Gentle Sentenced for Tax Violations in Kansas City
Wholesale auto dealer Robert L. Gentle pleaded guilty to willful failures to file income tax returns for 1966 to 1970. Judge Elmo B. Hunter suspended jail in favor of 10 weeks of charitable work for the Red Cross and a $10,000 fine after the defendant filed returns and paid taxes. The prosecutor favored leniency, noting societal benefit over imprisonment. The Chanute Tribune questions justice equity, suggesting poorer defendants face harsher outcomes.
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Robert L. Gentle
Elmo B. Hunter
Kansas City
Gentle
Hunter
American Red Cross
Chanute Tribune
Spectre Scope third edition published by Garden City High School
Publication day for Spectre Scope, the Garden City High School poetry magazine edited by Bill Dechant. Fifty students contributed 56 pages of poetry, artwork by Jay Benson, photos by Pat Howard, with Patrick Morey as faculty sponsor. Copies 50 cents at the school or Morey’s home, or one dollar mailed.
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Garden City High School
Bill Dechant
Jay Benson
Pat Howard
Patrick Morey
Morey
Nixon's press clash deepens with Oliphant indictment
Jack Anderson reports on April 30 1970 President Nixon urging press hell while Justice Department indicts Boston Globe reporter Tom Oliphant for aiding a mercy mission to Wounded Knee. FBI missteps and political pressure color the case as a new toll in a broader assault on reporters.
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Washington
Nixon
Justice Department
Boston Globe
Tom Oliphant
Wounded Knee
Herb Klein
Oliphant
U.S
White House
FBY
Les Whitten
FBI
Whittten
U.S. Atttorney
Soutth Dakota
William Clayton
Clayton
Richard Vosepka
Tim
Last Tango in Paris reviewed by Art Buchwald
Washington columnist Art Buchwald critiques Last Tango in Paris as a polarizing film. He reframes it as a simple, heated story of Brando and Maria Schneider seeking an apartment amid personal turmoil, noting provocative scenes and a housing shortage as the film’s inadvertent backdrop.
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Washington
Pass
Marlon Bronto
Maria Schneider
Paris
Brand
Miss Schneider
Seine
Brando
Marlon
Aparment
Schneider
Ata Brando
Mime Schneider
Fiahee
Fire Burns Hay at Garden City Co-op Feedlot
Firefighters from Deerfield Lakin and Garden City battled a Sunday blaze at the Deerfield feedlot, consuming about 200 tons of hay in a pit silo. Damage estimated at 7,000 to 8,000 dollars, with the plastic cover on an adjacent mile pit damaged but cattle operations continuing. The hay was fully engulfed within five minutes. flames subsided after six hours.
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Garden City Co-op
Deerfield
Larry Kadel
Kadel
Lakin
Garden City
Mile
Bible Thought Behold I Will Send My Messenger
A devotional note reflecting on Malachi 3 1 about God employing messengers who alert humanity reveal intentions and prepare the way for believers through divine guidance.
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Malachi
Talk of Impeachment Is Irresponsible, Says Harrigan
Anthony Harrigan argues against impeachment talk following Watergate. He cites constitutional gravity, notes past restraint with Nixon and Johnson, warns of national division, and stresses credibility of leadership in a nuclear era. He cautions that impeachment talk benefits enemies and harms public institutions.
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Anthony Harrigan
U.S
Andrew Johnson
United States
Nixon
John F. Kennedy
Ilinois
Cuba
Congress
Edward C. Ross
Kansas
Angiew Johnson
Lincoln
Yao
Edmund Burke
Republic
Dan
Public Debate Over Stan Bear Death Sparks Letters
Readers weigh in on the polar bear death at the zoo, criticizing zoo staff for not immobilizing the animal earlier, praising some actions, and blaming management and police. Letters express grief, questions about tranquilizers, and calls for accountability.
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Sian
Mr. Moody
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Tam
Jack Anderson
Uncle Sam
Art Buchwald
Gir
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Staitenwerft
Tr Fame
Bible Thought
Sen. Ross
America
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Alaska
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