Snowstorm Produces Minor Crashes Across Area
Amid the first major winter storm, southeast Kansas reports 15 accidents across 17 counties as of 11 a.m. Two in Neosho County include a Moorman Feed truck crash injuring driver Billy J. Courter of Chanute. he was freed and taken to Labette Medical Center. A Neosho County semi overturned with no injuries. Five miles south of Burlington a school bus left the road with no injuries reported. A gasoline tanker overturned near Edna, and responders were delayed access.
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Neosho County
Billy J. Courter
Chanute
Labette Medical Center
Parsons
Galesburg
David Kern
Courter
Kern
Arden Hammans
Ron Moore
Burlington
Edna
Storm blamed for six deaths in Kansas winter blast
A massive winter storm swept through Kansas bringing six fatalities. In Manhattan two deaths occurred when a light plane crashed, pilot Watson Tidball 28 and passenger John Walters 55 were identified. Snow totals varied with Oberlin 10 inches and other towns reporting 4 to 6 inches.
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Topeka
Kan
Kansas
Manhattan
John Walters
Watson Tidball
Tidball
Oberlin
St. Francis
Bird City
Scott City
Hill City
Colby
Dodge City
Garden City
Russell
Wamego
Howard
Winfield
Nixon may veto energy measure in Washington
The White House told Senate House conferees that President Nixon is ready to veto the emergency energy bill in its present form. The White House objects to a congressional veto provision that would allow repeal of conservation measures during Christmas. Nixon would have sole power to order gasoline rationing with Congress holding veto power over other actions.
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White House
Senate House
Nixon
Fred Webber
Congressional Affairs
Webber
Congress
William E. Simon
Weather and energy notes amid snow and rationing debate
Area forecast calls for cloudy windy snow with 1 to 3 inches more on top of 2 inches already fallen. Temperatures range from highs near 32 to lows around 9 to 12. Rationing decision deadline draws near as energy conservation trend shows noticeable electricity use drop nationwide.
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Russell
Hill City
Coffeyville
Goodland
Pittsburg
Kansas
Converse charged with embezzling funds in Ottawa bank
A federal grand jury indicted 27 people on 23 counts of embezzlement and related offenses in Topeka. Leo H. Converse, 32, Thayer, Kan., faces three counts for embezzling from the People's National Bank of Ottawa totaling 70000 dollars. The probe also names two bank officials among those charged.
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Topeka, Kan
Adrian M. Farmer
U. S Attorney
Leo H. Converse
Thayer
Kan
People’s National Bank of Ottawa
Laird resigns as domestic counselor urges impeachment deadline
Melvin R Laird resigns as Nixon's chief domestic counselor effective Feb 1 and urges the House to decide by March 15 whether to impeach the President. He predicts impeachment would fail but says the issue should be resolved quickly to reduce harm to U S foreign and domestic policy. He will join Reader's Digest as senior counselor for national and international affairs.
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Melvin R Laird
Nixon
House
Laird
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White House
Reader's Digest Association
Defense
Wisconsin
Congress
Senate
Gerald Ford
Peace on Earth balloons travel 150 air miles
First United Methodist youth launched 100 balloons from the church yard carrying the message Peace on Earth Good Will Toward Men. A Berryville Arkansas girl received a note from her father who found the message in a balloon from the Chanute project.
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First United Methodist
Karen Dunlap
S. Garfield
Cynthia Glysson
Berryville
Ark
Miss Glysson
Shiloh
Glysson
Tribune
Hartman
Arkansas
Storey lays out turnpike plan for southeast Kansas
Independence senator Bob Storey outlined a toll road system funded by freeway bonds to 61 highway boosters. He said a Winfield Arkansas City to Galena turnpike could open by 1977 if interim committee recommendations pass, with 11 cities represented.
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Bob Storey
Topeka
Kansas Senate Transportation and Utilities Committee
Kansas
Storey
Winfield
Arkansas City
Galena
Chanute
Dwight Blackwood
Bob Manley
L. Hugh Chapman
Wayne Sparks
Ted Roberts
Mike Bailey
Cale Hudson
Fred Harris
House Transportation and Utilities Committee
Erie council approves plans for new Chadwick library center
Erie City Council finalizes plans for a library community center funded by the Chadwick estate. Estimated construction cost 66,470 with landscaping parking and curbs by the city. Completion expected 180 days after work starts. Cambern presented a 1,000 check to the perpetual cemetery fund.
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E. W. Chadwick
Chadwick
Ted Cambern
Cambern
James van Leeuwen
Perpetual Cemetery
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