Mrs Nixon’s Wardrobe Purchases Hit 19000 Says Designers
In New York, designers report Mrs Nixon bought about 19000 worth of American fashion since January. They say she has not bought clothes from European designers and note a size change from 10 at the inaugural to 6 or 8 now. A Washington spokesman calls the survey inaccurate.
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New York
Richard M. Nixon
U.S
Harvey Berin
Nixon
Washington
Okinawa
Eisaku Sato
Mid-America Nursing Centers Rolls Out 150000 Share Offering
Wichita based operator of four nursing homes in Kansas registers 150000 shares for public sale to fund acquisition and construction of new centers. If sold, total shares outstanding would reach 300000. Led by Charles W. Worth, the firm employs 114 nurses and staff across St Paul Iola Humboldt and Cottonwood Falls.
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Wichita, Kan
The
Securities and Exchange Commission
Mid- America Nursing Centers, Inc
Kansas
Charles W. Worth
Institute of Logopedics
Wichita
St. Paul
Iola
Humboldt
Cottonwood Falls
Freight Hike Authorized by ICC for Railroads
The Interstate Commerce Commission announced a six percent general freight rate increase could go into effect immediately while the agency plans an investigation. Railroads sought the boost citing financial stress under the current rate structure and warned that delays would hurt service. refunds would be possible if the rise is found unnecessary.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
ICC
Newton hardware operator attends theft seminar
Max Graber of Newton attended a retail theft seminar Monday night. He was called to unlock his store after the burglar alarm triggered. Officers found a man inside the store vault.
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Newton
Kan
Max Graber
Newton Hardware
Graber
Apollo 12 circle moon in perfect orbit ahead of lunar landing
Apollo 12 astronauts Charles Conrad Jr Richard F Gordon Jr and Alan L Bean prepared for a 12 53 a m CST landing on the moons eastern Ocean of Storms edge The crew slept through daylight hours while a solar flare was monitored and deemed not to endanger the mission The two man lunar excursion is set to begin at 502 a m with live color TV coverage and could mark the third and fourth footprints on the lunar surface
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Space Center
Houston
America
Charles
Pete” Conrad Jr
Richard F. Gordon Jr
Alan L. Bean
Bean
Earth
Conrad
Moon
Gordon
Space Agency
Senator protests 11.5 million cut in Kansas highway funds
State Sen. Ted Saar, D-Pittsburg, protested a planned 11.5 million reduction in U.S. highway funds. He warned the cut would harm Crawford and Cherokee counties and urged continued funding for the Kansas Highway 57 project from south of Pittsburg to the Kansas-Missouri line.
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Pittsburg
Kan
U.S
Kansas
Ted Saar
Nixon
Robert Docking
Crawford
Cherokee Counties
Saar
Consolidation Cal Wichita: Kansas counties and home rule urged
Sen Robert F Bennett urged county consolidation and broad home rule at the Kansas Official Council Convention. He favored county executive government and limited elected posts to avoid diffuse responsibility, aiming for efficient county administration. In Salina a downtown free parking plan won tentative approval with two hour core district and all day outer area parking, six month trial starting Feb 1 with meter hoods.
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Wichita
Robert F. Bennett
Prairie Village
Kansas
Bennett
Kansas Official Council
Salina, Kan
City Commission
Dan Stevenson
Peril Seen in Tax Bill By CATHERINE O'LEARY
A Chanute Area Chamber of Commerce meeting warns that the current tax reform bill could force small Kansas oil producers out of business within two years. Alcock urged letters to senators and congressmen to protest. The session also discussed a possible area juvenile detention home and a Bell Ringer membership drive with a $100 prize.
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Chanute Area
Catherine O'Leary
Congress
A. H. Alcock
Alcock
Chamber
Memorial Building
Neosho County
John White
Royce Wells
Wells
George McCune
Central Park
Neosho
Allen
Wilson
Woodson
Agriculture Committee
College Couple Denied Welfare Help in Emporia
A College of Emporia couple, eligible under a Supreme Court ruling on residency, was refused welfare aid by Lyon County Board. They appealed hospital, medication, and doctor fees tied to their impending birth. The husband works two part time jobs but cannot cover costs. An appeal to the State Board remains possible.
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Emporia
Kan
College of Emporia
Lyon County Board of Social Welfare
Lyon County Commissioners
Welfare Department
Colorado
Lyon County Welfare
Ellen Welch
Supreme Court
Arctic Lurch Drops Kansas Temperatures Amid Snow
Arctic air swept across Kansas with temperatures plunging by up to 10 degrees per hour in places. Hill City fell to 22 while Coffeyville hit 77 earlier, snow totaling one to three inches in extreme northwestern areas and strong northerly winds 20 to 35 mph.
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Topeka
Hill City
Coffeyville
Kansas
Goodland
Bird City
Pittsburg
Weather Bureau
Kennedy Patriarch Joseph P. Kennedy Die at 81
Joseph Patrick Kennedy, patriarch of a political dynasty, died at his Cape Cod home after an eight year illness. He was 81 and surrounded by family including wife Rose and son Edward, with Eunice Shriver and other relatives nearby.
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Hyannisport
Mass
Joseph Patrick Kennedy
Kennedy
United States
U.S
Kennedy Compound
Cape Cod
Rose
Edward
Joan
Eunice Shriver
Joan Smith
Patricia Lawson
Sargent Shriver
Ann Gargan
Joseph Gargan
Nixon seeks authority for minor tariff tweaks and relief
President Nixon asked Congress to grant power for small tariff changes through 1973 and to ease relief for import hurt domestic industries. He favors broader access to adjustment aid, removal of ties to past tariff cuts, and replacing the Tariff Commission with presidential eligibility decisions. Aimed at freer world trade with targeted protections.
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Washington
Nixon
Congress
U.S
Lyndon B. Johnson
Tariff Commission
Kansas Penitentiary Unrest Prompted Budget Plea
The director of Kansas penal institutions asks for more funding and staff to address unrest at the Kansas State Penitentiary in Lansing. Robert N. Woodson requested additional money and personnel to manage disturbances and improve conditions at the facility.
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Topeka
Kansas
Kansas State Penitentiary
Lansing
Woodson
James Bibb
Board of Probation and Parole
South Vietnam says 273 enemy killed in two Bu Prang-Duc Lap battles
In central highlands fights, South Vietnamese forces report 273 North Vietnamese dead with U S artillery and air power credited with the bulk of the casualties. The report notes ongoing offensives in the Bu Prang and Duc Lap area.
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Saigon
Bu Prang-Duc Lap
Central Highlands
U.S
United States and Soviet Union Launch Diplomatic Disarmament Debate
In New York the United States and the Soviet Union open the annual U.N. disarmament debate on a conciliatory note amid hopes that talks in Helsinki will advance arms limitation.
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United Nations, N.Y
United States
Soviet Union
Helsinki
U.N
To borrow a quote iron bars do not a prison make
A compact quotation reflects on freedom and confinement, suggesting that physical barriers alone do not determine imprisonment or liberty. The phrase evokes broader themes of autonomy and the mind’s role in captivity.
Air Force denies firing expert over cost disclosures
Secretary Robert C. Seamans Jr. says Air Force erased A. Ernest Fitzgerald’s post in a broader efficiency overhaul, not retaliation for revealing C5A cost overruns. Proxmire questions credibility while Fitzgerald warns of career damage and earlier threats.
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Air Force
Robert C. Seamans Jr
Congress
A. Ernest Fitzgerald
William Proxmire
Dwis
Congressional Economic Committee
Fitzgerald
Seamans
Ald
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