Votes Decide Issues Today
The Associated Press reports a record turnout may top 108 million registered voters as 18 year olds join the electorate. Nixon and McGovern campaign across states with Dixville Notch tallying 16 for Nixon and 3 for McGovern.
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Associated Press
Nixon
White House
George McGovern
New Hampshire
Dixville Notch
McGovern
Hubert H. Humphrey
Concordia
San Clemente
Calif
Congregationalist Church
Mitchell
D.D
Washington
Sioux Falls
D.C
Vietnam
Rent guidelines for Chanute low income housing set by HUD
The Chanute Housing Authority explains the rent formula based on family income and size, with 25 percent of adjusted income paid as rent. Deductions include 10 percent for heads over 62 and 5 percent for those under 62, plus $300 per child. The rent includes utilities and a stove and refrigerator. The HUD upper income limits cap rents. for example a 2 adult 8 child family could reach around $127 monthly rent after deductions. Special adjustments are possible for unusual medical needs. HUD covers deficiencies if applicable.
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Chanute
Virginia Sparks
Chanute Housing Authority
Office of Housing and
Roberta Thuston
Sparks
HUD
Humboldt Students Bring Election to School
Humboldt Grade School students in grades four through six, guided by Mary Elizabeth Kirby, study US presidents and the 1972 election. They register to vote, stage debates, post candidate visuals, run classroom voting booths, and learn absentee voting procedures with interest from staff. Area forecast calls for fair, cooler weather tonight and Wednesday.
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Humboldt Grade School
Linda Lytle
Tom Davis
John Baker
Humboldt
Mary Elizabeth Kirby
Kansas
Miss Kirby
United States
Abraham Lincoln
Lincoln
Richard Nixon
Spiro Agnew
George McGovern
Sargent Shriver
Walter Cronkite
Barbara Walters
Harry Reasoner
John Chancellor
Gene Schulze
New York
Iola Club May Seek Rehearing After Court Ruling
Kansas Supreme Court voided a 1971 bingo law prohibiting legalization by nonprofits. Iola American Legion Club attorney may file for rehearing within 20 days as State Rep. Robert Talkington says he considers the move but will not sponsor a constitutional lottery ban amendment in 1973.
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Topeka
Kan
Iola American Legion Club
Kansas Supreme Court
High Tribunal
Robert V. Talkington
Iowa
Talkington
Supreme Court
Da Nang rice scandal shocks refugees in Vietnam
refugees in Da Nang fed chicken feed mixed with dirt and ballast bought with U.S. aid funds. officials estimate large quantities of rice, with differing figures on amount and money involved. investigation and political fallout followed as Saigon and American authorities faced the case.
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DA Nang
Vietnam
Quang Tri
U.S
James Ready
U.S. War Victims Advisory Office
Paul Daly
Daly
Asia
Saigon
Break-ins Hit Two Iola Businesses on US 169
Police report Sunday night break-ins at Wichman Ford and Iola Marine on US 169 north of town. Suspects entered via back doors and stole two tape players and several blank checks from the car agency, plus two stereo speakers and a portable radio from the boat and motorcycle dealer. Police found the Wichman break-in about 4 a.m.
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IOLA
US 169
Here
Wichman Ford and
Iola Marine
District 413 Board weighs exterior restoration estimate
The District 413 Board discussed a $15,500 bid from Mid-Continental Weatherproofing for exterior restoration of the senior high and trade schools. About $13,000 targets the main buildings while $2,500 covers silicone waterproofing for the junior college section. The board will decide next month. It also reviewed liability insurance options from Stewart Smith Mid-America and Hartford and planned to request a proposal from Stewart Smith Mid-America. Dale Fairchild reported on ANW Special Education Cooperative, noting continued use of letter grades and parent-teacher conferences. The board authorized a letter of commendation to Chanute High School football for the 1972 season.
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Board of Education
Mid- Continental Weatherproofing Co
Stewart Smith Mid-America Co
Hartford Insurance Co
Dale Fairchild
ANW
Fairchild
Chanute High School
Chanute Voters Show 2080 Turnout At Noon
As of noon today 2080 Chanute residents had voted across nine precincts Lincoln 358 Alcott 199 Royster 280 North Malcolm 101 Fire Station 256 Central Park 109 Murray Hill 302 Roosevelt 295 Senior Trade 180 Registered voters total 5808 Elderly citizens need parking help near Senior Trade School Tribune office to tally results first returns due about an hour after polls close AP reports varied turnout across Kansas.
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Chanute
Lincoln
Alcott
Royster
North Malcolm
Fire Station
Central Park
Murray Hill
Roosevelt
Owen Goes Daylong Campaign Flight Amid Weather Delays
Republican lieutenant governor candidate Dave Owen spent 13 hours in flights seeking to reach Wichita. Bad weather grounded his private plane and diverted him to Oklahoma City then Dallas and Chicago before returning to Kansas City around 8 p.m.
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Kansas City
Dave Owen
Kansas
Dallas
Chicago
Owen
Wichita
Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Supreme Court rules workers who refuse to cross picket lines get reinstatement
The Supreme Court unanimously held that workers fired solely for refusing to cross fellow strikers' lines have an absolute right to their jobs. The decision protects employees from arbitrary replacement during a strike in a California movers dispute and frames unfair labor practice as the basis for reinstatement.
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Washington
Supreme Court
California
High Court
Bonanza Ends as Cartwrights Leave Ponderosa
NBC cancels Bonanza after 14 years ending the Ponderosa saga. Ben Cartwright closes the ranch and Little Joe departs as the show wraps up next January 23. NBC also drops The Bold Ones Banyon and Night Gallery.
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Hollywood
Ben Cartwright
Ponderosa Ranch
Little Joe
Cartwright Sons
NBC
Bold Ones
East and West Reach Agreement on German Normalization
Bonn chancellor Willy Brandt's cabinet approved a historic treaty to normalize relations with East Germany. Erich Honecker welcomed the pact as the Communist regime was expected to follow suit after two years of negotiations.
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Bonn
West Germany
Willy Brandt
East Germany
Erich Honecker
Kissinger Declines City Peace Award in 1970s Event
Kissinger, a presidential adviser, declined the City Council of Churches Family of Man award for excellence in peace. He had been selected for a bronze medallion last September but turned it down due to ongoing negotiations and activities.
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NEW York
Henry A. Kissinger
City Council of Churches
Family of Man
Organization of Protestant Churches
Kissinger
Airlift Surges Into Saigon Ahead of Cease Fire
An enormous airlift of more than 700 tons of military equipment arrives in Saigon, with at least 30 U.S. airlift planes and chartered freighters. North Vietnam is reported rushing troops and rebuilding bases near the Cambodian border to strengthen its negotiating position. U.S. Command reports the loss of a third F111 in six weeks and a Navy A7 during raids on the North Vietnam panhandle, with crews listed as missing.
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Saigon
U.S
North Vietnam
South Vietnam
U.S. Command
Panhandle
Indians Ready for Election Day Talks at White House
Indians occupying the Bureau of Indian Affairs building in Washington prepared for talks with the Nixon administration on Election Day backed by a court order guaranteeing their security through Wednesday night. Vernon Bellecourt, national director of the American Indian Movement, said firm demands would be presented during negotiations at the White House with no time set for the meeting.
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Washington
Nixon
Vernon Bellecourt
American Indian Movement
Bureau of Indian Affairs
White House
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American Party
John Schmitz
San Francisco
Communist Party
Gus Hall
the Tribune
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By Barbara Kihm
Schulze
Timbuktu
Iola Club
Nguyen van Thieu
Nguyen Ngoc Khoi
Tribune
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