Computers Aid AP to Provide News Reports
The Associated Press moved to electronic delivery in 1970, launching six regional computer systems starting in the Southeast from Atlanta to expand state reports and enterprise coverage. The system uses facsimile, telitype, and satellite links to speed domestic and foreign reporting, with new sports, Living Today, and science pages.
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New York
Associated Press
News Report
Wes Gallagher
Gallagher
Living Today
Indochina
Moscow
Brazil
Vietnam
Latin America
Pakistan
United States
Atlanta
Newsbreak
Ap-Dow Jones
Australia
John Fairfax Limited
Yugoslavia
Germany
Norway
Escapees Flee In Stolen Car From Reform School
Three inmates escaped from the Kansas State Industrial Reformatory, stealing a car and fleeing the area. An 18 year old Marion County jail fugitive, Stephan Tugene Greer, was tracked to a farmhouse by a resident dog after a three hour pursuit. Other escaped inmates included Gary Dean Farrar 19 Glen Henson 23 and Daniel Hill 26.
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Hutchinson, Kan
Kansas State Industrial Reformatory
Marion
Stephan Tugene Greer
Freedom
Reformatory
Gary Dean Farrar
Saline County
Glen Henson
Corpus Christi
Tex
Barber County
Daniel Hill
Orlando
Fla
AFL CIO Opens Winter Meeting With Labor Demands
The AFL CIO opened its winter conference in Miami Beach with a broad attack on Nixon economic policy and a push for public service jobs, national health insurance, and import quotas. Andrew Biemiller outlined goals to create jobs, raise the minimum wage, protect workers rights, and expand federal aid. Merger talks were announced by Retail Clerks and Amalgamated Meat Cutters to form a large national union.
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Miami Beach
Afl-Cio
Nixon
White House
Andrew J. Biemiller
Federation
Congress
AFL Cio
The
Labor Movement
U.S
Cil
Key Biscayne
Biemiller
National Constructors Association
Consumer Protection Agency
Retail Clerks International Association
Amalgamated Meat Cutters & Butcher Workmen
University of the Pacific President Robert Burns Dies
Robert Burns, 61, president of the University of the Pacific since 1946, died Saturday in Cameron Hospital Stockton after returning from a world trip to visit overseas students. He led the university through postwar years and expanded international programs.
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Stockton
Calif
Robert Burns
University of the Pacific
Burns
Cameron Hospital
Wheat Growth High in Summer
Sumner County led Kansas in 1970 wheat production with 10.69 million bushels, topping Reno County, Ford, and Thomas. The statewide crop totaled 299.01 million bushels, while Sumner’s output was 12 percent below 1969. Brown County posted the highest average yield at 41 bushels, with Scott and Haskell at 40.2.
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Topeka
Sumner
Kansas Crop and Livestock Reporting Service
Reno County
Ford County
Thomas County
Sumner County
Brown County
Scott
Haskell
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Sherman Crouse
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Hormel Cure
Falley's Own
Angel Food
Nestles
Falley
Gov't
Food King
Oo Ninan Apei
KTAL
California
Campbells Tomato Soup
Blackburns Waffle
C. A. Michigan
Jonathan
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Old Milwaukee
Shasta
Iowa
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