Erie Teen Pam Pierce Wins 1974 Chanute Junior Miss
Erie high school senior Pam Pierce won the 1974 Chanute Area Junior Miss title at the Memorial Building after a pageant judged from 13 contestants. First runnerup was Joan Helton, with Holly Olson, Ann Moore, and Barbara Gaskell also placing.
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Pam Pierce
Erie
Chanute Area
Miss Pierce
Memorial Building
Chanute Safari Jaycees
Joan Helton
S. Tennessee
Holly Olson
Benedict
Virginia Hammer
Scandia
Kansas
Lavon Wells
Belleville
War claims flare as Syria and Egypt dispute front lines
Israel said Syrian forces were in retreat toward Damascus while Syria claimed repulsed Israelis. Egypt boasted control of the east bank of the Suez Canal as Cairo and Damascus reported heavy fighting on the Golan Heights. South Yemeni jets grounded a British jet in Aden. A Chanute City Commission meeting will review a building code, sewer project, and a property alley vacation request.
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Associated Press
Israel
Golan Heights
Damascus
Syria
Egypt
East Bank
Suez Canal
Bypt
Sinai
State Radio
Haim Herzog
Cairo
Tel Aviv
British Overseas Airways
Aden
Nairobi
Chanute
Humboldt Hosts Largest Bi blesta Parade In Rainy Start
A drizzly Humboldt morning cleared into a warm afternoon as the 16th Bi blesta Parade drew an estimated 25 000 spectators. Twenty six floats from churches and groups and seven marching bands competed while awards honored entries such as The Garden of Eden by St Peter s Lutheran Humboldt The Testing of Abraham by the Humboldt Rotary Club The Crossing of the Red Sea by Church of the Nazarene Humboldt and Moses Smiting the Rock by First Baptist Humboldt The Baker University Bethlehem playmen won the grand prize Christ Before Pilate. F S Fisher Sr led evening activities with choirs from Overland Park Olathe and Wichita.
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F. S. Fisher Sr
Church of God of Prophesy
Olathe
Lutheran Church
Humboldt
Humboldt Rotary Club
Abraham
Church of the Nazarene
Red Sea
First Baptist Church of
Moses Smiting
Baker
Baker University
Baldwin
Christ Before Pilate
UN General Assembly clashes over new Mideast war
Israel and Arab delegates traded accusations at the United Nations General Assembly as the 135 nation body debated responsibility for the conflict. Abba Eban and Zakaria Ismael condemned the opposing side amid a divided Security Council push for broad international backing toward an overall settlement.
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United Nations, N.Y
Israel
U.N. General Assembly
Fire drills by city fire department at schools
Fire department conducts Fire Prevention Week drills at Hutton Roosevelt Senior High Royster Alcott Lincoln Murray Hill and grade schools this week. Fifth and sixth graders return after drills as younger children view the aerial ladder truck and receive safety talks and comics on fire fighting.
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Main Street
Hutton
Roosevelt
Royster
Alcott
Lincoln
Chanute City Buys Asphalt Plant and Storage Tank
In a special meeting the Chanute City Commission voted to buy an asphalt plant from G W VanKeppel Co Kansas City Mo for 30804 and an asphalt storage tank for 10000. Four related items totaling 114049 55 include a paying layer and joint matcher. Voters approved a 100000 bond for the plant last April.
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Chanute City
G. W. VanKeppel Co
Kansas City
VanKeppel
State Industrial Supply Co
Wichita
Chanute
Intercepted Letter From Nute About World Tensions
A brief intercepted note from Nute expresses a personal preference for Rubenia over Tel Aviv in current times. The message conveys informal political sentiment without additional context or details.
Nixon Plans UN Move Aiming to End Middle East Fighting
President Nixon said the United States will propose action to stop the fighting in the Middle East after private messages with Soviet leader Brezhnev. Kissinger coordinated with Egypt and Israel foreign ministers and met with Huang Chen of China, seeking broad international support through the United Nations.
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Washington
Leonid I. Brezhnev
Nixon
United States
Middle East
Oval Office
Ronald L. Ziegler
Brezhnev
Moscow
Ziegler
Washington- Moscow
Kissinger
Egypt
Israel
Huang Chen
Communist China
Ice
Weather Area Forecast Partly cloudy then mostly cloudy
Partly cloudy this evening becomes mostly cloudy late tonight or Tuesday. A slight chance of showers tonight with overnight lows in the 60s. Tuesday remains mostly cloudy with showers or thunderstorms and a cooler high in the mid 70s. Southerly winds 15 to 30 mph this afternoon decreasing to 12 to 20 mph tonight.
Duke City RUBONIA film crew navigates rough town
Actor John Carroll found the Gulf Coast town of Rubonia Florida suitable for a movie and started a company to shoot A Ride in a Pink Car. He hired fifty locals as extras while the town’s diverse population of about 1400 residents faced early brawls requiring a self made warning sign to keep filming on schedule.
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Rubonia
Fla
John Carroll
Gulf Coast
Hollywood
United States
Carroll
Reform panel ends quotas for 1976 Democratic delegates
A reform commission drafting committee unanimously approved removing mandatory quotas for women youth and minorities from the 1972 convention plan. The rule eliminates the quota language guiding delegate selection.
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Washington
Reform Commission
Wallace aides signal 1976 Democratic bid groundwork
Wallace aides at a Democratic delegate rules session indicate interest in the 1976 nomination. They say he will avoid 1972 mistakes by targeting delegates beyond the South.
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Washington
George C. Wallace
Alabama
Wallace
South
Plan for Provisional Government and Vigilante Units Reported in Northern Ireland
Militants from Vanguard and other hard line Protestant groups reportedly drafted a plan to form a provisional government and mobilize private masked vigilantes to block a union with the Roman Catholic Irish Republic. A Vanguard spokesman said the plan would be used only if pushed toward unified Ireland.
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Swlfast
Northern Ireland
Irish Republic
Vanguard
Ireland
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Larry Jackson
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