Kansas School Financing Debate Sparks Local Response
Readers react to an editorial on Kansas school funding urging fiscal balance. The letter defends the Joint School Finance Committee plan with 1.5 percent income tax and local option, contrasts with the 8 mill statewide property tax in the governor’s bill, and argues for funding equity and including special and vocational education.
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Talese Book Adapted Into CBS TV Film Honor Thy Father
AP reports Gay Talese's Honor Thy Father becomes a two hour CBS movie about New York Cosa Nostra family politics. The Bonanno saga features Salvatore and Joseph Bonanno with violence and intrigue, narrated awkwardly by Joseph Campanella. The plot ends with Salvatore Bonanno jailed for four years after a credit card caper.
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Watergate ties widen ITT scandal in Senate hearings
Washington moves connect the Watergate affair with the ITT case as L. Patrick Gray faces confirmation to become FBI director. The key Dita Beard memo linked ITT funding to a 400000 political commitment, a document questioned by the White House and examined by the FBI for authenticity.
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Watergate Links to ITT Memo and White House Pressure
The memo tied to ITT surfaces amid Watergate fallout, with claims of Justice Department interference and FBI control. Gray, ITT scrutiny, and political pressure trigger Senate queries as notable figures like Hunt and Kennedy press for records. Rural Neosho tidbits and seeds distribution blur the flow of the era’s big headlines.
Tax dodge row targets Shell Oil as corporate taxes exposed
The text notes Intertel produced information reaching the Justice Department and White House. It accuses major corporations of avoiding federal income taxes while small businesses pay more, citing Shell Oil with an 14.9 percent rate in 1971 and calling for a Tax Action Campaign led by Fred Harris and Counted as part of a publicity push to name tax avoiders.
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Seven Cities study highlights urban contrasts
A magazine excerpt titled A Tale of Seven Cities surveys Boston New York Philadelphia Chicago St Louis San Francisco and Los Angeles on divorce crime infant mortality high school dropout motor vehicle deaths venereal disease and voter turnout. It notes Los Angeles divorce rate over 40 percent and Chicago infant mortality at 24.4 per 1000, with New York leading in dropout and crime, and Chicago yielding the highest voter turnout.
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Prime Time TV Schedule Highlights With Guest Stars
Channel advance guide lists Fall lineup shifts and substitutions. Notable items include Flip Wilson with guests Joe Namath and Tim Conway at Geraldine’s health farm, The Waltons plots with Olivia and a city girl, and Honor Thy Father featuring Bologna and Vallone. Evening primetime blocks feature Kung Fu, Ironside, Streets of San Francisco, and Night of the Iguana among others.
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Tim Conway
Geraldine’s Health Farm
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Friday Evening TV Log Highlights and Schedule Notes
Television listings for Friday March 2 show prime time lineup across channels including The Parent Game Dragnet Hollywood Squares Nashville Music Missouri Outdoors Sanford and Son Wall Street Week and more. Notable programs include Masterpiece Theater McKenna's Gold The Odd Couple Bobby Darin Love Americas Style Tonight Show and late late movies.
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Missouri Outdoors
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Petticoat Junction
Buck Owens
Washington Review
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