Woman Overgrown By Brain Tumor Surges To Giant Size
The wife of a Louisiana farmer underwent a seven hour operation at Methodist Hospital with two operating tables used to remove a brain tumor and the pituitary gland. The tumor caused her to grow to 8 feet 2 inches and weigh 430 pounds but she is reported in satisfactory condition. Surgeons from Methodist Hospital and Baylor College of Medicine performed the surgery Wednesday. The tumor, about one inch in diameter, had driven excess growth hormone from the pituitary gland at the brain base.
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Houston, Tex
Louisiana
Delores Pollard Johnson
DeQuincy
Methodist Hospital
Baylor College of Medicine
Drug Raids Net 11 Arrests in Kansas City Homes
Police and federal agents arrested 11 people and seized eight pounds of hashish and five pounds of marijuana in raids on two Kansas City houses Wednesday night. All detainees are held without bond at the city jail. four are women.
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Kansas City
Kansas House members oppose permanent Kansas waste facility
Forty eight Kansas House members introduced a resolution opposing an Atomic Energy Commission plan to place a permanent nuclear waste storage site in Kansas. Rep. Bob Talkington led sponsors and cited many unanswered questions.
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Topeka
Kansas House
Atomic Energy Commission
Kansas
Bob Talkington
R-Iola
Talkington
SEC finds large trades rarely affect small investors
The SEC released a 1400 page study showing big institutions trading large blocks has little impact on prices paid by 30 million small investors. It cautioned that some certain trades at specific times could impair price stability or harm the public interest.
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Washington
Securities and Exchange Commission
SEC
Last Testimony in Calley Murder Trial Ends
In Fort Benning GA AP reports the testimony phase of Lt. William Calley Jr. murder trial concluded after four months. Lawyers will present final arguments early next week as the 27-year-old officer faces charges of premeditated murder in the March 16 1968 Vietnamese civilian killings.
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FT. Benning, Ga
William Calley Jr
Licensing Aims to Protect Children in Chanute Day Care
Mrs. Hazel Jenkins a Chanute child welfare specialist notes licensing protects children while the Neo sho County Department of Social Welfare discusses day care services. C D Sperry social services supervisor and Donald L Fromong state child welfare consultant for Kansas provide explanations and guidance.
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Hazel Jenkins
O. D. Sperry
Neosho County
Social Welfare Department
Chanute
C. D. Sperry
Donald L. Fromong
State of
Kansas
Nixon Calls for Court Reform and Parajudges
President Nixon urged reform of courts and prisons to speed trials and reduce crime, opposing live courtroom TV and supporting paraprofessionals or parajudges to handle minor matters. He stressed judges must maintain order and criticized risk of disrupters, while endorsing licensing for day care sitters to protect children.
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Williamsburg
Nixon
National Conference On the Judiciary
Intercepted Letter Dear Cha
An intercepted missive mentions tax relief as when the bank lends enough to pay them. The sender signs as Nute and addresses Cha in a terse note reflecting financial pressure and lender relations.
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Cha
Reorganization Plan Dropped in Kansas Supreme Court Ruling
The Kansas Supreme Court voided a constitutional amendment for executive branch reorganization but upheld another altering how constitutional questions reach voters. A special election set for April 6 will decide if 18 year olds may vote in state, county, and local elections. The ruling, upholding Wichita attorney Earl C. Moore’s challenge, reverses prior opinions on Moore’s standing and the amendments’ legality.
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PEKA
Kansas Supreme Court
Executive
Kansas
High Court
Ber
Wichita
Earl C. Moore
Moore
William R. Carpenter
Shawnee
City Planners Mull Drainage Cleanup as Alternative to 1971 Project
The city planning commission postponed the capital storm drainage plan and asked city engineer Floyd Heath to study northeast ditch cleanup as a possible alternative. If feasible, cleanup could replace part of the 1971 proposal and affect funding, with federal aid potentially covering about half the cost.
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Terry Koch
City Planning Commission
Floyd Heath
Parks Department
City Commission
Richard McClanathan
Harvey Young
Planning Commission
McClanathan
Maurice Argabright
Heath
Argabright
Alvin Jones
McGregor
al Guiot
Senate approves voting age 18 amendment in race for ratification
Senate backs a constitutional change lowering the voting age to 18 in all elections by 94 to 0 as House approval looms. Separate AP items report a former general facing a Friday deadline over financial arrangements tied to alleged corrupt schemes on Army bases in Vietnam. European space leaders question US motives in space cooperation while fighting intensifies on the Ho Chi Minh trail in Laos.
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Washington
Senate
House
Vietnam
Saigon
Sepone
Laos
Ho Chi Minh Trail
Area Forecast Notes Warm Through Friday
Generally fair and warm through Friday with light variable winds tonight. Low tonight in the upper 30s and Friday’s high in the mid 60s. Sunrise at 6 40 and sunset at 6 25. Barometer and humidity data listed for 1 p.m. temperatures.
Kansas bills could cut taxes and shift juco control
Two Kansas House and Senate bills target community junior colleges. One would raise state aid to 50 percent of operating costs, reducing local property taxes and out district tuition but risking removal of local control if enacted. The other would place jucos under the Kansas Board of Regents, transferring funds and duties from local boards by June 1972.
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Brown Wells Dam
Safari Jaycees
Kansas
Kansas Board of Regents
House of Representatives
J. C. Sanders
Neosho County
NCCJC
Sanders
State Board of Regents
Senate Education Committee
Juco Boards of Trustees
Regents
Sander
Neosho Junior College
Books Open for City April 6 General Election
Voter registration books will stay open daily until 9 p m through Tuesday for the April 6 general election. City clerk Bonnie Moffatt announced the hours in the Memorial Building office. Residents who did not vote in November must register, as must new voters who have turned 21, to be eligible. Applicants must have six months state residency and 30 days in their precinct.
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Bonnie Moffatt
Memorial Building
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Robert McGregor
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