Nixon Guest Visited by Wichita Girl Roberta Scott
Roberta Scott a 14 year old Wichita girl once named the NABC poster child will attend White House worship services with President Nixon. She and her mother Huey Scott will fly to Washington on Saturday by private jet after Sen. Dole secured the invitation. White House officials cited a crowded schedule for previously not posing with Nixon.
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Wichita, Kan
Roberta Scott
Wichita
National Association of Retarded Children
Roberta
Huey Scott
Robert Dole
R-Kan
Republican
White House
Nixon
Washington
NABC
Ronald L. Ziegler
City Patrolmen Strike Deadlock Spreads Amid Walkouts
Talks to end the 20 000 patrolmen strike are gravely deadlocked as sympathy walkouts spread among transit and housing patrols. A 1 500 Teamsters strike worsens city labor pains cutting fruit and vegetable supply. Telephone repairmen and installers enter a second week of strikes with no break.
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New York
Back to Work Chicago Teachers End Strike
Thousands of teachers return to classrooms in Chicago after a four day strike that affected more than 500000 students. The Chicago Teachers Union representing about 80 percent of 25000 public school teachers approved a two year contract with a 16 percent wage boost. The pact costs $67 million over two years with starting salaries rising from 8400 to 9796 dollars by 1972.
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Chicago
Chicago Teachers Union
Lunokhod 1 Rejoined Luna 17 during Moscow session
Tass reports the Soviet moonrover Lunokhod 1 was steered back to its mother ship Luna 17 in a precise navigation check during a 12:30 AM to 4:45 AM Moscow time session. Luna 17 cannot return Lunokhod to Earth, and Lunokhod’s chassis occupies space once used by engines on Luna 16.
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Moscow
Lunokhod
Tass
Earth
Docking to Discuss 1971 Proposals on Live TV
Gov Robert Docking will address Kansans on statewide television Tuesday evening about his 1971 legislative proposals. He is slated to present the plan ahead of delivering the full budget and message to a joint legislative session Wednesday morning.
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Topeka
Robert Docking
Docking
James Shaffer
Kansas
Kissinger to stay on White House staff after Harvard resignation
Henry A. Kissinger resigns from Harvard University but will continue as assistant to President Nixon for national security affairs and remains on the White House staff. He must decide by early next month whether to give up his Harvard professorship or return, having taken a two year leave of absence.
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Washington
Henry A. Kissinger
Nixon
National
Harvard
White House
Kissinger
Department of Government
Election Seminar for County Officials in Topeka
Secretary of State Elwin Shanahan announced an election seminar for county election officials in Topeka. The program covers city, school and special election law revisions. Sessions run 9 to 11:30 a.m. and 1 to 3 p.m. Thursday at the Ramada Inn Downtown.
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Topeka
Elwin Shanahan
Shanahan
Ramada Inn
Tanker Collision Under Golden Gate Sparks Oil Leak
In dense fog two 17,000 ton tankers from Standard Oil collided under the Golden Gate Bridge. One ship began leaking oil into San Francisco Bay while Coast Guard officials measured a growing slick. The Arizona Standard pierced the Oregon Standard, causing 12,000 barrels of oil to spill from two compartments.
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San Francisco
Golden Gate Bridge
San Francisco Bay
Coast Guard
Arizona Standard
Oregon Standard
Standard Oil Co
California
Inquiry Continues In Shooting Death In Iola
Authorities probe the Friday night shooting death of Jack Ray Powers 31 a linotype operator for the Erie Record at the home of Mrs Ora Lea Powers parents in Iola He died Saturday morning at Allen County Hospital from a small caliber bullet wound Powers wife and her parents reported no hearing a gunshot and a weapon not found The Erie Record worker moved from Pittsburgh to Erie last year and is survived by his wife and parents in Iola and siblings in Colorado
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IOLA
Jack Ray Powers
Erie
Erie Record
Powers
Allen County
Ora Lea Powes
Sola
George Harris
The
Pittsburg
Oscar Powers
Colorado
American bombers hit North Vietnam third day in a row
U S fighter bombers struck antiaircraft sites in North Vietnam for the third consecutive day. Cambodians say they recaptured a key pass as they push to reopen Phnom Penh’s highway to the sea. The U S 7th Fleet ships support the Cambodian South Vietnamese highway drive.
