Gas system upgrade would cost 700000 with 18.8 percent rate rise
Carthage engineer Frank Hoblick estimated a $700000 gas system upgrade after surveying about 60 percent of lines revealing roughly 1000 leaks. He proposed replacing 550 leaks and installing individual regulators to raise pressure from 10 ounces to 2 pounds, eliminating four district stations and rebuilding ten to meet safety standards. He noted prior transfers of gas revenues to the general fund avoided taxes.
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Frank Hoblick
Carthage
Hoblick
Enues
Gas Department
Intercepted Letter Claims Dems Sue Republicans
An intercepted letter suggests Democrats accuse Republicans of blocking the 1968 campaign debt repayment. The exchange frames a political fight over funding and response to debt obligations within the party conflicts.
Doctors consider unions for bargaining and strikes
The AMA weighs study commissions on physicians unions to examine legal implications and impact on patient care. Nevada doctors formed AFL CIO affiliated local union. Florida group forms a bargaining unit. Most AMA leaders oppose unions citing ethics and antitrust limits on self employed doctors.
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San Francisco
American Medical Association
AMA
AMA House
Las Vegas
Nev
Doctors’ Union
AFL— Cio
Nevada Physicians Union Local 676
Service Employes International Union
Florida Medical Association
Carl A. Hoffman
Huntington
W. Va
Million Dollar Suit Filed Against GOP by O’Brien
Democratic leader Lawrence F. O’Brien sues the Committee for the Re-election of the President and security firm McCord Associates for 1 million dollars over the Watergate break in at Democratic HQ. He links the act to political espionage and White House involvement. All five suspects have CIA ties.
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Washington
Democratic National Committee
Lawrence F. O’brien
O'Brien
McCord Associates
James W. McCord
Watergate
Democratic National
McCord
O’brien
White House
FBI
Washington Post
Charles W. Colson
Deportee Remembers Milk Of Human Kindness Here
Ruth Ponce of 1316 S Forest received a letter from a Mexican deportee detailing kindness shown. The note reflects humanitarian acts amid wartime displacement and stresses shared humanity.
Jaycees Push Parole Reform From Prisons to Congress
At the national Jaycees convention in Atlanta, H Lee White of Leavenworth and Carl Roberts of Marion urged support for a parole reform bill. They back a provision protecting good time while on parole if returned for violations, and local chapters will campaign in favor of mandatory release policy reforms.
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Atlanta
U.S. Jaycees
H. Lee White
White
Jaycees
Trailblazers
Leavenworth, Kan
Carl Roberts
Egyptians
Marion, Ill
Gary Hill
Jaycee
Roar Respite in Fregene as Pilot Strike Stills Airport Noise
In the beach village of Fregene near Rome residents rejoice as a worldwide pilot strike halts jet traffic into Fiumicino Airport. Local fisherman Luigi Spadoni notes birdsong returns after years of constant rumble since the airport opened twelve years ago.
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Fregene
Italy
Rome
Fiumicino
Luigi Spadoni
McGovern Aims To Grab 200 Delegates In New York Primary
Sen George McGovern seeks about 200 delegates in New York as 41 of his delegates run unopposed and many rivals face only token opposition. The last of 23 presidential primaries could yield a substantial majority of the 248 delegates. Rival Humphrey escalates exchanges over McGoverns positions.
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New York
George McGovern
McGovern
Sen
Hubert H. Humphrey
Federal judge blocks Democratic reform rules before convention
U S District Judge George L Hart Jr struck down rules that would ensure black, women and young delegates, and that delegates could not be chosen by officials elected before this year. The ruling comes three weeks before the convention and affects 43 percent of the 2512 delegates already chosen. The Democratic National Committee plans an immediate appeal.
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Washington
Democratic Party
US. Dist. Cort
George L. Hart Jr
Agnes Ends Rampage Across Florida Panhandle
Hurricane Agnes struck Apalachicola and Georgia causing uprooted homes, washed roads, and millions in damage. The storm killed 18 people and injured over 100 while forcing thousands to flee. It weakened to a disorganized mass by midnight and moved across South Georgia with 45 mph winds.
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Apalachicola
Fla
Georgia
Florida Panhandle
Agnes
Cuba
South Georgia
China blocks Soviet ships at southern ports over Vietnam aid
London reports that China has closed southern ports to Soviet vessels carrying war supplies to North Vietnam while allowing ships from other Communist states to land Hanoi aid. Beijing cites fear of straining ties with the United States over Nixon era port mining. Moscow cites Beijing easing support for North Vietnam in favor of flexible international policy.
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London
China
North Vietnam
Hanoi
Peking
Moscow
United States
Nixon
Hong Kong Downpour Toll Rises Amid Mudslides
In Hong Kong 87 bodies have been recovered with 165 still missing after four days of record rainfall. Authorities report 117 injured and over 1,000 homeless as 26 to 40 inches of rain fell since Thursday and search efforts continue through the rubble.
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Hong Kong
Protests Hit French Offices Over Nuclear Tests
In Sydney opponents attacked French offices in Australia and New Zealand as France planned a hydrogen bomb test at Mururoa Atoll near Tahiti. Reports said the blast might occur today but Tokyo advised a possible delay until Thursday.
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Sydney
France
Australia
New Zealand
Mururoa Atoll
Tahiti
Tokyo
Oklahoma City Paper Wins Access to My Lai Records
The Daily Oklahoman secured the Army’s release of previously withheld My Lai unit records after an appeal. Freedom of information groups hailed the decision as a breakthrough for public access to government information.
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Oklahoma City
My Lai
Vietnam
Daily
Oklahoman
Freedom of Information
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GOP
the Post
Howard E. Hunt
W. House
W.H
Hunt
Central Intelligence Agency
CIA
Ruth Ponce
House Judiciary Committee
Vent
Fredonia
Santa Fe Park
Fredonia Players
Neosho
Memphis
Tenn
Portees
Neosho Memorial Hospital
Anguiano
U. S
Ponce
Omaha
Mexico
Frontier of Song
Jill Bentley
Jill
Chanute Recreation Commission
Bill Bentley
N. Grant
Joseph A. Califano Jr. Hart
Chicago
Aderman Thomas E. Keane
Richard J. Daley
Daley
Hart
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