Town Prepares a Last Salute for Eisenhower
Abilene Kansas readies for General Eisenhower burial with soldiers and civilian technicians laying more than 5000 dollars worth of flowers along the walk to All Faiths Meditation chapel. Lt Gen Mack arrives to oversee ceremonies as town honors the former Five Star general.
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Ray Morgan
Star
Kansas
Abilene
Kas
Eisenhower
Eisen
All Faiths Meditation Chapel
W. P. Mack
Mustangs Freed From Snow Ridge As Patrols Guard For Poachers
Dozens of Nevada wild mustangs gathered from a 28 mile Pine Nut ridge where 70 horses were trapped by snow. Air patrols continue to guard the herd from poachers while haydrops to feed them recede as snow melts.
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Minden
Nev
Ed Court
Nevada
Rice University president to receive honorary high school diploma
Houston AP trustees voted unanimously to award Dr. Frank E. Vandiver, 43, an honorary high school diploma. Vandiver, son of a UT mathematics professor, holds a UT master’s and a Tulane doctorate. He chose Robert E. Lee High School as his preferred name.
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Tex
Rice University
Frank E. Vandiver
Vandiver
University of Texas
Tulane University
Robert E. Lee
Tail Wagging Mishap Leaves House Without Heat
Sputnik the collie got his tail caught in a drive shaft at the Pretty mans home. The oil burner jammed causing the heat to go off and the dog howled until SPCA agent Thomas Hughes freed him. The motor and pump were burned out. the family lost heat.
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Philadelphia
Sputnik
Frank Prettyman
Thomas Hughes
Society For the Prevention of Cruelty To Animals
Hughes
Prettymans
Congress in Checkpoint Over Budget Revisions and Nixon Spending Goal
Mansfield and Dirksen urge White House guidance before action on budget measures and appropriations. Nixon aims to cap federal outlays below 195.3 billion dollars as talks continue on fiscal plans amid ongoing administrative revisions.
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Congress
Nixon
Mike Mansfield
D-Mont
Senate
Everett Dirksen
R-Ill
School vote is light in Kansas City district polls
Few Kansas City district patrons are deciding on a bond issue proposition and a levy increase as voters head to the polls amid a light turnout.
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Kansas City
Kansas City school levy and bond vote count shown early
Light morning turnout across districts as voters weigh a 4.60 mills levy to fund schools and a 12 million dollar bond to build three new schools and improve two. Precinct results include 162 votes in 8th ward 11th and 12th precincts and 130 at Van Horn in Independence.
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Kansas City
Plaza Country Club
Independence
Forty Third Street
Cleveland
van Horn School
20Th Ward
Nowlin Junior High School
Vaushar Tilly opposes tax funds for farmer fattening foods
Vaushar Tilly writes in 1940 that she refuses to let her income tax support farmers who raise fattening foods. She argues against government spending on agriculture geared toward increasing meat and dairy production.
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Tilly
Near Crisis in Building Here
A city strike began among iron workers painters and lumber truck drivers allied with Iron Workers Local 10 Painters District Council No 3 and Teamsters Local 541 potentially halting Kansas City construction. Pickets formed at lumber yards and job sites while talks set for today could end or prolong work stoppage affecting foundations columns and sap.
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Michael D. Miller
Star
Kansas City
Iron Workers Local No
Painters District Council
Teamsters
Karl Rogers
Lumber Dealers Association
Rogers
Bill R. Richardson
Painters Council
Painters
Builders Association
Robert Pfister
Iron Workers
De Gaulle Returns From Eisenhower Funeral in Paris
President Charles de Gaulle flew back to Paris landing at Orly ten minutes early after attending Dwight D. Eisenhower's funeral.
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DE Gaulle
Paris
Charles de Gaulle
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Orly
Hashish Seizure In Nuernberg Nets Sixteen Arrests
Police in Nuernberg seized 110 pounds of hashish valued at 25 000 dollars and arrested 16 people including 13 Americans and one Briton.
