Agnew Mocked By Bob Hope At White House Dinner
Comedian Bob Hope mocked Vice President Spiro T. Agnew during a White House governors' dinner and quipped about sending him to Laos with a three-wood. Hope joked Palm Springs now risks being called Agnew's fault after Agnew hit two spectators and previously hit his partner in a golf event.
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Washington
Bob Hope
Spiro T. Agnew
White House
Nixon
Agnew
Laos
Palm Springs
Calif
Doug Sanders
Hope
California
Parsons Sees Early Wage Rule Change on Mall Contract
President Nixon suspends Davis-Bacon wage rules for federal construction with early impact in Parsons. Bids open Tuesday for a downtown pedestrian mall as part of an $8.4 million urban renewal project. The mall’s estimated cost is about $550,000, covering four blocks in the retail district.
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Parsons, Kan
Nixon
Parsons
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
Milk Losses Mount After Blizzard Hits Kansas Dairies
The blizzard reduced milk intake at AMPI Wichita plant to 5,700 of 300,000 gallons for Monday and Tuesday. About 1,000 of AMPI's 1,350 members across 87 Kansas counties and parts of Missouri and Oklahoma faced losses as milk was dumped due to impassable snow drifts.
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Wichita
Kansas
Associated Milk Producers, Inc
AMPI
Missouri
Oklahoma
Nixon Set to Deliver National Address on Foreign Policy
President Nixon will speak by radio to the nation Thursday on his foreign policy message before it goes to Congress. The White House said he will appear on all four major networks and several independent stations at 10 a.m. CST.
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Washington
Nixon
Congress
White House
Mississippi Delta Tornado Toll Tops Ninety
Civil defense officials report 90 dead in the Mississippi Delta tornado outbreak with as many as 2,300 left homeless after up to 100 tornadoes struck Mississippi and Louisiana. Secretary Hardin toured the devastation as President Nixon’s emissary and pledged urgent federal aid.
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Jackson, Miss
Mississippi
Nixon
Clifford M. Hardin
Louisiana
Attorney Claims Self Inflicted Shootout During Probing Prowler
Gainesville based civil rights attorney Carol Wild Scott said she shot herself by accident while stalking a prowler. Police found her at home with a bullet wound near her heart. State Attorney General Robert Shevin questioned Scott at UF Medical Center where she remained in serious condition.
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Gainesville
Fla
Carol Wild Scott
Raiford State Prison
Robert Shevin
Scott
University of Florida Medical Center
Prisoner Fred Eidlin Freed After Seven Months in Prague
American Fred H. Eidlin 28 of Rochester New York was released from a Czech prison after seven months of a four year sentence. Expelled to Amsterdam he declined to discuss his trial or jail time. He was arrested last July in Prague and convicted December 18 for employment with Radio Free Europe in West Germany, deemed a subversive act.
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Amsterdam
United States
Fred H. Endlin
Rochester
N.Y
Netherlands
Eidlin
Prague
Radio Free Europe
West Germany
Czechoslovakia
Supreme Court backs military tribunals for service crimes
The Supreme Court unanimously upheld military tribunals authority to try servicemen for crimes committed on military bases. It rejected claims that only military crimes qualify for court martial and that sailors and soldiers charged with other crimes within the United States must be sent to civilian courts.
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Washington
Supreme Court
United States
Haylift Begins for Cattle in Southwest Kansas
Cattle across Barber, Clark, Comanche, Ashland and Harper counties face winter blizzard impact with no feed. U S Senator Dole and Governor Docking arranged Forbes Air Force Base C 130s to airlift 30 000 bales of hay to about 75 000 to 100 000 cattle, while Meade and Ford counties initially included were later fed locally.
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Topeka
Kansas
U.S
Robert Dole
Robert Docking
Washington
Forbes Air Force Base
Barber
Clark
Comanche
Ashland
Harper
Meade
Ford
Ford Counties
Supreme Court guards press freedom in political reporting
The Supreme Court unanimously ruled that newspapers may report on political candidates without fear of libel for past life details. A paper may be sued for damages only if it acted with malice or recklessness, even if some facts are wrong.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Intercepted Letter Dear Cha A Revenue Sharing Idea
A short intercepted note from an unidentified sender suggests starting revenue sharing by keeping a portion at home. The message ends with a cordial sign off.
