Wallet returns home after seven months across Europe
Al Fliescher supervisor loses wallet on March 11 when it slips from a pocket into a conveyor and travels with 78 000 tons of citrus pulp to Rotterdam. Dutch dairy farmer Noel Douvier recovers the wallet in La Chatelle France and returns it a month later. Only a ten dollar bill is missing.
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Tampa
Fla
al Fliescher
Europe
Atlantic Hope
Rotterdam
Holland
Noel Douvier
la Chatelle
Docking hints at potential candidates for Kansas governor
Gov. Robert Docking named four prospective Democratic rivals if he shuns a third term plus left open the possibility of running again. He listed Lt. Gov. James DeCoursey Norbert Dreiling state chairman Robert Brock and Dale Saffels as potential contenders. Docking said his remark about leading the state into the 1970s was not an announcement. However he did not rule out another term.
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Kansas City
Robert Docking
Kansas
Docking
James DeCoursey
Norbert Dreiling
Robert Brock
Topeka
Dale Saffels
Garden City
Kansas Corporation Commission
Kansas-Missouri
Associated Press
Nixon popularity at record high after war speech and protests
A Gallup poll from Princeton shows 68 percent approve of Nixon's overall job, 19 percent disapprove, and 13 percent have no opinion. The survey, conducted November 14 to 17 among 1,465 adults in 300 locations, follows his November 3 Vietnam war address and the November 13 to 15 antiwar demonstrations.
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Princeton
N.J
Nixon
Skynet Satellite Blasts Into Space From Cape Kennedy
In Sunnyvale California AP report says Great Britain's first military communications satellite Skynet reached earth orbit after booster activation by Air Force technicians. Launched Friday from Cape Kennedy under a US Britain pact. The $5 million package will relay messages and reconnaissance photos for the British defense network.
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Sunnyvale
Calif
Skynet
Great Britain
Air Force
Cape Kennedy
United States
Draft Quota Cut Reflects Vietnamization Policy
Washington AP reports January draft calls reduced to 12 500 from 35 000 under Vietnamization. Defense Secretary Melvin R. Laird says new lottery system will select from 19 to 26 year olds, with only 19 year olds drafted after a transitional year. He adds three Army combat centers will close and 100 training units abolished to cut manpower.
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Washington
Defense
Nixon
Laird
U.S
Vietnam
Weather Abbreviation Forecast And City Meeting In Topeka
Area forecast calls for continued fair weather through Tuesday with warmer tonight and highs in the 50s on Tuesday cooler conditions Tuesday afternoon. In Topeka temperatures should drop from today’s 60s with highs around 50s north to 60s south, skies partly cloudy Tuesday. The city commission meets at 7 30 PM in Memorial Building to discuss annexation protest paving and sewer petitions.
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Topeka
Kansas
City Commission
Memorial Building
Intercepted Letter Dear Cha Childhood Jokes About Black Eye
A fragment notes an intercepted letter to Cha mentioning childhood laughter about a black eye. The brief suggests a playful tone rather than a report, with no further context about sender or date.
Students rally to save Midwest Institute from closure
Eureka Kansas AP Midwest Institute faces potential closure after trustees in Boston plan to vote December 2. Sixty two students led by Dave Wallace and Wayne Wandyer aim to raise $100000 in escrow to sustain operations for another year, contending gifts and expansion could fix finances.
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Eureka
Kan
Midwest Institute
Kansas
Sudent
Dave Wallace
Beverly
Mass
Wayne Wandyer
Barrington
R. I
Boston
Wallace
Wandyer
Action
Midwest
Roger Ward Babson
Massachusetts
Babson Institute
Virgil Boatwright
New England
Grim Kansas hangings a window into death row life
Lansing prison guards recount a grim lineage of condemned men since capital punishment restarted in the 1930s. They describe hangings, the long sentences, and inmates who studied law while facing death. James Latham died in 19 minutes after losing weight for the noose, while others like George York and Kenneth Kilpatrick faced different fates.
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Kansas
John C. Hazelet
State Penal Director
Lansing
Jnielf
Kenneth Kilpatrick
Hutchinson
William Zimmer
Topeka
Zimmer
Kilpatrick
Larned State Hospital
Harrison Elrod
Andy Hollingshead
Elrod
Hollingshead
James D. Latham
Latham
George R. York
Perry Smith
Smith
Apollo 12 Near Splashdown After Solar Eclipse View
Apollo 12 astronauts Pete Conrad Richard Gordon and Alan Bean reported a striking solar eclipse seen from 29 000 miles as Yankee Clipper sped toward splashdown in the South Pacific. Ground control spoke of a good burn and a final descent through atmosphere aimed at the Hornet carrier.
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American Santa
Yankee Clpper
Theels
Mission Control
Residence Period Upheld by Court
The Supreme Court upheld state residence requirements for presidential voting in a 6 2 decision, rejecting a Colorado couple's claim of unlawful discrimination. Justices Brennan and Marshall dissented, arguing the moot issue obscured broader constitutional problems. Separately, Kansas saw a deadly weekend as seventeen killed on highways including a Chanute crash involving a Ladd family and a Beaver truck.
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Sunflower
Miss
Richard V. Hall
Christine
Colorado Springs
William J. Brennan Jr
Thurgood Marshal
Associated Press
Kansas
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Highland Hospital
FT. Benning
William L. Calley Jr
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Hutton School
Sylvan Waggoner
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Cha
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Kansas State Penitentiary
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Clipper
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Bean
Conrad
Supreme Court
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Marshall
Brennan
Chanute
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Donald Beaver
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Ladd
Beaver
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