Weathermen foiled in New York bank bombing plot
Six Weather Underground members were seized near the First National City Bank on Madison Avenue. Detectives say they planned to bomb the bank in tribute to a Chicago raid death, with fuses lit on gasoline-filled bottles as President Nixon prepared to speak in New York. Robin Palmer is named among the detainees.
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New York
East Side
Chicago
Fred Hampton
First National City Bank
Madison Avenue
Fast 91St Street
New York City
Nixon
National Association of Manufacturers
Robin Palmer
Black Ethos Debut by KU Black Troup at Woodruff Hall
The Black Performing Arts Troup at the University of Kansas will debut tonight at 8 in Woodruff Auditorium Kansas Union. The 35 member group presents Black Ethos a varied program of choral pieces African dance and short plays. Edward Eddy organized the troupe with Julio Meade and Duke Lambert guiding choreography. The free show is sponsored by Student Union Activities.
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Kansas University
Woodruff Auditorium
Kansas Union
Edward Eddy
University of Kansas
Julio Meade
St. Albans
N.Y
Duke Lambert
Berbice
Guyana
Junior
Meade
Panama
Lambert
West Indies
Three Banks Cut Consumer Loan Rates Nationwide
Three major banks lowered rates for small loans as part of a downward money-cost trend. Chase Manhattan in New York reduced consumer installment loans up to 5000 dollars by about 0.5 percent. Bank of America in San Francisco and Wells Fargo also announced similar cuts. Several banks are considering similar steps. Conventional mortgages were not affected.
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Chase Manhattan Bank of
New York
San Francisco
Bank of America
Wells Fargo Bank
Just Joe Flies Breezy Amateur Plane in Coffeyville
Joe Funk, vice president of Funk Manufacturing Co., flies his Breezy, an amateur built pusher plane designed by Carl Unger. The open cockpit craft uses a Rolls Royce 100 hp engine, reaches 85 mph, and has a 12 000 ft ceiling. Funk began flying in 1929 and plans show outfits for air shows and cold weather.
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Joe Funk
Coffeyville
Litchfield
Coffeyville, Kan
Funk
Carl Unger
Chicago
Funk Manufacturing Co
Experimental Aircraft Association
Rockford, Ill
Fire damages clothing in home dryer incident
Firemen report a dryer overheating caused an estimated 250 damage at 3 34 p m Thursday at the home of Philip Young 937 Mich Lawrence.
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Philip Young
Lawrence
Kansas Penal Budget Cut Proposals Prompt Hearing
Kansas budget officials and lawmakers heard appeals on proposed cuts totaling 2.82 million from the penal system for fiscal 1972. The Board of Probation and Parole and the Director of Penal Institutions urged 12.60 million while the Budget Division recommended 9.78 million, with capital improvements excluded.
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Kansas
Topeka
Ain
State Board of Probation and Parole
Board of Probation and Parole
Hutchinson
Hill Withdraws Curfew Appeal
Lance FE Hill, 19, of 1213 Oread, withdrew an appeal of a Lawrence Municipal Court curfew violation conviction. He was sentenced August 28 to six months in jail and a $100 fine, then dismissed his appeal and remains in the municipal jail, charged with violating the April 22 state curfew in effect in Lawrence while free on bond.
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Lance FE. Hill
Oread
Lawrence
Douglas County
Soviet Union rotates ambassador posts in Caribbean shift
Moscow says Alexander A. Soldatov will be replaced as ambassador to Cuba by Nikita F. Tolubeyev, former Cyprus envoy. Tass notes Soldatov, a career diplomat since 1941 and ex envoy to Britain, is reassigned to unspecified duties.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
Alexander A. Soldatov
Cuba
Nikita F. Tolubeyev
Cyprus
Tass
Soldatov
Britain
Building Delay On Institution Hit At Hearing
At a Topeka hearing Kansas House leaders criticized delays in the new state correctional facility for youthful offenders. They noted funding for planning dates back to 1966 and 1965 while budget officials proposed cuts from 12.60 million to 9.78 million for the next fiscal year. Governor Docking will review the information before final recommendations.
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Topeka
Kansas House
Rex Morgen
R-Asherville
House Public Health and Welfare Committee
Ways and Means
Calvin Strowig
Abilene
Robert N. Woodson
Robert Docking
Penal Institutions and State Board of Probation and Parole
Wedding Ring Left Hand Meaning Origins
The custom of wearing the wedding ring on the brides left hand originated to imply submission to the husband in an era when the right hand symbolized power and authority.
Call for independent federal agency to lead cancer fight
A 26 member panel urged creation of a government body to coordinate cancer research clinics grants and data. They warned one in four Americans may fall ill if unchecked and estimate cancer costs at 15 billion annually with a $1 billion yearly funding goal within five years.
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Washington
Senate Committee On Labor and Public Welfare
National Cancer Institute
Institute
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
American Cancer Society
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KU Black Troup
THE
Associated Press
Joe
State General Fund
Capi
Hill
Norelco Electric
Downtown
Mass
Hillcrest
Iowa
North American Philips Corporation
East 42Nd Street
Special Agency In Cancer War
American Public Health Association
United States
L&m
E. 23Rd St
Roxey
AG Grocers
Crystal Bas
ABC
Audit Bureau of Circulations
the Journal-World
Bureau of Standards
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