Editorial Wounds of Neglect in Kansas Prisons Open to Public Inquiry
Robert Woodson calls for public airing of Lansing prison troubles by interviewing inmates. The open reports let inmates speak frankly about conditions, informing the public and potentially reducing future criticism. Kansas public institutions improved by inspection and leadership, Woodson earns commendation for transparency.
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Robert Woodson
Kansas
Lansing
Menninger Brothers
Woodson
Misunderstood Kent Frizzell Faces Mixed Public Reaction
Kansas City speech quotes fuel debate as Kent Frizzell seeks GOP governor nod. He defended state police photo of a peaceful prayer vigil while critics say his staff leanings show mixed signals. The attorney general warns against misinterpretation and aims to clarify his stance on law and order and American protest.
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Kent Frizzell
Kansas City
Kansas City Star
Frizzell
Africans Gain Power at United Nations Amid African Coalition
U Thant warned the 24th General Assembly session became an arena where Africans blocked unsatisfactory aims and pushed through their points. Africa’s representation grew to 40 nations, with younger ambassadors and staff expanding influence across the UN and its economic and political agendas.
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United Nations, N.Y
U.N
U Thant
General Assembly
Swaziland
Liberia
Angie Brooks
United Nations
Ethiopia
Egypt
Africa
Latin America
In Memory of a TV Week Movie and Daytime Soap Changes
AP TV critics review the Movie of the Week Honeymoon with a Stranger with Janet Leigh as a bride in peril amid a crumbling palace and a baffling disappearance. Rossano Brazzi shines as a conflicted police officer. Meanwhile Maurice Evans stars in a con man plot and Bracken's World reveals cast reshuffles as Eleanor Parker departs.
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Cynthia Lowry
NEW York
Janet Leigh
Rossano Brazzi
Maurice Evans
Eleanor Parker
NBC
Bracken
Sylvia
Miss Parker
Dennis Cole
Free Wheeling Offenses At Kansas Football And Basketball
The Kansas program shifts to a free wheeling style under coach Ted Owens as the team routs Western Kentucky 104 81 after a history of conservative play. The piece hints at influences from the economics department and mentions Reynolds Shultz in a playful verdict.
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Western Kentucky
Kansas
Ted Owens
World Peace Prospects Across a Turbulent Globe
A confidential column reviews peace prospects by region. Vietnam calls for negotiated settlement but pursues Vietnamization. Salt talks seen as promising with Soviet cooperation. Middle East tensions rise amid Arab Israeli strain. Korea waits as North Korea tests resolve. Border talks intensify as Sino Soviet forces prepare defenses.
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Paris
U. S
Nixon
Kremlin
United States
Middle East
Christmas Eve TV to feature midnight Mass and holiday concert
NBC plans the midnight Mass from St. Patrick’s Cathedral on Christmas Eve television. CBS airs a one hour Christmas Day concert from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. CST featuring pianist Emil Gilels and cellist Mstislav Rostropovich performing Tchaikovsky.
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NBC
St. Patrick's Cathedral
CBS
Emil Gilels
Mstislav Rostropovich
Tchaikovsky
Language study says ghetto talk mystifies white readers
Two Indiana University sociologists say the language of the black ghetto is a foreign tongue to many middle class whites. They report ghetto talk can shock outsiders and list terms where meanings differ, noting four letter Anglo-Saxon words are common in that dialect.
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Bloomington, Ind
John B. Joyner
Indiana University
Center For Human Relations
Allen D. Grimshaw
Joyner
Grimshaw
Joyner and Grimshaw
Evening TV Schedule Highlights and Feuds
TV lineup features The Virginian and Then Came Bronson on NBC as stories unfold of lovers split by a family feud and a husband’s effort to live off the land. Also notes Buck and Manolito capture teen thieves on High Chaparral plus a CBS film Me the Colonel starring Danny Kaye.
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Bronson
NBC
Jim
Television Log Shows Nightline to Sunrise Schedule Mix
Channel listings for Chanute WDAF KMBC and others outline evening programs from Let's Make a Deal to News and Sunrise Semester. The grid includes movies Hogan's Heroes Bracken's World Tonight Show and Merv Griffin with local station codes and times.
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Joey Bish
Merv Griffin
Paul Harvey
International friendships bloom with British exchanges
Twenty five years ago fifty junior high students formed international ties with British peers through Christmas gift exchanges and letters. The article notes the inter national "bobby sox brigade" activity as part of the program.
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Great Britain
Transportation average replaces rail stocks in Dow Jones
The Dow Jones average of 20 railroad stocks will add six airlines and three trucking firms starting in 1970, replacing nine railroad stocks. Retained rail stocks include Canadian Pacific, Great Northern, Louisville and Nashville, Norfolk and Western, Penn Central, St. Louis San Francisco, Santa Fe, Seaboard Coast Line, Southern Pacific, Southern Railway, and Union Pacific. New additions are American Airlines, Eastern Airlines, Northwest Airlines, Pan American, TWA, UAL, Consolidated Freightways, Pacific Intermountain Express, and US Freight Co.
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New York
Canadian Pacific Railway
Great Northern Railway
Louisville & Nashville Railroad
Norfolk & Western Railway
Penn Central Co
St. Louis-San Francisco Railway
Santa Fe Industries
Seaboard Coast Line Industries
Southern Pacific Co
Southern Railway
Union Pacific Corp
American Airlines
Eastern Air Lines
Northwest Airlines
Pan American World Airways
Trans World Airlines
UAL Inc
United Air Lines
Consolidated Freightways
Pacific Intermountain Express
Us, Freight Co
Kansas Power and Light Pays Taxes in 63 Counties
Topeka AP By the utility, Kansas Power and Light, said it paid more than four million dollars in real estate and personal property taxes across 63 Kansas counties. It noted eight and a quarter million in 1969 ad valorem taxes and ten million dollars in federal income tax with five hundred thousand in state income tax.
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Topeka
Kansas Power and Light Company
Kansas
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