Bids Studied For Courtroom Remodel And City Projects
City Commission reviews bids for remodeling court facilities with Coomes Construction at 79 000 and Midco at 81 987. Architect Charles Hight to report next meeting. Commission issues resolution of intent for 700 000 gas revenue bonds and seeks budget excess authority for three areas. Also approves wage increase 5.5 percent and new parking meter crew class.
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City Commission
Coomes Construction Co
St. Paul
Midco Construction Co
Humboldt
Charles Hight
Commission
Com
Sanborn
Watermelon fall prank report mocked by police
Police say a claim that 29 year old D C Henry was hit by a 51 pound watermelon dropped from a second story window after an argument with girlfriend Orena Jones is false. Commander Pete Hagan said the report had no truth and was a prank.
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Los Angeles
D.C. Henry
Orena Jones
Pete Hagan
Replacement for Hurford Takes Over
Calvin Hurford retired June 30 as street department superintendent. John Duff will replace Hurford as superintendent of sanitation streets and alleys with a $800 monthly salary. Duff, public works director at Augusta Kansas and street superintendent at Independence Kansas, starts July 1 and will reside at 1132 South Central Street.
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Calvin Hurford
S. Plummer
Kenneth Sanborn
John Duff
S. Central
Hurford
Duff
Augusta
Kan
Independence
Fund Shortfall Tied to Late Bond Sale Displayed by City Manager
City manager Kenneth Sanborn says revenue bonds sold after last year’s budget left a shortfall of about 165000 for principal and interest. An emergency no fund warrant of about 9000 will be issued for street and sewer assessments. Sanborn asks the state Tax Board to approve unbudgeted 1972 expenditures in sanitation and electric departments including 20751 for health compliance and 35025 in electric repairs drawing from a 130000 reserve.
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Kenneth Sanborn
Commission
State Tax Board
Sanitation
Electric Department
Sanborn
Sanitation Department
State Board of Health
Sarborn
Intercepted Letter Sparks Political Quip Clash
The intercepted letter accuses Humphrey and Muskie of choosing to quit rather than lose, reflecting sharp intra party disagreement and public display of frustration. The line suggests a contentious rift over strategy amid a heated race.
Three Apollo 15 Astronauts Disciplined Over Envelope Venture
NASA disciplined Apollo 15 astronauts David Scott Alfred Worden and James Irwin for carrying 400 unauthorized postal covers to the moon last July and later giving 100 to a West German acquaintance. The 100 were sold for about 1500 each, while 300 authorized covers were confiscated and impounded. NASA cited poor judgment but noted stress before moon missions.
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Washington
The
Space Agency
West Germany
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NASA
Manned Spacecraft Center
Houston
David Scott
Alfred Worden
James Irwin
George Low
Kennedy Woodcock Among VP Choices
Senator Edward Kennedy is among two or three people considered as Democratic running mates by George McGovern. Campaign manager Gary Hart said the list has fewer than five names, with United Auto Workers President Leonard Woodcock also on the list.
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Miami Beach, Fla
Edward Kennedy
George McGovern
McGovern
Gary Hart
United Auto Workers
Leonard Woodcock
Hart
Newsmen
Area Forecast Warns of Showers and Strong Storms This Afternoon
Mostly cloudy area forecast calls for occasional showers and thunderstorms with potential heavy downpours this afternoon and tonight. Expect highs near 90, lows around 70s, and southerly winds 10 to 25 mph. Partly cloudy Wednesday with scattered showers and thundershowers. highs in the upper 80s to low 90s. rain chances 80 percent this afternoon, 50 percent tonight, 30 percent Wednesday.
McGovern Near Nomination After California Delegates Return
McGovern secured enough delegate votes at the Democratic National Convention while Humphrey ended his campaign. With 1,485.35 of the 1,509 needed, he was 23.65 short prior to balloting as California delegates were restored to his count and Illinois decisions aided his position.
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McGovern
McGovern Wins California Votes in DNC Credential Ruling
The Democratic National Convention returned 151 California votes to George McGovern overturning a prior ruling that California’s winner take all primary violated reform guidelines. The Credentials Committee ouster of Chicago Mayor Daley and 58 delegates was upheld, with women seated in two Illinois delegations while a bid to add more women to South Carolina failed. A slate of black challengers seeking to replace Alabama Wallace supporters was rejected. A Georgia compromise adding four blacks to its delegation, brokered by Gov. Carter and Julian Bond, was ratified. Delegations from Kentucky to Oklahoma had their challenges dropped.
