Tuesday Starts For A Week Of Grumbles And Snow
A lax week opener set against pneumatic grumbles about Mondays and mail, with a snowbound drive near Topeka. The writer criticizes weather reporting and notes President Nixon handing a football trophy, while musing on Missouri and Texas rankings. A Christmas tree lot observation follows on buyer behavior and tree selection quirks.
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United States
Nixon
Texas
University of Missouri
Penn State
Nixon faces first press conference in 2 1 2 months
AP reports President Nixon will hold a televised press conference addressing the My Lai massacre Hayngworth nomination and arms control talks. Also in Washington debates threaten Senate vote on tax reform unions tax-exempt status. In Saigon military says 170 NVA killed on weekend border stretch. Senate mulls Tonkin repeal and Saigon reforms amid troop withdrawal effort.
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Washinton
Nixon
My Lai
Hayngworth Supreme Court
Washington
Senate
Saigon
Cambouan
Gulf of Tonkin
Garden Sass Gus Submits Christmas List to Lender
Garden Sass Gus presents his Christmas shopping list for an estimate from the loan company. The move suggests financial planning ahead of the holiday season and may influence his spending strategy with credit facilities.
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Gus Garden
Weather summary and city listings amid fragmented OCR data
Fragmented OCR text shows a weather forecast noting partly cloudy and cold conditions with light winds and low around 20, and a warmer Tuesday with highs in the low 40s. It then lists city names and temperature hints such as Garden City Goodland Salina Topeka Hutchinson and similar, but with many unreadable fragments.
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City
Poten City
Vecerene
Hmiporia Vissessens
Garden City
Goodland
Salina
Topeka
An Wiehe
Hutchinson Everssee
Mathias urges repeal of Tonkin resolution and Vietnam withdrawal plan
Sen Charles Mathias proposes Congress repeal the Tonkin Resolution and back Nixon’s plan for accelerated troop withdrawal from South Vietnam. He argues the war has Vietnamized diplomacy and calls for a broad political settlement, ending the Korean War emergency state and forming a new broadly based government.
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Washington
Charles McC. Mathias
Congress
Gulf of Tonkin
Nixon
South Vietnam
Maryland
Senate
Mathias
Vietnam
Credit Card Racket Cited by Senate Subcommittee
A Senate subcommittee led by Sen. William Proxmire heard testimony on bills to curb mass mailings of unsolicited credit cards. Witnesses said organized crime profits from issuing cards and selling them on the black market for up to 100 dollars, with Post Office data linking mass mailings to a surge in mail fraud.
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Washington
Senate
William Proxmire
D-Wis
Robert L. Mead
President’s Committee On Consumer Interests
Post Office
Dist. Atty
Eugene Gold
Brooklyn
N.Y
Farm Bureau Head Calls for Big Courage Dose in US
Washington AP Charles B. Shuman president of the American Farm Bureau Federation urged a "big dose of courage" to end welfare state policies and restore private enterprise during the group's 50th anniversary convention. He said a new Congress must curb federal spending and stabilize the economy, linking unrest to fiscal irresponsibility. The Farm Bureau opposes government controls and payments.
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Washington
Charles B. Shuman
American Farm Bureau Federation
United States
Farm Bureau
America
Congress
Shuthan
Shuman
Regents Board Consider Negro Member in Kansas
Parsons Kansas AP report says NAACP and allied groups proposed Evelyn Harper an Atchison teacher and Kansas State Teachers Association vice president for one of three upcoming appointments to the state board of regents. Dr Charles Roquemore noted no Negro has served on the nine member board governing Kansas higher education.
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Parsons
Kan
State Board of Regents
Robert Docking
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Charles R. Roquemore
Wellington
NAACP
Evelyn Harper
Atchison
Kansas State Teachers Association
Docking
Roquemore
Four Scott City youths die in rail crossing crash
Four Scott City youths were killed and a Garden City youth injured Saturday night in a car train crash at the Missouri Pacific crossing on Scott City's Main Street. The victims named are Dannie J. Newcomer 15 Melvin Loren Ratzlaff 16 Duane Daubert 15 and Richard Dean Stos 16 all of Scott City. The driver Daniel L. Pickett 19 of Garden City was treated at Scott County Hospital then moved to St Catherine Hospital Garden City. Police say Pickett failed to see signals at the US 83 crossing as the train struck the car, expelling all occupants. Engineer David D Calloway 40 of Hoisington piloted the freight train. The car was destroyed and engine damage estimated at 150 dollars. Pickett was listed in good condition prior to transfer.
