This Week in Kingsport Public Activities
A listings column for Kingsport Times-News invites community notices. Three days’ notice preferred. Events include a Civilisation film at the Public Library on Wednesday at 4 pm, a Wildflower Walk in Holston Defense area on April 19, a Gate City Rebekah Lodge luncheon and bake sale on April 20, and a United Methodist Women rummage sale April 20 21 at the old Hart Tile Building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kingsport
City Desk
Holston Defense Area
Civic Auditorium
Gate City
Rebekah Lodge No. 86
United Methodist Women of Community Methodist Church
Allandale Mansion Opens for Summer Hours and Exhibits
Allandale Mansion managed by the Association for the Preservation of Tennessee Antiquities in Kingsport offers summer hours weekdays 10 am to 4 pm and Sundays 1 30 pm to 4 30 pm. Group tours can be arranged by phone. The Fine Arts Center features Winslow Homer exhibits through April 20 and Ann Staats weavings in the lobby. hours daily 9 am to 5 pm on weekdays and 12 pm to 4 pm Saturdays. Brenda Mullins art is on display in the Mead Auditorium of the public library during regular hours through April 26.
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Allandale
Association For the Preservation of Tennessee Antiquities For the
City of
Kingsport
Fine Arts Center
Winslow Homer
Tustrator
Ann Staats
Brenda Mullins
Mead Auditorium
Public Library
Terrace Cinderella ends Thursday at State-Life and Times film show
The cinema lists Terrace Cinderella and Martin Charlotte’s Web and Strand Zaat with final showings on Thursday. Judge Roy Bean and Charlie and the Angel also close on Thursday as part of a limited run.
Fires Report From Kingsport And Surrounding Areas
Multiple fire calls across Kingsport and nearby areas report light to heavy damage. Incidents include a 4 vehicle garage blaze at 1005 Maple St caused by a cigarette, a Market fire on Bloomingdale and Broad with the business remaining open, and a bonfire on General Shale Products Corp. property.
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Kingsport Fire Department
Geraldine Westmoreland
Maple St
Xingeport Fire Department
Gateway Market
Bloomingdale and
Broad
General Shale Products Corp
Kingsport
Sullivan County Volunteer Fire Department
Franceola Barnes
Anderson Heights
Blountville
Mitchells Push for Watergate Senate Testimony
Martha Mitchell wants to testify before the Senate Watergate committee. Her husband, former Attorney General John N. Mitchell, said she would be delighted to testify, while the committee has remained tight lipped on invited witnesses. The Mitchells moved from Watergate to New York last September amid ongoing probe tensions. Mrs. Mitchell claims her husband met with President Nixon, a claim the White House press secretary dismissed.
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Mitchell
FBI
Democratic Party
Watergate
Mitchells
New York
Nixon
White House
Ronald L. Ziegler
Pentagon Critics Demand Shutdown Of More Bases
Critics of the Nixon defense budget press for further base closures abroad after 274 job producing installations were shut down at home. Senators Kennedy Proxmire Mansfield Cranston and others argue overseas bases cost 90 billion and hurt the U.S. economy while home job losses loom in Boston Newport and Ft Wolters cases.
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Pentagon
Washington
UPI
Nixon
U.S
Edward M. Kennedy
D-Mass
Boston Naval Shipyard
George McGovern
Michael Harrington
D-Mess
William Proxmire
D-Wis
Proxmire
Senate
Democratic
Mike Mansfield
Congress
Mansfield
Europe
Alan Cranston
D-Calif
United States
Cranston
Texas
Ft. Wolters
Vietnam
Sen
John Tower
R-Tex
New Jersey
Ft. Dix
Defense Department
William Cahill
Rhode Island
Newport
Millionaire Tells Escape Story From Mexican Prison
San Francisco based millionaire Joe D. Kaplan recounts his dramatic 1971 helicopter escape from Santa Marta Acatitla prison northeast of Mexico City. He now tells how his sister funded and planned the breakout amid prior gunrunning charges and political entanglements.
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San Francisco
UPS
Joe D. Kaplan
Caribbean
Santa Marta Acatitla
Mexico City
Japlan
San Francisco Bay Area
New Mexico
CIA
Kaplan
New York City
Louis Melchor Vidal
Fidel Castro
Judy Dewis
Santa Fe, N.M
Irma
Mexico
Carlos Contreras Castro
Castro
Nixon weighs Kissinger return to Paris after Laos strikes
White House sources say Nixon may send Henry Kissinger back to Paris within 10 days for talks with North Vietnam's Le Duc Tho as U S bombs Laos in response to a Communist attack. Senator McGovern condemns expansion of Southeast Asia bombing and calls for rebuilding America. Congress shows little antiwar momentum over the transfer authority.
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Washington
UFI
Nixon
Laos
Henry A. Kissinger
Paris
White House
U.S
Capitol Hill
Sen
George 5
McGovern
Cambodia
Southeast Asia
America
Kissinger
le Duc Tho
North Vietnam
AIM Leaders Plead Innocent To Wounded Knee Charges
Two AIM leaders Russell Means and Clyde Bellecourt pleaded innocent to 11 federal indictments tied to the Feb 27 seizure and occupation of Wounded Knee. They face counts including wounding U S Marshal Lloyd Grimm and FBI agents Curtis Fitzgerald and Joanne Pierce as the siege continued. Bail rules restrict travel and returning to Wounded Knee without Justice Department planning.
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Pierre
UPI
AIM
Wounded Knee
ATM
Russell Means
Clyde Bellecourt
U.S
Lloyd Grimm
James Wilson
Means
Bellecourt
South Dakota
Justice Department
Ruckelshaus Seeks Easing of Auto Emission Standards
EPA chief William D. Ruckelshaus was to urge Congress to ease the 1876 auto emission standard. He explained a one year delay granted to automakers and noted nitrogen oxide risks, while defending the reprieve as not harming air quality.
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Washington
UPI
Environmental Protection Agency
EPA
William D. Ruckelshaus
Congress
Ruckelshaus
Senate
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Kansas City
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New Orelans
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St. Louis
Switzerland
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J. D. Bacon
Garland St
Herbert Sperling
Spearling
Millionaire
Central Intelligence Agency
Mafia
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Gerald L. Warren
Joanne Pierce
Pierce
DIAL
J.C. Bradford & Company
E. Center St
Cumberland Capital
Rangaport
Fort Henry
P.O. Box
Jerry Crowe
Manat
Anderson
Insurance Agency
F. Center Ave
Tenn
Bank OF Tennessee
Kingsport, Tenn
Board of Directors
W. B. Greene, Sr
Parkway Plaza
P.O. Bar
Ten
Herman W. Blevins
James W. Cawood
Duke IV
Allen Exum, M.D
Holiday Smith
W.B. Greene, Sr
Frank M. Mernan
John H
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