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Saigon
North Vietnam
Phnom Penh
U.S. Command
U.S. 7Th Fleet
Naked man disrupts scene at E-Z Way Laundry
Police responded to a 5 15 p m call at Cherry and Grant Sunday evening. A woman customer reported a completely nude man stood in front of the laundry window before leaving. Officers checked the area but located no one.
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E-Zway
Cherry and Grant
College Enrollment On Steady Course
At Neosho County Junior College 353 day students are enrolled for the spring term with 283 paying full fees and 37 partial payments. 33 day students are in the nursing program. Continuing Ed reports 244 enrolled in adult education, with 135 in credit and 119 non credit. Several courses were canceled for low enrollment while others are filled or reopening sections in March. Enrollment remains open and late enrollment is allowed until Jan 26.
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Neosho County Junior College
Joe Smith
Smith
School of Practical Nursing
Alvin Jones
Jones
Last Day To Register For City Special Election
Voter registration for the February 9 city special election ends at 5 p.m. Tuesday, said City Clerk Bonnie Moffatt. Registrations total 462 since January 4, with 144 added since Friday. Polling places remain the same as regular elections. Weather forecasts call for mostly cloudy, colder conditions tonight and Tuesday. Kansas State College Pittsburg offers two courses in social studies and North American Indians anthropology with evening sessions.
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Bonnie Moffatt
Moffatt
Chanute
Kansas State College
Pittsburg
Jones
City and Union Talks Continue With Scheduled Meeting
City Manager Don Manning says another 6 p m Friday meeting is set as negotiations aim to finalize a contract for union members and the city commission after two more talks. He notes rapid progress amid paperwork and contract wording details and says a change in government could complicate but not void talks. Two men head to Kansas City for induction. Nelda Wall notes selectives for Ross Jones III and Nicholas H Sanchez of Eric.
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Don Manning
City Commission
Manning
Kansas City
Armed Service
Nelda Wall
Neosho County
Selective Board
Ross Jones III
Nicholas H. Sanchez
Eric
Safari Jaycees Host Mayor's Prayer Breakfast at Tioga Hotel
National Jaycee Week opened with the Safari Jaycees annual Mayor's Prayer Breakfast in Tioga Hotel ballroom. Mayor Dr Reuben Burkman, City Commissioners R D Wilson and Dale McCoy, and City Manager Don Manning attended. Rev Floyd Thuston spoke. Dr Livingston Witten led prayer. Dean Denning presided. About 35 Jaycee members and local business people were present. Denning said the breakfast mirrors the Washington DC President's prayer breakfast.
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Tioga Hotel
Reuben Burkman
R. D. Wilson
Dale McCoy
Don Manning
Floyd Thuston
Church of God In Christ
Livingston Witten
First United Methodist Church
Dean Denning
Jaycees
Jaycee
Caravan Departing Santa Fe Park Caravan
A group of campers left Santa Fe Park at 1 30 p.m. Saturday after police said they had stayed overnight. Reported tree limb burning turned out to be park debris use. An officer was made an honorary member with a swagger stick. They planned to go to Tulsa then Boulder.
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Santa Fe Park
Parks and Recreation Department
Parks Department
Howard Storm
Bethlehem Steel Cuts Steel Price Increase After Nixon Criticism
Bethlehem Steel Corporation reduced its planned 12.5 percent price rise on major steel products to 6.8 percent following criticism from President Nixon. The rollback places shipbuilding and construction steel prices on a level with a more moderate U.S. Steel announcement.
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NEW York
Bethlehem Steel Corp
Nixon
Bethlehem
U.S. Steel Corp
First Business For Election Board
The State Election Board met in Topeka to review Mitchell County’s appeal over election costs tied to a 1969 school bond issue. The panel, created in 1968, had met only once before, and this marks its first substantive action.
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Topeka
State Election Board
Reynolds Shultz
Clay Hedrick
Elwin Shanahan
Attorney General’s Office
Mitchell County
Intercepted Letter Dear Cha Adds Weather Note
Intercepted communication mentions a January Sunday being warm enough to influence clothing decisions. The brief note references Cha and describes the day as warmer than typical January but not springlike.
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