Nixon names Schlesinger defense secretary and staff shakeup
President Nixon chose CIA Director James S. Schlesinger as defense secretary and added John Connally as a White House adviser. William Colby becomes CIA director and J. Fred Buzhardt Jr. moves to counsel with full responsibility in Watergate matters as Haldeman Ehrlichman and Kleindienst resignations are announced.
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Washington
Nixon
CIA
James S. Schlesinger
John Connally
White House
William S. Colby
Pentagon
J. Fred Buzhardt Jr
Ronald L. Ziegler
Barnhart to Hutchinson News as assistant sports editor
Sam Barnhart, The Tribune sports editor, will join The Hutchinson News as assistant sports editor effective June 4. Mark Yearout named to replace Barnhart. Barnhart will become sports editor in November when Fred Mendell retires. Yearout, 21, will graduate from Kansas State University with a journalism degree and has worked as a sports correspondent for Topeka Daily Capital Journal and covered Kansas State sports.
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The
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Hutchinson News
Mike Harris
the Tribune
Mark Yearout
Barnhart
Chanute
Chanute High School
National Sportswriters and Broadcasters of America
Chanute Boy Scout Troops
First United Methodist Church
Neosho Jaco Club, Inc
Harris Enterprises
Fred Mendell
Yearout
Kansas State University
Manhattan
Wellington
Butler County Community Junior College
Kansas University
Topeka Daily Capital Journal
Manhattan Mercury
Kansas State Collegian
Highway Director Announces Severe Vehicle Use Restrictions
Kansas Highway Department imposes strict limits to conserve fuel amid anticipated shortages. All vehicles are assigned to motor pools with few exceptions for night calls and field staff. Bids for fuel contracts reduced supply in 66 counties, with 30-day agreements in 30 counties and day-to-day or no agreement in several others.
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Topeka, Kan
Kansas Highway Department
John D. Montgomery
Montgomery
Highway Commission
Walnut Man Receives State Hero Award for Rescue
The Kansas Funeral Directors Association named Joseph A. Smith of Walnut the Annual State Hero Award for saving two Chanute women from a burning car after a two-vehicle wreck near St. Paul in October. The ceremony in Topeka also honored nine local heroes including Becky Mohler, Roy Rose, and Parsons for life-saving actions.
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Kansas Funeral Directors Association
Topeka
Joseph A. Smith
Walnut
St. Paul
LuAnna Sparks
S. Highland
Robert Golay
Chanute
The
Association
Becky Mohler
Iola
Roy Rose
Parsons
City Commission Deliberates on South Steuben Property Purchases
The City Commission will meet owners on South Steuben between 7th and 14th at 7 p.m. at La Rosa De Oro to discuss paying South Steuben. Another session at 5 p.m. in the Memorial Building will adopt resolutions to authorize issuing temporary notes to fund paving and sewer projects.
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Steuben
la Rosa de Oro
South Steuben
Neighborhood kids throw surprise farewell party for Phillips couple
After 25 years in Chanute Mr and Mrs Marion Phillips move to Marceline Missouri friends held a weeklong surprise party at their home 417 West Fifth Balloons banners and a nine foot long farewell banner greeted the couple Cookies cake cupcakes and ice cream were shared Two young organizers and Edith Axcell coordinated the plan and gifts included school photos and a yellow mum Area forecast calls for mostly sunny mild weather with highs in the 70s and a 5 percent chance of rain.
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Phillips
Marceline, Mo
Pearance
Melba (Phillips
Barbara Sue McLaren
Gina Spence
Edith Axcell
W. Std
Mrs. Phillips
Suaded
Miss Axcell
Dean Says White House Blocks Watergate Truth
Former White House counsel John W. Dean III charges the Nixon administration will not face the Watergate truth and seeks to silence him. He notes ongoing discussions to end the matter but insists the truth remains resisted. Nixon vows justice for the scandal and promises a better four years ahead.
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Washington
John W. Dean III
White House
Senate
Justice Department
Nixon
Dean
Bugging Began Long Before Pentagon Papers Leak
FBI told judge in Ellsberg Pentagon papers case that wiretaps started nearly two years before the leak. Judge Matt Byrne ordered DOJ to verify how many interceptions occurred in 1969 1970 and what was overheard. One interception reportedly occurred while Ellsberg was at Morton Halperin's home.
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Los Angeles
FBI
Daniel Ellsberg
U.S. District Court
Matt Byrne
Justice Department
Ellsberg
Morton Halperin
Defense
Pentagon
Montreal boy wins provincial lottery prize
Sean Cahill, a 6 year old, won a provincial lottery prize but his mother plans to hold the winnings. She says he will receive 25 cents a week as an allowance while the prize money sits in the bank until he turns 21. Mrs Cahill says the child is happy with the small weekly amount and does not grasp the large prize.
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Montreal
Sean Cahill
Intercepted Letter Dear Cha Replacing Barnstorming
An intercepted letter relays a change in a phrase from Barnstorming to Three Strikes and Year Out. The note references years and implies a shift in wording or policy related to the term used.
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Cha
Plenary Talks on European Troop Reductions Set for Monday
In Vienna, U S and Soviet representatives announced the first plenary session of preparatory talks on European troop reductions will be held next Monday. The move signals a break through a long deadlock since January 31, suggesting some compromise.
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Vienna
United States
Soviet Union
Skylab 1 Astronauts Rehearse Launch at Cape Kennedy
Skylab 1 crew Charles Conrad Jr Paul J. Weitz and Dr Joseph P. Kerwin rehearse launch procedures in a simulator as countdown tightens for next week’s flight from Cape Kennedy to send the first U S space station aloft.
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Fla
Charles Conrad Jr
Paul J. Weitz
Joseph P. Kerwin
Johnson Space Center
Houston
Packard Declines Defense Post Amid HP Stock Ties
President Nixon seeks a new secretary of defense after multimillionaire David Packard declines. He cites unresolved handling of his 500 million dollars in Hewlett Packard stock as the reason for turning the offer down.
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Washington
Nixon
Secretary of
Defense
David Packard
Hewlett-Packard Co
California
House weighs funding for bombing Cambodia vote
The House will decide today on authorizing U S money for bombing Cambodia. Nixon supporters say the showdown could produce the first antiwar vote in the House during the Indochina conflict. Rep. Joe D Waggoner said the Nixon coalition was about five votes short late Wednesday.
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Washington
House
U.S
Cambodia
Nixon
Joe D. Waggoner
D-La
FBI agents helped plan demonstrations at national conventions
Undercover FBI agents and informers infiltrated most convention protest groups. Their reports were discussed at closed Justice Department meetings led by Attorney General Richard G. Kleindienst.
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Washington
FBI
Justice Department
Atty
Richard G. Kleindienst
Senate panel delays Richardson nomination amid Watergate probe
Senate Judiciary Committee members question Elliot Richardson's bid to be attorney general while awaiting his choice for special Watergate prosecutor. Senator Marlow Cook of Kentucky said the committee's sense is that action will wait. The panel continued its Richardson questioning.
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Washington
Senate Judiciary Committee
Elliot L. Richardson
Marlow Cook
Kentucky
Richardson
ERA Fails Jefferson City House Vote on ERA Bill
Missouri House approval falters as the chamber votes 81 to 70 against advancing the Equal Rights Amendment to the U.S. Constitution in Jefferson City.
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Jefferson City
Missouri House
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