Wrong Diagnosis Turns Out Pregnancy After Fort Scott Incident
In This Week's 4 County Notes a man rushed a patient to Mercy Hospital Fort Scott after misreading pain as appendicitis. Nurses later revealed the patient is four months pregnant. Also reported a coyote hit and killed on US 160 east of Parsons, wearing a collar that caused its decline. State Game Protector Tommie J Crispino described the pitiful scene.
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Mercy Hospital
Fort Scott
US 160
Parsons
Bender Book Signed For The Benders
Robert H. Adleman signed with Stein Day to publish The Benders and tentatively plans a spring release. He hopes to persuade a launch in Parsons or Cherryvale. The book recounts the Bender family, famed a century ago for murdering travellers at their inn near Dennis, Chanute area.
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Robert H. Adleman
Stein & Day
the Benders
Thomas F. Kuffler
Parsons
Adleman
Malibu
Calif
Cherryvale
Bender
Dennis
Chanute
Donor Eyes Bring Sight For Kansas City Recipient
An Odd Fellows eye donor program here enabled a donor’s eyes to be shipped to Kansas City Kansas for a transplant. Local authorities coordinated with KU Medical Center and the highway patrol to transport the corneas in ice for immediate use as a patient awaited arrival. The program has ongoing donor lists and invites further participation through the police department.
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Kansas City
Kan
Odd Fellows Lodge
Chanute Police Department
Kansas Highway Patrol
University of Kansas Medical Center
Lige Matlock
Matlock
KU Medical Center
Lyle Huitt
Highway Patrol
Huitt
Nixon Appeals for Wage Price Restraint in Letters
President Nixon plans to mail personal letters to 2,200 business and labor leaders urging wage price restraint after a nationwide radio address. He asked citizens to bear the burden of restraint in personal spending to reduce price pressures and urged labor to base demands on anticipated price stability.
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Washington
Nixon
White House
Tax Reform Seeks to Curb Medicare Medicaid Abuse
Senate Finance Committee adds a provision requiring carriers to report all payments to doctors nursing homes hospitals and drug stores over 600 a year to the federal government using the provider’s SSN or tax number. The aim is to cut a potential billion dollar annual abuse and lower taxpayer costs. The panel also revises farm loss rules to ease recordkeeping for farmers while preserving basic tax treatment. President Nixon reiterates inflation battle and keeps tight money stance with Burns to head the Fed starting January 31.
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Washington
Senate Finance Committee
Senate
Russell B. Long
D-La
Long
House
Better Incentive for Coyote Pelts Promises Higher Winter Prices
After the $2 bounty ended, Kansas trappers expect higher winter earnings as prime large coyote pelts rose to $5 to $6 last winter and jumped to $10 or more this summer. Industry notes a revived fashion demand for long haired coyotes driving future price gains.
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Kansas
States Seek to Preserve Church Real Estate Tax Exemption
Thirty seven states led by New York urge the Supreme Court to uphold tax exemptions for religious properties, arguing churches provide public welfare. Frederick Walz of New York challenges the rule as unconstitutional, risking taxes on about 79.5 billion dollars of church properties if struck down. The brief cites religious contributions to society and cites the First Amendment. The list includes Alabama Arizona Arkansas Colorado Connecticut Delaware Florida Hawaii Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maine Maryland Michigan Mississippi Missouri Montana Nebraska New Jersey New Mexico North Carolina North Dakota Ohio Pennsylvania Rhode Island South Dakota Tennessee Texas Vermont Virginia Washington Wisconsin Wyoming.
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Washington
New York
Supreme Court
Louis J. Lefkowitz
Frederick Walz
Walz
Alabama
Arizona
Arkansas
Colorado
Connecticut
Delaware
Florida
Hawaii
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas
Kentucky
Louisiana
Maine
Maryland
Michigan
Mississippi
Missouri
Montana
Nebraska
New Jersey
New Mexico
North Carolina
North Dakota
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
South Dakota
Tennessee
Texas
Vermont
Virginia
Wisconsin
Wyoming
Soviet Soyuz 8 Ends Seven-Miman Mission In Space
Russia reports Soyuz 8 safely returned after five days in orbit as three ships and seven cosmonauts achieved a historic triple-flight. Vladimir Shatalov and Aleksei Yeliseyev praised as healthy. landings occurred near Baikonur in Kazakhstan.
