Costly Cards Prompt Move to Ban Unsolicited Credit Mail
Washington lawmakers hear testimony from Sen. Proxmire subcommittee on restricting mass mailings of unasked credit cards. A spokesman cites postal fraud up 700 percent tied to credit card mailings, while a Brooklyn prosecutor notes forged ID kits priced at $500 for abusing lost or stolen cards.
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Washington
Senate
William Proxmire
D-Wis
Robert L. Mead
The
Presidents’ Committee On Consumer Interests
Post Office
Dist. Atty
Eugene Gold
Brooklyn
N.Y
Bethany Day Highlights Lindsborg Christmas Program
Bethany Day in Lindsborg drew a standing room audience of 2400 for the Traditional Hour of Christmas at Presser Hall. The Bethany College choral department organized the event, marking the holiday season kickoff and featuring a groundbreaking for the $250000 Mingenback Art Center set for September 1970. A sustaining fund drive was launched after a Bethany Day proclamation by Mayor Hugo Lindahl.
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Lindsborg
Kan
Presser Hall
Bethany College Choral Department
Central
Kansas
Mingenback Art Center
Bethany
Hugo Lindahl
Prison Payoff From Federal Prison Industries Declared
Federal Prison Industries will pay a $5 million dividend to the U.S. Treasury this month, announced by Attorney General John N. Mitchell. The government corporation operates 48 factories in 21 Bureau of Prisons institutions and Ft. Leavenworth, Kansas, selling only to federal agencies. Since its first dividend in 1946 the total paid to the Treasury reaches $82 million. FPI has been self-sustaining since 1934 with a $4.8 million payout in 1946.
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Washington
Federal Prison Industries Inc
US. Treasury
Atty
John N. Mitchell
the Corporation
U.S. Bureau of Prisons
Army Barracks
Ft. Leavenworth
Kan
Mitchell
Treasury
Federal Prison Industries
Laird urges Vietnamization as path to exit from Vietnam
In Paris standstill talks the United States favors Vietnamization as the quickest way to withdraw troops and realize U S goals. Secretary Rogers said Nixon has no immediate plan to replace Ambassador Lodge who has quit and signaled no imminent breakthrough in Paris talks.
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Paris
United States
Vietnam
U.S
Melvin R. Laird
William P. Rogers
Nixon
Henry Cabot Lodge
Rogers
Blue Laws Drive Cracks Down in Clay County
Twelve store managers and clerks were arrested as Clay County officers began enforcing Sunday blue laws. Nine officers and officials inspected more than 20 stores in the county. Assistant prosecutor Joseph Y. DeCuyper cited public pressure and an unpopular law, with hearings set for December 17 in Liberty.
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Kansas City
Miners to Vote in UMWA Presidential Election
United Mine Workers members vote on Tuesday to choose between incumbent W A Boyle and challenger Joseph A Yablonski after a bitter campaign. Both candidates pledge higher pay and pensions, proposing a 40 cent per ton royalty increase to fund retirement benefits.
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Pittsburgh
United Mine Workers Union
W. A
Tony” Boyle
Joseph A. “Jock’’ Yablonski
Boyle
John L. Lewis
Yablonski
Senate panel approves bill to raise federal pay nationwide
The Senate Post Office and Civil Service Committee approved a measure to raise government salaries by four percent for all federal workers earning under ten thousand dollars a year. Chairman Gale W. Mc Gee cited a three hundred sixty million dollar annual cost and said the increases would take effect January 1.
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Washington
Senate Post Office and Civil Service Committee
Gale W. McGee
D-Wyo
McGee
Classified Civil Service
Pale Sun single copy price notice
The notice states a single copy price of 10 cents for Pale Sun. It provides no additional details on dates or distribution.
Nixon to face press at eighth news conference
President Nixon returns from Camp David to a live televised session expected to cover the My Lai case, Haynsworth defeat, SALT talks, inflation, and potential troop actions in Vietnam. Reporters will ask about foreign policy, Supreme Court nominees, and White House relations with Congress.
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Washington
Nixon
NATO
Warsaw Pact Alliance
Supreme Court
Clement F. Haynsworth Jr
Senate
Spiro T. Agnew
White House
Congress
My Lai
Vietnam
Haynsworth Supreme Court
Camp David Lodge
Maryland
U.S
Cattle Stolen From Chanute Livestock Yard Overnight
A head of feeder cattle were reported stolen from the Chanute Livestock Auction yard on East Fourteenth Street near Neosho County. The loss was discovered when a pen gate swung open at 3 a.m. as a customer arrived to pick up cattle. The state brand inspector in Topeka has been notified and authorities noted multiple other weekend thefts including a stereo from a car, a mink store robbery, and a lost wallet with $40.
