GOP conventions then and now in Kansas and nation
A reflective column contrasts the 1968 Miami Beach GOP convention with 1972 dynamics. It notes shifts in nominees and rivals, mentions Spiro Agnew and past Kansas figures like Bob Ellsworth and Robert Dole, and assesses prospects for Nixon or McGovern in a concluding national outlook.
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Dewey
Everett Dirksen
Dwight Eisenhower
Dick Nixon
Bob Ellsworth
Lawrence
Agnew
GOP
John Lindsay
John Connally
Nixon
White House
George McGovern
Nixon Kissinger to Meet Tonight in Wake of Paris Talks
President Nixon prepared for a White House meeting with Henry Kissinger as the two discuss Kissinger's world tour and potential moves in Vietnam peace talks. In Saigon Kissinger met South Vietnamese President Thieu for six hours while Shriver accuses Nixon of missing a peace opportunity.
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Henry Kissinger
Apaetet
Vietnam
Saigon
Nixon
South Vietnam
Nguyen van Thieu
Kissinger
Paris
Washington
White House
Sargent Shriver
Herbert G. Klein
State and Defense Departments
National Security Council
Shriver
U.S
France
Wallace to Resume His Therapy Monday
Alabama Governor George Wallace is expected to resume physical therapy Monday at University Hospital. Doctors report the abdominal abscess drained Wednesday is not infected and should heal without complications. The second operation for the abscess comes less than a month after the let wounds from the Laurel Maryland campaign incident.
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Wallace
Birmingham
Ala
Alabama
George Wallace
University Hospital
Laurel
Kay Leads GOP Governor Campaign Tour Through Kansas and Miami
Morris Kay, Republican candidate for governor, journeys with his wife and son on a three day rest near Saratoga Wyoming. He resumes travel with a Sunday trip to the Republican National Convention in Miami and returns Monday night. He campaigned Friday in western Kansas and plans most of today in Topeka.
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Miami Beach
White House
Morris Kay
Saratoga
Kay
Miami
Kansas
Topeka
Brundage Calls Winter Games Scandalous and Parochial
Avery Brundage, stepping down as IOC president after 20 years, condemned the Winter Olympic Games as scandal ridden and parochial and urged their elimination after Denver 1976. He warned of growing commercialism and professionalism and criticized the narrow involvement of national committees.
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Munich
Avery Brundage
International Olympic Committee
Brundage
Blacks Boycott Tune-Up Event Near Munich
Black Olympic athletes from the United States Africa West Indies and Venezuela boycotted a pre-Olympic track meet in Kempten Germany to protest Rhodesian participation. Jamaica coach Herb McKinley said the team voted unanimously not to start if Rhodesians entered the meet.
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Munich
Saigon Struck as Roads Closed by North Vietnamese Attacks
A set of North Vietnamese and Viet Cong assaults closed two major highways into Saigon from the east and south, with a third north of the capital cut anew. South Vietnamese reinforcements mobilized to reopen routes while a fresh push toward Quan Loi aimed to recover the U S base at the rubber plantation 60 miles north. Concurrent air and ground actions included U S B 52 bombers backing Quan Loi and Hue offensives.
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Saigon
An Loc
U.S
Quan Loi
Hue
Associated Press
Michael Putzel
North Vietnam
Ameri
Two Democrats Named to State Platform Sub-Committee
Michael Glover and Michael Manning have been appointed to a Democratic platform sub-committee. They join 50 appointees chosen by state chairman Norbert Dreiling to draft and present a proposed platform to the Platform Committee at its August 29 Topeka meeting.
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Michael Glover
Michael Manning
Kansas University
Democratic Party
Norbert Dreiling
Topeka
Two Held In Drug Cases
Two men were booked into the Douglas County Jail after being returned to Lawrence from out of state on warrants for drug charges. Stan Alan Schlosser, 22, from Ashland City Tennessee, faces possession of marijuana with intent to sell and theft by deception with a $2500 bond. Philbert Eugene Bayless, 25, from Garnett, is jailed on a $5000 bond for sale of dangerous drugs. warrants dated June 28 and July 20, respectively, were issued by local authorities.
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Douglas County
Lawrence
Stan Alan Schlosser
Ashland City
Tenn
Philbert Eugene Bayless
Garnett
Bayless
Schlosser
House backs five year US Soviet missile freeze
The House approved a five year missile freeze 329 to 7 as Congress adjourned for the Republican National Convention and Labor Day. Critics warned it could let the Soviet Union gain nuclear superiority while supporters cited potential cost savings and slowed arms race.
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House
Congress
Yalta
Roman C. Pucinski
D-Ill
Senate
Henry M. Jackson
D-Wash
Nixon
Linwood and Tonganoxie Youths Highlight Leavenworth County Fair Auction
Four 4-H youths from Linwood and Tonganoxie led the ninth annual Leavenworth County Fair auction with top prices. Mike Sheets exhibited the grand champion swine at 1.30 a pound, Venice Lohman showed the grand champion crossbred beef at 76 per 100 pounds, and Danny Woehrman piloted the grand champion crossbred sheep at 1.50 per pound. The four day fair closes today with Pony Pulling Club and Barberhawks performances, plus final judging of 4-H tractor and market hogs.
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Tonganoxie
Linwood
Leavenworth County Fair
Mike Sheets
Venice Lohman
Danny Woehrman
Lansing
J-W Reports On GOP Parley From Miami Beach
The Journal-World will carry daily direct reports with Kansas emphasis from the Republican National Convention in Miami Beach. Dolph C. Simons Jr. will write for the Kansas delegation from the Holiday Inn on 87th Street. Delegates depart Kansas City Sunday for Miami.
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Journal-World
Kansas
Miami Beach
Dolph C. Simons Jr
Simons
Holiday Inn
87Th Street
Kansas City
Miami
Perry Fall Festival Watermelon Feed Tonight
Perry Lions Club and Perry American Legion Post No. 142 sponsor the annual Perry Fall Festival. Watermelon and ice cream will be served after dinner. Events include horseshoe pitching at downtown Perry, bicycle parade, pony pulling, tug of war, chicken dinner, bingo, teen dance with Sienna, carnival rides, games, and a moon walk at the Perry shopping center.
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Perry
Perry Lions Club
Perry American Legion Post No. 142
Hutchinson Denies KPL Plant Annexation Plans
Hutchinson city officials deny rumors that Hutchinson plans to annex the Kansas Power and Light Co. generating plant near the city. City Manager George Pyle says annexation discussions concern a larger northern area, not the KPL plant itself.
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Kansas Power and Light Co
George Pyle
Pyle
Journal-World
KPL
Lawrence
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