Germany weighs floating mark to counter dollar crisis
Bonn government approves plan to combat the international monetary crisis and aims to present it to the European Common Market. Ahlers said the move would float the mark to regain parity with the dollar and boost its value while fighting inflation.
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Bonn
Germany
Europe
Conrad Ahlers
Willy Brandt
West Germany
Ahlers
Committee of Economic Experts
Schiller
Nixon hosts agriculture leaders at White House salute
President Nixon welcomed 70 farm leaders to the White House for a "Salute to Agriculture" while outlining a 400 million farm aid program. The plan aims to boost income and exports, with 350 million in loans and a push to raise exports from 7.4 to 10 billion. Critics charged political motives and questioned spending, while Farm Bureau’s Kuhfuss praised policy overall and urged less subsidy reliance.
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Washington
White House
Nixon
Executive
Agriculture Department
Lawrence O'Brien
O‘brien
O'Brien
Southwest
William J. Kuhfuss
American Farm Bureau Federation
America
Hall proposes new eastern Oklahoma city study
Gov. David Hall announced plans to build a new city in eastern Oklahoma and secured a $50,000 federal grant for a feasibility study. The Ozarks regional Commission approved the funding and called for a detailed plan before final approval.
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Mcalester
Okla
David Hall
Oklahoma
Hall
Ozarks
Commission
E.L
Bud” Stewart
Muskogee
Stewart
Congress weighs Lockheed loan guarantees amid criticism
AP reports Congress may approve loan guarantees for Lockheed Aircraft Corp. and possibly others, while one congressman denounces the move as a bailout for Lockheed chairman Daniel Haughton and his “merry band of thieves.” The dispatch also notes US air strikes in North Vietnam, Rogers’ stopovers in the Middle East, drug-search intensification for returning service members, upcoming Southwest power plant clashes with environmentalists, and automakers doubting 1976 nitrogen oxide targets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Congress
Lockheed Aircraft Corp
Lockheed
Daniel Haughton
Remodeling Nears Completion at Iola North Building
The North Community Building in Iola is virtually finished after renovations and will host the Iola High School junior senior prom this Saturday night marking its first use since work began.
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IOLA
Iola High School
Suspect Confesses to Seven Other Slayings Across States
Merle Richard Sturdivan, 35, of Aurora Colorado, charged with murder of Dr Samuel B Chapman in Liberty Missouri, told police of killings from Florida to California. He described murders in Miami Miami Beach Tampa New Orleans Atlanta Houston and San Francisco. Prosecutor Brandom said verification will take days. The body of the physician was found in a motel room. car missing and later wrecked with a bloody handprint. FBI reported no warrants on Sturdivan.
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Liberty
Kansas City
Florida
California
Merle Richard Sturdivan
Aurora
Colo
Clay County
Samuel B. Chapman
William Brandom
Sturdivan
Miami
Miami Beach
Tampa
Fla
New Orleans
Atlanta
Houston
Tex
San Francisco
Brancom
FBI
Joplin Tornado Warn Delay Sparks Officials Debate
The National Weather Service warned sirens were delayed in Joplin as Civil Defense director Leta Kungle defended waiting for visual confirmation. Radar indicated a tornado five miles southeast of Columbus, Kansas, before Capt. Hickman sighted a tornado over southwest Joplin at 6 53 pm. One killed, 11 injured, about 20 million dollars in damage.
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Joplin, Mo
National Weather Service
Joplin
Allen Pearson
National
Pearson
Kansas City
Weather update from area forecast
Decreasing cloudiness and cool tonight with clearing Saturday. Low tonight 45 to 50, high Saturday near 70. Sunrise 6 20, sunset 8 17. 1 p m readings show 52 degrees with 60 percent humidity and 28 84 barometer. Yesterday 159 year ago 79 and 55. Highest on record 91 and lowest 39.
Museum Impresses Visitor in Chanute Africa Exhibit Visit
Robert Moore deputy assistant secretary of state for African affairs visited the Safari Museum in Chanute on a Kansas trip. He toured with Dr. Pascal Imperato, praising the museum’s African artifacts and noting the immunization program’s impact in Africa.
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Safari Museum
Robert Moore
Mali
Africa
Moore
Pascal Imperato
Dr. Imperato
Imperato
Chanute Museum
Anna Lou Mattix
Chanute
Martin
Osa Johnson
Miller Sidesteps Patrolman Issue in Topeka Talk
Atty. Gen. Vern Miller refused to reveal if the office is probing the clash between the Kansas Highway Patrol and Russell County Sheriff’s office. County Atty. Michael Holland says 20 tickets were dismissed this week and about 70 tickets are held up as tension rises over patrolman Donald Rueschhoff.
