City advances street speed cuts and annexation plan
The City Commission cut speeds on US 169 north of 35th Street and set changes from 21st to 35th and beyond to 55 mph on several segments. An annexation ordinance brings in the Merle Kelly auto dealership site at 35th and Santa Fe. Jesse Jackson updated on the local Human Relations Board now part of the state commission and its expanded powers. Marion Johnson named liaison between the board and City Commission.
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Santa Fe
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Chanute Human Relations Board
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State Human Relations Commission
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Weather Update and Temperature Extremes
Today at 1 p m temperatures reach 65 with a high of 86 and a low of 65. One year ago 92 and 68. Highest on this date 103 and lowest 48. Relative humidity 67 and barometer 28 93. AREA FORECAST Partly cloudy and warm with scattered showers or thunderstorms tonight. Lows mid to upper 60s. Winds SW 10 to 20 mph. Wednesday partly cloudy with a high in the 80s and 40 percent rain tonight, 20 percent Wednesday.
Whyte Wood Plans Twofold Expansion for Toy Truck Line
Whyte Wood Products Inc expands with a new steel building for materials and finished goods behind the current plant and adds a new line of size varied wooden toy trucks. Founder Bob Whyte designed the trucks from Finland birch, targeting higher end stores and catalog sales like the Kenton Collection. He expects a learning year in production, missed New York show, and potential a second plant in Chanute if sales meet expectations.
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Shis & A Tiss
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Whyte Wood Products
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Hacker
New York
Stans Ordered to Testify at Watergate Hearings
The Senate Watergate committee unanimously ordered Maurice H. Stans to testify now despite a request to delay due to his New York fund raising trial. The panel aims to keep televised hearings moving as Magruder and Dean prepare to appear.
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Senate Watergate Committee
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Kleig
Stans
New York
Sam J. Ervin Jr
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Robert W. Barker
Barker
John N. Mitchell
Robert Vesco
Immunity Extended for Dean in Watergate Testimony
Federal Judge John Sirica ordered immunity for John W. Dean to testify before the Senate Watergate committee and allowed live radio and TV coverage. Dean must also testify before the Watergate grand jury without immunity, while prosecutors press toward possible charges linking him to the cover up of the wires.
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White House
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Dean
Sirica
Grand Jury
Watergate
Archibald Cox
End to U S bombing in Cambodia eyed in Paris talks
Reports from Saigon and Washington say Kissinger and Tho are drafting a communique with a 24 hour cease fire after signing and timetables for postwar steps. Article 20 calls for neutrality in Cambodia and Laos, with U S reconnaissance flights halted and mine sweeping and reconstruction talks resumed within days.
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le Duc Tho
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Cambodia
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Construction Worker Injured In Fall At Chanute Site
Hart Larry Babcock 23 of Thayer suffered fractures and lacerations after a scaffold tipped and he fell about 40 feet onto a concrete floor at a Midco Construction site building a Merle Kelly Ford building south of Chanute. He was taken to Neosho Memorial Hospital in fair condition.
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Midco Construction Company
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Merle Kelly Ford
Chanute
Neosho Memorial Hospital
Reddick
Centennial organizers show pioneer spirit amid heat and drought
Intercepted note reflects efforts by Centennial organizers who press on with dedication despite harsh heat and ongoing drought conditions.
Flight crew grounded after wrong-airport landing incident
United Air Lines Boeing 727 bound for Miami International landed at a smaller field eight miles away. FAA suspended pilot Capt. James Bosse and copilot Charles Melbourne pending investigation. UAL said visibility was perfect and the landing was flawless aside from the mislanding.
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Miami International Airport
Federal Aviation Administration
United Air Lines
James Bosse
Charles Melbourne
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Supreme Court rules dismissal necessary for speedy trial violation
The Supreme Court said a defendant denied a speedy trial gains only dismissal of the charge as full remedy. Justices overturned a Chicago Circuit ruling that had proposed a reduced sentence instead, asserting only dismissal cures the constitutional violation.
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Washington
Supreme Court
U.S. Circuit Court
Chicago
Power Companies Brace For Round Of Power Loans
The Associated Press reports another scorching day as high pressure lingers. Utilities plan a second round of power loans and voltage reductions from Maine to D.C. to support New York during record 95 degree heat.
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Maine
Washington, D.C
New York
Nixon campaign legal fees top $237,725 in year
The Nixon re election committee reported 237,725 spent on legal fees since last July. In the latest quarter it paid 146,639 for legal work defending top officials in Watergate related lawsuits.
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Washington
Nixon
General Accounting Office
Finance Committee
Supreme Court blocks new coal plants over clean air rule
Washington reports the Supreme Court upholds the Clean Air Act ban on significant deterioration of existing clean air. Environmentalists say the ruling may halt new coal fired plants until cleaner tech is developed, while the National Coal Association predicts stoppage of fossil-fuel plant construction across much of the United States.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Sierra Club
National Coal Association
United States
Titan 3D rocket launches spy satellite at Cape Kennedy
At 2:15 a.m. CDT a Titan 3D rocket lifted off from Cape Kennedy sending a superspy satellite to an orbital outpost. U.S. Air Force spokesmen offered no warning before the launch and issued only a brief statement afterward.
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U.S. Air Force
London Paris Channel Tunnel Project Faces Rising Cost
An engineering report to be discussed in Parliament this week estimates the proposed twin railway tubes to cost 2.125 billion dollars with operation planned by 1980. The tunnel would cut travel time to 2 hours 40 minutes for passengers autos and freight between London and Paris.
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London
English Channel
Paris
Skylab to run materials tests on space manufacturing
Skylab astronauts fire an electric furnace and an electron beam gun to begin materials processing tests. The goal is to develop space manufacturing of high quality electron devices, near perfect ball bearings, precision lenses and pure vaccines.
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Space Center, Houston
Skylab
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