Court Withholds Bingo Case Ruling
Atty. Gen. Vern Miller appeals to the Kansas Supreme Court a Stadler ruling that slot machines are legal as games of comparable characteristics to bingo. The court heard arguments from Rep. Robert Talkington and took the matter under advisement with a July 8 decision expected.
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Topeka
Kan
Vern Miller
State Supreme Court
Allen County District Court
Robert Stadler
Stadler
Kansas
Robert Talkington
Alola
Supreme Court
High Court
Miller
American Legion Club
Iola
Talkington
Harold R. Fatzer
McGovern Favored To Win Essential California Race
In California, Senator George McGovern is the frontrunner for 271 delegates as voting opens. Early turnout in Los Angeles County was about 3 percent, with officials predicting about 70 percent of 3,233,825 registered voters to vote before 8 p.m. McGovern also contesting New Jersey, New Mexico, and South Dakota primaries, aiming to amass delegates and widen his lead toward the Democratic nomination.
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Los Angeles
California
New Jersey
New Mexico
South Dakota
McGovern
Intercepted Letter Teases Frisbie as Candidate
An intercepted letter hints Frisbie could become a serious candidate and warns that someone will seek to hold him accountable for his last name.
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Frisbie
Mexican Deportee Incites Bus Scuffle En Route to Mexico
A Mexican deportee on a bus transporting 72 detainees from Kansas City to Mexico attacked fellow prisoners and emigration officers in Chanute. Ramon Reyesmosa, 33, Yahualhca Jalisco, Mexico, resisted restraint, required strait jackets, and prompted hospital transport for inmates. A later inmate escaped during the wait. bus return continued without Mendez who remained at large. The Lakeside Restaurant near Fredonia burned and burglarized amid the incident, with police unsure if the fire linked to the break-in.
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Mexico
United States
Chanute
Ramon Reymosa
Yahualhca Jalisco
Kansas City
Ft. Leavenworth
Reymosa
Red Cross
Mendez
Frisbie Joins GOP Governor Race in Kansas
Ray Frisbie, president of the Kansas Farm Bureau, announced his candidacy for the Republican nomination for governor. He is the third declared GOP contender and will campaign across Kansas, stressing unity for voters of all persuasions. Frisbie, 61, noted his farm near McDonald in the northwest and his tenure as Farm Bureau president since 1966.
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Topeka
Kan
Ray Frisbie
The
Kansas Farm Bureau
Frisbie
GOP
McDonald
Kane
Girl Scouts Attend Camp at Westminster Woods near Fredonia
Eight Cha nute Girl Scouts join 61 campers at Established Camp. Miss Blair Kimbrel, director, notes hiking, outdoor cooking, swimming, boating, and nature crafts with special interest groups in weather geology folk dancing international friends and improvised drama. Junior scouts stay in cabins while Cadettes and seniors camp in tents.
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Ster Woods
Fredonia
Blair Kimbrel
Chanute
Barbara Baker
S. Central
Cynthia Barclay
S. Wilson
Devery Dettweiler
S. Rutter
Nancy Kihm
Sara Kneeland
S. Highland
Kimberly McGuffey
S. Ashby
Lillian Roberts
N. Washington
Lisa Wallace
Kansas
School Board Sets Policies and Schedules in Chanute Meeting
The Chanute District 413 School Board heard controversy over special education placement cases rather than policy statements. They approved a new elementary schedule start times, a semi closed lunch trial at Murray Hill, Head Start progress, and teacher negotiations stance.
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District 413
Board of Education
Jerry Steele
Special Education Committee
Melvin Owen
Murray Hill
Owen
Royals to skip new Truman complex this season
Kansas City Royals owner Ewing Kauffman said the team will not play at the Harry Truman sports complex this year. He cited unfinished conveniences safety and beauty issues and noted construction will reach a point where play could be possible but not advisable.
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Kansas City
Kansas City Royals
Harry Truman
Ewing Kauffman
The
Royals
Officials Cleared in Topeka Campaign Contributions Case
Atty Gen Vern Miller cleared State Auditor Clay Hedrick State Insurance Commissioner Fletcher Bell and Senators Frank Hodge and Tom Van Sickle of any wrongdoing over campaign contributions from banks and corporations two years earlier. Manuel Fierro of the Kansas Institute for Minority Empowerment had charged possible Corrupt Practices Act violations.
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Topeka, Kan
Vern Miller
Miller
Clay Hedrick
Fletcher Bell
Frank S. Hodge
Hutchinson
Tom R. van Sickle
Fort Scott
Manuel Fierro
The
Kansas Institute For Minority Empowerment
Rhodesia Mine Disaster Claims 468 Feared Dead
A massive underground explosion at Wankie Colliery in Rhodesia left 435 African miners and 33 white miners buried underground. Officials say 468 workers are feared dead with no survivors expected.
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Salisbury, Rhodesia
Rhodesia
Wankie
Bulawayo
Court reverses order to merge Richmond schools with counties
The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals rejected a federal judge's plan to consolidate Richmond city schools with Henrico and Chesterfield Counties over racial balance. In a 5-1 decision, the court ruled a district judge cannot force a state to restructure internal government for desegregation unless there is invidious discrimination in local government.
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Richmond, Va
4Th
U. S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Richmond City
Henrico
Chesterfield
Submerged Weapons Dumped Into Ocean By Police
New York police plan to dump over 14 tons of seized weapons into the ocean. The burial includes 3,674 hand guns 105 sawed off shotguns and machine guns 940 air and toy rifles and 920 starter zip air and toy guns brass knuckles and bludgeons.
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New York
Gray says no private citizen files found in FBI records
FBI acting director L Patrick Gray declares during a Philadelphia visit that alleged secret files on thousands of private citizens do not exist among agency records. He says he has reviewed the index and found no such files.
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Philadelphia
FBI
L. Patrick Gray
Gray
Volpe Doubts Concorde Will Fly or Land in U S
Secretary Volpe calls the British French SST noisy and dirty and says the FAA will not permit Concorde into the United States unless it meets noise and pollution standards. He also says Congress erred in canceling the U S SST program before a prototype was built.
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Vietnam
Los Angeles
Transportation
John Volpe
Volpe
Federal Aviation Administration
Congress
U.S
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