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Topeka
Vern Miller
State Highway Patrol
Russell County
Allen Rush
Miller
Michael S. Holland
Holland
Donald Rueschhoff
Rueschhoff
FBI
Clinic schedules rubella vaccine for elementary students
Mrs. Margaret Wood announces two day rubella vaccination clinics in Unified District 413. State Health Department nurses start Monday at 8:30 a.m. at Alcott and proceed to Lincoln Roosevelt St. Patrick's and Fairfield, finishing at noon then return afternoon at Murray Hill and Hutton to 3:30 p.m. On Tuesday preschool injections run 8:30 to 10 a.m. at Hutton, 10:15 a.m. to noon at Murray Hill, and 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. at Alcott. This is Neosho County's second and the Health Department's last clinic.
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Margaret Wood
Unified District 413
State Department of Health
Alcott School
Lincoln
Roosevelt
St. Patrick's
Fairfield
Murray Hill
Hutton School
Alcott
Intercepted Letter Dear Cha Sentences
Short note claims a seven year old karate expert can keep boyfriends in line when dating. The excerpt presents a playful parental warning with a personal closing Yours, Cha.
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Cha
Ranch Reins To Trustees
Judge Allen Barrow is to appoint two trustees to run the Cross Bell ranch empire of the Mullendore family. The 50,000 acre operation in Oklahoma and Kansas faces about 9 million in unsecured claims and 3,000 daily interest, with aims to keep the ranch operating, not liquidate assets. Tulsa lawyer James Ellison will serve as counsel for the trustees under bankruptcy rules. No arrest or conviction in Mullendore’s murder has been reported.
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Tulsa
Okla
Allen Barrow
E. C. Mullendore
E. C. Mullendore III
Osage County
Oklahoma
Barrow
Cross Bell
Washington
Osage
Chautaqua County
Kansas
James Ellison
Mullendore
Jobless Rate Shows Gain in Latest Government Report
Government figures show unemployment at 6.1 percent last month with Black unemployment rising to 10 percent the highest since January 1964. The Bureau of Labor Statistics notes the employment situation as essentially unchanged despite inflation efforts.
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Washington
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Nixon
Karate Veteran Kim Pisut Dominates Open Title
Highland Indiana reports Kim Pisut, a 7-year-old karate prodigy trained by her father Tom Pisut, earned the American Karate Association Open title in her class last March. She excels in kata competition scoring 54 moves against imagined opponents while her mother cautions against breaking tables.
Marines Begin Major Withdrawal From Vietnam
The U.S. Command announced the imminent withdrawal of more than a dozen Marine units in Vietnam reducing Leatherneck strength by 3,085 men. Total U.S. forces in Vietnam decline to about 262,000, a five year low, with Nixon aiming for 184,007 by December 1.
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Saigon
U.S
Vietnam
Nixon
Chinese technician defects and seeks return to China
Paris authorities report Chang Chi Jung, a drugged Chinese technician, asked to return to Communist China. He was accompanied by a Chinese Embassy rep and 10 others. police halted the group at customs and Japan planned to let him speak for himself after recovery. In Lafayette, Louisiana, students display pollution reacting devices including a two cycle pogo stick and a flywheel go cart powered by electric motor.
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Paris
Shanghai
China
Chang Chi Jung
France
Chang
Algeria
Chiang
Lafayette
University of Southwestern Louisiana
Jimmy Fitzgerald
Bill Shear
Southwestern Louisiana
Mike Johnson
Robert Gaddy
Kirk Resweber Jr
Air fare hikes expand industry losses and July rise
Domestic air fares rose six percent on most routes with potential three percent increases in July approved by the Civil Aeronautics Board. The changes could yield about 200 million dollars for 20 air lines this year after last year’s 154.9 million dollar losses. Fares on busy Boston New York and Washington New York routes dipped one or two dollars while New York Pittsburgh New York and Boston Washington remained unchanged. Sen. James B. Pearson says Americans expect more from President Nixon on ending U.S. involvement in Vietnam with calls for a withdrawal date and questions about credibility of the pledge.
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Washington
Civil Aeronautics Board
Boston
New York
Chicago
Detroit
Dallas
Houston
Pittsburgh
Buffalo
Ottawa
Kan
James B. Pearson
Nixon
Vietnam
Pearson
Governor vows to veto gasoline tax hike bill
Jefferson City AP says Gov. Warren E. Hearnes announced he will veto any bill raising the state gasoline tax from 5 cents to 7 cents as soon as he receives it. He indicated opposition to the proposed increase.
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Jefferson City
Warren E. Hearnes
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Brussels
Belgium
Karl Schiller
Walter Scheel
Dons Farm
New City
News Digest
North Vietnam
Jerusalem
William P. Rogers
Customs Bureau
Indochina
United States
Interior Department
Environmental
Ists
Leta Kungle
City Civil Defense
Weather Bureau
Immuniza
William Albott
Yours
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