Florida Kids Swap Snowballs With Rutland In Arctic Exchange
About 150 first graders at Sabal Elementary staged a unique snowball fight dubbed Operation Snowball. Rutland Vermont Chamber shipped 200 snowballs packed in dry ice to Florida in exchange for fresh Indian River fruit to be sent north.
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Rutland Chamber
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Rutland
City Strike Ends After 32 Days in Cincinnati
Negotiators say an agreement has been reached to end the 32 day strike by Cincinnati municipal workers. Details await union votes as garbage collection and street and water system maintenance remain halted.
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Cincinnati, Ohio
Cincinnati
TB Tests Given to Capitol Hill Staff After Dreaded Deaths
Tuberculosis tests were administered to 500 Capitol Hill workers after two Capitol employees died from TB. Four others remain hospitalized, including a Senate restaurant waitress and a storeroom laborer. The infected include a House press gallery reporter and staff in sergeants at arms offices.
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Vedat Oner
District of Columbia Health Department
McGovern to Speak at Fort Hays in Kansas Visit
Senator George S. McGovern will speak at Fort Hays State College Tuesday at 3 30 p m in his third Kansas appearance in two days. Earlier he addressed Wichita State University on Monday and will head to Pittsburg State College for an 8 p m lecture following the Fort Hays event.
Cannon misfire injures Zacchini circus duo in Ringling show
In Jacksonville Florida Linda Zacchini 31 and her husband a Zacchini family act were launched from a cannon during a Ringling Brothers Barnum and Bailey finale. Officials said the cannon malfunction caused Linda to be struck by her husband as he fell short at 50 to 60 mph. Both were seriously injured.
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Linda Zacchini
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Murder Charges In Double Slaying At Kansas City Duplex
Dan Bruce Beecham, 23, was arrested on two warrants charging first degree murder in the April duplex stabbing deaths of Barbara Coughlin and Mary Ann Adler. Their roommate Glenda Burton, later Beecham’s wife, was hospitalized at the time. Beecham was arraigned. previously Michael Sweester, 22, was held for 25 weeks before being cleared.
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Barbara Coughlin
Mary Ann Adler
Glenda Burton
Beecham
Joseph P. Teasdale
Jackson County
Michael H. Sweester
Nixon brings urban policy focus to Indianapolis visit
President Nixon flies with Cabinet to Indianapolis to meet Urban Affairs Council and nine mayors about city problems and pollution. He courted crowds in a campaign style as Gov Whitcomb touted shifting power to states. The visit precedes a Chicago meeting with midwestern governors on environmental and model cities issues.
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Grand Rapids
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Albuquerque
N.M
Chanute Tribune 77th Year MilPd Single Copy Price
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Mathias Calls for Reexamination of Vietnam Commitments
Senator Charles Mathias urged President Nixon to back a resolution combining withdrawal and limits on commitments. The measure would repeal the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution and push for a political solution, an international peace keeping force, and talks toward a new inclusive South Vietnamese government. Mansfield cosponsored, aiming for Senate committee and full Senate action.
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Weather forecast shows warmer statewide Friday
The Weather Bureau expects higher temperatures across Kansas on Friday with highs in the 50s and a few 60s in the southwest. Tonight’s lows near 30, Wednesday highs from 51 in Wichita to 38 in Goodland, and light snow near Goodland melted quickly.
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Weather Bureau
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Wichita
Goodland
GE Strike Ends As 100000 Workers Vote to Accept Contract
About 100000 GE workers voted nearly three to one to accept a new contract ending a 101 day strike. Returns show AFL CIO unions broadly approving with some locals still voting, while the IAM recommended rejection. The deal calls for 61 to 82 cents per hour in raises over 40 months plus possible cost of living boosts, lifting average domestic pay from about 3.25 an hour.
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General Electric Co
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Logan
Ohio
Louisville
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Puppets a Classroom Delight at Royster Junior High
Puppet shows run daily in room 122 as seventh graders pair up to perform. Mrs Mary Brant, the seventh grade speech teacher, has included a puppet unit for two years, noting it is the class favorite. Students study literature culture dialogue writing and storytelling. Red Riding Hood was chosen best puppet play.
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Tribune
Bill Allen
S. Edith
Red Riding Hood
Ann Mudd
Royster Junior High
Mary Brant
Kansas House Sends Fair Housing Bill to Conference
The Kansas House voted to send a fair housing bill to a conference committee to reconcile differences with the Senate. The bill would ban discrimination in financing, rental, or sale of real property with penalties and a cap on damages, while an alternate version adds punitive damages up to $2,000.
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Board of Tax Appeals
You do not need to be a pupeteer to pull strings
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District 101 Faces 10.48 Mill Levy Hike If Aid Fails
District 101 would raise its general fund levy by 10.48 mills for 1970-71 if state aid ends and if governor recommended programs are adopted. The 1969-70 levy is 22.23 per 1000, with a district valuation of about 18.1 million and a total 1969-70 budget near 983,298.26. The board cites inflation and rising costs, notes proposed funding changes, and outlines likely impacts including kickups from Medicaid and federal programs, plus pension changes under KAPER.
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Ottawa
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Rose Hill
Senate
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Robert Docking
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