps earned first place, with other youth entries earning cash. Rotary judges and Optimist volunteers staged the event amid candy, a free film, and safety messages. Later, vandals damaged two rural elementary schools near Altamont, causing about $3,000 in damage per school.
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Scrooge Lives Opens for Disabled Shoppers at Alexanders
In New York the Alexanders department store opened its doors to several thousand disabled shoppers for a annual special day. Patrolman Kenneth Fischer issued a summons to the store manager for operating on the Sabbath. The event marks the 11th year the Bronx store hosts this program with sales tax paid and profits returned to participating agencies.
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Kissinger meets Hanoi negotiators in Paris talks
Henry Kissinger and Maj. Gen. Haig held a restricted morning session at a villa near Choisy le Roi and a larger afternoon meeting in Sainte Gemme with Le Duc Tho and Xuan Thuy as U S and North Vietnamese negotiators press toward a final Vietnam peace accord. The talks will resume Tuesday.
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Legislative Heads Chosen In Kansas House and Senate races
Rep. Duane Merill won the Republican nomination for House speaker without opposition as Kansas Republicans hold an 80-45 edge. Kenith Howard was chosen as speaker pro tem by a one vote margin. Donn Fyverett became floor leader without opposition after Jim Maag withdrew. In the Senate, Sen. Robert F. Bennett was favored for Senate Republican leader, while Sen. Steineger will serve as minority leader. Joe Warren and Franklin Gaines were named assistant minority leader and minority whip respectively. Loux will begin his fifth term as House minority leader.
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Westwood and Strauss vie for Democratic chair
The Democratic governors urge Westwood to resign and back Robert Strauss, while Westwood and Strauss refuse to bow out. McGovern urges both to quit, signaling a likely DNC vote fight next Saturday. The clash centers on the party leadership amid McGovern's defeated ticket aftermath.
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Robert Strauss
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Supreme Court agrees to hear cases on discriminatory help wanted ads
The justices will review whether separate male and female help wanted headlines violate the Constitution and FDPA First Amendment protections. The case involves the Pittsburgh Press and JOBS-Male Interest versus Jobs-Female Interest headings. Also on calendar is a food stamp appeal and a high school teacher’s antiwar armband firing ruling.
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Oklahoma City Desegregation Plan Appeal Rejected
The Supreme Court refused the Oklahoma City Board of Education's appeal seeking a hearing on a desegregation plan that took effect in September. Judge Luther Bohanon had ruled the plan, driven by housing patterns, failed and bused students to different high schools for specialized courses. The court did not comment and denied the appeal without dissent. The plan had been upheld by the Circuit Court in Denver last August.
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Intercepted Letter Sparks Controversy Over Vietnam Policy
An intercepted letter allegedly shows tensions in foreign policy as it urges public criticism of Vietnamese leadership. The remark references Nixon and Kissinger and draws comparison to the Red skins, provoking controversy and potential policy backlash.
Florida Legislature Approves Death Penalty Bill
In Tallahassee the Florida Legislature approved a bill to reimpose the death penalty and send it to Governor Reubin Askew who was expected to sign. The bill requires a jury to decide guilt first, then consider mitigating evidence before sentencing life or death, with a judge retaining veto power.
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Aging Agency Plan Tabled in Southeast Kansas
Southeast Kansas regional planning council tabled a proposal to form a 12 county Area Agency on Aging as a sub committee of See-Kan APC. Dr. Al Bramble said it would be a planning agency not a service provider and could qualify for 90 percent federal funding. 50 591 residents over 65 live in the region. The vote postponed until January due to poor meeting attendance and upcoming new county commissioners.
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Redskins Quarterback Kilmer Complains About Nixon
Washington Redskins star Billy Kilmer says President Nixon's public support for Kilmer’s hometown team harms the team. Kilmer told the Washington Post the President calls often and even spoke with the coach on election night about the game. He urges coach George Allen to ask the President to avoid discussing games before they are played.
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Nixon orders hold on Viet Nam troop cap
U S troops in Viet Nam fell to 25 500 last week under the 27 000 ceiling Nixon set for December 1 The Defense Department said withdrawals would continue gradually with no advance notice The Honduras coup ousted President Ramon E Cruz early today and installed Gen Oswaldo Lopez Arellano as president for the remaining five years without violence reported
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Apollo astronauts prep for final moon mission countdown
Apollo crew Cernan Evans and Schmitt adjust schedule for a 9 53 p m Est liftoff as preparations proceed. Abort procedures on the pad are rehearsed while strike threats fade. In Phoenix, GOP chair Dole hails Nixon victory as a portent for the party, Milliken urges focus on the poor and desperate.
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155 Die as Tenerife jetliner crashes after takeoff
A Europe bound jetliner crashed moments after takeoff in Santa Cruz de Tenerife. All 155 aboard were killed, most of them Germans, ending a holiday for European tourists.
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