Fire survivor gets donated house from white neighbor residents
Huck Rowland, a Black farmer from near St Joseph, lost his farm to a July fire. A moving company delivered a donated house from Clarence Miller, a white man, and white neighbors offered furniture. Rowland praised his neighbors saying the Lord intended races to treat each other this way.
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ST. Joseph, Mo
Huck Rowland
Here
St. Joseph
Clarence Miller
Rowland
Last Run for Portland Rose Train Changes in Pacific Northwest
The Union Pacific ends the Portland Rose’s Portland to Kansas City run and reroutes it Portland to Denver. Schedules for two Kansas City Denver trains shift to daily departures at 8 a.m. with 8 p.m. or 10 p.m. arrivals respectively.
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Omaha, Neb
Union Pacific
Kansas
Portland
Ore
Kansas City
Denver
Kansas November tax take shows small rise
Revenue totals for November reached 24.18 million, up 148 thousand dollars and six tenths of a percent from a year earlier. First four months of the fiscal year show a 13 percent rise, while fuel taxes for November edged up less than one percent amid recent rate changes.
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Topeka
Kansas
State Department of Revenue
Smoke Blinds Drivers Cause Four-Car Pileup
Smoke from a grass fire beside U S 69 six miles north of Pittsburg caused a four car collision Thursday evening. Two persons were injured and treated at a Pittsburg hospital. The highway patrol said the first driver slowed to avoid the smoke and the ensuing rear end crash followed.
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Pittsburg
Kan
U.S. 69
The
Highway Patrol
Hutchinson to star a multi million dollar mall near Hutchinson
Reno County Commissioners rezoned 48 acres for a new shopping center northeast of Hutchinson. The developers estimate the center will cost about 3 million dollars and plan to complete it within two years. The next phase involves sale of leases.
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Hutchinson, Kan
Hutchinson
Kansas
Reno County
FTC to Probe Enzyme Detergents Health Impact
The FTC launches a study on health effects of household detergents containing enzymes. The inquiry follows reports of dermatitis flu like and asthmatic symptoms among factory workers exposed to high enzyme concentrations and seeks to assess risks from regular household use as enzyme detergents grow common per the Public Health Service findings.
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Washington
Federal Trade Commission
FTC
U.S. Public Health Service
England
United States
Brown to Speak at Midwest Black Students Conference
H. Rap Brown, chairman of the Student National Coordinating Committee, is set to address the conference in Lawrence Kansas during the only public session of a three day event. He appeals a five year sentence for illegal rifle possession and faces a Maryland riot incitement trial next month.
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Lawrence, Kan
H. Rap Brown
Student National Coordinating Committee
Midwest
Brown
New Orleans
New York
Maryland
Docking criticizes Nixon to Oklahoma crowd at dinner
Kansas Governor Docking told about 1000 Oklahoma spectators that the Nixon administration is a do as little as possible regime. He spoke at a 25 dollar per plate appreciation dinner for Oklahoma Representatives Carl Albert Tom Steed Ed Edmondson and John Jarman, urging stronger action beyond rhetoric amid Vietnam war costs and rising living expenses.
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Oklahoma City
Kansas
Robert Docking
Nixon
Docking
Oklahoma
Carl Albert
Tom Steed
Ed Edmondson
John Jarman
Vietnam
Open House for New Yates Center Elementary School Dedication
Dedication and open house for the new Yates Center elementary school Sunday at 2 30 p m. State superintendent Marie M Hayden will deliver the dedication address. The 57 000 square foot circular plan building houses elementary and middle grades with an activities center and a high school sized gym. The project replaces two old buildings and cost 830 905 with bonds approved August 1 1967 and contract awarded March 28 1968 to N F English & Co Hutchinson
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Yates Center
Marie M. Hayden
Topeka
Woodson County
Calvin W. DeLay
Mark C. Hack
Lincoln
Washington
N. F. English & Co
Hutchinson
W. I. Fisher & Co
Wichita
Break-in at Ashley Clinic Pharmacy Ties To Diet Pill Theft
Police chief Lige Matlock says investigation into a break-in at Ashley Clinic Pharmacy may conclude tonight after talking with suspects. Thieves stole four amphetamine tablets Eskato and Desbutal from a shelf not disturbed otherwise. He notes non-prescription pills circulating locally may be misused for stimulant effects and has asked the Kansas Bureau of Investigation to verify pill identities.
