Early Scouting Roots in Chanute and Old Kansas Days
District Editor recalls Dr. John McFadden founding Kansas first Boy Scout troop in Chanute around 1910. He writes to Baden-Powell, describes no badges or uniforms, met in a hay barn, buffalo hunts as a favorite activity, and later moves to other Kansas towns. The piece contrasts past to present with local notes on bowling centers and 1930s lanes at Santa Fe readers’ clipping.
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Chanute
Lord Baden-Powell
The
Scouts
England
Kan
McFadden
Powell
Safari Museum plates return as Chanute ties to Apollo 14
Santa Fe cabooses sold to another railroad after weeks on Earlton siding. Safari Museum white on red car plates from Chanute era reappear, with Chanute spelled in an oval. Lt. Col. Joe Engle’s wife hails from Chanute and Lt Keck, Palmetto detective, was born there.
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Santa Fe
Earlton
Safari Museum
Chanute
Kansas
Joe H. Engle
al Leverenz
S. Evergreen
Engle
Kansan
Chapman
Ray E. Lawrence
Lawrence
N. Steuben
Lawrences
Kansas City
Catherine
Mission Hills
Leverenz
Florida
Ronald S. Keck
Palmetto, Fla
E. M. Cast
Thayer
Lt. Keck
Clarence Keck
Oneco
Fla
Keck
N. Evergreen
Master Detective Magazine
Nixon Plans Draw Praise Of Speaker At Kansas Dinner
President Nixon's revenue sharing and government reorganization plans were lauded by Speaker Sen. William Brock at the Kansas Day Club dinner. Brock, who defeated Democrat Sen. Albert Gore, urged curbing federal power as governors and legislatures back revenue sharing. He warned of long battles ahead and cited broad GOP support while Democrats oppose the plan.
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Topeka
Nixon
Kansas
William Brock
R-Tenn
Albert Gore
Brock
Washington
Congress
Reynolds Shultz
All Signals Go For Apollo 14 Moon Launch
Apollo 14 missions, led by Alan Shepard Edgar Mitchell and Stuart Roosa, prepare for a Saturn V lift off from Cape Kennedy in a nine day mission. The crew rests in isolation while families watch, with Antares touchdown planned in Fra Mauro highlands and Cone crater geology work.
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Alan B. Shepard Jr
Edgar D. Mitchell
Stuart A. Roosa
America
Houston
Louise Shepard
Shepard
Louise Mitchell
Joan Roosa
Roosa
Lunar
Mitchell
Antares
Fra Mauro
Earth
Cone
Kitty Hawk
Pacific Ocean
British Taxman Targets Hot Pants as Hidden Duty
In London the tax service combats a clothing loophole with hot pants. Women buy children’s shorts to dodge a 14 percent adult clothing tax, prompting talks with trade groups and a planned ruling next month.
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London
Britain
Paris
Customs and Excise Department
Robert Krausz
Dolly Dolly Dressmakers
Krausz
Customs and Excise
Weather today 10 a.m. report and forecast
A compact weather update shows 10 a.m. readings of 46 with yesterday at 68 and a year ago 50. It lists a high of 72 in 1911 and a low of 23 in 1949, with humidity 28 and barometer 29.86. Forecase: mostly cloudy and cool, tonight low 15 to 20, Sunday high near 40.
Apollo 14 Moon Trip Schedules Note Football Season Close
Intercepted letter references space shot planners scheduling the Apollo 14 mission after the football season ends, suggesting foresight in balancing schedules with the aerospace program.
Government living-cost rise spurs new alarm cries
A government report shows the largest two year rise in living costs in nearly 25 years drawing Democratic and labor opposition while the White House stays silent. Erie's Stark elementary school broken into. a window entry noted and minor theft of wieners reported.
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Washington
White House
Erie
Stark
David Kern
Cambodian Child Soldier Teaches Courage On Front Lines
AP reports 13 year old Ku Bunly, orphaned in Khmer Rouge conflict, serves with Tiger Brigade 13th Infantry near Phnom Penh. Clad in a green scarf and his grandfather’s teeth, he fights Viet Cong and earns eight dollars a month while sending most home. He trained briefly, guards a field commander, and proudly states he shoots well though remains scared by nearby blasts.
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Ku Bunly
Pvt. Bunly
Phnom Penh
Tiger Brigade
13Th Infantry
Highway 4
Party Call Reported As Harassing Or Party Noise
A woman told police Friday night that two unidentified youths a boy and a girl called her sounding as if they were making a harassing call or having a party. She declined to identify herself and was advised to notify the phone company next time.
Vote on Election Age Taking Shape for April 6
In Topeka the Senate approved two resolutions to let voters 18 participate in the April 6 election. A canvassing board certification clears the path for constitutional amendments changing when amendments are voted. Gov Docking’s budget plans face GOP resistance as a cabinet government proposal and a leaner executive reorganization seek to reduce agencies and officials.
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Topeka
Senate
House
Calvin Strowig
R-Abilene
Kansas Commission On Executive Reorganization
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