Editorial urges independent Watergate investigation by Senate
The piece criticizes President Nixon’s control over the Watergate inquiry and urges an independent investigator. It notes Percy’s maneuver to push a resolution for unanimous consent and calls for divorcing the Justice Department from the executive branch, suggesting reform or renaming to avoid executive influence.
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Charles Percy
Illinois
Party
Senate
Percy
Elliott Richardson
Nixon
White House
Justice Department
Watergate
FBI
Fair Game as Police Enforce Parking Rules Saturday
The city police issued many overtime parking tickets in a Saturday enforcement to curb long ignored meters. Drivers had assumed no checks on Saturdays, leading to protests potential, though none materialized. The piece argues enforcement is lawful and suggests amending the ordinance only if strong objections arise.
White Hats Untarnished As Kansas Legislature Closes
In Topeka the Watergate era echoes into state government as lawmakers face leaks and security concerns. Speaker Pete McGill and Senate President Bob Bennett kept communication lines open, and the legislature adjourned with still unblemished reputations for Kansas leaders despite urban rumor and security scares.
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House
Pete McGill
Senate
Bob Bennett
Kansas
Hoffa Pardon Plot Tied to Haldeman and White House Ties
Washington columnist outlines alleged manipulation by H. R. Haldeman to influence prison release for ex-Teamster boss Jimmy Hoffa. Hoffa had been promised freedom by Thanksgiving 1970, with his wife told the news from the Lewistown penitentiary warden’s office.
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Washington
H. R. Haldeman
White House
Jimmy Hoffa
Hoffa
Lewisburg
Hoffa Parole Behind Delays Tied to White House Aid
Murray Chotiner pressed Haldeman on Hoffa's release as the parole board stalled. Hoffa's 1971 path to freedom culminated by Christmas Eve after Nixon commuted his sentence amid claims of large Teamsters fundraising for the campaign.
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Hoffa
White House
Murray Chotiner
Haldeman
Chotiner
Nixon
Teamsters Union
James
Mr. Pajamas
Charles O'Brien
Teamsters
Mitchell
Fitzsimmons
Tornado Destroys Farms In 30 Mile South Of Thayer
A tornado carved a 30 mile trail from south of Thayer to southeast of Stark leaving over 60 farms damaged or ruined and at least two men killed Arch ie Kinne and William Pemberton while five people were injured. Fifty years ago 1923 Morehead State bank reorganized with directors L E Swope B T Morris E Swope Dan Flaherty Edgar Rash and C N Stafford.
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Thayer
Stark
Archie Kinne
William Pemberton
Morehead State Bank
L. E. Swope
B. T. Morris
E. Swope
Dan Flaherty
Edgar Rash
C. N. Stafford
County Youth May Attend Conference
Neosho County youths aged 14 and older are invited to the third State Youth Environmental Conference to be held July 16 20 at Rock Springs Ranch near Junction City. 4 H membership is not required. the program includes field trips demonstrations movies speeches rap sessions and evening activities. For details contact the Neosho County Extension Office in Erie before May 15.
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Neosho County
Rock Springs Ranch
Junction City
Neosho County Extension Office
Erie
Verse Parable Echoes Proverb About Sluggard Nature
A brief Bible verse from Proverbs 10 26 compares a lazy person to vinegar to the teeth and smoke to the eyes, framing a rebuke of idleness. The line warns that slowness harms those who rely on such people and serves as a moral reminder.
City Utilities Head Receives Top Kansas Municipal Award
Jola James Wilson, city superintendent, was honored with a personal service award from Kansas Municipal Utilities Inc at the association annual conference in Kansas City. The citation is the highest honor, one of two awards given this year. Don Hamilton received the other. Wilson has served in city government and engineering since 1945, as superintendent of utilities since 1961.
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Jola
Jim Wilson
Kansas Municipal Utilities, Inc
Kansas City
Don Hamilton
Coffeyville
Wilson
TV Schedule Mockup With Various Shows and Times
A scrambled listing of television time slots and programs including It Takes a Lot of Love Ballad of a Soldier Kung Fu Never Too Late Hot Millions Ironside Words Press Steels of San Francisco Saga of Sonora Thirty Minutes With Jonathan Winters That Cold Day in the Park Bombers B-5 Jack Paar Wyomin Ma’l and other segments as readouts for channel advance schedules.
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Chad Everett
Kung Fu
Ironside
Word Press
Steels of
San Francisco
Saga of
Sonora
Jonathan Winters
TV Guide Monday Evening Schedule Fragments
Television listing shows multiple channels with prime time programs from 6 to 12:30 including Dragnet Hollywood Squares Manners of Mayhem and classic dramas. Notable entries include The Hell with Meroes and Masterpiece Theater along with sports and news pacing across KMBC WIBW KETV and others.
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George Kirby
Dragnet
Hollywood Squares
Outdoors
High Chaparral
Missouri Outdoors
Wall Street
Petticoat Junction
Uck Owen
Crick
Times Squares
Royals
Meroes
Live Watergate Coverage Debated by Networks After Nixon Speech
Networks weigh live hearings as CBS NBC and ABC debate who will testify while Ervin plans May 15 start. NPAC says no live coverage yet. Nixon's acknowledgment of responsibility triggers strong post speech analysis by Schorr Rather and NBC's Today program.
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New York
Senate
Sam J. Ervin Jr
D-N.c
Nixon
CBS
NBC
ABC
Ervin
National Public Affairs Center For Television
NPAC
Networks
New Library Additions Prompt Caution On Popular Science
A library notices a wave of new medical and science titles including 20 000 000 Guinea Pigs and 49 009 000 Guinea Pig Children raising questions about sensationalism in science. Other arrivals critique dieting fads and drug use while guiding readers on health and psychiatry topics. A shelving mix up briefly linked I'm OK You're OK and Preparing for Childbirth before staff intervened.
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John G. Fuller
Jack Sprat
Polly Zane
William Likoff
Consumers Union
Edward Brecher
Clarence J. Schein
Jules Henry
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