Miller Seizure Beats Kansas Gambling Bust
Kansan Attorney General Vern Miller displayed the 40 slot machines 13 gaming tables and about 3000 illegal punch cards seized from seven Great Bend private clubs and one Hoisington club after raids begun Saturday night. He said charges including transporting gambling devices and operating gambling equipment will be filed against many people, while no arrests were made at the time.
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Topeka
Kan
Vern Miller
Great Bend
Hoisington Club
Kansas
Miller
Patrick Connolly
Bill Honeyman
Jack Williams
Kansas Bureau of Investigation
Hoisington
Great Bend City
Ed Moses
Great Bend Petroleum Club
Las Vegas
Moses
Petroleum Club
Eagles Club
Knights of Columbus
Elks Club
American Legion
Disabled American Veterans
The
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Three Deaths In Hijacking By Salesman
A real estate salesman abducted his wife on a Nashville private flight, killed her and the pilot, and then died after a Jacksonville standoff. The gunman George Mallory Giffe Jr. died en route to hospital. a copilot and an accomplice survived unharmed.
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Jacksonville, Fla
Nashville
Tenn
Jacksonville
FBI
George Mallory Giffe Jr
Susan Giffe
Brent Quinton Downs
Giffe
Downs
Atlanta
Bahamas
Jacksonville International Airport
Intercepted Letter Mentions Gambling at Great Bend
An intercepted missive to Cha reveals gambling at Great Bend beyond oil drilling. The short note implies broader vice activity in the area.
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Great Bend
Justices Return for 1971 Terms Amid Loss of Black and Harlan
The seven Supreme Court justices convened to start the 1971 72 term missing Hugo L Black and John M Harlan. Chief Justice Burger led a career tribute as the bench reflected on the two vacancies delaying votes on capital punishment and other key questions.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Hugo L. Black
John M. Harlan
Black
Harlan
Warren E. Burger
Humboldt Biblesta Parade Sees Weather Hold Record Intact
The Humboldt Biblesta proceeded under threatening skies with vendors trimming tables as a light shower passed. Despite forecasts of rain many floats performed and attendance was uncertain but high compared with prior years. Grand prize float The Burial of Our Lord won by St Peters Lutheran Humboldt with multiple church entries earning awards. Gov. Robert Docking attended the event.
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John Rabe
Humboldt
Pittsburg
Earl Ludlum
Glen Kirby
Biblesta Committee
Highway Patrol
Our Lord
St. Peter’s Lutheran Church of
Two Serving Life Terms Escape Oklahoma Prison
Youngest inmate ever committed to the Oklahoma penescape from the training school in Stringtown. Oma Dixon Claunch Jr. and William Lanhart, both serving life terms for murder, fled after bed check at 4 a.m. Guards mounted a search with state police and local officers. Claunch, convicted at 14 in 1945 for killing a Kansas merchant seaman, and Lanhart, who pleaded guilty to an ambush slaying in 1963, escaped by tying bedding into ropes and climbing out a second floor window, authorities said. The forecast area remained mild with near zero precipitation through Tuesday.
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Stringtown
Okla
Oklahoma
Oma Dixon Claunch Jr
William Lanhart
Drinking Driver Crisis Raises Kansas Law Enforcement Alarm
Wayne Lee reports on Kansas officials warning that drinking driving causes about half of fatal crashes. Highway Safety Director Claud McCamment cites 700 highway deaths annually with 300 to 400 linked to drinking. DWI cases reach 24 percent of Kansas accidents, despite license suspensions declining since 1966. Lawmakers cut blood alcohol limit from 15 to 10, shifting enforcement away from the DMV, prompting critiques of lenient judges and continuances. Abbott calls for swift punishment and treatment, including weekend jail terms and state clinics, while officials push better data collection and education to deter social drinkers.
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Claud McCamment
Kansas
McCamment
State Motor Vehicle Department
Highway Patrol
William Albott
Albott
Dwi
Art Show Beats Rain at Artists Alley With Higher Turnout
Cecilia Beuligmann, co chairman, said the Artists Alley show drew a big crowd on Saturday despite a five minute downpour. Exhibitors enjoyed four hours of good weather and the event reported 47 booths and 80 exhibitors, more than last year.
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Cecilia Beuligmann
Cochairman
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Lincoln
Joe Marnell
John Barr
Danny McCue
Drive
Fred Z. Forslund
Margaret Mueller
Biblesta
Cha
Yours
Church of
Robert Docking
Claunch
Atoka County
Atoka
Dallas
Merchant Marine
Edward Streckenfinger
Streckenfinger
Denison, Tex
Lanhart
Park Anderson
Claunch and
Oklahoma Highway Patrol
Pittsburg Counties
Wayne Huffman
Hugh
W. Ist
Grant
Chanute
Wayne Lee
U.S
Grace of
Fred Goodgson
Shawnee
Goodgson
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