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Scott City
Garden City
Scott County
Dannie J. Newcomer
Ben Newcomer
Melvin Loren Ratzlaff
Herman Ratzlaff
Duane Daubert
Florence Daubert
Richard Dean Stos
Melvin Stos
Daniel L. Pickett
Imperial Rt
Scott County Hospital
St. Catherine Hospital
Wayne F. Pickett
Kansas Highway Patrol
Pickett
Missouri- Pacific
David D. Calloway
Hosington
Eastern Mennonite Campus in Turmoil at Pie Auction Drive
Eastern Mennonite College in Harrisonburg Virginia faced a three day campus turmoil as trustees reported a 110000 shortfall of 400000 needed for a 15 million library. Students launched town wide fundraising with coeds acting as housemaids and bakers while male students offered yard work washing cars and other services for donations. A campus auction was planned for tonight featuring pies cakes cookies and hundreds of donated items from students and townspeople.
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Harrisonburg
Eastern Mennonite College
Wwustees
Interstate Oil Compact Commission
Stewart French
Senate Inferior Committee
Moss
Robert B. Docking
D-Kan
Commission
Calvin L. Rampton
Rutah
Preston Smith
Dtex
Wreck Victims Show Improvement In Area Accidents
Two severely injured in separate crashes near Garden City and Sublette show improvement at St. Catherine Hospital. Harry Keough 41 Ozark Ark remains critical but improving after a three vehicle wreck west of Garden City. His wife Doris 36 and son Randy 10 also hospitalized with injuries. Paul R Schupman 27 driver of the other car stays hospitalized. David Hallsted 11 Sublette shows satisfactory progress after transfer for surgery.
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St. Catherine Hospital
Harry Keough
Ozark
Ark
Garden City
Doris
Randy
Keough
Tommy
Michael
Paul R. Schupman
Sublette
David Hallsted
Vernon Hallsted
Nixon to hold televised news conference analysis plans
NEW YORK AP Nixon will stage his first TV appearance since Agnew accused network analysts of bias after his Vietnam speech. CBS will air minutes of Sevareid and Mudd analysis. NBC will brief John Chancellor summary. ABC may cover if under 9:30 p.m. or switch to regular programming if longer.
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New York
Nixon
Spiro T. Agnew
Vietnam
CBS
Eric Sevareid
Roger Mudd
NBC
John Chancellor
ABC
Frank Stanton
Agnew
Nine killed over weekend in Kansas and nearby areas
Nine traffic deaths were reported over the weekend ending Sunday midnight. The fatalities include a train car collision on U S 83 near Scott City, a two car crash near Lawrence, a pickup truck train collision near Junction City, a one car crash west of Bonner Springs, a two car collision near Emporia, and a one car crash on a county road near Parsons. Victims include Ida C. Shader 18 Earl Cox 63 Warren Williams 21 Phillip J. Hartman 21 and Ben Smith 15.
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Associated Press
Kansas
U.S
Scott City
Ida C. Shader
Ottawa
Kan
Lawrence
Earl Cox
Sterling
Jyons
Warren Williams
Linwood
Bonner Springs
Phillip J. Hartman
Emporia
Ben Smith
Mound Valley
County Road
Parsons
Wallace Fans Push Convention for Independent Parties
Indiana AP report notes Wallace allies form National Committee of Autonomous State Parties inviting him to seek the 1972 presidential nomination. The 27-state group urges him to support a convention of independent parties to draft a platform and nominate presidential and vice presidential candidates while safeguarding the rights of sovereign autonomous state third party groups.
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Indianapolis
George C. Wallace
National Committee of
Sunday
Aly
Natural gas shortage warned by 1975 by Moss
Senator Frank E. Moss says the nation faces a serious natural gas supply problem by 1975 unless immediate action is taken. He also predicts Congress will cut the petroleum depletion tax allowance from 271/2 percent toward 2144 percent as tax reform bills reach a conference.
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Salt Lake City
Frank E. Moss
D-Ulah
Congress
Senate
House
Moss’ Interior Subcommittee On Minerals
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Santa
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Lynn Holstein
Danny
Grant
Garden National Bank
Garden City Area’ Chamber of Commerce
Tonkin
Lyndon B. Johnson
Necro
Jie
Eastern Mennonite
Wallace
Senate Finance Committee
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