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Cha
Kahane Detained at Brussels Jewish Congress Clash
Rabbi Meir Kahane head of the militant Jewish Defense League was arrested by Belgian police after being barred from a 37-nation congress on Soviet Jewry. A U S Embassy spokesman said officials would study possible action. An uproar followed when Dr Morris Brafman seized a microphone and shouted Kahane’s arrest. Kahane was denied admission for tactics deemed repugnant by the congress presidium and held a brief news conference outside. Police warned him against any violent demonstration or attempted speech. Kahane, 38, was convicted in New York of obstructing governmental administration and disorderly conduct from an anti Soviet demonstration and faces sentencing April 13. Moderates and Israel condemned the JDL's violence while Soviet press denounced Western anti Semitism amid support letters to the Brussels event.
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Brussels
Meir Kahane
Jewish Defense League
U.S
Morris Brafman
Far Rockaway
N.Y
Rabbi Kahane
Kahane
New York
Banker Ex County Official Marion Showalter Dead
Marion Showalter 55 vice president and cashier of First State Bank Thayer died after a heart attack at Neosho Memorial Hospital Chanute He had served as Neosho County clerk 1957 63 and treasurer 1963 67 He was active in civic groups and served in World War II Survivors include his wife four children his mother and siblings Funeral arrangements are pending arrival of his sons and Robison Funeral Home Thayer will handle arrangements Contributions may be made to the Thayer Christian Church memorial fund
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Marion — Showalter
First State Bank of
Neosho Memorial Hospital
Chanute
South Mound
Neosho Memorial Hospital Board of Trustees
Erie
St. Paul
William Showalter
Wilma Bailey
Parsons
Ronda
Ren
Charles
Vietnam
Joe
Fort Monmouth
N. J
Bessie Kreutzer
Eric
Roy
South Bend
Ind
Pearl Ross
Neva Dannelley
Lula Bonine
Chiller Park
Ill
Robison Funeral Home
Christian Memorial Fund
Thayer Christian Church
Blood Drive Set by Red Cross Bloodmobile
The Red Cross bloodmobile will visit the First United Methodist Church at 3rd and Lincoln on Thursday 2 to 7 p.m. and Friday 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Donors should call for appointments but drop-ins are welcome. the visit was rescheduled from Tuesday due to a snow storm.
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Red Cross
H. C. Olin
Neosho County
First United Methodist Church
3Rd
Lincoln
American Red Cross Chapter
Nixon presses for five billion revenue sharing plan
President Nixon travels to urge governors to back a $5 billion general revenue sharing proposal and cabinet revamp in Congress. Agnew and aides push the plan as the right program at the right time while wary governors weigh political risk and welfare finance.
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Washington
Nixon
Spiro T. Agnew
Congress
Ohio
John J. Gilligan
Gilligan
Warren E. Hearnes
Missouri
Agnew
Governors Conference
New York
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Secretary of the Treasury
Four-county area to share 596372 aid under Nixon bill
Four county area would receive 596 372 in the first full year under Nixon's general revenue sharing act. Allen County 185 960 Neosha 202 951 Wilson 145 894 and Woodson 61 567. City payments include Iola 35 346 Chanute 43 422 Fredonia 9 230 Neodesha 18 667. State totals 54 229 616 counties 16 463 077 cities 11 552 389 townships 838 446. Pass-through to cities and counties 53 21.
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John B. Connally
Nixon
John D. Ehrlichman
Associated Press
Washington
Allen County
Neosha
Wilson
Woodson
Iola
Chanute
Fredonia
Neodesha
Raids Nab 54 as U S Seizes Narcotics Crackdown
Atty Gen John Mitchell announced 54 arrests and nearly 13 million dollars in narcotics seized in a nationwide raid aimed at organized crime. The operation, led by the Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs, followed a five month probe and targeted high echelon figures of La Cosa Nostra with 89 prior arrests and 32 suspects still sought.
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Washington
John N. Mitchell
New York
Chicago
Detroit
Philadelphia
Hartford
Conn
Baltimore
New Orleans
Mitchell
la Cosa Nostra
Mafia
Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs
Weather Area Forecast Highlights Through Thursday
Clear to partly cloudy and warmer through Thursday. Low tonight near 25 degrees, high Thursday expected to rise further. No precipitation noted, light winds.
Kansas school districts face unnecessary primaries this year
Representative Winters says up to 44 Kansas districts must hold primaries due to a fixed law window. The change in board size from six to seven seats left four posts to be filled, triggering required primaries if more than two file per position. A court ruling and timing issues prevent immediate fix. debate continues for future years.
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Topeka
Kansas
Kenneth J. Winters
Prairie Village
Vern Miller
Winters
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