Doctors Lodge Complaints At Neosho County Hospital Board
Dr. Reuben Burkman and several physicians told the hospital board that 16 hour emergency room coverage seven days a week has not been implemented. The board approved appointing an interim director of nurses after firing former director Pat Parker. Parker plans to apply for a staff nurse post in coronary care.
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Reuben Burkman
Neosho County Memorial Hospital
Parker
Burkman
Pat Parker
J. D. Gough
Intercepted Letter Dear Cha Refers to Bomb Drop Debate
A fragment from an intercepted correspondence shows a writer addressing Cha and musing on further bomb drops and possibly a new target nation, marked by cautious rumination. The text remains cryptic and lacks concrete actions or dates.
Burglary Suspects Taken into Custody in Chanute Area
Chanute police and Neosho County sheriff's office detained three burglary suspects, Marvin Thuma and Neil Purdy of Chanute, and a 17 year old, with charges of seven counts each. Items found include tape players cameras radios tools tires and over 100 keys. Suspects connected to break ins at Swift Agricultural Chemical Co Trade School Buffalo tavern Walnut and burglaries at Carl Mitchner home and Swaney Auto Service.
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Chanute
Neosho County
Thuma
Matlock
Purdy
Swift Agricultural Chemical Co
Buffalo
Walnut
Carl Mitchner
S. Garfield
Swaney Auto Service
Cabinet Heads Sued Over Land Grant Aid
A lawsuit filed in U S District Court names Secretary of Agriculture Earl L Butz and Secretary of Health Education and Welfare Elliott Richardson plus other officials over 750 million dollars in land grant university aid. The suit requests a permanent injunction on federal spending until new operating rules ensure broad representation for consumers environmentalists small farmers and minorities.
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Washington
Nixon
U.S
Secretary of Agriculture
Earl L. Butz
Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare
Elliott Richardson
French Mission Damaged In Bombing Of Hanoi
U S war planes attacked Hanoi and struck near the French diplomatic mission. Chief envoy Pierre Susini was very seriously injured while three other diplomats were unharmed. four Vietnamese staff members were missing. Paris called the bombing deplorable as France filed a protest with the U S ambassador.
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Hanoi
Saigon
U.S
Paris
Georges Pompidou
Arthur K. Watson
Pierre Susini
Susini
Area forecast note shows cooler night with possible showers
Partly cloudy and cooler tonight with lows near 60. Scattered showers or thunder showers are possible tonight. North winds 10 to 15 mph tonight. Thursday partly cloudy and cooler with a high in the lower 70s and precipitation chances near 30 percent tonight.
Laird Admits U.S. Bombs May Hit Hanoi Embassy
Secretary Melvin Laird conceded American bombs may have struck the French diplomatic mission in Hanoi but stated that U.S. air strikes against North Vietnam would continue as private peace talks proceed in Paris.
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Washington
Melvin K. Laird
Hanoi
U.S
North Vietnam
Paris
McGovern Would Trade Face for Peace
In a national address Senator George McGovern outlines a seven point plan to end the Vietnam War. He would halt bombing and aid on inauguration day, deploy the vice president to Hanoi, and press Paris negotiators for prisoner returns within 90 days.
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Chicago
George McGovern
United States
U.S
Vietnam
Hanoi
Nixon
Indochina
McGovern
France
Nguyen van Thieu
Paris
Thailand
Husband's $200 clarinet for sale ad in Fairfield shopper
An advertisement in a Fairfield shopper paper offers a musical instrument for sale listing a telephone number with no name. The ad says Husband's 200 dollar clarinet for sale for a lot less and warns If a man answers hang up.
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Fairfield
Iowa
Longshoremen End Honolulu Waterfront Strike
Honolulu workers resume duties as ILWU signs satellite workers contracts ending two day strike. A ratification vote will be set later this week on the pact for maintenance employees freight handlers and security guards with details not released.
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Honolulu
International Longshoremen’s and Warehousemen’s Union
Nixon gets power to hold back spending through June 30
The House voted to grant President Nixon authority to withhold appropriations and cap government spending at 250 billion through June 30. Nixon argues it would prevent a tax increase next year, but Senate opposition may derail the bill. Chairman Russell Long and Senate Majority Leader Mansfield oppose the broad presidential powers.
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Washington
House
Nixon
Senate
Russell B. Long
D-La
Senate Finance Committee
Mike Mansfield
Five Firms Sue AT and T Over Station Equipment Monopoly
Five independent companies filed a $25 million antitrust lawsuit against American Telephone & Telegraph Co and subsidiaries in a federal court in San Antonio. They allege AT and Bell System entities monopolize the telephone station equipment market and seek an order forcing AT&T to exit the station equipment business, covering devices and switchboards installed at user premises.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Antonio, Tex
American Telephone & Telegraph Co
Bell System
At&t
Architects Payola Probe Faces Further Review In Kansas
In Topeka the Special Legislative Committee on State Building Programs probes alleged ties between political contributions and state contract awards after hearing 26 architects. Rep. Duane S. McGill says evidence exists but rules out immediate legislation. The panel plans more testimony today.
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Topeka, Kan
Duane S
Pete’’ McGill
Winfield
Special Legislative Committee
Kissinger Talks Enter Fourth Day With No Progress
In Paris the fourth day of talks between Henry Kissinger and North Vietnamese negotiators yielded no official progress. The extension surprised diplomats but offered no concrete outcomes.
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Washington
Henry Kissinger
Paris
Belfast IRA bombing deaths reach 602 in three years of violence
Three young IRA bomb makers blew themselves up after a day of violence in Northern Ireland. One man was seriously wounded, raising the known death toll to 602 in the ongoing conflict.
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Belfast
Northern Ireland
Cigarette Tar Triggers Rat Lung Cancer in Study
National Cancer Institute scientists report creating rat lung cancer by exposing them to tar from five cigarettes. They caution that human cancer requires long term exposure to cigarette smoke products.
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Washington
National Cancer Institute
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