Left Handed Shop Opens On New York East Side
June Gittleson opens The Left Hand, a store serving the 15 to 20 percent of the population who are left handed. The southpaw owner stocks items from a counterclockwise clock to left handed baseball gloves and reels, plus irons, teapots, scissors and a left hand piano record. A letter from Left Hand West Virginia notes several residents are left handed.
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New York
June Gittleson
Ravel
W. Va
Mayor Sends Century Time Capsule Letter in Independence
In Independence Kansas Mayor Paul Viets mailed a letter not to be delivered for 100 years. The missive to The Mayor of Chief Political Officer of the City of Independence is the first cancelled at the local post office with a centennial stamp. It will stay in safekeeping until July 23 2070 when placed in a time capsule sealed for a century and delivered by a pony express to the capsule site.
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Independence
Kan
Paul Viets
City of Independence
Independence Post Office
Topeka
Kansas
Weather Bureau
Olathe
Dodge City
Hutchinson
Pittsburg
Police Education Grants Fuel Police Training Rise
The government awarded 10.7 million dollars in grants to 720 colleges and universities to educate police, courts, and corrections personnel. LEAA director Charles H. Rogovin said the program will fund studies for about 65,000 people in the 1970 fiscal year.
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Washington
Atty
John N. Mitchell
Justice Department
Law Enforcement Assistance Administration
Crimefighting Agency
LEAA
Charles H. Rogovin
Radio Sale in Pittsburg to Great Plains Broadcasting
Ed O'Donnell, general manager of KSEK, announced the agreement to sell KSEK Broadcasting Co, a Stauffer Publications subsidiary, to Great Plains Broadcasting Co of Norman Oklahoma. FCC approval is required and a formal application will be filed within 30 days. Principal stockholders are William S. Morgan and Robert G. Barry, known for broadcasting University of Oklahoma football games.
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Pittsburg, Kan
Ksek Broadcasting Co
Stauffer Publications
The
Great Plains Broadcasting Co
Norman, Okla
Ed O'Donnell
KSEK
Federal Communications Commission
O'Donnell
Commission
Great Plains Broadcasting
William S. Morgan
Robert G. Barry
Oklahoma
University of Oklahoma
Counterfeit Money Ring Tied to Mafia In Boston
The Boston Globe reports over $1 million in counterfeit currency postal orders and bank checks passed in Greater Boston in the past month. Female drug addicts, paid at least $200 weekly, used fake IDs and were chauffeured to pass the checks in motels and upscale apartments.
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Boston
The
Boston Globe
Globe
Two Winfield Teens Die From Fumes In Car Death
In Winfield Kansas two 17 and 18 year old boys were dead on arrival after being found in a parked car southeast of the city. Two others aged 15 were hospitalized with carbon monoxide poisoning in serious and satisfactory condition. The victims were Samuel Kelly 17 and James Stanley Bass 18, not related to Dennis Kelly 15 and Jim Ray Frier 15.
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Winfield, Kan
Winfield
Samuel Kelly
James Stanley Bass
Dennis Kelly
Jim Ray Frier
Kelly Boys
Toll of American Dead in Vietnam Passes 40 000 Mark
American casualties in Vietnam since January 1 1961 exceed 40 000. It is known more than 25 Americans have been killed since Sunday. Last week’s official summary reported 86 Americans killed, raising the total to 39 979.
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Saigon
U.S. Command
IU Student Discovers Souvenirs Labeled Made in Japan
Indiana University student Tetsuo Amagai from Japan visited the Indianapolis Motor Speedway during Christmas vacation and bought souvenirs to take to Tokyo. He later reexamined them and found the items bore the label Made in Japan.
