POWs Reach Peking on Way Home to New York
Three American servicemen released by Hanoi arrived in Peking in civilian clothing after flights from Hanoi via Nanning and Changsha. Seven others held in North Vietnam met with antiwar escorts and urged an end to the war while awaiting their fate.
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Hanoi
Peking
New York City
United States
Navy Lis
J.g
Markham Gartley
Norris Charles
Air Force
Edward Elias
Lions to Sell Candy For Eye Care Center
Governor Docking proclaims Oct 6 Candy Day as Kansas Lions raise funds for University of Kansas Medical Center Ophthalmology Department expansion. The drive supports training of ophthalmologists optometrists and ophthalmic technicians with over 300 treatments using an argon laser and more than 50 000 raised toward a 750 000 goal.
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Lions
Robert Docking
Kansas Lions Clubs
University of Kansas Medical Center
Candy Day
Docking
Kansas Lions
Kansas
Eye Doctors
Rodeo Queen Debbie Bennett Crowned Miss U.R.A. 1973
Debbie Bennett of Independence representing the Chanute Bit and Spur Saddle Club was crowned Miss U.R.A. of 1973 at the United Rodeo Association Finals in Kansas City. She will reign for a year, promote U.R.A. rodeos, and attend the next regional rodeo in Chanute set for June 7 to 9.
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Debbie Bennett
Independence
Chanute Bit
U.R.A
United Rodeo Association
Kansas City
Bennett
Royal Building
Miss Bennett
Chanute
Midwest
New Electronics Firm Has Great Expectations
KB Electronics, Inc., a Humboldt startup by Fred Kittle and Cliff Broeder, aims to grow from a small family run operation. They plan three main products: airplane cabin display units, a railroad speed monitor kit, and a radar speedometer for locomotives, with early orders from modification centers and railroad yards.
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Fred Kittle
Savonburg
Cliff Broeder
S. Evergreen
Kittle
Broeder
Purchas
Colosseum to Close to Public Over Falling Masonry Risk
The Colosseum will be closed as a danger of falling masonry prompts a fence to keep visitors 30 feet away. The Municipal Commission for the Stability of Monuments ordered the closure after a thorough inspection. The closing takes effect once fences are erected and access is restricted.
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Rome
Coliseum
Norman Rockwell sketches on loan to three libraries
A selection of 12 Norman Rockwell sketches on loan from Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Co will be on display from Oct 1 to Oct 6 at three libraries. The Neosho County Community Junior College Library hosts Oct 1 and 2, Royster Library hosts Oct 3 and 4, and Chanute Public Library hosts Oct 5 and 6.
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Norman Rockwell
Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Co
Neosho County Community Junior College
Royster Library
Chanute Public Library
Red Cross Bloodmobile Visits Central Park Thursday
The American Red Cross Bloodmobile will be at the Central Park building Thursday from 2 p.m. to 7 p.m. Donations are welcome from residents aged 18 to 65. The Chanute area aims to donate 100 units of blood.
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American Red Cross
Central Park Building
Red Cross
Chanute
Area forecasted weather with mild temps and light wind
Partly cloudy and cool tonight with lows in the mid 50s. Partly sunny and warmer Wednesday with highs in the mid 70s. Precipitation chances are 10 percent tonight and 5 percent Wednesday. Sunrise at 7 13 and sunset at 7 13.
Intercepted Letter on Monuments and Coliseum Safety
A fragment quotes an intercepted letter insisting the Municipal Commission for the Stability of Monuments errs if it assumes people visit the Coliseum for safety. The wording suggests critique of official beliefs about the site’s security and public expectations.
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Municipal Commission For the Stability of Monuments
U S Proposes Revisions In World Money System
Washington proposes a sweeping overhaul of the global monetary system. The plan calls for flexible exchange rates for all currencies, SDR as the common reserve, and U S intervention in currency markets, with gold to be abandoned as an international reserve asset.
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U.S
Washington
United States
Shultz
Plan to assess state agricultural land in Kansas
State Property Valuation Director Harold Rohmiller told the Special Legislative Committee On Assessment and Taxation that 70 of Kansas 105 counties have complied with a directive to obtain aerial photographs. The plan aims to inventory rural farmland, classify it into uniform categories, and set standard valuations to equalize farm values across regions.
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Topeka
Kan
Harold
Rohmiller
Special Legislative Committee On Assessment and Taxation
Property Valuation Department
Kansas
Somali Plan Gains Backing From Tanzania and Uganda
Somali Foreign Minister Omar Arteh said Tanzania and Uganda accepted a five point peace plan. He expected details to be announced soon and for the plan to take effect by week’s end. Arteh noted a cease fire is already in place.
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Nairobi
Kenya
Omar Arteh
Tanzania
Uganda
Arteh
AT&T Chief Sees $60 Install Cost for Phones
AT&T president Robert D. Lilley said the company studies charging about 60 dollars to install and relocate telephones to align with costs. He noted current installation costs run from five to ten dollars and that the higher charge would fall mainly on consumers.
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Boston
American Telephone & Telegraph Co
Robert D. Lilley
At&t
Lilley
Arms limit approved in five year U S Soviet deal
The House backed a temporary U S Soviet five year pact capping offensive nuclear weapons by 306 to 4 and endorsed the Jackson amendment urging more parity in any permanent curbs. The measure follows a month of Senate debate on arms limits and equality.
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Washington
Congress
U.S
House
Henry M. Jackson
D-Wash
Senate
Gromyko Supports U.N. Action Against International Terrorism
Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko is poised to tell the United Nations General Assembly that Moscow favors adopting measures to curb international terrorism. He dined with U.S. Secretary of State William Rogers after Rogers urged the assembly to hold a 1973 conference to draft a treaty against terrorism.
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United Nations, N.Y
Andrei A. Gromyko
U.N. General Assembly
Assembly
Gromyko
William P. Rogers
U.N
Rogers
Eastern powers push to shape Peking Tokyo ties
At the Chinese Japanese summit Chinese Foreign Minister Chi Peng-fei met with Japan’s Masayoshi Ohira to work on concrete steps for restoring diplomatic relations after over 30 years.
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Peking
Tokyo
Masayoshi Ohira
China
Chi Peng-fei
Norway faces political crisis after referendum vote
Oslo reports Norway rejected joining the European Common Market in a nationwide referendum. Prime Minister Trygve Bratelli says he and his cabinet will resign, creating a governmental vacuum and uncertain economic outlook.
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Oslo
Norway
Trygve Bratelli
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KB Electronics
Don Crawford
N. Grant
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Chanute Lions Club
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Chicago
Art Institute of Chicago
E. Laurence Chalmers Jr
University of Kansas
Goodman Theatre
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International Monetary Fund
Russia
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