High speed chase in Texas ends in death of ex con
Ila Faye Dent and her husband Robert S. Dent led a 300 mile pursuit through southeast Texas after hijacking a patrol car and hostageing officer J Kenneth Crone. Dent was shot at wheelock and died later. Crone survived. Dent faced robbery by firearms charges and was jailed without bond.
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Beaumont
Tex
Ila Faye Dent
Robert S. Dent
J. Kenneth Crone
Crone
Dent
Mrs. Dent
Crane
E.W. Elliot
Robertson County
FBI
Bob Wiatt
Bryan
Nixon presses crusade against obscene material in mails
President Nixon urged a citizens crusade against smut and proposed three federal measures to Congress to block obscene material in the mails. Reps Ichord and Cunningham have collected evidence supporting the issue and seek harsher penalties for delivering sexual material to any person under 18 and broader rights to block unwanted advertising.
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Washington
Nixon
Congress
Richard H. Ichord
D- Mo
Glen Cunningham
RB Neb
Speeding auto disrupts campus dance in Austin
Police charged Robinson H. Parsons Jr., 19, of Houston with aggravated assault with a motor vehicle after a speeding car rammed through a crowd of UT students blocking traffic at a blocked campus block party. Two students suffered leg injuries. most injuries were not serious. An angry crowd chased and trapped the driver as scenes described by witness John Bryant unfolded.
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Austin
Tex
University of Texas
Robinson H. Parsons Jr
Houston
John Bryant
The
Austin American
Bryant
Opponent Demands Full Job Corps Records Release
A top critic of the Job Corps cutback reacted to disclosed confidential files Friday by demanding that the administration release all Job Corps records, both good and bad, to the public.
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Job Corps
First Scott award goes to KU editor
Lawrence The first Angela C. Scott Memorial Award for excellence in reporting and editing at the University Daily Kansan will be presented to Ron Yates of Shawnee, Kansan managing editor. Yates, a senior in the William Allen White School of Journalism, worked as a reporter and sports editor before becoming top news executive. He earned a B plus average at KU and led the campus Sigma Delta Chi chapter as vice president. The Kansan Board dinner will honor outstanding journalism students at KU.
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University Daily
Kansan
University of Kansas
Ron Yates
Shawnee
Yates
William Allen White School of Journalism
Kansas City Star
The
Chicago Tribune
K. U
Sigma Delta Chi Journalism Society
Kansan Board
Cancelled Antique Show Amid Low Dealer Interest
The Jaycee Jaynes Antique Show and Sale at the National Guard Armory was canceled after only three dealers showed interest. It would have marked the fourth annual event.
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Jaycee Jaynes
National Guard
Nixon picks 20 to 1 Kentucky Derby longshot favorite
President Nixon favors a 20 to 1 Kentucky Derby longshot as his top pick relying on loyalty to his home state rather than racing form. The choice signals interest in underdog prospects ahead of the famed race.
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Washington
Nixon
President on deck for Derby
Twenty six Republican governors join President Nixon and congressmen for the 95th Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs in Louisville. The race starts 5 30 p m EDT and will be televised with Majestic Prince and Top Knight among early favorites. Purses total 113200 to the winner with 251000 for top four and a 100000 attendance is anticipated.
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Nixon
Churchill Downs
Lexington
Washington
Air Force One
Majestic Prince
Top Knight
Traffic Mark
Arts and Letters
Rac Jet
Fleet Allied
Ocean Roar
Dike
State Traffic Toll Topeka May 1969 Death Log
Kansas traffic death log shows 24 hour period to 9 am Saturday with 180 deaths for May 1969 and 205 for the comparable 1968 period, noting a rise in fatalities. The report lists Topeka area counts and overall state figures for the 24 hour window.
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Topeka
Kansas
State hospital to honor Brown at Community Hospital Night
Osawatomie State Hospital will award T Clarence Brown of Iola, dean of Alien County Junior College, a special citation during Community Hospital Night on May 5 at the Osawatomie City Auditorium. Don Coleman will present the award for Brown’s work creating residential classes at the 600 bed center and for developing a proposed Mental Health Worker curriculum for junior colleges.
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T. Clarence Brown
Iola
Alien County Junior College
Osawatomie State Hospital
Osawatomie City Auditorium
Don Coleman
Osawatomie Psychiatric
Dean Brown
Junior College Association
Maiie Baffrey
R. N
B.S.N
Clifford Lobel
R.N
Division of Institutional Management
Topeka
Osawatomie
Miss Trudy Coogan Flies Solo on Birthday
Miss Trudy Coogan, a medical technician at Allen County Hospital, celebrated her 23rd birthday on April 23 with her first solo flight in a Cessna 150. She began flying lessons February 17 under Sydney Hahn and Tom Sanford of the Sydney Flying Service and holds a medical technology degree from the College of Saint Scholastica.
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Trudy Coogan
Coogan
Allen County Hospital
Sydney Hahn
Tom Sanford
Sydney Flying Service
Duluth
Minnesota
College of Saint Scholastica
Sydney Flying Service Inc
Saigon talks renew speculation on U.S. troop cuts
In Saigon Maj. Gen. Richard F. Schaefer and Ambassador Ellsworth S. Bunker met with President Nguyen Van Thieu amid Paris peace talks’ pull on troop withdrawals. Officials say any U.S. pullback hinges on progress at Paris, reduced North Vietnamese infiltration, and South Vietnamese force gains.
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Saigon
Nguyen van Thieu
U.S
Richard F. Schaefer
Creighton W. Abrams
Thieu
Presidential Palace
Ellsworth S. Bunker
Paris
Colorado seeks Eisenhower silver dollar honoring former president
Colorado Senate approved a resolution urging Congress to issue a new silver dollar bearing Dwight D. Eisenhower's likeness. The proposal cites Colorado silver for minting and aligns with suggestions from the Colorado Mining Association. Eisenhower’s wife had Denver ties and the state often hosted him as a summer White House.
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Denver
Colorado
Senate
Congress
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Chet Enstrom
Grand Junction
Colorado Mining Association
Eisenhower
White House
Air race links London to New York with ground hurdles
About 460 contestants start a zany race from the Post Office Tower London to the Empire State Building New York using helicopters boats and even a rickshaw. Categories include supersonic jets and ordinary airliners with prizes totaling 144000. The event marks Alcock Brown’s 1919 transatlantic milestone and British Phantoms aim to set a NY London record.
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Post Office
Empire State Building
New York
Royal Navy
Ancus McPherson
Daily Mail
Anne Alcock
St. John Alcock
Arthur Whitten Brown
St. John's
Mld
Clifden
Ireland
Britain
Navy
New York-London
McDonnell
United States
Governors seek control of anti poverty programs
Republican governors told the Nixon administration they want control of antipoverty programs in their states. They urged all programs be channeled through governor created executive agencies and called for abolition of regional OEO offices. They demanded notification and consultation when officials talk to mayors and opposed welfare eligibility rules tied to recipients without investigation. Governor Shafer cited rising welfare rolls amid prosperity.
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Nixon
GOP
Churchill Downs
Louisville
Washington
Office of Economic Opportunity
OEO
Richard B. Ogilvie
Illinois
Ernors
Raymond P. Shafer
Pennsylvania
New York
Michigan
California
Wild Dogs Reported Loosely Around LaHarpe Causing Cattle Loss
Residents complain of a pack of about ten to twelve wild dogs roaming LaHarpe. Mrs. W. W. Simpson reports 13 cattle stampeded this morning with three still missing. The dogs have reportedly killed cattle and created disturbances in the rural area.
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LaHarpe
W. W. Simpson
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