Juco Tuition Bill Sparks School Board Debate
Neo sho County Community Junior College faces a tuition doubling bill that draws board opposition. President Dr. J C Sanders plans to contact State Sen William Dearth to register disapproval. The board weighs cost savings from bidding the information bulletin and a broader push for state financing of junior colleges.
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Neosho County
School Information Bulletin
Joe Smith
Kansas
State Board of Regents
Master Planing Commission
Sanders
Farm Family of the Year To Be Named Here Tonight
The Farmers Home Administration District 4 of Kansas will name its Farm Family of the Year at a 3 30 p.m. dinner at the Orchid Buffet. About 40 to 50 people are expected. six district families were nominated from 13 southeast Kansas counties. The event features remarks from FHA state director Morgan Williams and others.
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Farmers Home Administration
Kansas
J. J. Rosaker
Iola
Irector
Bomb Explodes Aboard Unoccupied TWA Plane in Las Vegas
An unoccupied Trans World Airlines Boeing 707 exploded at McCarran Airport in Las Vegas early today, believed to be part of a ransom extortion scheme targeting TWA. The blast caused a large hole in the cockpit area but damaged no other planes. security had already guarded several nearby jets.
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Las Vegas
Nev
Trans World Airlines
TWA
New York
McCarran International
Los Angeles
Charles Wyre
Muskie McGovern Battle Roils New Hampshire Delegates
In Manchester, Muskie wins the lead D primary with 48 percent while McGovern trails at 37 percent. A tight delegate race looms with votes still being counted and possible splits across 18 convention votes. Nixon sweeps the Republican delegates. Muskie and McGovern pledge delegates by candidate.
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Manchester
N.H
Edmund S. Muskie
Maine
New Hampshire
George S. McGovern
Muskie
McGovern
Ing
Nixon
Open party delegate selection clouded in secrecy
Republicans plan a county convention at 8 p.m. Friday in the Erie county courthouse with about 50 nominees for district and state delegates and open participation for registered Republicans. Democrats promise broader openness but details remain unavailable as party leaders face illness and missed information. Delegates advance to district and state conventions, with presidential electors chosen at those levels.
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Republican Party
Erie
GOP
Jim Carter
St. Paul
Carter
George Burkhart
Republican National Committee
Bob Dole
State Committee
Fredonia
Topeka
Neosho County
Housing and Amenities in Neosho County 1970 Census
The 1970 census reports Neosho County has 7 134 housing units with 6 465 TV sets and 3 592 with air conditioning. It lists 4 893 with a clothes washing machine and 2 772 with a dryer, 786 with a dishwasher. Population is 18 812 with 2.8 persons per unit. Built before 1949 total 5 525, plus 694 in the 1950s, 480 in 1960 64 and 414 in the five years before April 1970.
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Neosho County
Bureau of Census
U.S. Department of Commerce
Area Forecast: Warmer Tonight and Thursday Sunny
Fair and warmer tonight with light variable winds turning to southerly. Thursday will be sunny and warmer with a low in the lower 30s and a high in the 60s. Precipitation probability near zero.
Senate Okays Lowering Age in Kansas to 18
The Kansas Senate approved 32 to 4 a bill to lower the age of majority from 21 to 18 and allow those 18 and older to purchase and consume alcoholic beverages.
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Topeka
Kan
Kansas Senate
Kansas
Intercepted Letter Dear Cha
A fragmentary intercepted letter discusses loosening rules between parties, hinting at closer cooperation or alignment if more leniency is shown, though the text ends without a clear conclusion. The excerpt implies strategic consideration of concessions and mutual accommodation.
Meeting Aims to Ease Racial Disturbances at Truesdell
In Wichita, Frank Wahl principal of Truesdell Junior High schedules a meeting between black and white students after two outbreaks of fighting. At least three students injured a teacher beaten and six youths arrested during Tuesday’s hallway disturbances.
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Wichita, Kan
Truesdell Junior High
Frank Wahl
Road Bonds Defeated in Oklahoma City Vote
Gov. David Hall's 250 million highway bond issue was defeated by a 3 to 1 margin as 76 percent of Oklahoma voters rejected the Freeway 77 plan. With 3,001 of 3,003 precincts reporting, Yes 114,652 No 363,676 turnout approached half a million.
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Oklahoma City
David Hall
Oklahoma
Four-County Notes by Dwight Wallingford
District Editor Dwight Wallingford compiles four county notes highlighting local events, schools and civic updates. Read insights on community happenings, upcoming meetings, and notable actions affecting residents across the area.
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Dwight Wallingford
Early Neosho County farmers union founded in 1872
The Neosho County Farmers Cooperative Union arose in Walnut Grove in 1872 to unite farmers, lower prices, seal direct grain shipments, and resist monopolies. It held a 4000 attendee picnic near Erie in July 1873, then faded by autumn 1873 as Grange movement rose, with later county farming groups continuing activities.
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Farmers Co-operative Union
Neosho County
National Farmers Union
Shellenbarger
Walnut Grove Township
St. Paul
W. W. Graves
Farmers Union
Grange
Farm Bureau
National Farmers Organization
Mose Shirley of Chanute Finds Shrine Welcome in Corpus Christi
The 95 year old Mose Shirley, a longtime Chanute grocer now living at Nursecare Nursing Center in Corpus Christi, was surprised to learn Shriners there honored him for 60 years of Shrine membership. A parade of clowns motorcyclists and a dune buggy drill team entertained the 130 residents, and Shirley received a fez and a lifetime Shrine card after the visit.
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Chanute
Shirley
Corpus Christi
Bob
Nursecare Nursing
al Amin Shrine
Mose Shirley
The
Shriners
Down Here
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