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Ashley Clinic
Lige Matlock
Matlock
Kansas Bureau of Investigation
Federal Bureau of Investigation
FBI
Weather Area Forecast Clouds and Light Rain Through Saturday
Cloudy conditions persist through Saturday with only slight temperature changes. Light rain is possible with a high near 50 Saturday and a low around 37 tonight. Probability of precipitation sits at 54 percent tonight and 70 percent on Saturday.
Mass Murders Probe Witness Links Calley Testimony
Army board aims to hear Lt. William L. Calley Jr. testimony after Capt. Ernest Medina testifies he neither ordered nor witnessed a massacre during the My Lai killings. The report covers Vietnam war updates and political actions in Washington.
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Washington
My Lai
William L. Calley Jr
Calley
Ernest Medina
Shrapnel Wounds Sideline Viet Nam Hero Robert Chandler
SP4 Robert Chandler is recovering from shrapnel wounds at the 6th Convalescence Center Cam Ranh Bay Viet Nam. Wounded November 7 he is expected to return to active duty in about a week per his family. He is the son of Albert Chandler and Mrs Agnes Hicks with siblings Janette and Doreene. A 1966 Chanute High School graduate, he has been awarded the Purple Heart.
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Robert Chandler
Cam Rahn Bay
Vietnam
Chandler
Albert Chandler
N. Washington
Agnes Hicks
Columbia
Janette Chandler
N. Evergreen
Doreene
Chanute
Raymond Short Arrested On DWI Charges In City
Raymond G. Short, 49, of 816 West Main, was arrested at 11 a.m. Thursday on driving while intoxicated and careless driving charges. Police took him into custody at Ninth and Santa Fe and he posted a $140 bond. A hearing is set for 3 30 p.m. Monday.
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Raymond G. Short
W. Main
Short
Ninth
Santa Fe
Break in Class At Senior High By Bomb Hoax
Senior High and Trade School students took a 15 minute break at 1 30 pm while staff searched for a possible bomb. Police did not enter the buildings but stationed near by. A caller warned of bombs between 1 and 2 pm and again at 1 30. No device found. FBI notified.
Mrs. Brooks Pleads Guilty To Slaying
Dora Mae Brooks of Chanute pleads guilty to second degree murder in the Kenneth Pulley slaying at Iola on November 9. She receives a 10 year sentence at Lansing State Farm for Women and is ordered to undergo psychiatric evaluation at Topeka. A separate assault charge on Katherine Sweeney is dropped.
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Iola
Dora Mae Brooks
Chanute
Lansing
Robert Stadier
Brooks
Kenneth Pulley
Mitchell Bushey
Katherine Marie Sweeney
Coffeyville
Sweeney
Stadler
State Reception and Diagnostic Center
Topeka
New Worship Forms Attract 175 Attend
The Sunday evening service titled New Forms in Worship drew 175 people at the Presbyterian Church. Rev. and Mrs. George Gardner of Wichita led the program with dancing guitar and folk songs, exploring contemporary expressions within traditional liturgy. Attendees praised its religious depth and inclusivity while noting mixed reactions. no immediate plans for more services were announced.
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Presbyterian Church
George Gardner
Wichita
Gardner
West Heights United Methodist
Gardners
Myron F. Slater
Slater
Jerome Peat
St. Patrick's Catholic Church
John LaRocca
Ralph Cameron
S. Garfield
Don Abbueh
Joyriding Suspects Take Erie School Bus
Two Erie youths about 18 are suspected of taking a District 101 bus Wednesday from Erie High School and driving it to a farm northeast of Erie. The bus was recovered undamaged. misdemeanor joyriding charges will be filed.
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Erie
District 101
Erie High School
John White
White
Country Kitchen
Sheriff's Office
Bob Overstreet
George Neely
Neely
Chanute
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