Nixon Draws Crowd of 100 000 in Moscow
AP reports more than 100,000 Muscovites lined the Kremlin route as President Nixon began a weeklong stay. The crowd stood along the motorcade route with many ranks packed shoulder to shoulder while Brezhnev was not at the airport. Agreements on arms limits trade and outer space cooperation were expected to emerge.
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Nixon
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Peking
Outer Space
Communist Party
Leonid I. Brezhnev
Brezhnev
Nikolai V. Podgorny
Alexei N. Kosygin
Podgorny
Kosygin
Grand Palace
Henry A. Kissinger
William P. Rogers
Sumer
Politburo
Kansas City
Environmental Defense Fund
Osage River
Warsaw
Neosho GOP breakfast backs Nixon programs
About 50 Republicans, including former Gov. John Anderson and Lt. Gov. Reynolds Shultz, urged backing Nixon's Vietnam endgame and economic stabilization at a Tioga Hotel breakfast in Neosho County. The event honored 12 donors with plaques and highlighted budget, tax, and education concerns.
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Neosho County
Joe Shubitz
Nixon
Tioga Hotel
Gopers
John Anderson
Olathe
Reynolds Shultz
Lawrence
Intercepted Letter Pleads Dear Cha In Moscow
A fragment of correspondence notes a greeting in Moscow that hints Dick may be more popular abroad than at home. The intercepted letter suggests curiosity about his influence outside the United States.
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Moscow
Russia
Bird Rescue Tale Brightens Quiet Police Report
A Chanute Fire Department crew staged an impromptu ecological excursion at 2 E 10th St to rescue a fledgling bird unable to fly. The officers returned the bird to its nest as part of routine dispatch notes.
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Floyd Reynolds
Chanute
Car Takes Off When Driver Nods
Debra Roark a 20 year old from Iola fell asleep at US 169 north of Chanute and drove into a ditch then onto a private drive becoming airborne. She woke in the back seat and the car hit a tree, causing facial cuts and bruises. She was treated at Neosho Memorial Hospital and released.
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Debra Roark
Iola
US 169
Miss Rourk
Services Held For Photographer Duke D'Ambra
Lawrence photographer A P Duke D Ambra who died at 81 in Lawrence Memorial Hospital had long supplied AP Kansas City Star Acme Pictures and Underwood and Underwood with Kansas football images He taught ROTC at Washington University in St Louis 1919 1921 and at KU 1921 1925 and helped establish ROTC programs He was born on Ischia near Capri and came to the United States as a child a WWI veteran and member of the 1917 Philippines track team.
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Kansas City Star
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Kremlin Seeks Major Goals Ahead of Nixon Summit
AP analysis notes Brezhnev and the Soviet leadership push for a Nixon summit to advance Europe security talks, economic ties, and access to Western technology. It also highlights plans on missile limits, Vietnam’s impact, and Sino-Soviet tensions shaping the agenda.
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Moscow
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United States
Newman of Hutchinson Installed as Kansas Legion Commander
Ed Newman, Hutchinson, was installed Sunday as commander of the Kansas American Legion during the convention closing. A 20-year Legionnaire, he previously served as state department vice commander in 1971-72 and has held all post offices at Lysle Rishel Post 68 since 1951. He has chaired the state athletic committee for four years and previously led the Sky-Ryders Drum and Bugle Corps.
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Wichita
Ed Newman
Hutchinson
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Legion
State Department
Lysle Rishel
Newman
Sky-Ryders
Southwestern Bell seeks Kansas rate hike in 1972 hearing
James F. Haake of Southwestern Bell Kansas tells the Kansas Corporation Commission that higher inflation requires adequate earnings to support future capital for better service. He cites rate request of 14.78 million dollars annually and notes long rising costs despite cost controls. Direct distance dialing capable main telephones rose from 24 percent in 1964 to 88 percent by 1971.
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Topeka
Kan
James F. Haake
Southwestern Bell Telephone Co
Kansas
Haak
Southwestern Bell
Haake
Kansas Corporation Commission
Calaveras Frog Jubilee crowds shrink on bad weather
Short of Mark ANGELS CAMP Calif AP after threats of rain and violence the 1972 Calaveras Jumping Frog Jubilee drew about 10000 over three days. The winning frog jumped 17 feet 1134 inches to win 300 though not enough to beat the 1966 world record.
Wallace aids and turnpike plans cited by governors
Georgetown University neurosurgeon questions significance of Wallace reflex reports as doctors urge caution while calling them encouraging. In Kansas, Governor Docking urges Turnpike Authority to study a Hutchinson to Oklahoma border turnpike toward the Port of Catoosa to modernize state highways.
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Georgetown University
Alabama
George C. Wallace
Wallace
Topeka
Kan
Robert Docking
Kansas
Kansas Turnpike Authority
Hutchinson
Oklahoma State Line
Catoosa
Tulsa
Okla
Docking
Astronaut Eisele trains to head Peace Corps Thailand
Donn F. Eisele, Apollo 7 command module pilot, is training to become Peace Corps director in Thailand. He says he has long been a fan of the Peace Corps and calls it one of the most productive and beneficial government programs.
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Washington
Donn F. Eisele
Peace Corps
Thailand
Eisele
Man Claims Divinity Then Damages Michelangelo Statue
In Vatican City a man shouted I am God I am Michelangelo and used a sledgehammer to damage the Pieta sculpture in St. Peter Basilica. Vatican engineers expect most damage to be repairable and indicate restoration efforts will begin.
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Vatican City
God
Michelangelo
Florentine
St. Peter’s Basilica
Vatican
Pentagon Protesters Gather Across From Mall Entrance
A group of antiwar demonstrators gathered across the street from the Pentagon Mall entrance but did not block the Defense Department headquarters. Federal workers and uniformed officers arrived at work unimpeded as demonstrators sat on the sidewalk hoping for more from Washington across the Potomac River.
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