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Nuernberg
Germany
Former Harvard Dean Wilbur Bender dies at 65
Cambridge Massachusetts Wilbur J Bender former dean of admissions and financial aid at Harvard College died at his home yesterday He was 65 and had served in the dean's office for many years leaving to retirement last year his death was announced by Harvard authorities
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Washington
Edmund S. Muskie
Maine
Japan
Britain
Canada
Muskie
Cambridge
Mass
Wilbur J. Bender
Harvard College
Red Cross Airlift Delivers Supplies to Biafra
A Red Cross aircraft delivered 11 tons of aid to secessionist Biafra overnight. The dispatch was reported from Cotonou in Dahomey with details unclear about the crews and exact destinations within Biafra.
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Cotonou
Dahomey
Red Cross
Biafra
Weather forecast for Kansas City and vicinity
The Weather Bureau predicts warmer, partly cloudy and unsettled conditions tonight with a chance of showers or thunder showers. Westerly winds, low middle 40s. Highs in the 60s with 20 percent rain tonight and 10 percent tomorrow. Humidity and barometer readings provided. river stage today at 11 feet with a 1.3 foot rise.
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Weather Bureau
Kansas City
Kansas housing bill expands powers for civil rights group
The Kansas House passed a fair housing bill by 1120 granting the State Commission on Civil Rights authority to initiate complaints and enforce orders by court action. The Senate version lacked these powers, which the House added. The measure bans discrimination in housing sales, rentals, and loan access, with an exception for an owner occupying a dwelling with fewer than four rental units.
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Robert H. Clark
Star
Topeka
Kansas
State Commission On Civil Rights
House
Senate
Laird orders cuts in military spending and B-52 sorties
Secretary of Defense Melvin Laird announced plans to trim about 613 million dollars from the 1970 defense budget. He will reduce B 52 bomber sorties and trim naval ships, defer SRAM missiles, and stretch or delay projects to match postwar budget pressures.
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Defense
Vietnam
Washington
Melvin R. Laird
Laird
House
Armed Services Committee
Pentagon
Nixon
Senate Armed Services Committee
Creighton W. Abrams
U. S
Abrams
Senate Restores 150000 for Hospital Hill Medical School
The Missouri Senate approved restoring 150000 for the Hospital Hill medical school in Kansas City by a 17 to 14 vote. The move, backed by Sen. Jack Gant and others, overturns the appropriations committee and aligns with House approval, enabling planning to begin within three months.
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Henry Clay Gold
The
Star
Missouri
Jefferson City
Hospital Hill
Kansas City
Missouri Senate Today
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Appropriations Committee
House
University of Missouri
Jack Gant
Independence
Donald L. Manford
Lem T. Jones, Jr
William §. Morris
Jasper Brancato
Supreme Court backs unions in penalizing workers over quotas
The Supreme Court ruled 7 to 1 that unions may discipline members who exceed production quotas set by the union. Justice Byron R. White wrote that fines and suspensions for Wisconsin Motor Corp. piece workers, among four operators fined $50 to $109, are internal policy and not forbidden by federal labor law.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Byron R. White
United Auto Workers ' Union
Wisconsin Motor Corp
Milwaukee
Wisconsin Motor Corporation
Justice White
Supreme Court to decide if Negroes can use private park facilities
The Supreme Court agreed to hear a civil rights case from Fairfax County Virginia on whether Negroes have the right to use private all white community parks and swimming pools. A Negro family renting a home was barred from facilities and sued for civil rights violations.
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U. S. Supreme Court
Washington
Supreme Court
Fairfax County
Virginia
Last Jone
Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia
High Court
Eisenhower Train Carrying President To Abilene
Crowds gathered as Dwight D. Eisenhower’s body was transported by train toward burial in Abilene. The journey passed through Virginia, the Alleghenies, and Ohio with somber tribute at trackside as officials canceled planned services at Cincinnati Union Terminal due to the family’s request.
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Dwight David Eisenhower
Abilene
Virginia
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Ohio River
Cincinnati
Union Terminal
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James A. Rhodes
Ohio
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