Docking Wins Top 1972 Kansas News Story in AP Poll
The 1972 Kansas top story is Gov. Robert Docking’s re election bid for a fourth term, winning 14 first place votes. Other top items include a state education funding ruling, the 1971 bingo law reversal, legislative leadership shifts, the Soviet wheat purchase, Chancellor Chalmers resignation, a liquor raid near Newton, Nixon’s landslide Kansas win, a four year term constitutional amendment, court system revisions, and antiwar demonstrations at KU.
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Kansas
Robert Docking
Associated Press
Docking
Governor’s
T. Laurence Chalmers
University of Kansas
Art Institute of Chicago
Vern Miller
Newton
Nixon
Dwight Eishower
George McGovern
Eisenhower
Adlai E. Stevenson
Supreme Court
Atty. Gen. Miller
Chalmers
Miller
Thai Officials Work to Stall New Munich
Thai officials avoided violence during a Cairo-bound mission to free four Israeli hostages from the Bangkok embassy siege. Four Black September commandos left the Israeli Embassy with Thai officials and the Egyptian ambassador aboard a Thai plane, after negotiations that heeded Munich lessons and ended with no handcuffs.
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Munich
Cairo
Black September
Bangkok
Pakistan
Thailand
Mustafa el Essaway
Dawee Chuttasapya
Israel
Chuttasapya
Palestine Liberation Organization
Ruth Hadass
Nitzan
KU Buildings Closed for New Year Weekend
Kansas University will close buildings Saturday through Monday of the New Year weekend. Buildings reopen 7:30 am to 5:30 pm Tuesday through Jan 5, 8-12 and 15-19, and close Jan 6-7, 13-14, and 20-21. Normal schedules resume Jan 22 with second semester classes beginning.
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Kansas University
Harry M. Buchholz
Truman Widow and Daughter Thank Public for Tributes
In Independence Missouri Bess Truman and her daughter Margaret Daniel thanked citizens for sympathy after Harry S Truman's burial. They praised solemn ceremonies and said tributes would continue with a memorial service on January 5 in Washington.
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Independence
Harry S. Truman
Truman
Bess Truman
Margaret Daniel
Citywide New Year's Observance Curtails Weekend Activities
Local government offices federal state Kansas University county and city will be closed Monday New Year 1973. Sanitation routes delayed. library closes early Saturday and reopens Tuesday with Sunday hours thereafter. Post Office operates on holiday schedule. banks closed Monday. stores mostly closed with some shops on shortened hours.
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Federal
State
Kansas University
Wayne Mayo
U.S
Lawrence
Mishap Involves Police Cruiser at 10th and Vermont
A Lawrence patrol cruiser collided with a westbound car driven by 16 year old Kevin L Marshall at 6 39 p m Thursday at 10th and Vermont. Marshall said he stopped at a stop sign and pulled into the intersection. Police reported $500 damage to the other car and $300 to the cruiser. No injuries were listed. Patrolman Jimmie J Stroud, 30, was at the wheel of the police car. Officers noted four other crashes in the same period.
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Lawrence
10Th
Vermont
Jimmie J. Stroud
Kevin L. Marshall
Topeka
Marshall
Runicy Funeral Home Ad Notices Home Service
An advertisement from Runicy Funeral Home lists home service options and contact details at 843 511 for arrangements typical of local funeral notices.
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Runicy Funeral Home
Suspended Term For KU Student In Dormitory Shooting
A three year suspended sentence was given in Douglas County District Court to Wilbert L. Mathews 23 Kansas City Kansas for criminal injury to a person. He pleaded guilty to shooting Hubert Matthews 20 also of Kansas City in the shoulder on July 17 in Wilbert Matthews dorm Oliver Hall. Hubert Matthews was treated at Watkins Memorial Hospital and not admitted.
