Earthquakehits Europe near Friuli leaves 1,000 dead or injured
A 6.9 magnitude quake centered in northeast Italy's Friuli region killed 187 and injured about 900 as dozens of towns including Majano and Forgaria suffered heavy damage. Rescue efforts raced as fires started and roads blocked, with authorities warning the toll could rise.
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Majano
Domenico Spaziante
Udine
Friuli
Paul VI
Austria
Yugoslavia
Alps
Brussels
Berlin
Tagliamento
Adriatic Sea
Majana
Forgaria
Gemona
Seismological Institute
Uppsala
Sweden
Europe
Skopje
Vitobono di Pinzano
Vagogna
Buia
Wrecka
Ninda Stecotti
Magnana
Germany
Czechoslovakia
Munich
Nancy
Paris
Ashcraft to Run for Neosho County Sheriff
Neosho County probate and juvenile judge Dwaine Ashcraft announced plans to seek the sheriff’s seat on the Democratic ticket. He will file his petition at the Erie county courthouse by mid next week, with term ending January 1977 and barred from re election due to a Kansas court unification bill.
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Dwaine Ashcraft
Neosho County
Ashcraft
Erie
Kansas
Brown backs Carter rival Edmund Brown Jr gains support in Senate talks
House Speaker Carl Albert says Edmund G. Brown Jr. is the only candidate who can stop Jimmy Carter, with Humphrey predicting Brown could win Maryland May 18. Carter, campaigning in Baltimore, notes Brown is popular and highly publicized but expects to secure the nomination on the first ballot.
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Jimmy Carter
Edmund G. Brown Jr
California
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Carter
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Georgia
Maryland
Humphrey
Baltimore
Ronald Reagan
Louisiana
Reagan
Ford
Nebraska
Omaha
University of Nebraska
Ron Nelsen
Kansas City
Morris Udall
Michigan
United Auto Workers Union
UAW
Udall
Walter Reuther
Sen
Frank Church
Idaho
West
Kissinger visits France to discuss Third World development plan
Secretary of State Henry Kissinger tours Paris after presenting a $1 billion international development fund and a technology corps concept in Nairobi. He meets President Giscard d Estaing to discuss the proposal amid French objections and concerns over timing and impact on prices.
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UPI
Henry Kissinger
France
Valery Giscard d
Nairobi
Kissinger
U.N. Conference On Trade and Development
Third World
Giscard d’Estaing
Bennett backs southwest Kansas for public TV network
Gov. Robert Bennett urged starting a Kansas Public Television Network in southwest Kansas and asked state officials to study financing options with federal state and local funding. He named Garden City Community College and Fort Hays State College as potential grant recipients and directed Ed Flentie to work with the Kansas Board of Regents. He said proposals should be ready for the 1977 Legislature amid a prior veto of a 215000 start-up appropriation for KGLD-TV near Garden City.
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Topeka
Hns
Robert Bennett
Kansas
Garden City Community College
Fort Hays
Bennett
PTV
Garden City
Kgld-Tv
1976 Kansas Legislature rated average in public poll
A WIBW-TV commissioned telephone poll of 200 area residents finds the 1976 Kansas Legislature rated average and Gov. Robert Bennett's performance widely mixed with 37 percent calling him good and 16 percent poor. Voters prioritize death penalty debate, education funding, and highway financing as top issues.
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Topeka
Kan
UPI
Robert Bennett
Wibw-Tv
Independent Central Research Corp
Bennett
Kansas
Weekend forecast hints at mild midweek warmth
The area experiences mostly sunny skies today with highs in the mid to upper 60s and clear conditions tonight with lows in the lower 40s. Saturday brings sunny skies and near 70 degree temperatures as winds ease to light and variable tonight.
Election year features more candidates than delegates
In a rare cycle the slate shows candidates exceeding the number of delegates, suggesting a crowded field and tighter selection. Voters face choices across multiple frames as parties and organizers ready ballots.
Plane Missing after Chanute Departure Triggers FAA Search
A blue and white Cessna 172 departed Chanute at 6 p.m. Thursday heading to Walnut Ridge Arkansas but did not arrive. FAA searched southern Missouri after learning the pilot from Fal mouth Mass reported leaving Joplin earlier. the aircraft had been ferried from the Cessna factory in Winfield.
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Federal Aviation Administration
FAA
Missouri
Walnut Ridge
Ark
Martin Johnson
Falmouth
Mass
Alvin Pratt
Joplin
Pratt
Cessna
Winfield
Massachusetts
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Memorial Auditorium
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Crete
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City News
Mr. Quick
N. Santa Fe
Don Divine
Lea Hardman
Hardman
Mainald-Benson and Associates of
Moline, Ill
Mr. Quick, Inc
David Baum
Don Divine’s
Frank Hoblick
Hoblick and Associates
Carthage
Hoblick
City Commission
Bob Bunting
Larry Shepard
Hoblick Hardman
Bunting
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