White House Memo Linked Lobbyist in ITT Controversy
Denver AP: Lobbyist Dita D. Beard tied the White House to the ITT controversy before collapsing in bed during a hospital room hearing called by the Senate Judiciary Committee. The 53 year old, recovering from a heart ailment, fell back on her bed after questioning by a Senate sub committee probing charges by columnist Jack Anderson and Dr Louis Radetsky.
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Denver
Dita D. Beard
White House
International Telephone & Telegraph Corp
Senate Judiciary Committee
Mrs. Beard
Senate
Jack Anderson
Louis Radetsky
Rocky Mountain Osteopathic Hospital
Radetsky
John V. Tunney
D-Calif
Tunney
Atty. Gen
Richard G. Kleindiest
John N. Mitchell
Justice Department
Anderson
Kleindiest
Robber Attack Practice Turns Fatal for Grocer in Lakeland
Harold Egger, 35, shot and killed by Polk County Deputy Gary Leis after a plainclothesman staged a mock robbery to teach handling holdups. Crews, 52, was wounded. Egger had just bought the store and was reportedly unknown to the employer.
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Lakeland
Fla
Harold Egger
Polk County
Gary Leis
Maurice Crews
Crews
Egger
Sheriff's
Robert Bunting
Leis
Bunting
Leif
Eger
Oil Leases To Be Sold In Erie Foreclosure
Oil and gas leases and equipment belonging to Keas Drilling Co Inc and others will be sold at a sheriff s sale at the Erie courthouse on April 26 in foreclosure brought by the Bank of Commerce. The sale starts at 10 a.m. in front of the courthouse. Most of the 48 properties are in the Chanute area.
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Keas Drilling Co., Inc
Erie
Bank of Commerce
Chanute
Water line break repaired near K39 overpass
City crews repaired a water line break east of town near the K39 overpass after the state Highway Commission reported water seeping onto the highway shoulder. The leak appears to have leaked for some time but no service disruption occurred.
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State Highway Commission
Intercepted Letter Dear Cha
A fragment notes an intercepted letter titled Dear Cha. The snippet suggests a scene of being held up in a grocery store and reflects common worry about such incidents.
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Cha
Iola Event Sets Stage for Big Rural Water Projects
Morgan Williams state director says Kansas Farmers Home Administration will approve contracts totaling over 14 million for rural water districts in 1972. He notes 17 districts are under construction and 42 more will sign this year, speaking at the Iola meeting of the state Association of Kansas Rural Water Districts.
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IOLA
Kansas Farmers Home Administration
Morgan Williams
Williams
Kansas
State Association of Kansas Rural Water Districts
Age of Majority Now 18 in Kansas
Gov. Docking signs 19 laws including industry minor change to 18 for general purposes except liquor. The drinking age remains 21. 18 year olds gain legal status for most civil matters starting July 1. Other measures set college tuition floors, add campus airport powers, and bond authorization for KU Medical Center expansion.
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Topeka
Kan
Kansas
Robert Docking
House
Senate
St. Kansas
Docking
Owen enters race for Kansas lieutenant governor
State Sen. David Owen of Overland Park formally announced his candidacy for the Republican nomination for lieutenant governor in the August 1 primary. He outlined a four city tour with events in Parsons Topeka Wichita and Garden City and named Robert Wells as his state campaign chairman. The 33 year old senator has served one term.
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Topeka
Kan
David Owen
Overland Park
Owen
Parsons
Wichita
Garden City
Robert Wells
Federal Communications
Wells
Dave
PRIDE Meeting Set At Six Bulls Restaurant
Chanute hosts one of six regional PRIDE meetings to aid city steering committees. Speakers include local PRIDE chair Bob McGregor and state committee members such as Leslie Frazier and Donald Erickson. Attendees from Cherryvale Independence Pittsburg and listed communities will participate.
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Pride City
Six Bulls
Bob McGregor
Kansas
Cherryvale
Independence
Pittsburg
Leslie Frazier
Donald Erickson
Kansas State University Extension
Noble Drake
Kansas Association of Commerce and Industry
Kansas Department of Economic Development
Kansas Gas and Electric Company
Alma
Caney
Cedar Vale
Eureka
Fort Scott
Gridley
Humboldt
LeRoy, McCune
Neodesha
New Strawn
Redfield
Uniontown
Yates Center
Gallup Poll Finds Increased Marijuana Use
Gallup poll shows 11 percent of U S adults over 18 have smoked marijuana, up from 4 percent in 1969, while 81 percent oppose legalization. The spokesman notes the rise in use but continued support for illegality.
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Princeton
N.J
Gallup
Ban on Ads Held Valid by Supreme Court
The Supreme Court upheld the ban on cigarette advertising on radio and television. It affirmed a lower court ruling in favor of the Public Health Cigarette Smoking Act of 1969 signed by President Nixon on April 1, 1970, with broadcasters barred from ads starting January 2, 1971.
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Washington
Supreme Court Today
Justice Department
NAB
William C. Douglas
William J. Brennan
Broadcasting Companies
Douglas
Brennan
Lewis F. Powell Jr
Congress
Nixon
Women for Women Oppose Right Amendment Debate
Junction City group Women for Women rejects Kansas Legislature considering the equal right constitutional amendment without hearings. Co founder Mrs Calvin Jones says the 16 state organization opposes the amendment and argues Congress passed it amid belief many voting age women support liberation groups. She claims thousands of women back reinstating American traditions.
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Junction City
Kan
Women For Women
Kansas
Calvin Jones
Jones
Woman's Liberation
Protestants Strike Paralyzes Northern Ireland Over Ulster Takeover
Angry Protestant workers paralyzed Northern Ireland with a mass strike that shut factories, stores, and major transport terminals. The IRA said it would ease attacks on civilians in the north, while Catholic nationalists denied any truce.
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Belfast
Northern Ireland
Ulster
Irish Republican Army
Weekend Rebellion in El Salvador Triggers Martial Law
Rebels seized Gen. Fidel Sanchez Hernandez for over 12 hours as fighting killed between 100 and 200 and wounded more than 200. Government forces retook the capital and martial law was declared while calm returned. Separately, investigators probe a missile theft at Bergstrom Air Force Base during a joint exercise near Ft Hood in central Texas.
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San Salvador
el Salvador
Fidel Sanchez Hernandez
Austin, Tex
Austin
Bergstrom Air Force Base
Ft. Hood
Texas
Partin Conviction Overturned. New Trial Ordered in Extortion Case
A federal judge set aside Edward Grady Partin's three antitrust conspiracy convictions and ordered a new trial on the extortion conspiracy charge. Partin, 47, of Baton Rouge, had been convicted March 2 on all four counts and his lawyers sought a mistrial or verdict reversal.
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Atlanta, Ga
Louisiana
Teamsters
Edward Grady Partin
Partin
Baton Rouge
San Francisco Mayor and two officials challenge federal case
Mayor Joseph Alioto of San Francisco and two former Washington state officials press to dismiss the federal indictment after winning a $2.3 million fee-sharing suit. Washington state and 12 public utilities claim Alioto illegally shared $800,000 of fees with the officials. The trio still faces charges of conspiring to bribe a state official.
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Vancouver, Wash
Joseph Alioto
San Francisco
Washington
State of Washington
Alioto
British Technicians Kidnapped by Turkish Leftists
In UNYE Turkey three British radar technicians were abducted by left wing terrorists. Seven others were found bound and gagged. A kidnap car was later found abandoned 165 miles away near Tokat. Police said no sign of kidnappers or Britons at the scene.
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Unye
Turkey
Black Sea
Tokat
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