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Indianapolis, Ind
Tetsuo Amagai
Indiana University
Japan
Indianapolis Motor Speedway
Tokyo
Amagai
Extremist Attacks Cited in Report
FBI Director J Edgar Hoover summarized a year end FBI activities report showing Black extremists launched over 100 attacks on police in six months with at least seven officers killed and more than 120 injured. He cited violence by Black Panthers and other groups and warned of a Klan recruitment surge after Shelton's release. He linked SDS Weather Underground to campus unrest and outlined 4,000 arrests, over $3 million in damage, one death, and 125 injuries on campuses in 1968 69, plus 215 demonstrations and 33 police injuries this school year.
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Washington
FBI
J. Edgar Hoover
Hoover
Black Panther Party
Black Panther
Justice Department
Department
Ku Klux Klan
Robert M. Shelton
United Klans of America
Shelton
Congress
New Left
Students For A Democratic Society
United States
Weatherman
SDS
New Mobilization Committee
Vietnam
Arnold Johnson
Communist Party
USA
Intercepted Letter Dear Cha
A fragmentary text notes a new year while many feel still entangled with the old. It presents a personal correspondence tone and hints at emotional or social tension without detailing events.
Nixon aims antipollution drive as 1970 goal
President Nixon plans an antipollution program as a major 1970 goal. He warned that New York Philadelphia and Los Angeles could become unfit to live in unless action is taken, declaring it literally now or never if pollution is to be halted.
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San Clemente
Calif
Nixon
New York
Philadelphia
Los Angeles
Laguna Beach
C. G. “Bebe” Rebozo
Key Biscayne
Fla
San Diego
Senate
Five Brazilian militants hijack attempt stalls over Cuba
A jetliner hijack over Uruguay was halted when a dead aircraft battery prevented takeoff after refueling in Lima Peru. The hijackers claimed two young daughters and a wife of another Brazilian revolutionary would be returned to Havana before they would resume fighting in Brazil.
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Lima
Peru
Cuba
Brazil
Associated Press
Havana
Uruguay
Agnew Seeks Balance in Asia Policy During Formosa Visit
Vice President Agnew arrived in Taipei to reaffirm U S support for the Nationalist government while signaling willingness to ease tensions with Communist China. He urged constructive dialogue, reductions in military spending, and stressed U S treaty obligations to Chiang Kai-shek. He noted ongoing Viet Nam developments and Thieu’s government as representative, calling the anti Viet Cong action isolated.
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Taipei
Spiro T. Agnew
Formosa
China
U.S
Vietnam
Nixon
Agnew
Asia
United States
Republic of China
Chiang Kai-shek
C.K. Yen
South Vietnam
Nguyen van Thieu
Thieu
National Assembly
Politicians Race Over Crime Legislation In Congress
Washington Republicans and Democrats push a bipartisan crime control package as Congress reconvenes on January 19. McClellan and Mansfield lead the charge while Kennedy and Hart urge curbs on broad criminal procedures. Nixon's plan faces mixed reception and calls for limited reform amid a partisan debate.
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Washington
Congres
Democratic National Committee
John L. McClellan
D-Ark
McClellan
Mike Mansfield
Hugh Scott
GOP National Committee
Nixon
Congress
Republican National Committee
Justice Department
Democratic Committee
Edward M. Kennedy
Philip A. Hart
Michigan
District of Columbia
Senate
House
Religion Course Offered at Neosho County Junior College
A spring term course titled History of the World’s Living Religions will be offered at Neosho County Junior College. Dr. William J. Moore of the Kansas School of Religion will lead the three hour weekly class via telecasts on KTWU Topeka and KOAM Pittsburg. Registration is Jan 19 at 7 p.m. at the college.
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Educational Television
Neosho County Junior College
Kansas School of Religion
Lawrence
William J. Moore
KSR
Ktwu-Tv
Topeka
Koamtv
Pittsburg
W. H. McMurray
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Cha
Hall of Pollution
California White House
Council On Environmental Quality
Humboldt
Ross Wade
Allen County
Thomas More
N. 8Th
James Pollman
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Moore
University of Kansas
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