Cablevision Microwave Feud Over Airway Rights
Chanute cable customers faced poor reception on channels four and nine after Sekan Microwave of Iola shut off service. ATC had bought Sekan’s service after its five year contract expired, then halted dealings due to FCC bond rules. ATC seeks FCC action to install its own microwave system amid ongoing dispute.
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Chanute
Channels Four
Nine
Sekan Microwave, Inc
Iola
Chanute Cablevision
American Television and Communications Corporation
Cablevision
ATC
Sekan Microwave
Sekan
Larry Hudson
Vernon Wible
Wible
FCC
Hudson
Justice Department
Cox Cable
Cale Hudson
Three Charged With Theft Of Explosives
In Topeka three men face preliminary hearings January 9 on charges of stealing explosives from an Army depot and storing them at a Lawrence campus building. David Akin 25 and Jack Butler 27 were arraigned with bonds set at 1500 each. Ronald Johnson remains abroad. Butler is a KU electrical engineering senior. Akin a former student. Johnson a liberal arts senior.
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Topeka
Kan
U.S
Robert Miller
University of Kansas
Lawrence
David Bruce Akin
Shawnee
Jack Lewis Butler
Jerry Hannah
Hannah
Ronald K. Johnson
Butler
Atkin
Johnson
Autopsy Finds No Bullet in Westhoff Tragedy
Sheriff David Kern stated an autopsy on Ronald E. Westhoff found no bullet and showed the wound came from impact. Westhoff died in a train truck collision near Walnut on Wednesday morning after initial reports blamed a rifle discharge in the truck.
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David Kern
Ronald E. Westhoff
Westhoff
Walnut
Intercepted Letter Dear Cha Outdoes Soap Rally
An intercepted letter shows a quip that the attorney general outdoes soap by .55 percent. The fragment suggests a political jab or humorous aside without full context. No clear names or events are fully established in readable text.
New Storm Nearing Kansas City
A new western storm threatened Kansas City as workers labored to repair ice damaged power lines. About 12,000 homes and businesses lacked electricity and heat after Wednesday’s five inch snow and ice storm. Temperatures were expected to drop below zero as more freezing rain and sleet were forecast with 1-2 inches of new snow possible by Saturday morning. Kansas City Power & Light reported 120 emergency crews in 16 hour shifts, with many lines still broken and repairs possibly extending to Sunday.
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Kansas City
National Weather Service
Kansas City Power & Light Co
Missouri
Kansas
Don Landes
Landes
Safari Museum director Anna Mattix resigns after 12 years
Barbara Kihm reports Anna Lou Mattix will step down as director of the Safari Museum in Chanute effective Jan 15 after guiding tours, coordinating exhibits, and handling gifts and correspondence since 1961. The museum opened in 1961 and attracted 20 000 visitors by 1962.
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Safari Museum
Anna Lou Mattix
Mattix
Nelson Art Gallery
Kansas City
Mandatory death penalty fight marks capital punishment debate
The Nixon administration asks for a mandatory death sentence for crime types like kidnapping and assassination. Senator McClellan proposes a bill letting juries decide guilt and punishment separately. The dispute signals a deep Congress battle over capital punishment and the Supreme Court’s 5 to 4 ruling on cruel and unusual punishment.
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Washington
Richard G. Kleindienst
Sen
John L. McClellan
D-Ark
Supreme Court
Kansas Faces Big Budget Windfall as 1973 Session Opens
Kansas state government enters the 1973 legislative session with a financial boon due to an economic upswing and federal revenue sharing. Surplus funds may be affected by a court order on school finance and ongoing pressure for property tax relief. Legislators note projected balances of $60 million to $80 million versus last year's near red ink, with potential $113 million new school money linked to reform of the foundation formula.
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Kansas
Shelby Smith
Richita
Smith
Police misstep as undercover prostitution raid falls to misrepresentation
In Richmond two undercover officers arrest a burly person for prostitution under a false advertising ordinance. The subject, a 200-pound, 6-foot individual, was booked on prostitution but the charge was later changed to misrepresentation when authorities realized the arrestee was a man.
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Richmond
Nixon to Deliver Outlines in Inaugural Address
Congressional sources say for a second year Nixon may skip a live S OT U speech. He is expected to present broad outlines of programs in his January 20 inaugural address and send a written message to Congress afterward.
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Washington
Nixon
Congress
Attorney General Says Press Rights Not Absolute
Washington Atty. Gen. Richard G. Kleindienst argues reporters' sources should be protected 99.9 percent of the time. He notes free speech and press are vital but adds no right is absolute and some rights may override others in certain cases.
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Washington (Ap
Richard G. Kleindienst
Kleindienst
Airport Security Measures Raise Passenger Prep Time
Airport security tightens nationwide with electronic passenger screening and baggage checks at about 500 airports. Passengers urged to arrive early to allow for inspection delays and carry-on review, including handbags.
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Washington
The
Air Transport Association
Bomb threat finds no blast on TWA jumbo diverted to Ellsworth
Air Force and investigators found no trace of a bomb aboard the Madrid to New York Boeing 747 after a threat. The 233 passengers remained calm as the plane diverted to Ellsworth Air Force Base, South Dakota, when an anonymous caller warned of a bomb if the plane descended to about 3,100 feet.
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Ellsworth Air Force Base
S.D
Air
Trans World Airlines
TWA
New York
South Dakota
Spain
Truman Memorial in Washington for 33rd U S President
Government and foreign dignitaries who were not invited to the private funeral in Independence gather at Washington Cathedral to memorialize Harry S Truman. Truman died December 26 at age 88 and was buried in the library courtyard housing his papers and mementos.
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Washington
Harry S. Truman
Washington Cathedral
United States
Truman
Independence
Pentagon reports Vietnam death toll falls in 1972
The Pentagon lists 29 Americans killed in action in Vietnam in 1972, the lowest yearly total in eight years since U S escalation began. The report tallies 45,928 U S military deaths in Southeast Asia from Jan 1961 to Dec 1972.
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Washington
Pentagon
U.S
United States
North Vietnam
Southeast Asia
Offensive Continues as Communist Attacks Increase
South Vietnamese forces report a third day of near 100 new attacks across South Vietnam. The command tallies 97 enemy strikes in the 24 hours ending at dawn, with rockets and mortars making up about two thirds. Last two days recorded 116 and 81 attacks.
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Saigon
South Vietnam
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