World-spending spree ends with arrest in Florida
Michael Thomas Henson 18 and his girlfriend allegedly spent up to 500000 on a borrowed credit card and phony checks during a two month around the world spree. Henson was arrested at a motel for defrauding an innkeeper passing worthless checks and receiving stolen property. In Kansas former U S Senator Frank Carlson and Mrs Carlson suffer serious injuries from a highway crash. Carlson underwent knee surgery for a broken tibia and Mrs Carlson had pelvis and hip injuries plus a fractured wrist.
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Orlando, Fla
Michael Thomas Henson
New York City
Henson
Concordia
Kan
U. S
Frank Carlson
Carlson
Kansas
Export Surplus in September Reaches $873 Million
The Commerce Department reports the United States had a September trade surplus of 873 million dollars the largest monthly surplus in over eight years Exports totaled 6 4484 million dollars while imports were 5 5751 million dollars up 7 4 percent from August for exports and down 7 4 percent for imports from the prior month.
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Washington
United States
Commerce Department
UAW Reaches Tentative Ford Contract Averting Walkout
DETROIT AP United Auto Workers announce tentative Ford contract early today. 1845 185000 workers avoid 10 am strike while local talks continue and strike authorizations remain possible. Leonard Woodcock confirms deal but with no details released. Washington AP government ends fertilizer price controls to boost production and Agriculture Department reports September food prices fall largest monthly drop in 17 years.
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Detroit
United Auto Workers
Ford Motor Co
UAW
Leonard Woodcock
Washington
Agriculture Department
Former Officials Charge Illegal Barter in Laos
Two former U.S. officials told a House subcommittee that millions of dollars in military property were bartered illegally to aid American diplomats in Laos. They testified that unauthorized improvements and a swimming pool were added to the ambassador’s home.
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Washington
U.S
Laos
House
House panel backs debt ceiling hike without tax or Social Security
The Ways and Means Committee approved a public debt limit raise to 478 billion dollars from 465 billion, a move viewed as a victory for the Nixon administration, with no tax reform or Social Security increase attached.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means Committee
Nixon
Bush laments decency loss amid White House turmoil
Republican National Chairman George Bush told a fund raising dinner in Indianapolis that public questions by AFL CIO president George Meany and others about President Nixon's emotional stability show irresponsibility at its worst. He urged calm and greater maturity and asked where the fundamentals of decency have gone.
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Indianapolis
Ind
George Bush
White House
Afl-Cio
George Meany
Nixon
Soviet Sends Representatives to Middle East War Zone
The USSR announced it sent representatives to the Middle East war zone at Egyptian President Sadat's request. Israel claimed to have repelled an Egyptian Third Army breakthrough as U.N. efforts to assemble an international cease fire force continued. The United States rejected sending troops and U.N. Security Council members were barred from the new peacekeeping force.
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Associated Press
Israel
Soviet Union
Moscow
Communist Party
Leonid I. Brezhnev
Anwar Sadat
Sadat
U.S
U.N
United States
Security Council
Kurt Waldheim
Council
Egypt
Brezhnev
United Nations
Nixon Will Consider UN Truce Observers in Middle East
The White House said President Nixon would consider a UN request to send observers to the Middle East but oppose US and Soviet membership in the observer force. Deputy press secretary Warren noted acceptance of a small number of observers could be possible if a clear line between observers and a peacekeeping unit is kept. He declined to confirm Brezhnev's advance notice of Soviet dispatch.
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Washington
White House
Nixon
United Nations
Middle East
Soviet Union
Warren
United States
U.N
Kurt Waldheim
Brezhnev
Schlesinger Phases Down US Military Alert
Defense Secretary James R. Schlesinger says the United States is gradually lowering the alert used to warn the Soviet Union over Middle East tensions. He noted Soviet forces remain high and a return to normal could be slow.
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Washington
James R. Schlesinger
Soviet Union
Middle East
Halloween Activities Kick Off Five Day Chanute Schedule
The Chanute Recreation and Perks Commission Student Advisory Council launches five days of Halloween events through Wednesday. Highlights include Junior High Night during the Fort Scott game, volleyball Saturday at the Launching Pad, open house and skating parties, football and basketball matches, the Kiwanis Spook Parade Tuesday, a Yog Monster film, and Wednesday dances for junior high and senior high students with refreshments and a Boulder band finale.
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Chanute Recreation and Perks Commission
Chanute Senior High
Fort Scott
The
Recreation Commission
Royster Junior High
Commission Board
Mar-Te-by
Royster Rockets
Iola Mustangs
Iola
Veterans of Foreign Wars
VFW
Elks and the American Legion
Central Park
Boulder
UNICEF Drive To Be Tuesday At Royster Junior High
Royster Junior High students will visit Chanute homes Tuesday to solicit funds for UNICEF. The annual trick or treat project is sponsored by the Royster student council and Mrs. Donna McIntire. Volunteers will carry orange boxes and wear lapel name tags during canvassing from 3 p.m. until the spook parade. McIntire notes as many as 500 students have taken part.
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Royster
Chanute Homes
United Nations International Children's Education Fund
Donna McIntire
Chanute FAA Station Aims To Phase Down Nearby Offices
Joe Gormley, chief of the Chanute Municipal Airport flight service station, says a decade old plan to phase out lower activity stations and upgrade bigger ones was halted by a court injunction in Ohio. No FAA offices have closed and Congress has halted funding. Chanute, a medium activity station, would see nearby cuts before staff here, and current replacements suggest no immediate scale down.
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Joe Gormley
Chanute Municipal Airport
Gormley
Department of Transportation
Ohio
FAA
Congress
Chanute
Nixon to hold televised news conference at 6 p m
President Nixon plans a 6 p m CDT televised news conference as pressure grows to name a new special Watergate prosecutor. Deputy press secretary Gerald Warren cautioned no pre empting announcements while questions likely focus on Cox firing tape handling and Middle East crises.
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Washington
Nixon
Gerald L. Warren
Middle East
Warren
East Room
Archibald Cox
Cox
U.S
Proximity Ties Love in Neosho County Marriages
A Neosho County survey shows 27 marriage licenses issued in September and October. Nineteen licenses, or 70 percent, went to couples living in the same town, while eight went to residents of different towns. Four of these were within the same county and four across counties, all within the same state, suggesting closeness aids romance.
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Neosho County
AREA FORECAST FOR TODAY AND TONIGHT
Considerable cloudiness with a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms tonight. Lows in the low to mid 40s. South to southeasterly winds 5 to 15 mph. Saturday partly sunny and cooler with highs in the low to mid 60s and about a 20 percent rain chance tonight.
Intercepted Letter Dear Cha Seeks Unmet Marital Ties
An intercepted letter titled Dear Cha reflects on romance and marriage, noting that people rarely marry someone they have not met. The fragment hints at social barriers to arrangement and the idea of meeting before commitment.
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