Connally Attacks Meany as Wage Price Freeze Faces Union Rift
Secretary Connally criticizes AFL-CIO President Meany on NBC Today amid a growing split between the administration and labor over Nixon's 90 day wage price freeze. Union leaders plan to meet to discuss protest while thousands of workers walk off jobs across sectors.
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Weather overview for Northeast Kansas a warm day ahead
Partly cloudy with scattered thundershowers possible through Friday. Winds from 10 to 20 mph this afternoon, shifting to northwest 10 to 15 mph tonight. High around 90 Friday, low mid to upper 50s. Rain chance 30 percent tonight, 20 percent Friday. Official readings show high 92, low 62 yesterday. record highs and lows noted for the date.
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Gillespie Plans Presidential Run May Cause Party Shift
Dizzy Gillespie announces he will seek the presidency next year and has not chosen a party. The jazz trumpeter said the idea followed a conversation with President Nixon and he hopes to mobilize newly enfranchised young voters.
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Office Thieves Have Got It All
Fall River Massachusetts AP reports John C. Thomas says his used car office has been burglarized over 20 times in four years. He placed an ad in the Fall River Herald News listing stolen items including tools checks many cars and an air conditioner. He jokes that since thieves have all protection he will leave the door unlocked and not lock up.
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Indira Gandhi Plans First Foreign Trip this October
Prime Minister Indira Gandhi will undertake her first international visit since the election, traveling to France Britain and the United States in late October. Dates to be announced by United News of India.
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Former NEA Leader Criticizes Nixon Wage Policy
Mrs Helen Bain of Nashville told a Kansas NEA workshop that President Nixon ignores education and that the wage price freeze harms public schools. She replaced the ill Donald Morrison as session speaker and urged teachers to become politically active to influence policy.
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Nashville, Tenn
County Jail Strained by Overcrowding and Aging Facilities
County jail capacity sits at 27 but monthly bookings and juvenile transfers push the facility toward overflow. Prisoners are farmed out to other counties or Lawrence Municipal Jail as deputies enforce safety with two armed officers at cellblock doors. Visitors face tight controls and limited access due to crowding, aging infrastructure, and staffing.
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Vinland Fair Kicks Off 64th Annual Grange Event
The Vinland Grange Fair began in Douglas County today marking its 64th year. A tractor pull and lunch by the Grange opened the event with livestock judging scheduled Friday and Saturday, mule jumping and pony pulling on Friday, with Vinland Extension Homemakers serving meals. Officers include Herve Hoskinson president and Marlin Nichols vice president with committee members John W Deay Max Moore and Hubert Hoskinson. Vinland lies nine miles southeast of Lawrence on county road 1055, an extension of Haskell Avenue.
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Arraignment Set On Drug Charge for Olathe Man
Lynn T. Wilson age 20 of Olathe faces arraignment in Douglas County District Court on September 3 for illegal sale of PCP. A July 14 arrest followed July 8 heroin oriented drug raids in Lawrence. Wilson remains free on 10000 dollar bond. A preliminary for James V. Spotts III continued. Sports charged with heroin sale remains jailed with 10000 dollar bond.
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Two Attend Kansas Teachers Workshop in Topeka
Catherine Van Reekum president of the Lawrence Education Assn and Raymond Wilbur president elect attended a three day Kansas State Teachers Assn workshop in Topeka. The session closed at noon. A major topic was the presidential wage freeze order issued Sunday night and its impact on negotiated teaching contracts set to take effect after the August 14 freeze date.
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Lawrence Education Assn
Raymond Wilbur
Kansas State Teachers Assn
Topeka
Dock Strike Continues as Negotiations Seen Next Week
West Coast longshore leader Harry Bridges vows the 49 day old ILWU strike will persist in full force while negotiations with the Pacific Maritime Association are expected to resume next week. Bridges calls for wage talks and escrow funds if needed, amid a PMA Teamsters jurisdiction dispute and mediation proposals.
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Atom Bomb Origin Tied to Montrose Colorado Uranium
The first atomic bomb used uranium sourced from Montrose County Colorado. The report notes the ore supply tied to Colorado before refining and deployment in wartime efforts.
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Pool Attendance Declines in July at Lawrence Pool
Lawrence's municipal pool saw July turnout of 15,567, down from 18,339 in June due to cool weather and weekend rains. Income for July was 3,742.55, compared with 8,025.96 in June, while 1970 attendance for July was 11,925 during civil disturbances.
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Semmes assumes command of Naval War College in Newport
Vice Adm Benedict J Semmes has taken command of the Naval War College in Newport as the 35th officer to head the 85 year old institution.
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Benedict J. Semmes
Naval War College
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