Parsons Man Dead: Murder Indicated
The gunshot death of 71 year old Robert B. Ehler of Parsons was ruled a definite homicide by Sheriff David Kern after his body was found in a car along a gravel road in Neosho County. Rich reported the discovery around 12:30 p.m. Tuesday.
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Neosho County
David Kern
Robert B. Ehler
Parsons
Rich
Fred Tweed
Pittsburg
Kansas Bureau of Investigation
Ehler
Topeka Pair Hurt Today
An elderly Topeka couple were injured and admitted to Allen County Hospital after a morning crash at US75 and US54 west of Yates Center. A 17 year old rural Yates Center driver and a 75 year old Topeka driver collided in the intersection. the Pinto driver was uninjured.
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Yates Center
Topeka
Allen County
Marvin L. Marlar
Willis F. McDonald
Otna McDonald
Weather summary and temperatures for today area forecast
Today's high temperature 65 and low 59 with 1 p.m. readings. yesterday 77 and 59. Record highs 91 and lows 38 stand. Precipitation today trace and yesterday 0.46 inch. Area forecast calls for mostly fair tonight and Thursday, mild with lows around mid 50s and highs near 80. Light variable winds. 5 percent precipitation chance tonight and Thursday.
Wheelchair Baker Keeps Cakes Coming
Miss Golda Russell of 506 S Malcolm bakes birthday cakes for friends from a wheelchair. She previously worked as an OR nurse at Neosho Memorial Hospital from 1951 to 1970 and Johnson's Hospital for 25 years. After hip fracture and long recovery she now cooks, bakes, and cleans with adapted methods, slowly regaining walking ability.
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Golda Russell
Malcolm
Miss Russell
Barbara Kihm
S. Malcolm
Neosho Memorial Hospital
Johnson’s Hospital
Burn Center Dedicated at Kansas City
The Gene and Barbara Burnett Burn Center at the University of Kansas Medical Center in Kansas City was dedicated Tuesday afternoon. Gov. Robert Docking praised community donations totaling over a half million dollars and thanked Mrs. Albert Legler for pivotal fundraising efforts. The center, named for the Burnett donors, will provide care for severe burns, train staff, and conduct burn research, with open treatment spaces and advanced facilities.
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Albert Kihm
Hillside Drive
Gene
Barbara Burnett
Barbara Kihm
Gene and Barbara Burnett
University of Kansas Medical Center
Kansas City
Robert Docking
People of
Kansas
Docking
David Robinson
Albert Legler
Robinson
Kansas University Endowment Association
Lawrence
Nixon Declares He Did Not Resign Over Watergate
President Nixon asserts he intervened to bar FBI inquiry into national security matters, denies knowledge of or involvement in illegal acts, and will not resign. He defends conduct in a 4000 word statement, cites protecting national security, and notes a Hoover objection to an intelligence plan. Senate panel approves Elliott Richardson as attorney general.
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Washington (Ap
Nixon
FBI
J. Edgar Hoover
Dean
U.S. District Court
John J. Sirica
Escaped Potentials Highlighted For Leary
Intercepted letter suggests Leary could have high escape potential if granted freedom to cultivate as he preferred. The writer remarks on Leary and frames the idea within personal liberty.
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Leary
Kansas Governor Heads Tokyo Trade Mission
Gov. Robert Docking leaves Friday to Tokyo leading a 30 member Kansas trade delegation and will attend a seminar there. He plans a six day stay, address a Tokyo club if schedule allows, and join the group in Japan while others stay through June 9.
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Topeka
Kan
Robert Docking
Tokyo
Kansas
Docking
U. S
Osaka
Japan
David Owen
Leary Assigned To Work In Folsom Prison Gardens
Dr. Timothy Leary the former Harvard professor and counterculture figure is assigned to gardening duties at Folsom State Prison. He will cultivate petunias sweetpeas and marigolds while pulling weeds and trimming grass under the warden's review of his past crimes and escape potential.
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Folsom
Calif
Timothy Leary
Flower Power Set
Folsom State Prison
Leary
Harvard
Walter Keane
Digest trims newsstand price to fight inflation
Pleasantville reports Reader's Digest will cut its newsstand price from 60 to 50 cents starting with the July issue. The magazine cites steady growth in newsstand sales as the reason for the reduction. CAPE KENNEDY Florida countdown begins for Skylab repair mission. Launch crews power Saturn 1B and Apollo ferry ship with liftoff planned for 8 a.m. CDT Friday.
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Pleasantville, N.Y
Reader's Digest
Cape Kennedy
Fla
Inflation prompts Fed urging slower business lending
Washington reports the government asks bankers to curb new business lending to curb inflation. Arthur Burns, Fed chairman, says key sectors grow at unsustainable pace as the CPI shows a 0.6 percent rise in April versus 0.9 percent in March.
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Washington
Arthur F. Burns
Federal Reserve System
Cheaper Vegetables Expected After Wet Winter
California growers say vegetable prices will ease this summer though they remain high until July 1 after a damaging wet winter. The state is known as the salad bowl and housewives are watching price trends amid spring conditions.
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Los Angeles
California
Sullivan to visit Saigon on truce briefing
William H. Sullivan deputy assistant secretary of state flies to Saigon to brief President Nguyen Van Thieu on cease-fire talks in Paris. Sullivan is expected to discuss arrangements with Kissinger and his counterpart Le Duc Tho and Tho's deputy Nguyen Co Thach.
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Saigon
Henry A. Kissinger
Vietnam
Paris
Nguyen van Thieu
Foreign Ministry
William H. Sullivan
Thieu
Kissinger
le Duc Tho
Tho
Nguyen Co Thach
Heath minister resigns amid call girl affair probe
London AP reports junior minister Lord Lambton admits casual acquaintance with a call girl and denies a national security threat from an international vice ring. Prime Minister Edward Heath orders top advisers to probe allegations resembling a Profumo scandal.
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London
Edward Heath
Lord Lambton
Royal Air Force
Heath
Vesco emerges in Costa Rica refuses U.S. return
Fugitive financier Robert L. Vesco steps out of seclusion in Costa Rica and says he will not go to the United States until a Watergate prosecutor begins work. Vesco was indicted May 10 with John N. Mitchell and Maurice H. Stans over a secret $200,000 donation to Nixon's reelection campaign.
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San Jose
Costa Rica
Robert L. Vesco
United States
Vesco
Atty
John N. Mitchell
Commerce
Maurice H. Stans
Nixon
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