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Chanute Livestock
East Fourteenth Street
Neosho County
Krokstrom
Topeka
Johnny Maynard
Overland Park
Junior College
June Ritchie
Elias W. Heaton
Erie R. 1
Big Dose Of Courage Urged To End Welfare State Policies
U S farm leader Charles B. Shuman at the American Farm Bureau Federation’s 50th anniversary convention urges a big dose of courage to embrace private enterprise and curb federal spending. He links fiscal irresponsibility to public unrest and says Congress should stabilize the economy. The talk frames a broader call for moral stands and rejection of government payments.
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Washington
Charles B. Shuman
American Farm Bureau Federation
United States
Farm Bureau
America
Shuman
Congress
John Crutcher Named OEO Director in Washington
Former Lt. Gov. John Crutcher, 53, was appointed director of the state and local government division of the Office of Economic Opportunity in Washington. The post, vacant for months, pays about 31000 dollars a year and was announced by Kansas lawmakers and Senator Bob Dole. Crutcher began orientation last week at OEO headquarters. He is a former state senator and was an unsuccessful Republican gubernatorial candidate two years ago.
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Hutchinson
Kan
John Crutcher
Office of Economic Opportunity
Washington
White House
Kansas
Crutcher
James Pearson
Bob Dole
Wichita Eagle
Dole
Last Push Boy Scout Volunteers Drive United Fund
Door to door canvass tonight by Boy Scout volunteers aims to push United Fund past the $24 615 goal. With current contributions at $23 800, $815 short, drive chairman Wilbur Allison says the effort starts 6 p m from the Memorial Building and ends about 8 30 p m.
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United Fund
Wilbur Allison
Drive
Sirhan on Hunger Strike In Protest of Death Row
Sirhan Bishara Sirhan, condemned for killing Senator Robert Kennedy, has been on an 11 day hunger strike at San Quentin Death Row. Associate Warden James W L Park said he subsists on instant cocoa and coffee since Nov 28, but his health remains pretty good and a doctor visits daily to monitor him. If needed, force feeding could occur.
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Sirhan
San Quentin
Calif
Sirhan Bishara
Robert F. Kennedy
James W.L. Park
Park
Death Row
Festival Turns Sour at Tracy as Four Die and Four Babies Born
AP reports a chaotic free festival near Tracy California drawing about 300000 youths. Four deaths and multiple drug overdoses marked the weekend with violence from Hells Angels guards. Mick Jagger lamented the outcome and described the event as a failed gift to American youth.
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Tracy
Calif
Mick Jagger
Here
Jagger
Hells Angels
Jesus
Police Panthers Clash In Los Angeles Headquarters Siege
A police task force surrounded the Black Panthers main headquarters in Los Angeles after a pre-dawn raid. Three officers were wounded as tear gas failed to disperse gunfire from inside a fortified former store near Wrigley Field. Officers issued an ultimatum to surrender with only one man complying before grenades were used. Two other Panther sites were described as secured. Police named warrants for Paul Rede and Elmer G. Pratt in a separate assault case. The 16 block area was cordoned as residents watched from the streets.
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Los Angeles
Wrigley Field
Set
Dan Cook
Cook
Panthers
Paul Rede
Elmer G. Pratt
Weather area forecast for Topeka and Kansas
Partly cloudy tonight and Tuesday with highs in the 40s and lows in the 20s. Snow flurries possible today across Kansas while light snow fell in northwest and north central areas Sunday night and this morning. Belleville saw about an inch of snow with light moisture. three to five inches remained in Blue Valley from earlier falls.
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Topeka
Kansas
Weather Bureau
Belleville
Blue Valley
Manhattan
Wamego
Coffeyville
Goodland
Hill City
Garden City
Annexation On Agenda City Commission Meeting Tonight
The city commission will vote on annexing two areas adjoining the city. It will discuss federal grants from HUD Neighborhood Development and consider the Safari industrial park project. Zoning north of Main and west of Plummer and extending the municipal employees insurance contract are on the agenda. Meeting at 7 30 in the Memorial Building commission room.
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City Planning Commission
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Safari
Main
Plummer
Memorial Building
Youth Here Rejects Draft Work Order
George David Manly 20 of Topeka was indicted in U S District Court for failure to report for civilian employment in lieu of induction. A Jehovah’s Witness and conscientious objector he refused the University of Kansas Medical Center assignment and awaits arrest. He notes he would comply if ordered by a court and cites religious grounds while acknowledging the law permits CO status but not refusals. Manly’s family background and education are cited.
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Catherine O ° Leary
George David Manly
N. Garfield
U.S. District Court
Topeka
Manly
University of Kansas Medical Center
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