Harvest Conditions Boost Wheat Yields Across Four County Area
In the 1971 harvest, ideal sunny weather ripens wheat as combines move through four counties. Neosho County agent Paul Kelly notes most grain is average or better with test weights around 62 pounds per bushel and moisture near 12 percent. Yields range from 34 to 62 bushels per acre, with some fields hit by winter kill and weeds lowering productivity.
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Paul Kelly
Neosho County
Chanute Area
Kelly
Delayed Hearing in Times Pentagon Study Case
The government seeks to bar publication of a Pentagon Vietnam study by the New York Times and Washington Post. A full Second Circuit hearing on the Times case was postponed to Tuesday as judges consider urgent national security issues.
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NEW York
New York Times
Pentagon
2Nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
the Times
Times
Court of Appeals
Henry J. Friendly
Washington
Dennis Doolin
2Nd Circuit
U.S. District Court
Gerhard Gesell
Gesell
District of Columbia Appeals Court
Doolin
Murray Gurfein
U.S
Whitney North Seymour Jr
Hoffa Resigns as Teamsters Leader in Miami Beach
James R. Hoffa formally quits as Teamsters Union president. President Nixon arranged a visit with union executive board members in Miami Beach following the resignation.
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Miami Beach
James R. Hoffa
Teamster’s Union
Nixon
Muppets Take Summer Show On Las Vegas Strip
The Muppets join an act headlined by Nancy Sinatra Jr in the International Hotel showroom on the Las Vegas Strip for a summer engagement. Jim Henson notes the characters stay true to the Sesame Street flavor despite the casino setting. A separate report details a Stark county accident where a car struck a cow, causing $75 damage to the right front and the cow's destruction.
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Las Vegas
Nev
Sesame Street
Las Vegas Strip
International Hotel
Nancy
Franik Sinatra Jr
Nancy Sinatra
Thog
Jim Henson
Stark
Charles L. Ludlum
R. J, Walnut
David Kern
Ludlum
Lawrence Ewen
R. J. Stark
Kern
Senate weighs nonbinding Vietnam withdrawal nudge
Senate Democratic Leader Mansfield says measures urging a U.S. pullout by July 4, 1972 or nine months after prisoners are freed amount to a psychological nudge rather than a binding deadline. He notes House veto and Nixon would likely veto any law, with Pasatore and Cook sponsoring options explored.
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Washington
Senate
Mike Mansfield
Mansfield
U.S
Vietnam
Montana
House
Nixon
Indochina
Marlow W. Cook
R-Ky
Cook
John O. Pastore
D-R.i
Intercepted Letter Dear Cha
An intercepted missive notes wild oats as the crop most seeded, yet yields are frequently poor. The brief letter closes with a sign off Yours.
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Cha
Blind trader cues price moves in soybean pit
Chicago trader Robert N. Meyer Jr. who has been blind since birth says he can recognize about 90 percent of regular traders by voice. He uses this skill to identify counterparties in bean futures trades as he memorizes deal details until an assistant records them.
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Chicago
Chicago Board of Trade
Robert N. Meyer Jr
Meyer
Train derails in Manhattan and another derailment earlier
A Rock Island freight train derailed inside Manhattan city limits injuring a conductor and damaging track. It was the second derailment in four days in the area, with five cars off the rails and about 30 yards of track damaged.
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Manhattan, Kan
Rock Island
Manhattan
Welfare recipients to work for city aid after July 1
About 50 000 welfare recipients in New York must work to keep receiving public relief after July 1 under state law. Sugarman said employable recipients will be placed in private jobs or on public works if needed, serving as para professionals in hospitals and maintenance workers in schools and parks without displacing regular city employees.
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New York
Jule M. Sugarman
Sugarman
Los Angeles Leads Nation in Counterfeit Seizures
The Secret Service reports that half of the counterfeit money seized nationwide in seven months was found in Los Angeles. A recent $2.5 million haul in uncut $20 bills boosted regional bogus-bill seizures to about $10 million since December 1, with detections in a car and a residence.
