Hippo on Seattle ranch stands out from usual livestock
Allan E. Smith, a Seattle realtor, bought a 2000 pound hippopotamus named Gertrude for his Plain ranch in Washington. Gertrude, a Denver native with a sister at Woodland Park Zoo, reportedly bonds by mouth rubbing. The ranch also houses llamas and Scottish longhorn cattle as Smith considers kangaroos.
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Allan E. Smith
Plain, Wash
Smith
Gertrude
Denver
Woodland Park Zoo
Smith Ranch
Aged Bottles and Buildings Tell Anderson Farm's Story
On the Elmer Anderson farm near the Neosho county line, 100 old bottles were found under a 1878 house, including a inscribed Will V. Wherrett druggist. The farm's 1869 structure and limestone cave-house reveal a 100 year history and craft from Humboldt sawed stones to original nails.
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Martha Allen
Elmer Anderson
R. 1
Will V. Wherrett
Chanute
Neosho - Wilson County
Anderson
Public Library
Wherrett
East Fourteenth
Humboldt
Bulding
Ten die in Kansas weekend traffic accidents
The weekend traffic fatalities rose with at least ten deaths across Kansas. Victims include Everett L. Tolle and Wilma Mae Tolle of Iva Oklahoma in a Greensburg collision. Phyllis Oplotnik near Columbus. Brian Christopher Wright of Wichita. Robert L. Miller of Pratt. Maxine V. Stevens near El Dorado. Russell T. Phillips of Parkville Missouri. Lonnie Sedlacek of Haddam injured near Washington. Barbara Smith Hughes of Amarillo and Richard L. Hanna of Wichita in separate crashes.
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Associated Press
Kansas
Oklahoma
Greensburg
Highway Patrol
Everett L. Tolle
Wilma Mae
Iva
Okla
U. S. 5Th
U.S. 183
Phyllis E. Oplotnik
Columbus
Kan
Brian Christopher Wright
Wichita
Robert L. Miller
Pratt
Maxine V. Stevens
el Dorado
Russell T. Phillips
Parkville
Kansas Turnpike
Emporia
Haddam
Lonnie Sedlacek
Nixon to Report on Peace Outlook
President Nixon plans a national address Wednesday night on prospects for peace in Vietnam after a White House meeting with General Creighton Abrams. The discussion focused on enemy actions, South Vietnamese army training, and U.S. force levels, with no sign of a major breakthrough.
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U.S
Vietnam
Creighton Abrams
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White House
Ronald L. Ziegler
South Vietnam
Paris
Saigon
Congress
Rogers Leaves On Asian Trip
Secretary of State William P. Rogers begins a 17 day trip to Asia to discuss Vietnam war developments and Paris peace talks with Thieu. He plans constructive meetings at Bangkok with SEATO and the seven nations with troops in Vietnam and a session of the NATO allied-level Central Treaty Organization in Tehran.
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Vietnam
Ziegler
Washington
William P. Rogers
Asia
South Vietnam
Nguyen van Thieu
Paris
Bangkok
Southeast Asia Treaty Organization
Seven Nations
Central Treaty Organization
Tehran
Rogers
Andrews Air Force Base
Honolulu
Saigon
Nixon
Rockefeller Trip Shows Two Faces of Latin America
Gov. Nelson Rockefeller began an eight day swing through Mexico and Central America to study Latin America's two faces. Mexico, a growing economy with a $2 billion outflow, faces trade deficits with the United States while Central American nations push from burro era to jet age.
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Mexico City
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Latin America
Nixon
Mexico
Central America
New York
United States
U.S
Washington
Apollo 10 countdown for moon orbit mission begins tonight
Apollo 10, an all veteran crew led by Stafford with Young and Cernan, launches next Sunday to orbit the moon within 50 000 feet as a rehearsal for Apollo 11 lunar landing planned for July 16. The 8 day 5 minute flight includes lunar module rendezvous and return to the Pacific.
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Fla
Air Force
Thomas P. Stafford
Navy
John W. Young
Eugene A. Cernan
Stafford
Young
Cernan
Moon
Pacific Ocean
City Commission Meets Tonight In Memorial Building
Regular meeting of the city commission set for 7 o clock in the Memorial Building commission room. Items include industrial park plans land purchase housing authority and a beer license approval. A 6 p m closed planning session with the Coffeyville commission will discuss interlinked municipal power plant facilities.
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City Commission
Memorial Building
Coffeyville Commission
Intercepted Letter Dear Cha Liable West Motoring
A column-like fragment likens the modern motorist to an old range rider who risks death while driving with bold, boot-on-the-ground bravado. The piece frames danger and reckless pursuit as a social mood of today.
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