Topeka great grandmother to receive bachelor degree
Mrs. Mabel Jones Wright of Topeka will be awarded a bachelor of science degree by Emporia State Teachers College Friday night and receive a letter from President Nixon. Sen. Bob Dole will present the letter during a dinner in her honor. Wright began studies 73 years ago, later compiling enough hours for the degree. She plans to pursue a master's degree now.
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Mabel Jones Wright
Topeka
Emporia State Teachers College
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Bob Dole
R-Kan
Emporia State
Kansas State Normal School
Chicago Teachers Strike Grounds 600000 Pupils at Home
The Chicago Teachers Union and board of education ended hours of talks with a strike that kept about 600,000 pupils away from 523 public schools. School officials closed all schools for today and Friday while negotiations resume, amid union demands for a $150 monthly raise and guarantees against layoffs.
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Chica@ Teachers Union
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Chicago Public Schools
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Richard J. Daley
Apollo 10 astronauts enter lunar lander for near moon approach
Space Center Houston reports Apollo 10 crew K Stafford and E Cernan entering the lunar module Snoopy, in good condition, to practice a descent to within 50 000 feet of the Sea of Tranquility as Young orbits 69 miles above. The mission aims to rehearse maneuvers ahead of Apollo 11 and include radar ranging photography and visual observations.
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Navy
John W. Young
Charlie Brown
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Apollo 11 landing site imagery and navigation plan
The report describes the Moon terrain near the Moltke crater as a rough ellipse four by nine miles with darkened stretches. Astronauts Stafford and Cernan will photograph and chart landmarks to plot a safe approach for Apollo 11 and assess ground navigation accuracy.
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Cernan
Storms Hit Kansas Towns With Tornadoes And Floods
Storms spawned tornadoes and hail as large as golf balls across Kansas, causing major damage in Reno County and flooding along the Walnut River near El Dorado. The Walnut River rose to 19.93 feet with evacuees sheltered at the El Dorado 4-H Club.
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Damas
Reno County
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el Dorado
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Pretty Prairie
Halstead
Newton
Wichita
Hutchinson
Butler County
Rezoning Requests Move Forward On Seventh Street Area
Martha Allen leads multiple rezoning proposals from residential to business office use along Seventh Street west of Plummer. Drs Kensett Blackwood Burkman and Bud Ross seek changes for tracts near Denman Gretchen Ninth Avdyn, plus Ardyn Heights. Planning commission defers mobile home park rules and sets June for decision on setback amendment.
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Seventh Street
Plummer
City Planning Commission
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Dwight Blackwood
Reuben Burkman
Bud Ross
Seventh
Drs. Burkman
Henry Baker
Denman Avenue
Ninth Street
Avdyn
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Denman
Burkman
Dr. Baker
Ninth and
Gretchen
Ardyn Heights
Oscar Cunningham
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City Commission
Plummer and Main
Harold Williams
Williams
Power Outage Hits Cha nute Northeast Quarter
George Eaton reports a rain wind storm cut power to Cha nute's northeast quarter for two hours. A tree fell on the Pine and Highland line at 11 p.m. breaking two poles and cutting off homes north of Main and east of Garfield. Crews repaired the line in heavy rain.
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George Eaton
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Garfield
Pearson asks ICC to delay suspension of Kansas City Tulsa train
Sen James Pearson requests the Interstate Commerce Commission delay the Santa Fe plan to discontinue trains 211 and 212 between Kansas City and Tulsa until a national study is complete. He urges hearings in cities along the line and warns of surface transport inadequacy if the service ends.
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James Pearson
Interstate Commerce Commission
Kansas City-Tulsa
Santa Fe
Pearson
ICC
Kansas City
Tulsa
Intercepted Letter Dear Cha
A fragment notes an intercepted letter addressed to Cha and recalls a past teacher strike described as a belt for misbehavior. The text hints at a wartime or historical tone and reflects on discipline and authority.
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Cha
Federal grant funds airport lighting project at Martin Johnson
The Federal Aviation Administration awards 7,870 to the city for north south runway lighting and related aids at Martin Johnson airport. City will match, making 15,740 total. Project includes boundary and threshold lights, wind cone, compass. Funding begins July 1, 1970, after years of requests. Senators Pearson and Dole and Rep Skubitz announced the grant.
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Federal Aviation Administration
Tribune
Kansas
Congress
R. J. Hayes
FAA
Kansas City
U.S
James Pearson
Bob Dole
Joe Skubitz
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