Space flight ends with joint American Soviet crew
Space mission closes as Apollo astronauts Thomas Stafford Vance Brand and Donald Slayton share a single spacecraft with Soyuz cosmonauts Alexei Leonov and Valeri Kubasov. The linked 66 foot craft celebrates a new era in international space cooperation and hints at future joint planetary missions.
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Houston
UPI
Apollo
Thomas Stafford
Vance Brand
Donald ‘‘Deke
Slayton
Soyuz
Alexei Leonov
Valeri Kubasov
Stafford
Leonov
Earth
Space
Moscow
Kubasov
Brand
EPA chief says carmakers unlikely to get more extensions
EPA Director Russell Train on a midwest tour said further extensions on pollution standards are unlikely. He noted the recent five year concession arose from energy conservation efforts under Ford and urged industry to align with environmental and economic needs.
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Kansas City, Mo
UPI
Environmental Protection Agency
Russell Train
Midwest
Kansas
Robert Bennett
Train
Ford Administration
EPA
Ames
Iowa
Plant head urges summer electricity saving in Chanute
Chanute power plant superintendent Ron Reed urges residents to curb use during the 4 to 7 pm peak on hot weekdays to reduce costs. He notes last year's peak 22 565 kilowatts leads to 93 821 dollars for 1974 and compares interconnect savings with Coffeyville versus Kansas Gas and Electric rate plans.
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Barbara Kihm
Chanute
Ron Reed
Chanute Power Plant
Coffeyville
Reed
Kansas Gas and Electric
Railroad strike averted as bargaining reaches close
Washington unions and railroad management reached a finalized three year contract ending a possible strike. Clerks union won a cost of living adjustment effective Jan 1 1978 and a 41 percent wage and fringe benefits rise shared with pattern settlements. Federal mediator W J Usery oversaw talks.
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Washington
UPI
C. L. Dennis
William H. Dempsey
W. J. Usery
Postal Service
Dempsey
Dennis
Area Forecast Delivers Partly Cloudy Skies and Afternoon Storms
The area forecast calls for partly cloudy skies through Sunday with late afternoon and nighttime thundershowers. Lows will be in the lower 70s with continued very warm days and highs today and Sunday in the lower percent. Southerly winds will range from 15 to 25 mph today.
Senate panel finds no evidence Butterfield spied on Nixon
The Senate Intelligence Committee said there is no scintilla of evidence that Alexander Butterfield spied on President Nixon for the CIA. Chairman Church noted the inquiry into CIA misdeeds and possible assassination plots continues with interviews of Helms and Eisenhower.
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Senate
Butterfield
Nixon
Washington
Church
CIA
Fidel Castro
Richard Helms
John Eisenhower
White House
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Eisenhower
Richard M. Nixon
WSU case sent back to district court over 1970 plane crash
Kansas Supreme Court returns the Wichita State University crash suit to district court for trial. Eight survivors and relatives seek 15.3 million dollars from WSU and its athletic corporation over the 1970 Martin 404 crash that killed 40 en route to Utah State. The decision addresses insurance duties and negligence questions including selection of the charter air line and aircraft weight.
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Topeka, Kan
UPI
Kansas Supreme Court
Wichita State University
WSU
Athletic Corporation
High Court
WSU Physical Education Corp., Inc
Supreme Court
Golden Eagle
Denver
Fatzer
University
Logan
Utah
Utah State University
Silver Plume
Colo
Defense seeks dismissal in Joan Little murder case
In Raleigh, defense lawyers ask to throw out the murder charge against 21 year old Joan Little after two lie detector tests allegedly support her claim of self defense against a rape attempt by jailer Clarence Alligood. The trial added two jurors, bringing total to eight, including Wake Forest storekeeper Marcia C. Pearce who voiced fear yet indicated she could vote by the evidence. The trial recessed for the weekend and resumes Monday.
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Raleigh, N.C
UPI
Joan Little
Little
Wake Forest
Marcia C. Pearce
Beaufort County
Clarence Alligood
Raleigh
Alligood
No further bean harvest in sight for next year
A reader declines another bean crop next year, signing off with a personal note that echoes fatigue and reluctance about continuing the bean production cycle.
Old Soldiers and Sailors bean feed attracts crowds
From far and wide residents gathered on the Neosho County courthouse lawn for the annual Old Soldiers and Sailors Reunion bean feed. About 1200 pounds of navy beans plus 125 pounds of bacon fed an eager crowd despite heat and showers. Beans sold for about 14 cents a pound, totaling around 170 dollars, down from 43 cents and over 500 dollars last year.
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Erie
Neosho County
Phyllis Coover
American Legion Auxiliary
Coover
Charles Hartong
Eric
Hartong
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