Truck Kills Elderly Pedestrian in Chanute Intersection
Bertha McConnell 89 of 815 S Malcolm Chanute was fatally struck by a northbound truck driven by Wesley A Brown 22 of Kansas City at Main and Lincoln Saturday around 12 40 p m She died about 1 30 p m at Neosho Memorial Hospital from head and internal injuries The National Car Rental System Inc truck owned by the company was involved Brown told police he did not see the pedestrian Survivors include three nieces Funeral set for 2 p m Tuesday at Johnson Chapel with burial in Memorial Park Cemetery
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Chanute
Bertha McConnell
S. Malcolm
Main
Lincoln
McConnell
Wesley A. Brown
Kansas City
Neosho Memorial Hospital
Glen Ashley
Brown
National Car Rental System Inc
Highway 169
Bertha Browning
Shaw
Shaw Christian Church
Iola
Frank McConnell
Harold (Opal) Carlison
Tulsa
John
Virginia) Holland
Bellflower
Calif
Nellie Mae Dutton
Texas
Johnson Chapel
Paul R. Hett
Hoffa Burial Site Search Postponed in Michigan
A 29 acre Hoffa burial site search near Pontiac is postponed as authorities await fresh tipster information alleging he witnessed the Teamsters leader's burial. Senate subcommittee investigators say the tipster is being held by underworld figures seeking to prove they were not involved.
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Pontiac, Mich
UPI
James R. Hoffa
Senate
Hoffa
Waterford Township
Detroit
William B. Gallinaro
Henry Jackson
D-Wash
Underworld
F. Keith
Gallinaro
Adkinson
Osage Mission District 10
Neosho County Community Junior College
Tracy Litherland
Humboldt
David
Derrell Schooley
S. Western
Boyd Litherland
Pat Litherland
Oleta Schooley
Population Rebound Spreads Across Southeast Kansas
A Kansas study notes 10 counties lost 96 000 residents between 1920 and 1970 but have gained about 6 000 since 1970. Leaders credit diversification from mining and railroads, with plastics and clothing industries expanding payrolls of 200 plus workers.
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Agriculture Department
Allen
Anderson
Bourbon
Cherokee
Crawford
Labette
Montgomery
Neosho
Wilson
Woodson
Kansas State College of
Pittsburg
Hay
Ford information proposal deemed too restrictive by Pike
Rep. Otis G. Pike said President Ford s plan to share intelligence with the House panel would halt the probe due to secrecy limits. Rep. Robert McClory disagreed, arguing substantial progress possible and backing the administration s terms. Colby testified on declassification of 1968 Tet Offensive materials amid Senate hearings on IRS misuse. Fields said White House concessions would still shield agents and sources, tying investigators hands.
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Washington
UPI
Otis G. Pike
D-N.y
House Intelligence Committee
Ford
Republican Committee
Robert McClory
Illinois
Pike
House Select Committee On Intelligence
CIA
William E. Colby
House
Vietnam
Colby
Senate Intelligence Committee
Internal Revenue Service
Searle Field
House Committee
Field
White House
Fields
McClory
Weather Area Forecast With Warmer Temperatures Ahead
Partly sunny and warmer today and Tuesday with highs in the lower 80s. Winds turn southerly at 5 to 15 mph tonight.
Inside Story Claims Hearst Joined SLA After Radio Accounts
Rolling Stone reports Patty Hearst asked to join the SLA seven weeks after kidnapping. Jack Scott aided Hearst and the Harrises to flee the San Francisco area and later drove her to a Pennsylvania farmhouse before returning to the West Coast. The account cites disillusionment with her family and sympathy for the SLA amid a Los Angeles shootout death toll.
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United Press International
Rolling Stone
Patricia Hearst
Symbionese Liberation Army
Los Angeles
SLA
Jack Scott
Howard Kohn
David Weir
Miss Hearst
Scott
William
Emily Harris
San Francisco
Pennsylvania
West Coast
Donald DeFreeze
Cinque
Hearst
Patty
DeFreeze
Harrises
Harris
Ford to Sign Oil Price Extension Amid Energy Policy Push
President Ford planned to sign a 45 day extension of domestic oil price controls and issue a warning to Congress to accelerate a comprehensive energy policy. White House spokesman Ron Nessen said slow congressional action could leave the United States reliant on foreign oil producers.
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Washington
UPI
Ford
Congress
White House
Ron Nelsen
United States
Howard Baker
R-Tenn
Baker
California
Ronald Reagan
Reagan
Nelsen
Nessen
OPEC
Probation Officer Lundblad Resigns for State Post
Terry Lundblad Neosho County adult probation and parole officer confirms he will leave to take a state Department of Corrections post in Leavenworth. He starts Oct 5 writing a resignation to the city and praising Chanute while officials discuss funding and stability of the program.
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Terry Lundblad
Neosho County
Lundblad
Leavenworth
State Department of Corrections
Chanute
Richard Ashley
Linblad
Ashley
Chuck Ambler
Mayor holds police accountable after blue flu strike
Kansas City mayor Jack Reardon says officers who joined the blue flu are indirectly responsible for nine shots fired at his city office. He notes no suspects yet and warns of a shift toward a police state while a negotiation session is planned. The FOP disputes who is covered by the contract and demands a representational election before bargaining.
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Kansas City
Kan
UPI
Jack Reardon
Reardon
Ron Sprowl
FOP
Sprowl
Union
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Rotary
Ray Hames
Roy D
Duke’ Myers
L. D. Perry
J. R. Hudson
Hames
Myers
Hudson
Perry
United Fund Board
Kansas
Richard K. Hay
The
Center For Business and Economic
Vincent Piersante
Kelley
Organized Crime Task Force
Piersante
Cha
Yours
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
Hirohito
They
Order of Police
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