Scouts Clean 40 Miles of Highways In City Area
About 50 to 60 Boy Scouts from all Chante troops led a cleanup along major highways into the city as Ameri can Legion Post 170 sponsored the effort under Keep America Beautiful. Led by Charles Follmer the crews planned to sweep west to Buffalo Lake north to Humboldt east to Erie junction and south to Thayer finishing at the Legion building around noon.
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America Beautiful
Boy Scouts
Chanute
Dale Thornton Jr
Dale Thornton
S. Highland
Eddie Bright
Chante Boy Scout
American Legion Post 170
America
Charles Follmer
S. Western
Buffalo Lake
Humboldt
Erie Junction
Thayer
Central Park Community Building
Legion Build
Pen Pal with Flying Police Hovers Over Eagle Rock
Barbara Ross in Eagle Rock California letters hundreds of wooden shingles on her tennis court to greet LAPD helicopters and pilots. She has sent about 400 messages to the Supercopter while police pilots John Coyle and Daryl Mortimer finally meet her family and thank them for the friendly notes.
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Eagle Rock
Calif
Barbara Ross
John M. Coyle
Daryl Mortimer
Mrs. Ross
Mortimer
Mike
Melanie
Mel
Grandmother Ross
Intercepted Letter Dear Cha
A fragmentary note suggests a letter to Cha and hints at a plan involving a scout to collect items from a child’s room, leveraging a highway experience. The terse wording implies a domestic scene or hidden communication.
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Cha
LSD possession plea with six month jail term deferred
Edwin Noland a 19 year old from Chanute pleaded guilty in City Court to possession of LSD a misdemeanor Judge Richard Ashley sentenced him to six months in Neosho County jail but deferred serving until December when Noland will be discharged from the Army The original charge was sale of LSD a felony amended by County Attorney John White at Friday's preliminary hearing
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Edwin Noland
Chanute
Richard Ashley
Neosho County
Noland
John White
Joe E Lewis Dies at 69 After Nightclub Career
New York AP report says comedian Joe E Lewis died at Roosevelt Hospital after a diabetic coma. He built a cult in club and casino circuits from Las Vegas to New York's Copacabana, headlining 25 years and earning about $400,000 annually during much of the postwar era.
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New York
Joe E. Lewis
Lewis
Roosevelt Hospital
Clicui
Las Vegas
Copacabana
Weekend Forecast: Warm with Showers and Thunderstorms
Partly cloudy to cloudy today and tonight with scattered showers or thunderstorms. Winds vary west and south 15 to 25 mph. Warm temperatures continue with a low in the 60s tonight and a high in the 80s Sunday.
Employers stress on attitudes in hiring across Kansas
Kansas officials say employers seek the most competent workers regardless of race color or creed and are prioritizing attitudes and responsibility alongside skills. They note civil rights probes exist nationwide and stress cooperation to attract business. persistent gaps remain for minorities whose basic skills and attitudes affect job retention.
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Topeka
Kan
Kansas
Nation
Jack Lacy
Lacy
Kansas Department of Economic Development
Kansas Commission On Civil Rights
Civil Rights Commissions
Ottawa
Kansas City
Troy Scroggins
The
Rights Commission
Scroggins
Trailer Wreck Near Chanute Leaves Couple Uninjured
A 1967 Lincoln driven by Richard Holland Colburn of Lamar Missouri left the road to avoid a skidding car on K39 half a mile west of Chanute. The car and a travel trailer it pulled were damaged, with the trailer over turning. The other car fled the scene. damages were estimated at $12,000 for the trailer and $1,200 for the car.
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Chanute
Richard Holland Colburn
Lamar
Colburn
Highway Patrol
Five killed as truck explodes with dynamite cargo
AP reports five people died and 27 were injured when a truck carrying 400 cases of dynamite exploded. Other items note a Virginia search for 25 missing in orchard areas, Medicaid nursing home concerns, heroin cure claims, draft extension votes, Viet Nam fighting near Saigon, and a hijacking attempt foiled by a young ex pilot.
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Waco, Ga
Drug Raid At Derby Targets 12 Warrants In Derby Kansas
Derby Kansas. A drug raid led by Kan sas Attorney General Vern Miller plus Derby police and Sedgwick County officials resulted in warrants for 12 suspects. Three arrestees included children of two Derby city councilmen and a McConnell Air Force Base commander. The probe began April 19 after interagency coordination and Miller said smaller communities seek more help.
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Derby
Kan
Kansas
Vern Miller
Sedgwick County
Wichita
Johnnie Carr
Derby City
McConnell Air Force Base
J. L. Sallee
Miller
Head Start Grant Reported for USD 413
The Office of Congressman Joe Shubitz said DH E W approved a 9480 grant for a two month Head Start program serving up to 30 children in Unified School District 413. Superintendent Buford Fisher said he had not received notification of the grant.
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5Th District
Joe Shubitz
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Unified School District 413
Buford Fisher
USD 413
Spending surge hits four counties in January 1971
Dwight Wallingford notes in 4-County Notes that Allen County led with a 35.9 percent rise in total retail sales over January 1970, followed by Wilson 27.2 percent, Neosho 25.3 percent, and Woodson 17.7 percent, based on Kansas Economic Indicators from Wichita State University.
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Kansas
Wichita State University College of Business Administration
Allen County
Wilson
Neosho
Woodson
Humboldt Biblesta builds toward October parade
Humboldt prepares for a four month lead up to a Saturday October 2 event featuring evangelist Cecil Todd from Joplin as speaker and the gospel quartet the Good Twins. Gov. Robert Docking may attend. bumper stickers are free with donations accepted to cover expenses. Donations can be sent to the Biblesta Committee P O Box 43 Humboldt Kansas 66748.
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Cecil Todd
Joplin
Good Twins
Dwight
Duane
Todd
Robert Docking
Humboldt
Finance Committee
Biblesta Committee
P. O. Box
Kan
Kent State crisis book co author from Erie
Phillip K. Tompkins born 1933 in Erie co authored a study based book on the Kent State University crisis last spring when four students were killed by National Guard fire. He interviewed more than 450 administrators faculty and students. Tompkins will join the University of New York Albany as a visiting professor this fall.
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Phillip K. Tompkins
Erie
Floyd Tompkins
Kent State University
Kent
Ohio
National Guard
Tompkins
Elaine Vanden Bout Anderson
Kent State
University of New York
Albany
Wichita North High School
Purdue University
Indiana
University of Kansas
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Fred Bright
W. 5Th
Randy McDaniel
Wayne McDaniel
W. 4Th
Ron Davis
William Davis
S. Rutter
Chuck van Ostran
N. Washington
Ing. the Legion
Scouts
Follmer
the Tribune
Plummer
K39
Recreation and Park Department
Tony Daugherty
Dan Collins
Dale Markham
Percopter
News Digest
Yuba City
Washington
Congressional
Senate
Congress
Saigon
Demilitarized Zone
United Air Lines
Israel
Dwight Wallingford
Tree Care
Ivan Shafer
State Fish and Game Commission
United States
Shafer
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