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Los Angeles
Secret Service
Muskie pushes plan for independent declassification board
Sen Edmund Muskie proposes a seven member independent board with power to lift secrecy labels on government papers. He argues the board would prevent legal disputes over documents still labeled secret such as Pentagon Vietnam War files. Muskie spoke in Garden City New York urging Times and Post to publish and for Pentagon papers to be declassified.
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Edmund S. Muskie
Maine Democrat
Pentagon
U.S
Garden City
N.Y
Muskie
New York Times
Washington Post
Nixon campaign spent record 35 million to win in 1968
A new study by Citizens' Research Foundation says Richard Nixon spent a record 35 million to win the 1968 presidency and totals for all presidential candidates reached 100 million, including early primary losers.
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Washington
Richard M. Nixon
Citizens’ Research Fundation
Supreme Court Allows Juveniles to Be Tried Without Jury
The Supreme Court ruled 6 to 3 that juveniles accused of crimes can be tried without juries. Justice Blackmun wrote the majority opinion, confirming a practice used in most states. The decision limits juvenile defendants Bill of Rights protections. The court also acted on wiretapping legality and seizures of obscene material for private use.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Harry A. Blackmun
High Court
Justice Department
North Vietnamese attacks cited as US and ARVN face frontier risk
In a week of B52 raids North Vietnamese regulars mounted five attacks Sunday on northern frontier forces and additional strikes on U S troops. Welfare reform debate opens in House as major Social Security hikes and payroll tax rises loom. International Court of Justice finds South Africa’s rule over South West Africa illegal prompting UN handover calls. Supreme Court justice frames juvenile jury trials as optional for states amid mixed dissents on perjury case.
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Saigon
U.S
Area Forecast Promises Clear Skies With Light East Winds
Temperatures show 67 this afternoon at 1 p.m. and 85 yesterday with 70 years ago at 71. Highest for this date 105 in 1936, lowest 52 in 1961. Relative humidity 50 percent, barometer 29.00, sunrise 6:00, sunset 8:47. Forecast calls for clear to partly cloudy skies through Tuesday, with east to northeast winds 5 to 15 mph. Tonight low near 70, Tuesday high 90 to 95.
Suspect Raiders Escape After Police Pursuit
Police pursued a man suspected of stealing a Volkswagen believed to belong to George Criger of 223 S Forest. The operator lacked a license and fled officers during transport, escaping custody as a pursuit continued with no apprehension.
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George Criger
S. Forest
Criger
Virgil Lowe Neosho County Clerk Dies at 60
Virgil Leon Lowe 60 a Neosho County clerk died at his home in Neosho County of an apparent heart attack. He served eight years as county clerk after work in dry cleaning and 15 years teaching. He was active in church Lions Masonic Lodge and Kansas County Clerks Assn. Funeral Tuesday at First United Methodist Church.
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Virgil Lowe
Neosho
S. Rutter
Lowe
East Main
Neosho County
First United Methodist Church
Lions Club
Erie Masonic Lodge
Kansas County Clerks Assn
Ralph
Fern) Caldwell
S. Larson
Dewey
Virginia) McCoy
S. Malcolm
Edwin Lowe
Livingston N. Witten
Greenlawn
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Lee Uden
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Chanute Grain and Seed
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the Post
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Yours
London
Anatol Fedosseiev
Home Office
Britain
Soviet Union
Secrecy Board
THE
Associated Press
News Digest
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International Court of Justice
South Africa
South-West Africa
John Vorster
United Nations
Martin Sweig
John McCormack
Blackmun
Warren E. Burger
Potter Stewart
Byron R. White
William J. Brennan Jr
William C. Douglas
Hugo L. Black
Thurgood Marshall
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North Carolina
Philadelphia
Hyde County
N.C
Memorial Park Cemetery
Johnson Mortuary
American Heart Association
Heart Fund
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Erie
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