Brick-brained penology and Docking aides in prostitution case
The Shawnee County prosecutor accuses a Missouri man of promoting prostitution in Topeka in 1972. He allegedly paid $300 for services after hiring a hotel room while two former Docking administration officials, once prison leaders, are endorsed as witnesses. The column mocks penalties and calls the reform pledge brick-brained.
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Robert Docking
Topeka
Shawnee County
Gene Olander
Missouri
Docking Administration
Lansing
State Penal
Olander
Kansas
Docking
Hutchinson News
Ford priorities inconsistency over farm bill veto
The letter criticizes President Ford for vetoing the emergency farm bill while seeking $722 million for Thieu, arguing a mismatch in spending. It cites farm price supports, export controls, and Sen. Sebelius’s call for an income safeguard and a freer market, urging consistency and less government interference.
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Ford
Thieu
South Vietnam
Washington
Keith Sebelius
Sebelius
Butz
Garden City
Vietnam War Fallout Likely To Prolong National Debate
Washington current events report notes Ford's plea for unity after Saigon evacuation while indicating a broad push for national reckoning over Vietnam. Critics from both liberal and conservative camps urge prompt, candid analysis of defeat to prevent future missteps. figures including Kissinger, Rockefeller, Hebert, and John Fisher weigh in on accountability and political impact.
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John F. Barton Washington
UPI
Ford
United States
South Vietnam
Saigon
Henry A. Kissinger
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Indochina
Rockefeller
Chiang Kai-shek
Cambodia
F. Edward Hebert
D-La
House Armed Services Committee
Congress
John Fisher
American Security Council
Boston
Fisher
America
Vietnam
Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis opts for luxury over public service
A columnist asserts Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis rejected public responsibility after her Onassis marriage. It cites alleged extravagant spending, a large cash settlement, and ongoing luxury purchases abroad, contrasting her former role as a national exemplar with a life of wealth and luxury.
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Washington
Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis
Jacqueline Kennedy
John F. Kennedy
America
Mary Todd Lincoln
Eleanor Roosevelt
White House
Camelot
Dallas
Coretta King
President Ford strolls past White House and up Lafayette Square
President Ford walked from the White House to Pennsylvania Avenue with Secret Service guards observing traffic control. He paused near Tayloe House where 28 Michigan broadcasters gathered, then greeted cheering schoolchildren before returning to the grounds as guards relaxed.
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Washington
UPI
Ford
White House
Pennsylvania Avenue
Secret Service
Harry S. Truman
Pennsylvania Ave
Lafayette Square
Tayloe House
Michigan
Dolly Madison
William McKinley
Mark Hanna
Las Vegas
Truman
David Kennerly
Kennerly
President
Mr. Ford
Howdy
Watergate theory links McCord to CIA retaliation scheme
A Kansas City Star report, cited by federal investigators, alleges James McCord deliberately bungled the Watergate break in under CIA pressure to expose Nixon reliance on the agency for political ends. The series cites CIA word pattern analysis, COINTELPRO activity, Hoover files, and an advanced Octopus computer system tied to global transport hubs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City, Mo
UPI
James McCord
CIA
White House
Nixon
Presidential Commission
Kansas City Star
Rockefeller
Senate
Frank Church
FBI
McCord
Investigative
Marx Brothers
Keystone Cops
William Helms
Helms
George McGovern
McGovern
the Star
Cointelpro
J. Edgar Hoover
Langley
King Hussein to buy ten Cigarette offshore racing boats
King Hussein of Jordan enjoyed a ride in a Cigarette offshore racing powerboat during a Palm Beach visit and said he wants ten such boats. Mark Seay, the racing mechanic, described the 35 foot craft as loved by the king after he steered it for about three miles.
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The
Onassises
Nancy Tuckerman
Jackie
New Jersey
Ms. Tuckerman
Palm Beach, Fla
UPI
King Hussein of
Jordan
Hussein
Mark Seay
Chanute Repeals Zoning Law Following City Attorney Opinion
The city’s zoning ordinance is repealed on advice from City Attorney Joe Balch. Balch cites a Kansas Supreme Court ruling tied to a Pratt ordinance, interpreting a statute that requires a city governing board to appoint a committee to administer zoning. Chanute’s zoning law passed in April 1949.
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Joe Balch
Balch
Kansas Supreme Court
Pratt
Chanute
Kansas
Khmer Rouge terror grips Phnom Penh after capture
Stockholm journalist Herman Lindqvist describes Phnom Penh becoming a city of terror after the Khmer Rouge seized the capital on April 17. He recalls shootings at will, orders by loudspeaker with no safe destination, and thefts at gunpoint as refugees, aid workers, and residents flee or seek asylum at a neutral Red Cross zone.
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Stockholm
UPI
Phnom Penh
Herman Lindqvist
Expressen
Lindqvist
Cambodia
Bangkok
Khmer Rouge
le Phnom
Red Cross
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Dial
Evergreen
Fred M. Harris
F. M
Mike) Harris
Keith Wright
Neosho, Allen, Ison, and Woodson Co
Associated Press
Member
Audit Bureau of Circulations
Small Society
Brickman
Jack Anderson
Les Whitten
Aristotle Onassis
Manhattan
Onassis
Christina
Jacqueline
New York City
Bloomingdale's
New York
Fifth Avenue
Union Square Painting Company
Tehran
Iran
Rexa Fallah
King Hussein
Supreme Court
Ladies Aid of the United Brethren Church
Lora McKinsey
Ila Lorena Woodring
Clark
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