Planners Deny Rezoning For Pizza Hut Site At 4th and Lincoln
Planning Commission recommended denying the rezoning from R-2 to R-2 for the 4th and Lincoln property after residents protested the change. Protesters argued a Pizza Hut would worsen traffic and harm values, while supporters cited business needs. The meeting also refined a mobile home park ordinance, adjusting license fees and technical requirements.
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John Rabe
Planning Commission
City Commission
4Th and
Lincoln
John Congdon
Schultz Agency
Wible
Plummer and
7Th
G. C. McLaren
Coln
Commission
Ebur Schultz
Congdon
Schultz
Bob MacGregor
Russell Hilton
Marie Galt
4Th
Hilton
John Orozco
Mil ler to resume Great Bend gambling probe after Supreme Court ruling
Kansas Attorney General Vern Miller plans to restart the inquiry into Great Bend gambling pending the Kansas Supreme Court ruling to dissolve a temporary restraining order. District Judge Herbert Rohleder had blocked the statequisition and named Fred Howard as special marshal for the court.
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Topeka
Kan
Kansas
Vern Miller
Great Bend
Supreme Court
High Court
Distict Court
Herbert Rohleder
Rohleder
Miller
Fred Howard
Kansas Bureau of Investigation
Area Drenched By 5-Inch Rains
The Neosho County area received heavy rainfall with 5.29 inches this week and 0.49 inch Monday. Ground soaked, ponds full, crops benefited though corn and sorghum may suffer stalk lodging. river at 12 feet above normal but not flood stage. Weather calls for light drizzle ending, gradual clearing, and high 65 to 70 Friday.
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Neosho River
East River
Motels Targeted in Wednesday Night Car Thefts
Two thefts from locked cars at motels reported Wednesday night. Robert Reeder of Overland Park had tapes and a carrying case stolen from his car at Skyline Motel 1218 West Main. entry gained by sliding an object between window and frame. Jay Sellers of Topeka reported a tape recorder stolen from his locked car at LaRose Motel 1115 North Santa Fe after a window was broken.
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Robert Reeder
Overland Park
Skyline
Main
Jay Sellers
Topeka
LaRose
N. Santa Fe
Intercepted Letter Dear Cha About Accident Blame
A reader reflects on fault in accidents noting the blame often shifts to the other party. The writer questions why insurers should determine responsibility and suggests blame is commonly assigned to someone else.
Chanute Wins 1200 in PRIDE Awards at Wichita Luncheon
Chanute received 1200 in two awards at the Kansas PRIDE Community Development luncheon in Wichita. First place in the 10 000 to 20 000 population achievement contest earned 70 dollars and a 500 sweepstakes award, plus the governor's trophy from Gov. Docking.
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Chanute
Robert Docking
Wichita
Royce Wells
Pride Committee
Miller Blasts Bingo Law Wording In Topeka Speech
Kansas AG Vern Miller accused legislators of hiding behind vague wording when passing the bingo bill last April. He argued the measure tried to legalize gambling like Las Vegas style games and urged vigilance against similar schemes while expecting the state Supreme Court to rule on constitutionality. He also warned against marijuana legalization, noting age restrictions on alcohol.
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Topeka, Kan
Vern Miller
State Supreme Court
High Court
Miller
Robert Docking
Docking
Las Vegas
Iola
Great Bend
Kansas
Kansas Bar Association
Phil Lewis
Topeka
University of Kansas
Kansas panel backs modified no fault auto plan
A Kansas interim committee recommended adopting a Florida style modified no fault auto liability plan. The 6-1 vote directs drafting a bill for 1972, with $3000 cap on economic loss and minimums for medical, wage, and funeral costs, plus required liability coverage and higher minimums.
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Topeka, Kan
Kansas
Florida
Congress
Richard Rogers
Manhattan
Rogers
Legislative Research Department
Grandmother Cleared in QE2 Arms Smuggling Case
In Clear Cork Ireland police ruled 83 year old Catherine Walsh not connected to six suitcases of arms aboard the Queen Elizabeth 2. The luggage matched her name and she was questioned but deemed not involved, while investigators consider the smugglers used her as a cover for IRA linked cargo.
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Cork
Ireland
Catherine Walsh
IRA
New York
Irish Republican Army
Walsh
G. Walsh
Nixon to Announce Two Supreme Court Picks Tonight
Washington AP reports President Nixon has chosen nominees to fill two Supreme Court vacancies and will address the nation in a live TV and radio broadcast at 6 30 p.m. CDT. The announcement comes amid ongoing discussions on judicial appointments and policy direction.
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Washington
Nixon
Grayson to Lead Price Panel for Phase 2
President Nixon taps academia for Phase 2 pay and price panel roles Dr C Jackson Grayson dean of Southern Methodist University School of Business named head of the seven member Price Commission to set price and rental levels after the Phase 1 freeze ends November 13.
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Washington
Nixon
C. Jackson Grayson
Southern Methodist University School of Business
Banks cut prime rate. stock markets still slide
New York banks trimmed the prime lending rate to 5 3 4 percent led by Morgan Guaranty Trust Co. of New York on Wednesday. Many large banks followed with identical reductions despite the Nixon administration applauding the move as stocks declined sharply.
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New York
Morgan Guaranty Trust Co
Memphis violence roils city after curfew lifted
Arson brick throwing and gunfire plagued Memphis for a second night as Mayor Henry Loeb pulled back a curfew but fires and disturbances persisted. The violence followed funeral services for Elton Hayes a 17 year old who died after a police chase. the district attorney lists his death as homicide. Federal official Robert Wells resigns effective Nov 1 ending his tenure and signaling potential run for Kansas governor, with no firm decision yet.
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Memphis, Tenn
Memphis
Henry Loeb
Loeb
Elton Hayes
Washington
Robert Wells
Kansas
Wells
Wichita
Kan
Neruda Wins Nobel Prize in Literature
Pablo Neruda the Communist poet and Chilean leader in the party won the Nobel Prize in Literature. He later served as ambassador to France after Allende became president in Santiago. Neruda, son of a railroad worker, once wrote in secret as his father opposed poetry.
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Stockholm
Pablo Neruda
Chile
Neruda
Communist Party
France
Salvador Allende
Santiago
Nervas Ricardo Reyes Y Bascalto
Court keeps Atlanta desegregation case open
The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ordered the NAACP to propose a busing plan for the court to consider. The two page decision sent the case back to the District Court which had ruled Atlanta was near all black and would be pushed over the brink by busing.
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New Orleans
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Atlanta
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
District Court
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Russell Davidson
S. Lin
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Young and Pennington
Charles Anderson
Neosho County
Paul Kelly
Kelly
Cha
American Association of Accountants
Allen County
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