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Moscow
Radio Moscow
Soviet Union
Moscow Radio
Soviet
Kazakhstan
Baikonur
Restrictions on cyclamate use and product recalls announced
Secretary Finch to unveil severe limits on cyclamate use and phased recalls of products containing the sweetener. North Korean ambush kills four U S soldiers near the DMZ. Army resumes chemical warfare agent testing at two posts after a three month pause. Bolivian military government seizes Gulf Oil holdings over profit concerns. No action against Peace Corps in six countries over antiwar protests. White House upset about protests in Turkey Dominican Republic and four South American nations.
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Washington (Ap
Robert H. Finch
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Washington
Army
Peace Corps
Vietnam
White House
Turkey
Dominican Republic
Intercepted Letter to Cha and Nixon List Mention
A short note claims an intercepted letter to Cha and a Nixon list may exist. The fragment hints at correspondence with Congress and political figures, suggesting targeted political communication.
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Mr. Nixon
Congress
Four Die in Ottawa Area Head On Crash
A head on collision on U.S. 59 near Ottawa killed four people Friday night. Des Moines natives Jerry Campbell 21 and a female visitor died in the southbound car, while James E Hawkins 26 and James E Jenks 23 of Topeka perished in the northbound car. William Jenks 21 was injured. All victims were construction workers from Topeka. The crash occurred as the Topeka car began to pass another vehicle, provoking a fatal fire.
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Ottawa, Kan
Topeka
Kan
Des Moines
Iowa
U.S. 59
Ottawa
Jerry Campbell
Ottawa University
Campbell
James E. Hawkins
James E. Jenks
William Jenks
Highway Patrol
Steven L. Stanton
Des Moines Auto
Stanton
Fugitive Stebens Captured After Gas Station Escape
Wilmer Stebens 40, an escapee serving a life term for murder, was captured after fleeing a Greensburg filling station without paying for gas. He had earlier stolen two cars at knifepoint from two women and escaped from the Kansas prison system. A separate report notes a Kansas City area abduction of a young woman at KU Medical Center, with the suspect driving off in her car.
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Greensburg, Kan
Wilmer Stebens
Kansas
Greensburg
Stebens
Lansing
University of Kansas Medical Center
Kansas City
Kan
Lioyd Mucklow
The
Highway Patrol
Four-County Distribution Of Motor Tax Funds Allocated
The four-county area receives 71 779 62 from a special highway fund created by the 1969 motor fuel tax and freeway law. Counties share based on vehicle registrations. Allen 29975 Neosho 27664 64 Wilson 15335 23 Woodson 7804 75. A separate quarterly distribution from a one cent gasoline tax totals 1 million to counties and 525 000 to towns.
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Kansas
Walter Peery
Kent Frizzell
Shawnee County
Allen County
Neosho
Wilson
Woodson
Altoona
Benedict
Buffalo
Chanlie
Earlton
Elsmore
Erie
Fredonia
Galesburg
Humboldt
Iola
LaHarpe
Moran
Neodesha
Neosho Falls
St. Paul
Stark
Thayer
Toronto
Welnut
Yates Center
Weather Today Forecast Cloudy with Showers Likely
Today at 10 am the high 48 and low 34. Cloudy with little temperature change. Showers today and tonight. Sunrise 7:21, sunset 6:44. Precipitation 0.06 inches so far. Humidity 82 percent. Barometer 30.16. Highest on date 90 in 1932, lowest 28 in 1920.
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Tommie J. Crispino
Crispino
Bender Book
Chanute Tribune
Jack Greer
Thayer R. 2
Tribune
Ward Burgan
Altoona R. 1
Judith Pagan
Dover, N.J
Lee Lane
Atlanta
Arthur F. Burns
Federal Reserve Board
William McChesney Martin
Martin
Burns
Staten Island
New York State
Lefkowitz
Boris Paton
Paton
Earth
Vladimir Komarov
News Digest
Seoul
Demilitarized Zone
U.S
LA Paz
Bolivia
Gulf Oil Corp
Cha
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