Prison Unrest at Lansing Penitentiary
About 100 food service workers staged a 24 hour stoppage at Kansas State Penitentiary in Lansing. Inmates were fed none as warden R J Gaffney said authorities had regained control but many prisoners refused meals and some protesters cited low pay and excessive pork.
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Lansing
Kan
Kansas State Penitentiary
Mess Hall
R. J. Gaffney
Gaffney
Robert Atkins
Robert Woodson
Atkins
Kansas
Bob Woodson
Kansas students press Docking on college funding concerns
Eleven student leaders from six Kansas colleges met Gov. Docking in Topeka to urge funding for faculty salaries and building programs. They cited 1971 legislative cuts, faculty workload, and the need to support summer term and a proposed Wichita State medical school.
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Topeka
Kan
Robert Docking
Kansas
Docking
Kansas University
Kansas State
Wichita State
Pittsburg State
Emporia State
Fort Hays State
John Mize
University of Kansas
P. Williams
Emporia State Teachers College
Davis Tarrant
Emporia
Steve Lamar
Pittsburg
WSU
Cardinal Mindszenty Leaves Asylum for Rome
Cardinal Mindszenty, after 15 years in Budapest's U.S. mission asylum, flew to Vienna then Rome. The Vatican said Pope Paul VI sought an honorable settlement with Hungary as the 79 year old prelate returns to the Church. The Hungarian regime had sentenced him to life imprisonment for treason after opposing the Communist takeover.
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Hungary
U.S
Budapest
Vienna
Rome
Vatican
Paul VI
Nation Ignores Worst Addiction Second in Series
A Kansas discussion on alcoholism labels it the nation’s top drug problem. Experts like Dr. Kenneth Godfrey warn LSD research mirrors alcohol’s danger. Clergy and media figures criticize public focus on drugs while alcoholics rise nationwide.
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Kenneth Godfrey
Veterans Administration Hospital
Topeka
Dr. Godfrey
Ken Willard
Wdaf-Tv
Kansas City
Bob Dole
National Advisory Committee On Communications
National Institute On Mental Health
Willard
Harry
Blue Cross
U.S
America
Six Workmen Die In Texarkana Tank Collapse
A giant water tank 97 feet high collapsed at a Texarkana paper plant site, unleashing a million gallons of water and tons of steel onto 30 workers. Six were killed and 13 injured while cement work was underway for a planned second tank. Officials will investigate cause.
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Texarkana
Tex
W. C. Stacks Jr
International Paper Co
Paper Company
Bloodmobile to Visit Neosho County for Two Days
The Red Cross bloodmobile will visit Central Park building for two days to collect up to 200 units. Myrtle H. Moeller, chair of the Neosho County blood program, reports times and emphasizes a 56 day interval between donations.
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Red Cross
Myrtle H. Moeller
Neosho County
Central Park
Intercepted Letter Dear Cha
An intercepted letter reveals a prisoner named Nute writing to Cha about a hunger strike and lack of stomach for such a protest. The note hints at personal resolve and concerns over the method, reflecting wartime or political imprisonment tensions.
Wash Tub Scene Draws Inquiries From Curious Visitors
Mr and Mrs Hill of 411 West Ist fostered an outdoor antique display triggered by restoring a boyhood pump in Fulton Bourbon County. A wash tub, an electric pump, a doll from their daughter, a scrub board, and a grandfather's pot belly stove create a nostalgic setup attracting neighbors and curious visitors until a neighborhood girl briefly wandered off with the doll.
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Robert Hill
Hill
Fulton
Bourbon County
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Cardinal Mindszenty
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