City Meeting Resumes Paving and Sewer Protests
Ness City officials report two water wells shut by gasoline and diesel contamination. The commission tabled several protest petitions on paving and sewer projects and adopted some, while a letter of intent for $135 000 industrial revenue bonds was authorized. Helen Craven waived arraignment on embezzlement charges in Chanute City Court.
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City Commission
South Ashby
Westview
Hillside
Newton
Hydera
Uden
North Kansas
Eastwood Heights
Evergreen Park
Com
Ness City
Kan
State Board of Health
Gary Betz
Betz
Beech
Santa Fe
Burghart
Ashby
Clyde Kile
Glenn Bolling
Kansas City
Helen F. Craven
Erie
Chanute
Intercepted Letter From Dear Cha
A fragment shows an intercepted letter in which the writer remarks that a Klansman can tell if a man is a liar by looking at him and signs off with Yours.
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Cha
Bank Secrecy Act ruling blocks domestic reporting
A three judge federal panel in San Francisco ruled part of the Bank Secrecy Act unconstitutional for requiring banks to report domestic customer transactions. The court kept foreign reporting and microfilmed records of deposits and checks. ACLU officials and bank leaders vowed further appeals and broader injunctions.
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San Francisco
U.S. Treasury
Andrew J. Shepard
California Bankers Association
Shepard
Marsden
ACLU
Audit finds Title I funds may not reach poor students
A government audit says billions aimed at upgrading poor students' education are based on unrealizable estimates and may not reach the intended recipients. The review, obtained by the NAACP Legal Defense Fund, cites weak guidance and monitoring of comparability at state and local levels, risking millions of disadvantaged children losing benefits. Robert R. Wheeler called the confidential study a training tool to improve monitoring.
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Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Mental Health Group Plans Foster Parent Workshop
Neosho County Mental Health Association plans a foster parent workshop for late October. Tom Locke notes invited foster parents from several Southeast Kansas counties. membership has grown to 140. A Oct 5 Erie courthouse meeting at 7 30 pm features a state hospital Osawatomie patient panel.
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Neosho County
County Association
Jerry Churchill
Don Tucker
Erie
State Hospital
Osawatomie
Neosho County Association
Rosalie Bowker
Ber
Bowker
Jo Boyd
Penner
Neosho County Community Junior College
Amtrak Liquor Suit Faces Fast Court Ruling in Kansas
U S District Judge George Templar will decide soon whether to hear Amtrak's suit against Kansas officials over enforcing state liquor laws on trains or refer to a three judge federal panel. Amtrak seeks a permanent injunction and argues Kansas laws and private club rules conflict with federal law. A July incident in Newton saw arrests of three train crewmen for selling mixed drinks and seizure of alcohol aboard an Amtrak train.
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Topeka
Kan
George Templar
U.S. District Court
Amtrak
Kansas
John R. Martin
Charles Henson
Templar
10Th Circuit
Court of Appeals
Denver
Oklahoma
Vern Miller
Newton
State Buying Approved in Topeka Audit Hearing
Keith Weltmer Kansas legislative post auditor told the Legislative Post Audit Committee that an investigation begun last spring into state purchasing practices has progressed with findings and recommendations expected.
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Topeka
Kan
Keith Weltmer
Kansas
Legislative Post
Mittee
Emergency Care Revamp Sought After Medical System Review
A House subcommittee push to speed a 255 million emergency medical care program labels the system a disaster. It urges stronger federal leadership, planning, and a grant network while noting vast gaps in hospital readiness and ambulance training.
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Washington
America
Paul G. Rogers
D-Fla
House Public Health Subcommittee
Gers
House
Rogers
Klan claims use of lie tests to purge informers
Cincinnati official Jim Harris of the United Klans of America says the Klan is deploying lie detector tests for all members on orders from Imperial Wizard Robert Shelton. He accuses the FBI of planting informants in the Klan and other groups nationwide.
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Cincinnati, Ohio
Ku Klux Klan
Jim Harris
Cincinnati
Ohio
United Klans of America
Robert Shelton
Atlanta
Harris
FBI
Loyalist Front Unite Against Any Power-Sharing Plan
Northern Ireland Protestant militants formed the United Loyalist Front uniting the Ulster Defence Association Ulster Vanguard Movement and the Loyalist Association of Workers They pledged to resist any political settlement that does not restore Protestant majority rule and claim a theoretical force of about 200000 on paper.
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Belfast
Northern Ireland
United Loyalist Front
Ulster Defense Association
Ulster Vanguard Movement
Loyalist Association of Workers
European Ministers Agree on European Monetary Fund
Rome ministers from the 10 Common Market nations approve a plan to create a European Monetary Fund seen as a step toward a central bank and a future common currency. Foreign ministers discuss terrorism after the Munich Olympics massacre and the Brussels diplomat shooting.
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Rome
Brussels
Panama Assembly Calls Treaty to Free Canal Zone
The Assembly of Community Representatives urged a treaty with the United States to restore Panamanian sovereignty over the Canal Zone and urged rejecting the $1.93 million annual rent. The body has no legislative power but signals popular will to pressure terms in new treaty talks.
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Panama
United States
Canal Zone
U.S
Assembly of
Community Representatives
Nixon to convene strategy session with Congress leaders
President Nixon called a meeting with his Cabinet and Republican leaders in the House and Senate for a political strategy session aimed at making the Democratic controlled Congress a campaign issue. He likened his approach to Harry Truman in 1948 and signaled a nationwide campaign against what he calls the do nothing Congress.
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Washington
Nixon
House
Senate
Congress
Harry Truman
Senate Tax Sharing Bill Nears Final Passage
The Senate moves toward final approval of a 34.8 billion revenue sharing bill after six days of debate. Leaders say final passage by late afternoon is likely as fights focus on distributing funds to urban and large states.
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Washington
Senate
Mike Mansfield
Stans Charged In DNC Burglary Case Revision
Democratic party lawyers push new allegations accusing former Commerce Secretary Maurice H. Stans of involvement in the DNC bugging and burglarizing last June. A civil invasion-of-privacy suit amends the complaint, but a U.S. District Court clerk rejected the filing on technical grounds.
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Washington
Democratic Party
Commerce
Maurice H. Stans
Democratic National Committee
U.S
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