Ford declares open campaign for 1976 presidency
President Ford announces candidacy for a full term in 1976 from the Oval Office. He pledges an open aboveboard campaign, vows to be president for all, and says he will seek every delegate while upholding duty decency and constructive debate. He plans to run while maintaining roles as President and GOP leader.
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Richard M. Nixon
Oval Office
California
Ronald Reagan
Humboldt boy dies as four injured in La Harpe crash
A 5 year old Humboldt boy, Jerry L. Brooks, died from crash injuries Sunday night near La Harpe. His mother Patricia Brooks and his father Gary Brooks were hospitalized, along with two LaHarpe residents. Donations for medical expenses were sought at local banks. Funeral services for Jerry were set for Friday at St Joseph's Church Humboldt.
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la Harpe
Iola
Allen County
Wesley Medical Center
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Gary A. Brooks
Allen County Hospital
Vernon Walker
LaHarpe
Gina Stalnaker
Linda C. Cossou
Robert C. Cossou
Allen County Sheriff's Office
Linda Cossou
Robert Cossou
Stalnaker
Gary Brooks
Brookses
Humboldt National Bank
Bank of Commerce
Chanute
Jerry Leon Brooks
Kansas Governor Bennett backs Ford highway plan
Kansas Governor Robert Bennett said Ford's highway program fits rural Kansas and will urge Congress to back the proposals. He noted a possible one cent per gallon federal tax transfer could raise 11.4 million dollars for Kansas highways and said the plan benefits both rural and urban areas. Bennett, at the White House meeting with five governors, praised the plan as practical and less costly for consumers.
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Weather Area Forecast Partly cloudy with scattered storms
Partly cloudy through Wednesday with widely scattered afternoon and nighttime showers and thunderstorms. Overnight lows in the mid to upper 60s. Cooler Wednesday with highs in the upper 80s to low 90s. Winds light and variable today becoming northerly 5 to 15 mph tonight.
Six Injured in Truck-Pickup Collision at Lincoln Street
At 5 10 p m Monday a pickup and a wheat truck collided at 4th and Lincoln sending the pickup to overturn. Six people in the pickup were injured. three were hospitalized and later released. The driver, James Lonnie Free, 47, was cited for failure to yield right of way.
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Carol
Terri
Howard Free
Tomball
Tex
Sgt
Charlies
Chanute
4Th
Lincoln
John R. Faught
S. Grant
Neosho Memorial Hospital
James Lonnie Free
Frees
Howard
Free
Tastee-Freez
Ice Service
John R
Faught
Yates Center
Gehrt Elected President of Chanute School Board
Dr Earl Gehrt was chosen president of the Chanute USD 413 Board at a Monday reorganization. The meeting at Buford E Fisher Administration Center also named Dwight Blackwood vice president and Joan Colvin clerk, with Wayne Umbarger treasurer. Other board members include Mike Harris Dr Homer Cook Dale Fairchild Cleo Summervill and Dale Ward. The board plans monthly meetings at 7 p.m. at the center and discussed budget projections facility upgrades and land leases tied to district operations.
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Jane Blades
Earl Gehrt
Chanute Usd 413
Buford E. Fisher Administration Center
Dwight Blackwood
Joan Colvin
Wayne Umbarger
Mike Harris
Homer Cook
Dale Fairchild
Cleo Summervill
Dale Ward
Gehrt
Fairchild
Joe E. Balch
Balch
Ruth
Kansas Tuberculosis Hospital
John Grasso
Chanute Chamber Seeks Plans for Closed TB Hospital
Chanute Area Chamber of Commerce invites written ideas on future uses for the Southeast Kansas Tuberculosis Hospital before a July 29 legislative interim committee visit. The facility closes Oct. 1 and proposed ideas include a rehabilitation center, senior care home, juvenile detention center, and highway patrol academy.
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Highway Patrol Academy
Chanute Area Chamber of Commerce
P.O
Chanute
Kissinger Rabin to Meet in Bonn on Middle East Peace Talks
United States and Israel announce that Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and Secretary of State Henry Kissinger will meet in Bonn on Saturday to discuss an interim peace accord with Egypt. Israeli officials say progress is being made toward a disengagement plan, though no final agreement exists.
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Henry A. Kissinger
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Sinai
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Kissinger
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