Youth Vote Grant Targets 18 20 Year Old Registration
The Student National Education Association of Neosho County Community Junior College received a $1,000 grant from SNEA in Washington to run a pilot plan to involve youth in politics. NCCJC is among five colleges chosen. aims include registering 18 20 year olds, informing voters about issues, and hosting a voter registration conference and a politicians breakfast with local lawmakers.
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Student National Education Association of
Neosho County Community Junior College
SNEA
Washington, D. C
NCCJC
National Education Association
University of Florida
Gainesville
University of Nebraska
Omaha
Montclair State College of New Jersey
The
University of Portland
Portland, Ore
Washer Dryer Freezer Damaged in House Fire
A fire in the utility room at Roland Robinson residence 214 N Highland extensively damaged a washing machine a dryer and a deep freeze. The room was also damaged and flames climbed the walls.
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Roland Robinson
N. Highland
Three Police Officers Return From Academy Training
Three Hutchinson area officers Howard Spurrier Kenneth Stroup and Terry Stark have completed 160 hours of training at the police academy. Chanute officers will either attend the academy or pursue an associate degree in police science at Neosho County Community Junior College where seven men are currently studying.
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Police Academy
Hutchinson
Howard Spurrier
Kenneth Stroup
Terry Stark
Lige Matlock
Chanute
Neosho County Community
Matlock
KU tunnel blast likely caused by gas leak damages Battenfield Hall Sprague Apartments
University of Kansas officials say a gas leak is the probable cause of an explosion in a utility tunnel beneath a parking lot between Battenfield Hall and Sprague Apartments. The blast damaged basement rooms but caused no injuries, with a damage estimate due later today.
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Lawrence
Kan
University of Kansas
Battenfield Hall
Sprague Apartments
Intercepted Letter Notes Voter Registration Tactic
An intercepted letter discusses past politicians registering many voters for a thousand dollars. The memo questions SNEA’s potential impact while noting the tactic as a possible method used by earlier politicians.
Nixon Admin Seeks Debt Ceiling Hike Without New Taxes
Washington officials tell the AP that the Nixon administration plans no new taxes despite a record borrowing request from $430 billion to $480 billion. Treasury Secretary Connally and OMB Director Shultz cite spending control as the path to higher tax revenues amid economic recovery. House Ways and Means members begin hearings on the proposal, with some lawmakers signaling a tax increase may be inevitable.
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Washington
Nixon
House
Ways and Means Committee
Secretary of the Treasury
John B. Connally
Management and Budget
George P. Shultz
McClanathan Named Planning Director in Lawrence
Former Chanute city planner Richard McClanathan is named planning director for Lawrence. He has served in the Lawrence planning department since last August after resigning from his Chanute post in mid July last year. Six other candidates were interviewed for the Lawrence job.
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Chanute
Richard McClanathan
Lawrence
McClanathan
Irish Government Demands Inquiry After Londonderry Violence
The Irish government urges an international inquiry after British troops killed 13 civilians in the Bogside, Londonderry. Prime Minister Lynch orders ambassador recalled and calls for troop withdrawal and a political conference to resolve the Northern Ireland issue. The IRA retaliates with bombings in Belfast as London launches its own inquiry.
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Belfast
Northern Ireland
Irish Republican Army
Irish Republic
Britain
Londonderry
Jack Lynch
Dublin
Lynch
Patrick Hillery
New York
U.N
Kurt Waldheim
Hillery
London
Edward Heath
Kustom Electronics Reports Strong First Quarter Growth
Kustom Electronics, Inc. reports first quarter sales of 2.588 million dollars, up 20 percent from a year earlier, with net earnings of 159,527 dollars. President Charles A. Ross cites higher costs from overtime and new product lines, including mobile law enforcement terminals and a moving radar. The firm plans a 30,000 square foot expansion funded by a 1.25 million dollar industrial revenue bond and repaid a 15 percent loan, signaling expected higher production and sales in 1972.
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Kustom Electronics, Inc
Charles A. Ross
Kustom
Ross
City of
Chanute
Tulsa citizens’ arrest over Hair show sparks obscenity debate
Four Tulsa men including Oklahoma Ku Klux Klan Grand Dragon Lloyd French attempted to arrest cast members during a Nude scene in the musical Hair. District Attorney S M Fallis declined to file charges due to federal obscenity rulings, and city prosecutor Jack Morgan would not authorize police action. The incident occurred at the city owned theater during intermission as about 2000 attendees watched.
