Morris the Garden City assistant manager profile
Alan Morris, 32, Garden City's assistant manager, is a low key, businesslike planner who handles recruitment and placement for city positions and acts for the city manager in his absence. He serves as secretary for several commissions, trains in municipal public administration, and envisions managing a city to address problems like alienated youth and unemployment while balancing security and family values. He and his wife Lila raise four children and enjoy weekends water skiing and coaching a little league team.
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Derby Courtner
Alan’ Morris
Bangkok
Thailand
Morris
Dighton
Garden City
Deane Wiley
Planning Commission
Local Housing Authority
Urban Renewal Agency
Human Relations Commission
University of Kansas
Lila
Lions Club
Raco
Apollo 15 astronauts begin debriefings and rock study
Apollo 15 crews start a weeks long debriefing at Space Center Houston to detail their 12 day moon mission. Scott Irwin and Worden undergo medical exams as scientists prepare to open rock boxes from Hadley Rill and Spur Crater, including the Genesis rock thought to be 4.6 billion years old.
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Howard Benes
Aerospace
Winter Space Center
Houston
Hadley Rilla
David R. Scott
James B. Irwin
Alfred M. Worden
Scott
Irwin
Moon
Worden
Lupar
Earth
Solar System
Spur Crater
India and Soviet Sign 20 Year Peace Pact
India and the Soviet Union signed a 20 year treaty of peace friendship and cooperation to stabilize Asia. The pact limits military obligation but mandates mutual consultation if either is attacked. Swaran Singh hailed it as a deterrent to aggression and a peace oriented accord amid East Pakistan crisis.
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New Delhi
India
Soviet Union
Pakistan
Swaran Singh
Asia
Andhiei
A. Gromyko
Singh
East
Russia
United States
Parkistan
America
Central Treaty Organization
Southeast Asia Treaty Organization
Peking
China
U.S
Mensmien
State Department
White House
Old Settlers Reunion at Fay Stone Farm Near Plymell Church
Two day Old Settlers Reunion hosted by the Stones and sons Steve and Tim begins tomorrow at Fay Stone farm three miles west and half a mile south of Plymell Church. Events include games turtle race softball at 3 30 p m a sunset service honoring the 1904 founders and a Gymkana Horse Show with community and area groups taking part.
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Fay Stone
Plymell
Old Settlers
Stones
Steve
Tim
Plane Crash Fatal to 2 in Pratt District
Pratt, Kan. two occupants of a twin engine plane purchased the week before were found dead in wreckage nine miles southwest of Pratt. Dr Richard A Storts 36 orthopedic surgeon from Muskogee Okla. Patricia Groves 24 from Okmulgee General Hospital were aboard. The flight plan listed Cheyenne Wyo as destination. Plane disappeared after a radio exchange with Hutchinson airport Friday night. Wreckage located Saturday in hilly wooded terrain at 10 000 feet amid freezing rain at 11 000 feet. Storts reportedly test flying the new aircraft. In Moscow, Tass reports the Soviet Cosmon satellite 493 launched, orbiting 49.5 degrees inclination, at 49 to 162 miles altitude.
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Pratt, Kan
Pratt
Richard A. Storts
Muskogee
Oklo
Patricia Groves
Okmulgee General Hospital
Storts
Okmulgee
Cheyenne
Wyo
Hutchinson
Kaw
Kansas
Police Acquitted After Shooting in Los Angeles
Four Los Angeles police officers were acquitted of civil rights violations in the killing of two unarmed Mexican citizens during a mistaken raid. The jury reached its verdict after three days of deliberation.
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Los. Angeles
Aus
Los Angeles
San Leandro
San Francisco
Bad Generators Affect Combat in Vietnam
A congressional subcommittee report finds hundreds of malfunctioning generators sold to the U S government under contractor influence damaged Marine Corps combat capability in Vietnam. The probe cites petty corruption, names key figures, and notes repairs could cost about 2.6 million dollars.
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Washington
Vietnam
U.S
Marine Corps
House Armed Services Investigating Subcommittee
Justice Department
Consolidated Diesel Electric Co
Old Greenwich
Conn
Danang
Consolidated
Daniel Elmore
Daniel Ross
Elmore
Ross
Pentagon
Jennings McLain
McLain
Marine Corps Procurement Division
Leoti Fair Kicks Off With Horse Show and Queen Contest
The Leoti county fair opens with the Old Settlers Breakfast and a Quarrler Horse Show judged by Lance Milligan. 12 contestants vie for Wichita County Fair Queen with votes at one cent each, while livestock, booths, and a rodeo highlight tomorrow events.
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Old Settlers
Lance Milligan
Aurora
Cole
Scon Rough Riders Saddle Club
Cheryl Urban
Becky Sheets
Deana Weigers
Julie Apps
Bonnie Buell
Patsy Evans
Leann Hatfield
Linda Crowley
Karla Giesick
Nancy Haversfield
Kandica Mullen
Vicki Graff
Chamber of Commerce
Wichita County Fair Board
Bud Blakey
Dale Naiman
John Carr
Roy Cudney
Rex Barker
Milwaukee Press Club Opens Door to Women
The Milwaukee Press Club, founded in 1885, voted 150 to 27 to admit women, making it one of the last major press clubs to end gender exclusivity. The move follows a threat of a Civil Liberties Union lawsuit alleging discrimination, a factor cited by the club’s president.
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Milwaukee
Milwaukee Press Club
American Civil Liberties Union
Nader calls for Stans resignation over bias
Ralph Nader accused Commerce Secretary Maurice Stans of favoring big business over the public and urged his immediate resignation. He said Stans and White House aide Peter Flanigan worsened Nixon era environmental policy by delaying air quality guidelines and failing to enforce laws, calling for citizen petition avenues to hold officials accountable.
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Washington (Ap
Commerce
Maurice Stans
Ralph Nader
Stans
Nader
Ini
CBS
House
Peter Flanigan
Nixon
Secretary of Commerce
Tice Stans
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Moscow
Tass
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Emporia Beecones
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