Amputee Indian Veteran Brings Health Aid to Supai
John Gobert, a Blackfoot amputee and Vietnam veteran, leads medical outreach to 300 Havasupai Indians isolated on Grand Canyon cliffs. After losing his left leg in 1965, he trained with the U S Public Health Service and established clinic work, coordinating 10 new Indian medics and arranging helicopter evacuations to distant towns. He was named Outstanding Disabled American Veteran by the Disabled American Veterans, amid their Detroit convention.
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Detroit
John Gobert
Supai
Grand Canyon
Gobert
Browning
Mont
Navy
Vietnam
Naval
U.S. Indian Health Service
Arizona
U.S. Public Health Service
Phoenix
Tucson
Asiz
Charles 8. iMecCammon
Phoenix Area
Indian Health Service
KC Official Expects 40 000 Voters Today
Kansas City election official projects about 40 000 voters in the Kansas City School District ballot seeking a 65 cent levy increase. Polls close at 7 p m. A 90 cent levy failed previously and a two thirds majority was required for approval. If passed, district revenues would rise by 5 2 million.
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Kansas City
Ais
Three Prisoners Escape From Kansas Diagnostic Center
TOPEKA Kan AP three inmates fled just before midnight from the Kansas Reception and Diagnostic Center. The escapees were Howard Lee Allen 28 of Lawrence Clifford Bright 32 of Kechi Kan and Robert Edward Elam 30 of Wichita. Roadblocks were set up and a dawn search was planned with a highway patrol airplane and a helicopter to assist.
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Topeka, Kan
Kansas Reception and Diagnostic Center
Howard Lee Allen
Lawrence
Clifford Bright
Kechi
Kan
Robert Edward Elam
Wichita
Highway Patrol
No Lockup For Astros
Apollo 15 astronauts return lunar rocks for thorough analysis to ensure no health hazards. Plant growth tests with celery cabbage and other species will probe lunar material effects, while unknown factors harming Earth microbes are sought by researchers at Houston.
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Bill Stockton
Space Center
Houston
David R. Scott
James B. Irwin
Alfred M. Worden
Space Agency
Apollo
Moon
Gerald Taylor
Manned Spacecraft Center
Taylor
Fat Sam Rocks Radio Fans by Atlanta Mayor Massell
Sam Massell Jr. 43, mayor of Atlanta, appeared on a local rock station as disc jockey Fat Sam for an hour, introducing Jesus Christ Superstar. He hopes to project a youthful, fun image while running a city facing urban challenges with federal aid.
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William L. Chaze
Associated Press
Atlanta, Ga
Fat Sam
Sam Massell Jr
Atlanta
Massel
Jesus Christ
Massell
Atlantia
Massell’s 1969 Atlanta victory reshaped city politics
The piece notes Massell’s liberal campaign against the establishment, aided by a diverse coalition of labor, low-income whites and blacks. It cites the city’s pollution, worsening traffic, white flight to suburbs, high crime, rising drug issues, poverty, and racial unrest as enduring urban challenges.
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John F. Kennedy
Massell
Atlanta
Retired GC Man Leaves Air Force for Nursing Home Admin
Former Garden City native Donald F. Quakenbush retires after 20 years in the U.S. Air Force Medical Service with major rank in the Air Force Reserves. He and his family move to Holly, Colorado, where he will administer Retirement Manors, Inc., a new 60 bed nursing home after earning a Colorado Nursing Home Administration license. The family has lived in multiple states and abroad during his service.
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Donald F. Quakenbush
Garsien City
U.S. Air Force Medical Service
Quakenbush
U.S. A.F. Reserves
Co. A. Quakenbush
Parkwood Lane
Holly
Colo
Retirement Manors, Inc
Colorado Nursing Home Administration
Air Force
Oklahoma City
Okla
Fairbanks
Alaska
Great Falls
Mont
San. Antonio
Tex
Tripoli
Libya
Africa
Donna Lou Beckett
Garden City
Scott to Seek New Ag Agent in Scott County
Scott County is seeking a new county agricultural agent for the third time in a year. Dan Bonine currently serves as agricultural agent, with Tic resigning effective August end to take a position as agricultural representative with Merchants National Bank in Topeka. Bonine began his duties in January, succeeding Bill Greenwood who held the post for several years.
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Scott City
Scott County
Dan Bonine
Tic
He Hus
Merchants National Bank
Topeka
Bonine
Bill Greenwood
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FFA
Future Farmers of America
Rock Springs Ranch
Junction City
Mark Mayfield
Kenny Robinson
Doug Engel
Ing Indians
Diagnostic Center
Astros
ISC Industries Inc
Interstate Securities Company
R. T. Doonan
East Laurel
John Lindsay-South
New York City
Garden City Telegram
T.V
Scott
National Touring Company
Jesus Christ Superstar
Dodge City Civic Center
Christ
Earth
Squire, Yankee Doodler
Mayo’s
Weber’s Town Shop
Denver
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