Familiar Faces: John Collins Kansas-Rooted Auctioneer and Leader
John Collins a Garden City businessman and longtime community figure with 45 years in Finney County earned his Kansas identity through residence and service. A former Holcomb High student he runs the John Collins Agency in Garden City and has auctioneering and real estate licenses. He has served on the Garden City Community Junior College board of trustees and its ad council and chairs the board. Active in the Chamber of Commerce Elks Lodge church and various professional groups he also serves as precinct committeeman for the Democratic Party. His wife Jane is Finney County clerk and they have two sons Duke and Mike.
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Kathi Loper
John Collins
Garden City Community Junior College Board of Trustees
Kansas
Collins
Garden City Sale Company
Indiana
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Holcomb
Truman Capote
Community Junior College Ad Council
Chamber of Commerce
Elks Lodge
Presbyterian Church
Quarterback Club
Democratic Party
Finney County
Jane
Collinses
Duke
Arkansas College
Batesville
Ark
Mike
Navy
Warwick, R.J
Watson and Huang Chen Open First Diplomatic Talks
Paris AP report says U.S. Ambassador Arthur K. Watson and Chinese Ambassador Huang Chen met at the Chinese Embassy for the first in a series of ongoing contacts. Watson called the meeting friendly and warm while officials withheld discussion details.
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Paris
U.S
Arthur K. Watson
Huang Chen
Watson
Garden Sass on Travel with Two Kids
Gas Garden notes that trips with two youngsters aren’t measured by miles but by hamburger stops. He stresses keeping kids entertained and fed, turning ordinary road time into a string of quick food breaks and small adventures.
Irving Guilty Plea In Howard Hughes Hoax Case
New York author Clifford Irving and his wife Edith pleaded guilty to federal conspiracy to defraud McGraw-Hill with a fake Howard Hughes autobiography. Suspect researcher Richard Suskind was to appear in court. Irving faces up to five years and $10,000 fines. The case spans federal and New York State charges including grand larceny and forged instruments.
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New York
Clifford Irving
Edith
Howard Hughes
John Cannella
Irving
McGraw-Hill
Irvings
Richard Suskind
Clifford
Suskind
State Supreme Court
Florida Preview in Tight 1972 Presidential Primary
In Miami Florida Sens Humphrey Muskie and Wallace campaign on the final Florida day with Wallace favored to win and Humphrey Muskie Jackson Lindsay and McGovern contending for spots. Nixon ally Ashbrook campaigns for GOP delegates as others appeared on TV shows and Muskie agreed to disclose campaign funds in stages.
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Miami
Fla
Hubert H. Humphrey
Edmund S. Muskie
Florida
Alabama
George C. Wallace
Wallace
Henry M. Jackson
Washington
Muskie
Humphrey
New York
John W. Lindsay
George S. McGovern
Jackson
Lindsay
McGovern
Shirley Chisholm
Wilbur D. Mille
Arkansas
Sam Yorty
Los Angeles
Vance Hartke
Indiana
Eugene J. McCarthy
Minnesota
John M. Ashbrook
Ohio
President Nixon
Farmland Foods Plant Renews Operations After Shutdown
Farmland Foods Inc beef packing plant southeast of here resumes full operation after almost a week. Manager Don Fender says all workers will return by tomorrow as about 800 cattle are slated for slaughter today and 100 employees are on the job now with the rest to report. Last week the plant shut down, laying off all but administrative staff, totaling 71 employees, with 64 laid off the week prior.
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Farmland Foods Inc
Here
Don Fender
Docking Signs 41 Measures In 1972 Signing
Gov. Robert Docking signed 41 bills from the 1972 legislature. Highlights include authorization to sell salt mining rights under the state reformatory farm at Hutchinson with bids and appraisal requirements, and two measures tightening control of medical service corporations. The signing followed a wave of bills sent ahead of adjournment as lawmakers prepare for veto reviews and unfinished business. The salt bill shifts oversight to the director of administration with bidding, while MSCs must limit expenses and add a 15 member board with physician and public subscriber representation.
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Topeka
Kan
Robert Docking
Docking
State Reformatory Farm
Hutchinson
Senate
Committee On Federal and State Affairs
Hodge
Robert F. Brandt
Blue Cross
Blue Shield
Speaker Selected for Chamber Annual Meeting in Garden City
W R Bryan executive director of community services for Goodyear Tire will address the Garden City Area Chamber at its annual meeting in St Marys Center at 7 PM. He has led youth programs traveled to 86 countries and met leaders from Pope Paul VI to President Pompidou and Emperor Haile Selassie.
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W. R. Bryan
Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co
Garden City Area
Chamber of Coutengebe
St. Mary’s Center
Industrias
Bryan
Lions International
Paul VI
Georges Pompidou
France
Franco
Spain
Haile
Harvard
Vocal Concert at Garden City High Tomorrow Night
Garden City High School presents a 8 p.m. concert in Clifford Hope Auditorium titled Choose Something Like A Star. A Cappella Choir performs the title piece with Concert Choir Girls Choir Les Chantes Modern Choir and Madrigals under Jerry Ford. Tickets are $1.25 for adults and 75 cents for students at the door.
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Garden City High School
Clifford Hope
Gchs Vocal Music
Jerry Ford
Holcomb area two vehicle crash injures man
A 39 year old Spearville man suffered a broken leg yesterday in a two vehicle crash on US50 two miles west of Holcomb. William Strecker remains hospitalized in Garden City. Brian Moore, 20, Garden City, tried to pass and struck the Strecker vehicle causing it to roll into a ditch. Moore and two passengers escaped injury.
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Holcomb
Spearville
William Strecker
St. Catherine Hospital
Garden City
Kansas Highway Patrol
Strecker
Brian Moore
Moore
KHP
Kan sas highway death log 1972 summary
AP report from Topeka notes a highway death log covering 48 hours to 9 am Monday with 3 deaths in March and 10 for the year 1972. The brief lists Garden City Goodlands Hill City and Topeka as locations in Kansas. Weather outlook indicates fair cool tonight with lows in the 30s and mild Tuesday highs in the 70s. Sunrise and sunset times given as 6 57 and 6 50.
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aLpomia
Garden City
Goodlands
Hill City No
Topeka
Kan
China and Britain to Exchange Ambassadors
TOKYO AP China and Britain agreed to exchange ambassadors ending a 22 year Taiwan dispute. The joint communique, signed by China’s Chiao Kuanhua and Britain’s J M Addis, states both sides raise their diplomatic representatives to ambassadors as of March 13 1972 and Britain recognizes the PRC as sole legal government of China.
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China
Britain
Peking
London
Taiwan
United Kingdom
People’s Republic of China
Chiao Kuanhua
J. M. Addis
Chiao
Addis
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Oaxaca
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Garden City Telegram
NBC
Meet the Press
ABC
California
McPherson
Lawrence
Pherson
Buffalo
Ken Seals
Lawrence Journal-World
Frank S. Hodge
R-Hutchinson
Barton Salt Co
Lic
Chamber
Weil
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