Lawyer Seizes Locomotive From Southern Pacific in California
Attorney Jack Halpin with a constable seized a switch engine and caboose in Redding California as security for a $48,000 judgment against Southern Pacific. The train was returned hours later after the railroad pledged payment. Halpin, a former Superior Court judge, acted under a court order.
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Redding
Calif
Jack Halpin
Southern Pacific Railroad Co
Halpin
Southern Pacific
San Francisco
Superior Court
King Day Observances Set Across Cities
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. will be honored January 15 with observances and public school closings in New York Philadelphia and Berkeley California. The Rev Ralph David Abernathy called for participation by Black people poor people and people of good will in commemorations on his birth date.
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Martin Luther King Jr
New York
Philadelphia
Berkeley
Calif
Ralph David Abernathy
King
The
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Kansas school tax plan eyed at association meeting
A plan to cut local school taxes by more than 65 million dollars and shift the burden to state taxes will be reviewed by the Kansas Association of School Boards delegates January 18 and 19. A committee prepared the plan though some members fear property taxes remain too high. Delegates also consider a Legislative Council proposal on collective bargaining with school employees and other policy items.
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Topeka
The
Kansas Association of School Boards
State Legislative Council
Strowig
Smith
Nixon Birthday Observed Quietly After California Vacation
President Nixon marked his 57th birthday at the White House after a nine day California vacation with no elaborate observance. The White House calendar listed one caller, then a quiet dinner with the first lady and daughter Tricia. The caller was Teresa Cardinal Cooke of New York, vicar general of armed forces for the Catholic church, to report on Vietnam visit.
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Washington
Nixon
White House
Tricia
Tereace Cardinal Cooke
New York
Catholic Church
Vietnam
Moon Delay at Space Center Delays Moon Missions
Apollo 13 moved from March 12 to April 11 while Apollo 14 shifting from July 11 to fall likely September or October. Officials say the postponement reflects budget cuts and lunar scientists’ protests, making a fiscal year savings priority.
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Space Center
Houston
America
Space Agency
Kansas receives wildlife and sport fish restoration funds
The Kansas delegation announced that the Kansas Forestry Fish and Game Commission will get 635,425 dollars for wildlife restoration and 193,393 dollars for sport fish restoration. The sums are part of over 18 million dollars distributed by the Department of Interior from fishing equipment and sporting arms taxes.
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Washington
Kansas
Kansas Forestry, Fish and Game Commission
Department of Interior
Kansas Delays January Draft Start to January 15
TOPEKA AP Kansas Selective Service director says the state will not begin filling the January draft quota of 139 men until January 15. He will confirm after that whether Kansas can stay within the first 30 lottery numbers as directed by federal authorities. Lt. Col. Junior Elder added local boards were asked not to go beyond Lottery No. 30.
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Topeka
Kansas
Junior Elder
Kansas State Cheerleaders Reinstated After Suspension
Eight of fourteen Kansas State University cheerleaders, five men and three women, were reinstated after suspensions tied to conduct at a Fort Worth motel party during a December basketball tournament. A university official noted six cheerleaders were not involved and refused to name those involved.
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Manhattan
Kan
Kansas State University
K-State
Fort Worth
Tex
Blast Brings Court Suit Over Atomic Test
In Grand Valley Colorado scientists study gas from the Project Rulison underground detonation of September 10 while a federal court case in Denver challenges the AEC and Austral Oil Company over reentry into the gas filled cavern. The suit questions radiation safety standards and the impact on the Plowshare program as opponents warn of radioactive gas release.
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Grand Valley
Colo
Colorado
Denver
Atomic Energy Commission
AEC
Battlement Mesa
Austral Oil Co
Intercepted Letter Dear Cha Reveals Budget Tangles
A clipped excerpt notes legislators face unclear funding sources yet press on with spending plans amid political maneuvering. The message hints at financial gaps and disputed allocations influencing policy debates.
Thieu says US combat troops needed beyond 1970
South Vietnam president Nguyen Van Thieu states American combat forces will be required past 1970 to protect remaining US support troops and assist Saigon forces amid the Vietnam war.
