District 413 approves two new programs and personnel changes
The District 413 Board of Education authorized two new programs a work study initiative funded by a 15000 Title I grant and an eight district cooperative special education program ANW. They accepted Thad Clements football coach resignation and named Norman Thompson as band director interim replacement.
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John Rabe
Board of Education
Thad Clements
al Hampton
Hich
Norman Thompson
Paul Parsons
John Martin
Royster Junior High
ANW
Anderson
Allen
Neosho
Wilson Counties
Buard Fisher
Jerry Steele
Alcorn Plant Sale Ties to New York Firm Change in Ownership
The Tribune details Alpha Omega Inc led by James Ling selling its Alcorn holdings in Chanute to an unidentified buyer on Nov 26. Tulsa Tube-Fab Inc seeks to acquire the Chanute works, with a city letter of intent for a $600,000 industrial revenue bond and $395,000 remaining on a previous issue. The plan aims to preserve a 60-person Tulsa operation and potential expansion, while signaling changes in ownership and ongoing negotiations.
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Alcorn
Chanute
New York
Tribune
Alpha-Omega, Inc
James Ling
Tulsa
Tube-Fab, Inc
Chanute Works
Elmo W. Geppelt
Tubelab
Alcorn Equity
Tube-Fabr
Alpha- Omega
City Commission
Indian Parliament Members Demonstrate Outside U S Embassy
Thirty Indian legislators from Communist and Congress ranks staged a brief anti U S demonstration outside the U S Embassy in New Delhi. Police guarded the scene with no violence as protesters urged stopping U S actions toward India and East Pakistan and called for Mujibur Rahman’s release.
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New Delhi
Indira Gandhi
Congress Party
U.S
United States
Pakistan
East Pakistan
Sheik Mujibur Rahman
West Pakistan
AP. Shinde
Free Calls To Service Personnel Contest Fails To FIll
Friday deadline passes with no entrants for four free overseas calls funded by Communications Workers of America Chanute chapter. Entries due December 19 include name of service member overseas, age, family, and location. Judy Johnson at 16 W Seventh. Names chosen December 14. winners notified by telephone. Calls cover first three minutes at 15 dollars each and are not limited to Vietnam.
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Communications Workers of America
Chanute
Judy Johnson
Vietnam
Pleas Entered By Two In Adult Material Case
In El Dorado Kansas a 52 year old man pleaded innocent to providing adult material materials and an 18 year old youth pleaded guilty. Three Augusta girls aged 13 to 16 are in protective custody in connection with the case.
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EL Dorado, Kan
Augusta
Lawrence A. Terry
Weather shifts to drizzle and colder conditions tonight
Area forecast calls for cloudy skies tonight with a chance of light drizzle and a drop in temperatures. Wednesday remains cloudy and much colder with a risk of light snow. Lows tonight in the upper 20s to lower 30s, with temperatures steady or falling on Wednesday. Precipitation chances 20 percent tonight and 30 percent Wednesday.
Wanda Cooper Intercepted Letter
A fragmented card shows Wanda Cooper in a note from Santa themed as a policeman’s uniform underlined by the line Dear Note. The readable text suggests a playful Christmas communication with Edith Street reference.
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Wanda Cooper
Bloodmobile at American Legion posts collects 151 units
The Red Cross bloodmobile visit to the American Legion post home collected 151 units of blood on Monday between 2 and 8 30. Eight donors were deferred. The Legion set a goal of 200 units. This marked the bloodmobile's fifth annual visit to the Legion here.
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Red Cross
American Legion
Legion
Bloodmobile
Budget Director outlines Kansas 1973 general fund plan
Budget Director James W. Bibb told reporters Kansas can only fund a 2.5 percent spending increase for fiscal 1973 without new tax revenues. He recommended a 4 percent welfare cut and a total general fund expenditure of 369.14 million dollars, funded by expected revenues, with education receiving the largest boost to 228.32 million to cover the teacher retirement program.
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Fisher
Clement
Topeka
Kan
Kansas
James W. Bibb
General Revenue Fund
Newsmen
Robert Docking
Bibb
Docking
General Fund
Bronx man acquitted after video tape DUI test
Louis Vasquez 28 was acquitted of drunken driving after a police video test showed him performing a 15 foot walk touching his nose picking up quarters and standing straight. Judge Nicholas Tsoucalas ruled the taped evidence favorable to the defendant marking a first in New York court.
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New York
Bronx
Louis Vasquez
Queens
Criminal Court
Nicholas Tsoucalas
Woman to serve jurors at 102 in Junction
Mary Knox will appear for petit jury service in Junction on December 14 for the first time. She will be 102 years old next March 5, reflecting a notable late-life civic involvement in this Texas community.
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Junction, Tex
Mary Knox
Knox
UN General Assembly to vote on India Pakistan cease fire call
United Nations General Assembly holds morning, afternoon, and evening meetings to seek accord on a cease fire call for India and Pakistan. Security Council deadlock with United States Soviet Union and Red China led to the council turning the five day old war over to the assembly.
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United Nations, N.Y
U.N. General Assembly
India
Pakistan
United States
Soviet Union
Red China
Security Council
House considers cutting 349 million in aid to India and Pakistan
The House is set to act today or Wednesday on halting 349 million dollars in aid to India and Pakistan until fighting ends. The suspension was approved by the House Appropriations Committee after the State Department halted 87.6 million in aid to India.
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Washington
India
Pakistan
House Appropriations Committee
State Department
Rehnquist Nomination Faces Senate Vote Battle
The Senate weighs the Rehnquist Supreme Court nomination after Powell's 89 to 1 victory. Birch Bayh leads opposition and has not set timing for a vote while the nominee, an assistant attorney general, is expected to win by a wide margin.
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Washington
Lewis F. Powell Jr
Senate
William H. Rehnquist
Rehnquist
Birch Bayh
D-Ind
Loading fault blamed for sinking of SS Badger State
The National Transportation Safety Board ruled that improper loading caused the explosion that sank the Vietnam bound SS Badger State in the North Pacific. Thirty six crewmen were aboard when 5336 tons of bombs were lost in an 11 day storm. The ship departed Bangor Washington for Da Nang South Vietnam.
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Washington
National Transportation Safety Board
North Pacific
Bangor
Wash
da Nang
South Vietnam
Weakening dollar hits record lows on major markets
The dollar fell sharply on London trading and reached record lows in West Germany and Japan for the second straight day. Market activity reflected speculation about a new fixed exchange rate regime in any package to settle the international monetary crisis, possibly by year end.
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London
West Germany
Japan
Soviet Mars 3 Capsule Becomes First Safe Landing on Mars
Tass reports unmanned Soviet Mars 3 capsule soft landed on Mars last Thursday using a parachute from the mother ship. The craft radioed Earth as Mars 3, launched in May, completed a 188 day flight to its destination amid prior failed US and Soviet attempts.
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Moscow
Mars
Tass
Earth
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Kansas League
Miles Rickart
Clements
Hampton
Rickart
Thompson
Steele
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Martin
Royster
Dale Fairchild
Lynn Kirkman
Kansas Association of School Boards
Joan Gerardi
Harold Barnhart
Wayne McDaniel
Alcorn Corporation
Alcorn Plant
United Nations
Scanlan
Charles F
Chuck” Scanlan
Fredonia Herald
Republican State Committee
U. S
Perseas
Nors
Gale Moss
David E. Walker
Butler County
Wallace Parks
Parks
Santa
S. Edith
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