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Fla
California
George McGovern
Credentials Committee
Chicago
Richard J. Daley
Illinois
South Carolina
Alabama
George C. Wallace
Georgia
Jimmy Carter
Julian Bond
Kentucky
Hawaii
Missouri
Michigan
Virginia
Washington
Rhode Island
Texas
Connecticut
Oklahoma
Humphrey Withdraws From Democratic Presidential Race
Senator Hubert H. Humphrey announced his withdrawal from the Democratic presidential nomination today. He said he will not seek a nomination at the Democratic National Convention and released his delegates to vote their conscience. His 12 year quest ends after a bid that began in 1960 and lapsed with Kennedy.
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Miami Beach
Fla
Hubert H. Humphrey
Humphrey
McGovern
John F. Kennedy
Muskie Drops Out of Presidential Race
Miami Beach AP report says Sen. Edmund S. Muskie has withdrawn as a candidate for the nation.
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Miami Beach
Edmund S. Muskie
Young Parsons woman becomes delegate at Democratic National Convention
Deborah Denise Edison, 18, a Parsons Kansas high school graduate, was chosen to replace a delegate at the Democratic National Convention in Miami Beach. She met Julian Bond, stated her independence by challenging state Sen Harold Herd, and outlined her plans in psychology and prison work. She intends to attend Pittsburg State College as a second semester sophomore and has volunteered with retarded children.
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Miami Beach
Fla
Deborah Denise Edison
St. Patrick’s High School
Parsons
Kan
Julian Bond
Harold Herd
Miss Edison
Labette Community Junior College
Pittsburg State College
Parsons State Hospital
Fort Scott
Kansas
Betty Tullis
Chetopa
Bond
Georgia
Papal Efforts to Aid POWs Fell Short Says Rogers
Secretary of State William P. Rogers said the Vatican made several attempts to aid American POWs in North Vietnam, including prisoner exchanges, more mail, and reports on missing Americans, but so far to no avail after a private audience with Pope Paul VI.
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Vatican City
William P. Rogers
Vatican
North Vietnam
Rogers
Paul VI
Protestant Threats Escalate in Northern Ireland Violence
Militants from the Ulster Defense Association threaten to strike first if the British fail to crush the Irish Republican Army. In Belfast gun battles and bomb explosions continued as Britain dispatched 1,800 more troops amid 232 shooting incidents from Monday morning to early today.
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Belfast
Northern Ireland
Ulster Defense Association
Irish Republican Army
Association
IRA
Democratic National Convention Tonight Schedule Miami Beach
In Miami Beach the Democratic National Convention lists tonight’s events in CDT. Sessions open at 6 p.m. with the Platform Committee report to be considered around 7 p.m. followed by the Rules Committee report, timing not specified.
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Miami Beach
Fla
Nixon committee seeks delay in break-in lawsuit hearing
The Committee for the Re-election of the President asked a U.S. District Court to postpone a $1 million damage suit hearing tied to the Democratic headquarters bugging incident until after the November 7 election. The group warned the hearing could cause incalculable damage to Nixon's campaign.
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Washington
Committee For the
Nixon
U.S. District Court
Floods in Japan Cause Deaths and Missing Across Prefectures
Floods and landslides triggered by torrential rains in Hiroshima and Shimane left 24 dead and six missing, with 39 others injured. The prior week’s storms in southwestern Japan had killed 159 and left 41 missing.
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Tokyo
Hiroshima
Shimane
Japan
Tho Leaves Hanoi for Paris as Kissinger Talks Resume
Le Duc Tho, North Vietnam's top negotiator, flies from Hanoi to Paris as U.S. peace talks show signs of resuming with Kissinger. Xuan Thuy also returns to Paris, signaling renewed high level diplomacy at the Paris talks.
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Tokyo
North Vietnam
Paris
le Duc Tho
Hanoi
Vietnam
Tho
U.S
Henry Kissinger
Kissinger
Xuan Thuy
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