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Saigon
South Vietnam
Nguyen van Thieu
U.S
Humphrey backs Nixon on Vietnam policy at Kansas State
Former Vice President Hubert Humphrey told Alf Landon Lecture listeners at Kansas State University that Nixon is on the right course in Vietnam. He voiced optimism noting war and peace both carry escalation, and spoke to about 7 000 attendees including students faculty and others.
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Manhattan
Kan
Hubert Humphrey
Richard M. Nixon
Humphrey
Alf M. Landon
Kansas State University
Slayings Spur Mine Election Probe and Funeral Tributes
In Washington Pennsylvania the triple slaying of union leader Joseph A. Yablonski his wife and daughter sparked a full scale Labor Department inquiry into the United Mine Workers presidential election. Funeral services at Immaculate Conception Church featured Labor Priest Msgr Charles Owen Rice who likened the murders to historic assassinations. The case drew calls for Senate scrutiny and a $50000 reward offered by the UMW.
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Washington, Pa
Joseph A. Yablonski
Labor Department
United Mine Workers
Immaculate Conception
Charles Owen Rice
Msgr. Rice
Kennedy Brothers
Martin Luther King Jr
Pennsylvania
Western Pennsylvania
John L. Lewis
UMW
Philip Murray
CIO
Warming trend predicted for Kansas after bitter cold
The AP reports a warming trend is expected across Kansas today and Friday turning temperatures up from the 20s in the northeast to the mid 30s along the western border with light precipitation possible Saturday. Night lows reach 10 to 15 degrees northeast, near 20 southern border.
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Topeka
Kansas
Hill City
Hutchinson
Pittsburg
Dodge City
Weather Bureau
Cool Climb Repairs Delayed By Weather On Channel 11
Frank Coble, local manager, says repairs to the 650 foot tower depend on warm weather. A faulty antenna cable connection is blamed and climbs take 15 to 20 minutes up, 20 to 30 to fix, then 15 to 20 down. Temperatures near 35 degrees, sun, and light wind are needed.
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Channel 11
Cablevision
Frank Coble
Coble
Testimony Narrowed in Kopechne Inquest on Chappaquiddick Case
Judge James A. Boyle barred evidence that Mary Jo Kopechne might have been saved if Edward M. Kennedy had summoned help. Diver John Farrar testified only about recovering Kopechne’s body from Kennedy’s submerged car on Chappaquiddick Island. The inquest, held over 30 days, will send a report to the Superior Court after all prosecution chances expire.
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Edgartown
Mass
James A. Boyle
Mary Jo Kopechne
Edward M. Kennedy
John Farrar
Lely
Miss Kopechne
Kennedy
Chappaquiddick Island
Kopechne
Superior Court
Massachusetts Supreme Court
French hijacker leads TWA jet to Beirut protest
A 20 year old Frenchman Christian Belon armed with a rifle and two pistols hijacked a TWA Boeing 707 with 19 others aboard, demanded to go to Beirut to protest an Israeli border raid and his hatred of Americans. The plane landed safely with no injuries as Belon was disarmed after escaping via an inflatable chute.
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Beirut
Trans World Airlines
Christian Belon
Belton
Lebanon
TWA
Tax Revenue in Kansas Rises in 1969
Kansas tax collections for the 1969 calendar year reached 356.52 million dollars, up 33.39 million or 10.3 percent from 1968. The rise is attributed to higher motor fuel taxes and inflation impacts on sales and income.
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Topeka
Kansas
State Revenue Department
Wind and Sea Threaten Tanker Off Central California
The S S Connecticut, a crippled jet fuel tanker, faced 60 knot winds and 15 to 20 foot seas 180 miles off the California coast as 41 crewmen awaited rescue. The master warned only six hours of afloat time but dawn brought no immediate danger of sinking while other vessels and aircraft stood by. Pumps failed, water leaked, and power loss left the vessel at risk as rescuers coordinated off the central coast.
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San Francisco
California
S.S. Connecticut
Coast Guard
Kansas Legislature Faces Tax Reform and Financing Clash
Kansas lawmakers begin the 1970 session amid calls for tax reform and bigger state aid for schools and welfare. Leaders Glee Smith and Calvin Strowig push adjustments to the tax load, seeking financing without broad tax hikes while Governor Docking's proposals loom large.
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Glee Smith
R-Larned
Senate
Calvin Strowig
R-Abilene
House
Smith
Docking
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