NAACP Charges Hiring Bias by Local Contractors
Roberta Thuston of the Chanute NAACP accuses McBride and Dehmer Construction Co. Wichita and Modern Methods Construction Co. Independence of racially discriminatory hiring at NCCJC dormitory and Safari Jaycee housing project. HUD and regional EEOC officials visited. few black workers are on site.
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Chanute
Roberta Thuston
Neosho-Allen County
National Association of Advancement For Colored People
Thuston
Equal Employment Opportunity Office
Kansas City
McBride and Dehmer Construction Co
Wichita
Neosho County Community Junior College
Modern Methods Construction Co
Independence, Co
Safari Jaycee
Modern
McBride
Dehmer
James Davis
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Kan
Lynn Pollock
NCCJC
Randy Wahl
McBride and Dehmer
Wahl
Parsons
Richard Everhart
the Tribune
Plat Okayed for Mobile Home Park by City Planning Commission
The City Planning Commission approved the preliminary plat for a 16-site subdivision that could become a mobile home park. Subdivider Don Shively may switch to conventional housing if needed, with all mobiles on permanent foundations and utilities underground. A final plat and possible MH zoning are planned, along with extending 10th Street.
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City Planning Commission
Don Shively
S. Ashby
Ashby
Katy
9Th
Elmwood Cemetery
Richard McClanathan
Shively
10Th Street
McClanathan
Three Women Compete For District Dairy Princess Title
Three young women from Montgomery and Neosho counties compete Friday for the district dairy princess crown at the Orchid Buffet. Judy Tipping and Joyce Elaine Ewing are Kansas State University juniors, Daryl Elaine Gere is a recent Independence High School graduate. The event starts at 10 a.m. with orientation led by Jean Ann Young of the Kansas Dairy Council, followed by a noon luncheon and questions for each contestant. Nancy Currie, the current Kansas Dairy Princess, will crown the district winner.
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Montgomery County
Neosho County
Orchid Buffet
Judy Tipping
John Tipping
Eric
Joyce Elaine Ewing
Harold Ewing
R. 1
Independence
Daryl Elaine Gere
Lee Gere
Elk City
Miss Tipping
Miss Ewing
Kansas State University
Manhattan
Miss Gere
Jean Ann Young
Wichita
Kansas Dairy Council
Kansas Dairy Princess
Bill Shultz
Associated Milk Producers, Inc
Kansas
Nancy Currie
Powhattan
Intercepted Letter About Dairy Princess Qualities
A playful intercepted letter argues the top trait for a dairy princess is the ability to milk a cow, reflecting humorous local tone and farm life interest.
Judge Reserves Decision On Pentagon Study Documents
U S District Judge Murray Gurfein limited government discovery to documents the Times received from its source for the three articles on the Pentagon study of U S involvement in Vietnam. The Times may not be forced to hand over other classified material and a publication injunction remains under consideration. Sidney Zion named Daniel Ellsberg as the source. AREA FORECAST: Clear to partly cloudy through Friday with a slight chance of showers Friday morning. Southerly winds 5 to 15 mph tonight. Low near 70, high in the mid 90s.
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New York Times
Pentagon
U.S
Vietnam
Times
Murray I. Gurfein
The
the Times
Floyd Abrams
Gurfein
Gurfein di Madeai
Abrams
Sidney Zion
Daniel Ellsberg
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Defense Department
Costly Eviction Case Hits Capitol Secretary
Oklahoma City jury awards Karen S Provant Ladd 57 444 for having her apartment door locked and belongings seized by a corporate landlord in a lease dispute. The firm claimed unpaid rent and storage costs, while Ladd is a mother of three.
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Oklahoma City
State Capitol
Jack Parr
Karen S. Provant Ladd
KBI Expands With Two Regional Offices Planned
Kansas Bureau of Investigation will open offices in Great Bend for the western region and Ottawa for the eastern region next month, while Topeka remains state headquarters. The expansion adds 22 field officers a nine man narcotics section and a 12 man organized crime section.
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Topeka
Kan
Kansas Bureau of Investigation
KBI
Frank Howard
Law Enforcement Agency
Great Bend
Ottawa
Howard
Presbyterians defend donation to Angela Davis defense fund
About 100 Presbyterians in Sterling Kansas heard William B Thompson say their church move to donate $10,000 to Angela Davis defense is consistent with gospel teaching to love enemies. Thompson, a General Assembly official, spoke at the Kansas Synod meeting.
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Sterling
Kan
Angela Davis
William B. Thompson
General Assembly
United Presbyterian Church
U.S.A
Thompson
Philadelphia
Wichita
Kansas Synod of the Church
Okinawa Pact Restores Island to Japanese Sovereignty
The United States and Japan sign a historic treaty returning Okinawa to Japanese sovereignty after 27 years of occupation while keeping 88 U S base facilities. Secretary Rogers and Foreign Minister Aichi sign in Washington and Tokyo as the pact awaits ratification by Japan's Diet and the U S Senate.
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Washington
United States
Japan
Okinawa
Tokyo
William P. Rogers
Kiichi Aichi
U.S. Senate
Nixon seeks $155 million to fight drug crisis
President Nixon labeled drug abuse a national emergency and urged Congress to provide 155 million dollars. He promised tougher action against peddlers and stronger rehabilitation for victims while expanding international efforts to curb illegal narcotics.
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Washington
Nixon
Congress
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Kansas Employment Service
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Harley Knapp
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Harvey Young
Young's Welding
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Maurice Argabright
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