Dutch Elm Disease Spreads Across Regions
Dutch elm disease, first seen in Holland in 1921 and in the United States in 1930, has no cure. By 1957 it reached Kansas Johnson and Wyandotte counties, and by 1970 it was reported as far west as Denver, Colorado, with communities statewide facing a growing problem.
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Dick Larimore
Holland
Europe
United
Cleveland
Ohio
Kansas
Johnson
Wyandotte
Denver
Colo
Bratton
Chanute to Join Gas Rate Fight and Elm Disease Advisory
Chanute plans to join a regional effort to resist a proposed Cities Service Gas Co rate hike potentially costing residents about $51 000 annually. The council also approved a $100 per 1 000 population stake in Mid-America Inc Southeast Kansas development group. Elm disease hits Neosho County trees with about 3 200 elms on city land. expert Bratton outlines symptom spotting, testing at Kansas State University, and disposal options plus long range urban forestry planning.
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Dick Larimore
Cities Service Gas Co
Kansas Municipal Utilities, Inc
Chanute
City Commission
Robert Pennington
Cities Service
John Schultz
Mid-America, Inc
Southeast Kansas Development Organization
Schultz
Mid-America
John McMeekin
Ash Grove Cement Co
McMeekin
Jerry Bratton
Neosho County
Bratton
Kansas
Intercepted Letter Dear Cha
An intercepted letter letter addresses Cha and hints at boredom as the elm trees are described asfre quently bored to death with the plain phrasing of a wartime era note.
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Cha
Burners Still on at St. Paul
Mayor Fred Beachner said Southeastern Kansas Gas Co. continues gas service in St. Paul though a dispute over a new gas main led to a threatened shutdown by April 30. He expected an agreement with the distributor as highway widening work complicates the old line. the company’s franchise expired Feb 3 1969 and reportedly was never formally renewed.
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Wible
Chanute
Southwestern Bell Telephone Co
Pennington
ST. Paul
Southeastern Kansas Gas Co., Inc
Fred Beachner
Beachner
Gas Distributing Company
Selective Service Board Cuts Hours in Neosho County
Due to staffing and funding limits the Neosho County Selective Service Board at 102 N. Lincoln will cut hours starting May 31. Wednesday 1 to 5 p.m. Thursday and Friday 8 a.m. to noon and 1 to 5 p.m. The office closes Mondays and Tuesdays and mornings on Wednesdays.
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Neosho County
Selective Service Board
N. Lincoln
Nelda Wall
Area Forecast: Fair and Warmer Tonight Into Wednesday
Temperatures show 71 at 1 p.m. today with 45 yesterday and 67 yesterday. The forecast calls for fair skies and a slight warmup, with tonight's low 50 to 55 and Wednesday's high in the lower 80s. rain chances near zero.
Viet combat and court notes span Vietnam to New Haven
North Vietnamese forces attacked near Saigon as bulldozers clear the Boi Loi woods. Army Col. Henderson defends My Lai reference amid ongoing Vietnam War scrutiny. Grenade incidents at a U S camp near Seoul blamed on Black soldiers amid racial tensions. Israeli settlers shelter after Arab rocket fire in Beisan valley across Jordan border. A New Haven judge weighs retrial for Black Panthers Bobby Seale and Ericka Huggins after a deadlocked murder conspiracy trial.
War Curb Rejected by Senate Vote
The Senate rejected an amendment to bar draftees from combat areas without specific congressional approval. The 61 to 7 vote drew support from Sen. John V. Tunney who argued for reclaiming congressional war powers, while Sen. John C. Stennis warned it would hinder national security and manpower policy.
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Washington
Senate
Sen
John V. Tunney
Dcalif
John C. Stennis
D- Miss
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Tribune
Eisenhower daughter to teach at Atlantic Beach school
Julie Nixon Eisenhower will teach fourth grade at Atlantic Beach Elementary starting Sept. 8, with husband David stationed at Mayport Naval Station near the town. Locals expect a calm start as students anticipate a famous new teacher.
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Atlantic Beach
Fla
Julie Nixon Eisenhower
Shelley Heise
Bo Johnson
David
Mayport Naval Station
Florida
Congressmen seek court order on Vietnam War authorization
A group of congressmen asked the U S District Court to require President Nixon to obtain congressional authorization for the Vietnam War or halt hostilities. The motion accompanies a suit filed April 7 by three House members alleging the war is unconstitutional. The motion demands a 60 day deadline or an immediate cease of operations in Indochina.
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Washington
U.S. District Court
Nixon
House
Indochina
Congress OKs 97.3 Million for SST Burial Costs
The Senate approved 97.3 million dollars to cover burial costs for the SST program, after removing 58.5 million earmarked for airline repayments. The House had objected to extra funding. Funds were added to a 7.2 billion miscellaneous appropriation bill awaiting Nixon’s signature.
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Washington
Congress
Nixon
Senate
House
Prague Congress Pledges Support After War Saw Pact Invasion
Czechoslovak Communist leaders open the 14th party congress praising the 1968 WarSaw Pact invasion. President Ludvik Svoboda thanks the Soviet Union and allies for international assistance as about 80,000 Soviet troops remain in the country.
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Prague
Communist Party
Ludvik Svoboda
Soviet Union
Nixon ventures into Wallace heartland on nonpolitical stop
President Nixon arrived in Mobile Alabama to begin a nonpolitical visit aimed at courting Deep South voters. He planned stops in Mobile and Birmingham, two of Alabama's largest cities, amid a regional political landscape dominated by George C Wallace.
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Mobile
Ala
Nixon
George C. Wallace
Deep South
Birmingham
Alabama
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