Mule gift to Gov Nunn sparks political protest in Kentucky
A group calling itself the Poor People's Coalition delivered a mule named Hope to Governor Louie Nunn during the Republican governors conference in Lexington. The $70 gesture followed a $70,000 thoroughbred gift from the Kentucky Breeders Association. The ceremony occurred at a hotel, and the group urged continued poor people's participation in government decisions.
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Lexington
Poor People’s Coalition
Louie B. Nunn
Nunn
Kentucky Breeders Association
Juanita Bain
Poor People’s
Guardians organize summer recreation for city youths
Guardians of Indianapolis plan supervised league basketball camping and fishing trips for slum-area children up to 13. Richard Crenshaw says members will fund activities on their own time to improve police neighborhood relations. Program named Lets Get Involved focuses on near east neighborhoods.
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Indianapolis
Guardians
Richard Crenshaw
Crenshaw
Near East
Forecast: Wind Drop at City Weather Page
Winds ease across the region as forecast maps show a drop in gusts. Temperature expectations remain mild with no precipitation indicated through the weekend.
Born Campers Reminisce Lifetime of Travel and Camping
Barbara Deane profiles Carl and Mrs. Gillum of R. 2 as lifelong campers. They recall early camping with cars and cats, Canada trips in a 1935 Chevrolet, and primitive setups before roadside parks. The couple cherishes fishing, hunting, and travel with 29 trees planted from trips, joining NCHA in 1966 and planning a Canada return to Moose hunt and more fishing.
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Carl Gillum
Gillum
Barbara Deane
Missouri
Dixie
Gillums
Canada
Tremor Triggers Widespread Calls Across Eastern Oklahoma
An extremely light tremor at 6:36 40 registered under four on the Richter scale, per St Louis University geophysics. Glass rattled from Hugo near the Texas border to Tulsa and Stillwater as reporters and stations fielded hundreds of calls with no severe damage or injuries reported.
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Southampton
England
Britain
New York
English Channel
QE2
Canary Islands
Cunard
Tulsa
Okla
Oklahoma
St. Louis University Geophysics Department
Carl Kisslinger
Hugo
Texas
Stillwater
Tremor Shakes Holds Tulsa area over weekend reports
An intercepted letter notes Scouts and campers will visit Chanute over the weekend. Eastern Oklahoma lies on a fault line with occasional mild quakes. A Holdenville trooper felt a sharp tremor at home and police stations reported shaking. A Tulsa woman said her house shifted but this could not be confirmed. Most reports only rattled windows and doors.
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Oklahoma
Highway Patrol
Holdenville
East Central
Police Department
Tulsa
Thieves Sought After Break-ins Hit Five Kansas Counties
Sheriffs from Allen Bourbon and Neosho counties join in a statewide search for a busy thief or thieves after 14 firms were broken into across six towns including Hays Brothers service station near Stark and Savonburg Elsmore Bronson and Uniontown. Losses total about 1000 dollars with tires cigarettes and cash taken.
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Neosho
Allen
Bourbon
Allen County
Hays Brothers
Stark
Savonburg
Elsmore
Bronson
Uniontown
Neosho County
George Neely
Savenbrug
Derby
Leon Johnson
Olson
Ross Wade
Duke Myers Hardware Store
Guy Rogers
James Sanders
Jim Nelson
Tippie
Wade
Myers Hardware
Nelson's Recreation
Nelson
Bourbon County
Reasoner’s Implement Co
Robert Brown
Reasoner's
Bill Stevens
Van
Brown
Groves Leaves Chanute Chamber of Commerce
Jack Groves resigns as Chanute Area Chamber of Commerce manager to become executive vice president of the McPherson chamber. He will start June 2 and a search for a new manager begins. Groves oversaw remodeling, a broadened regional scope, and a budget increase to $20,000 with three new committees. He credits members for rising activity. Groves, a longtime Chanute resident, and his wife Jean have four children.
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Paris
Charles de Gaulle
Georges Pompidou
The
Gaullists
Jack Groves
Chanute Area
Chamber
Memorial Building
Avention
Groves
Chanute
Chanute High School
Foster's
Montgomery Ward
Midwest
Institute For Organizational Management
Boulder
Colo
Jean
Kathy
Lee Ann
Gene
Mike
S. Evergreen
Allison
Oscar Cunningham
Ebar Shultz
Mahlon Morley
Joan Gorton
Fred Herris
Hugh Chapman
Bill Johnson
Dale McCoy
Terry Murphy
Scout Show At City Park Draws 1500 Participants
More than 1,500 scouts from southeast Kansas are expected at the Mission Trail District Sedan Area Council Scout-O-Rama in City Park. The event features archery, monkey bridge, signal tower, pinewood derby and first aid demonstrations with Indian dances.
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Mission Trail
Sedan
City Park
Kansas
Bill Griffith
Humboldt
Riley Seay
Chanute
Lloyd Tinsley
Steve Krenzin
Bob Hamilton
Nat Armel
Roger Findahl
Iola
la Harpe
Yates Center
Erie
Toronto
Thayer
Moran
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Frontier Airlines
Liberal
Kan
Wichita
Independence - Coffeyville - Parsons
Kansas City
St. Louis
Civil Aeronautics Board
Denver
Cimarron River
Vernon W. Pinkey
Tulsa District
New Mexico
Pinkey
Southwest Kansas
Sydney
Australia
South Vietnam
Billy Gene Gosch
U.S. Army 3Rd Surgical Hospital
Vietnam
Gosch
Nebraska City
Neb
T. J. Price
Price
U.S
Guardian Project
Tribune Rote
Camp Hoppers
National Campers and Hikers Association
Topeka
the Weather Bureau
Yellowstone National Park
Tetons
Wyoming
Dalles
Ore
Florida
Texas Coast
California
Cha
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