County Awards Bridge Contract In Neosho County
The Neosho County river bridge closed since March will be rebuilt and reopen in 1973. Fred Beachner Construction Co. of St Paul won the $157000 bid, beating a rival $159674.50 offer. Work may start after year’s end with about 140 days required to complete, using old abutments on the island north of St Paul.
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Neosho County River
Ray Coder
Fred Beachner Construction Co
St. Paul
Coder
Beachner
Three Held in Drug Death in Wichita Case
Dennis Plumly's decomposed body was found in a shallow grave amid a drug investigation led by Kansas Attorney General Vern Miller. Hector Conde Michael Burrow and Mark Dohlmar face first degree murder aggravated kidnapping and conspiracy charges with $200000 bonds.
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Wichita, Kan
Hector A. Conde
Michael Burrow
Wichita
Mark E. Dohlmar
Tampa
Fla
Dennis Lee Plumly
Halstead
Kan
Court of Common Pleas
Plumly
Atty
Vern Miller
Sedgwick County Attorney and Sheriff's
Intercepted Letter to Cha Advocate Prisoner Freedom
A fragmentary intercepted missive addresses Charles and argues granting freedom to prisoners would ease gripes about prison conditions. The writer signs as Yours, with no further identifying details.
Outlet for Local Artists Opens Saturday
Chanute area artists open The Carpetbaggers at 401 S Lincoln with handmade originals and mixed media on consignment. Demonstrations will be held periodically. items include jewelry pottery wood carvings oil paintings pastels watercolors leather goods needlepoint knitted crocheted toe painted pieces. samples invited for approval. representatives visit Fridays 1 to 3 p.m.
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Chanute
S. Lincoln
Carpetbaggers
Mines
Mary Browning
S. Rutter
Betty Naff
W. Em
Rose
Mary Biele
S. Allen
Rosemary Herold
W. 9Th
Cautious Bombing Continues Amid Hanoi Restrictions
U.S. war planes pressed attacks on North Vietnam while new Hanoi area limits were reported after the Wednesday raid on Hanoi. A Cambodian woman and five Vietnamese employed by the French mission were killed, and damage struck Algerian and Indian diplomatic facilities.
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Saigon
U.S
North Vietnam
Hanoi
Pierr Susini
Susini
Midway
Chanute United Fund drive surpasses $1,800
Eldon Penner, treasurer, reports the Chanute United Fund drive has netted $1,800.45 in cash with $100 in pledges. The campaign began Monday and continues through Oct. 22 to reach a goal of $27,260 for 1972-73.
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Eldon Penner
United Fund
Chanute
Penner
TB Hospitals Being Phased Out First of Two Parts
The Chanute TB hospital in Kansas reduced beds from 80 to 40 and staff from 80 to 62 as TB cases decline. Dr. James Brown notes that general hospitals may eventually treat TB, but specialized TB facilities remain crucial for proper care and isolation.
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Norton
Kan
Chanute’s Hospital
Chanute TB Hospital
James Brown
Brown
National Tuberculosis and Respiratory Disease Association
Kansas
Chanute
Dr. Brown
United States
Inmates Release Hostages At DC Jail After Negotiations
Inmates at the District of Columbia jail released 11 guards and regained control of Cell Block 1 after nearly 24 hours of tense negotiations and a federal court hearing. Corrections officials and inmates discussed reforms as Judge William Bryant ordered measures to prevent reprisals.
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Kenneth Hardy
William Bryant
Bryant
City Voter Registration Deadlines Set by Chanute Officials
City Clerk Bonnie Moffatt announced registration ends Oct 17 in the Chanute city clerk’s office with extended hours through the noon hour and until 9 p.m. today and Friday and Monday and Tuesday next week. The county clerk said this cutoff applies only to Chanute residents. nonresidents may register any time through election day.
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Bonnie Moffatt
Mrs. Moffatt
Chanute
City of
Royster Junior High to Host Open House on English Program
Royster Junior High plans an open house in the auditorium from 7 to 9 p.m. Monday and Wednesday next week. Mrs Mary McDaniel an English teacher says the event will acquaint parents with the school's new English program and explain changes in their children's classes.
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Royster Junior High School
Mary McDaniel
Florida Supreme Court voids freak show ban ruling it unconstitutional
The Florida Supreme Court ruled the state law banning freak shows unconstitutional as it deprives a deformed person of the right to earn a living. The decision upheld Norbert P. Terhune the dwarf and Stanely Berent known as Sealo the Seal Boy in their appeal.
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Tallahassee
Fla
Florida Supreme Court
Norbert P. Terhune
Stanley Berent
Hall Closes as Music Hall Faces Musicians Strike
Radio City Music Hall in New York shut its doors for the first time in 40 years amid a contract dispute with the musicians union. President James F. Gould said operations were suspended after players rejected the offer, though a spokesman called the closure not permanent.
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New York
Radio City Music Hall
Rockettes
Musicians’ Union
James F. Gould
Music Hall
Navy Gun Explosion Lifts Vietnam Casualties to New High
The U S Command reports 21 Americans killed in action and 53 wounded last week in Vietnam, including 19 dead and 37 wounded from the Oct 1 shell explosion aboard the heavy cruiser Newport News.
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Saigon
Newport News
U.S
Vietnam
Abrams Named Army Chief of Staff by Senate
The Senate approved General Creighton Abrams as Army chief of staff by a vote of 84 to 2 after an Armed Services Committee inquiry cleared him of direct knowledge of unauthorized North Vietnam bombings.
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Washington
Senate
Nixon
Creighton Abrams
Abrams
Armed Services Committee
North Vietnam
Kissinger Departs Paris After Four Day Peace Talks
Henry Kissinger left Paris for Washington after four days of private discussions with North Vietnamese negotiators Le Duc Tho and Xuan Thuy about a halt to the Vietnam War. No leak of details emerged from the Paris meetings.
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Paris
Henry A. Kissinger
Nixon
Washington
Kissinger
le Duc Tho
Hanoi
Xuan Thuy
Nobel Prize awarded to Edelman and Porter for antibodies
Gerald Edelman of Rockefeller University New York and Rodney Porter of Oxford were named 1972 Nobel laureates in physiology or medicine for discoveries on the chemical structure of antibodies. The prize amount is $98,100. Antibodies are blood proteins essential to infection defense and disease development.
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Stockholm
Gerald Maurice Edelman
Rockefeller University
New York
Rodney R. Porter
University of Oxford
England
McGovern attacks Nixon on Vietnam policy in Boston speech
Sen George McGovern criticized Nixon's Vietnam approach in Boston at a $25 fund raising dinner. He accused the administration of surrendering prisoners of war for more years of captivity and condemned secret Paris peace talks as propaganda that fails to bring peace for Americans or Indochina.
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Boston
Vietnam
George McGovern
Nixon
Paris
America
Indochina
National Guard
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Allen County Junior College
Coffeyville Junior College
Independence Junior College
Fort Scott Junior College
Neosho Junior College
Labette Junior College
Crowder College
Oklahoma A&m
Fort Scott
Don Branior
Benjamin Farmer
Cha
Yours
Rosemary Biele
Cording
Algiers
New Delhi
U.S. Navy
Gia Lam
Melvin R. Laird
U.S. Command
Michael Maclear
Aderazak Bouhara
Southeast Kansas Tuberculosis Hospital
Charles Wren
Prison
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