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Tulsa
Okla
Dist. Atty
S. M. Fallis
Grand Dragon
Oklahoma Ku Klux Klan
Jack Morgan
Morgan
Burris
French
City Manager Reports No Public Reaction to Water Rate Hike
City Manager Ken Sanborn said he heard no public reaction to proposed water rate increases. Ross Cooper, former interim manager, discussed provisions with Sanborn. Sanborn is checking records for contracts that could block rate increases. No action has been taken by the City Commission on the Wilson and Company plan.
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Ken Sanborn
Ross Cooper
Sanborn
Wilson and Company
Salina Engineers
City Commission
Gas Repair Fixes Border Station Valve Near Refinery
City gas workers and Cities Service Gas Co. crew repaired a malfunctioning valve at a border regulating station near the Mid-America Refinery north of town Saturday evening. City gas foreman Charles Williams found the issue before service was disrupted. Repairs finished around 9 p.m. Saturday.
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City Gas System
Cities Service Gas Co
Mid-America
Kenneth Sanborn
Charles Williams
Area forecast and local sewer work update
Increasing cloudiness tonight with a southwest wind and light snow possible by morning. Tuesday will be mostly cloudy with a chance of snow ending in fore noon. State weather notes show highs in the 40s and lows in the mid 20s. No sewer work at Safari Industrial Park Thursday or Friday due to weather. project restart planned today with Utility Contractors Wichita.
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Safari Industrial Park
Kenneth Sanborn
Wichita
Antiwar activists breach France nuclear command center
Ten militants posing as workers entered an underground control center near Lyon that controls France's nuclear strike force. They were arrested after unfurling a banner opposing arms sales and the atomic command post. The facility houses radar and computer systems to coordinate retaliation by bombers and submarines.
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Lyon
France
Piracy Charge Faces Trapnell At Kennedy Airport
Garrett Brock Trapnell was shot and captured at Kennedy Airport after hijacking a transcontinental jet. He faces air piracy charges and potential death penalty or minimum twenty years if convicted while recovering from gunshot wounds.
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New York
Garrett Brock Trapnell
Kennedy
Trapnell
Gas Service Restores Heat After Joplin Pipeline Leak
JOPLIN MO AP Personnel of the Joplin Gas Service Co. worked to light the last pilot lights as the city recovered from a gas leak that cut heat for two days. Frank Cook said 325 workers handled emergency repairs over the weekend. Service began Saturday after noon following a Cities Service Gas Co. pipeline valve rupture north of the city. About 76 percent of the 16,500 gas meters had to be shut off.
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Joplin, Mo
Joplin Gas Service Co
Frank Cook
Cities Service Gas Co
Here
Diplomats See Bangladesh Recognition Rising After Pakistan Exit
In Rawalpindi diplomats expect rapid recognition for Bangladesh as Pakistan leaves the British Commonwealth. Australia and New Zealand took the lead, with Britain's foreign secretary signaling forthcoming recognition.
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Rawalpindi
Pakistan
Bangladesh
Australia
New Zealand
Alec Douglas- Home
Britain
Bombing raids intensify along Vietnam frontier
Waves of U S B52 bombers pound North Vietnamese troop and supply buildups across a 200 mile stretch from the DMZ to the central highlands. Gen Westmoreland says North Vietnam plans a multiphase offensive next month in South Vietnam, below the DMZ and in the highlands. Abortion hearing in Topeka draws large crowd as Sen Arvin calls current law unlimited and de facto abortion on request.
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Saigon
South Vietnam
Demilitarized Zone
Central Highlands
William C. Westmoreland
U.S. Army
North Vietnam
Topeka
Kan
Lester C. Arvin
Rose Hill
Kansas
Class Action Sues Seed Firms Over 1970 Blight Risk
A Gibson Circuit Court suit seeks to represent all U S farmers who used T-hybrid seed corn in 1970. Plaintiffs accuse major seed companies with more than 500000 in sales of knowing T-hybrid corn was unusually susceptible to Southern Corn Leaf Blight and a related yellow leaf blight.
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Princeton, Ind
Gibson
Ind
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