Wheat Protest Clamps Regina as Trudeau Speaks
Thousands of tractors and farmers clogged prairie highways during a Saskatchewan wheat protest tied to falling prices and exports. Prime Minister Trudeau was shouted down in Regina while about 700 listeners gathered at the hotel. organizers reported thousands more in demonstrations across the province.
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Regina
Sask
Pierre Elliott Trudeau
Prairie Provinces
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Luna 15 Moon Mission Nearing Landing Window
Luna 15 entered an elliptical lunar orbit about two hours long at 600 to 1200 miles altitude. Sir Bernard Lovell of Jodrell Bank reported heavy data return while Tass claimed it became an artificial satellite. observers expect a Friday morning landing attempt.
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Jodrell Bank
England
Jordell Bank
Observatory
Bernard Lovell
Tass
Moscow
Sid Bernard
Nixon Plans Worldwide Trip After All Star Game
President Nixon will begin a round the world journey after the All Star Game next Tuesday night. The White House says he will fly at least 24070 miles, crossing three oceans and six seas with seven city stops in seven countries. Stops include the Philippines Indonesia Thailand India Pakistan and Romania with a refueling stay in Britain to meet Prime Minister Harold Wilson.
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Washington
Nixon
White House
Philippines
Indonesia
Thailand
India
Pakistan
Romania
Britain
Harold Wilson
Production Rises in June with 0.7 Percent Gain
Industrial output rose seven tenths of one percent in June to 173.9 per cent of the 1957-59 average. Nonfarm payrolls increased by 190,000 as unemployment edged down to 3.4 percent. Gains were strongest in state and local government and construction.
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Washington
Federal Reserve Board
Prison Calm at Kansas State Penitentiary After Food Negotiation
About 800 inmates were fed breakfast as inmates in cellblocks A and C agreed to work on kitchen duties. Block B inmates continued to protest, delaying meals. Officials halted service after 125 ate amid threats. 300 were served Wednesday and a calmer night followed.
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Lansing
Kan
Kansas State Penitentiary
Governor Declares State Holiday for Apollo 11
Governor Docking announced a state holiday for Kansas state employees to honor the Apollo 11 mission. The proclamation followed his viewing of liftoff at Cape Kennedy with Vice President Agnew. He urged Kansas businesses to grant their workers the day off as part of a national recognition.
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Topeka
Robert Docking
Docking
Cape Kennedy
Spiro T. Agnew
Nixon
Washington
Gagarin
Komarov
Frank Borman
Apollo 11 Near Moon Midpoint After Engine Firing
Apollo 11 passes halfway to the moon marking 120,003 miles from Earth and Moon. A three second midcourse burn boosts speed by 14 mph, adjusting trajectory to skim 69 miles above the lunar far side. Medal presentation honors five fallen space explorers from the US and USSR.
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Space Center
Houston
America
Armstrong
Aldrin
Collins
Earth
Moon
Heat drives air conditioner scramble in southeast Kansas
Barbara Deane reports residents struggle to buy window units as demand explodes and supply remains tight. Dealers blame weather driven shortages and halted factory production for the 1970 season, with back orders and few units available in Independence, Coffeyville, Fort Scott and Parsons.
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Chanute
Independence
Coffeyville
Fort Scott
Parsons
Kansas City
Seattle
Wash
Mother appeals to governor over denied prison visit
Pocahontas Wood of Sacramento travels 1500 miles to Hutchinson State Reformatory to see her son Robert Wood but learns he and 29 other inmates have lost visiting privileges after a July 4 disturbance. She plans attorney consultation while awaiting Gov Docking's return from South America.
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Hutchinson, Kan
Hutchinson State Reformatory
California
Robert Docking
Pocahontas Wood
Sacramento
Calif
KWBW
Robert Wood
Reformatory
Joseph Noble
Rise in GNP in second quarter signals inflation policy effect
The Commerce Department reports GNP rose to an annual 933 billion by year end with a 1.4 percent quarterly gain and a 2.5 percent first-half real increase. Chief economist William H. Chartener notes price increases near 1.4 percent with production up about half a percent. The data bolster inflation reduction plans.
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Washington
Commerce Department
William H. Chartener
Department
Chartener
City Eyes Public Building Storm Shelters Plan
Police Chief Lige Matlock announces efforts to authorize shelters in public buildings for severe storms. He proposes dividing the city into zones with a shelter in each and plans a sign marking shelter areas to guide residents. He says current alerts leave people vulnerable with nowhere to go.
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Lige Matlock
Matlock
Area Forecast Highlights Hot Humid Conditions Through Friday
The Weather Bureau reports general fair weather with high temperatures in the 98 to 105 range and lows in the 70s tonight. Scattered thundershowers expected in western Kansas by evening and across the state Friday, with humidity remaining high and precipitation around 10 percent tonight and Friday.
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Topeka
Kansas
Weather Bureau
Garden City
Wichita
Goodland
Leavenworth
Jetmore
Scandia
Washington
Huscher
Housing Authority Hears Architect To Start Studies
James Blessing, architect, addressed the Chanute housing authority on methods for public housing. He favored the conventional approach with the authority hiring architects and bidding contracts, while noting turn-key projects move faster but cost more. Blessing urged a local study to estimate substandard homes and suggested phased projects across town with site planning for elderly and families near downtown and schools. Authority members present included Dale McCoy and J. C. Sanders, among others.
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Martha Allen James Blessing
City Housing Authority
Blessing
Chanute
Authority
Dale McCoy
Floyd Thuston
A. F. VanAlstyne
J. C. Sanders
Pete Disney
George McCune
Jack Brennan
Williams Quits Planning Board Amid Resignation
Harold Williams, chair of the city planning commission, resigns effective immediately. He cites a personal reason and will not elaborate. Williams served three years on the commission and previously on the city government from 1957 to 1961. The remaining planners unanimously approved adding area regulations to the BP zoning proposal, a step not in the earlier draft. They did not act on the city commission’s earlier rejection, awaiting official word. They adjourned after brief discussion of an industrial park with Ralph Watson and attended a special city commission session.
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Martha Allen
Harold Williams
City Planning Commission
Commission
City Commission
Planning Commission
Williams
Reuben J. Burkman
Burkman
Virgil Hanson
Ninth and
Garfield
Atend
Ralph Watson
Parsons
Marie Galt
L. Hugh Chapman
James Blessing
Oscar Cunningham
Harvey Young
Bob Hembree
Buford Fisher
James Kensett
Spartan missile tests reported ahead of Senate session
A Safeguard proponent said a new Spartan test Wednesday met all objectives. Senry Stennis reported nine tests with six success, two partial successes, and one failure. Intelligence notes a rise in Soviet submarines and missiles ahead of the secret session. Len Symington planned to present Kwajalein test material.
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Washington
John G. Tower
R-Tex
Senate
John C. Stennis
D-Miss
Spartan
Stennis
Len Stuart Symington
D-Mo
Kwajalein
Senator Pearson Cancels Dighton Speech on Missile Debate
Senator James B. Pearson of Kansas said he cannot deliver the scheduled talk at the Lane-Scott Electric Cooperative annual meeting in Dighton due to a Senate executive session on the anti ballistic missile. The call came from his Washington office as he remains in the capital.
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Topeka
James B. Pearson
R-Kan
Dighton
Kan
Lane- Scott Electric Cooperative
Senate
Pearson
Washington
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