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Douglas County
Wilbert L. Mathews
Kansas City
Kan
Mathews
Hubert Matthews
Wilbert Mathews
Oliver Hall
Kansas University
Watkins Memorial Hospital
Rockefeller Offered Presidency at West Virginia Wesleyan
John D. Rockefeller IV, former West Virginia Secretary of State and 1972 Democratic gubernatorial nominee, was offered the presidency of West Virginia Wesleyan College. If he accepts he would take the post March 1, 1973 with a decision expected by January 3. Wesleyan, an 82 year old four year liberal arts college affiliated with the United Methodist Church, is based in Buckhannon.
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United Methodist Church
Rockefeller
West Virginia
Arch A. Moore Jr
Plane Crash in Nebraska Kills Seven
Five members of a North Glenn Colorado family and a couple from Thornton Colorado died when a single engine Cherokee PA-32 leased from Lease-A-Plane crashed near Amherst Buffalo County Nebraska The victims included Larry Hall 31 and his wife Sharon 29 their three children Larry Susan and Aaron and Douglas Stanley 24 and his wife Annette 22 The wreck occurred nine miles north and one mile east of Amherst as the plane en route from Denver to Omaha was to visit Mr and Mrs Carter in Omaha FAA and NTSB investigators took charge of the probe.
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Amherst
Neb
North Glenn
Colo
Thornton
Here
Deiver
Denver
Omaha
Buffalo County Sheriff's Office
Larry Hall
Sharon
Larry
Susan
Aaron
Douglas Stanley
Annette
Halls
Stanleys
C. L. Carter
Hall
Carter
Colorado
Detroit
Mich
Buffalo County
Vern Newbold
Rex .Hand
George Klunder
Federal Aviation Administration
Lee Martin
National Transportation Safety Board
FAA
Kansas City
Stanley
Kearney
Extradition hearing for Bradford D. Charles extended to Jan 11
The Wyandotte County Court continued the extradition hearing for Bradford D. Charles of Lawrence and Raytown until January 11. The case, now in its third postponement, lists Charles as a fugitive from Pawnee County Nebraska for drug regulation violations. A cash stash found near Lawrence, estimated at over 18000 dollars, figures in the matter and is held by the Douglas County Sheriff.
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Bradford D. Charles
Rt. 2
Lawrence
Raytown
Wyandotte
Wyandotte County
Charles
Pawnee County
Neb
Douglas County Sheriff's Department
Kansas Bureau of Investigation
Twins Born Christmas Eve Succeed at KU Medical Center
A twin boy and girl born to Mr and Mrs Karl Johnson at 1510 Craig Court Lawrence are listed in satisfactory condition at Kansas City KU Medical Center after transfer from Lawrence Memorial Hospital. The boy remains in the nursery while the girl is in the intensive care unit.
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Karl Johnson
Craig Cr
Kansas University Medical Center
Kansas City
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Cartoon Charac ters Boost PSA Flights at SFO
At San Francisco International Airport a troupe of 13 Warner Brothers characters led by Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck entertains travelers in the PSA lounge. Bob Claus of Cartoon Characters Inc directs the act to ease nerves and raise smiles, touring since December and covering over 20 000 miles. PSA aims to “putting the fun back into flying” with in flight contests and playful staffing.
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San Francisco
Bugs Bunny
Carrot
Doc
Daffy Duck
Sam
Pacific Southwest Airlines
Merry Bedlam
Yosemite
Warner Brothers
Claus
Hap
Piness
San Jose
Cathy McIntosh
PSA
J. Boyd Andrews
Dwane Wittmayer
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THE
Morris Kay
House
Johnson County District Court
California
Kansas Supreme Court
Glee Smith
Larned
Senate
Calvin Strowig
Abilene
Robert Bennett
Prairie Village
Duane S
Pete” McGill
Winfield
Raney Drug Stores
Delivay Prencipiom
Patrick M. Cassidy
Truman Library
Washington
National
Randall Jessee
White Frame
Trumans
Jessee
Mrs. Truman
Margaret
Bess
Clifton Daniel
New York Times
Daniel
May Wallace
Lawrence Public Library
John Rockefeller
P&q Tree Service
Nebraska
FFA
LHS Cafeteria
San Francisco Airport
DAL
20Th Century-Fox
Aaron Rosenberg
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