Kansas GOPs Refuse Docking Evening Message Plan
Kansas GOP leaders reject Governor Docking's request to deliver his 6:15 p.m. joint session address on Tuesday Jan 1 1972 saying it conflicts with legislator plans. Democrats offer alternative times after noon Jan 11 1972 and note prior 1971 rejection of an evening address.
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Topeka
Kan
Kansas
Robert Docking
Docking
Harold Herd
D-Coldwater
Richard C. Loux
Wichita
Reynolds Shultz
Senate
Glee Smith Jr
Larned
Calvin Strowig
Abilene
House
Kansas House
GOP
Strowig
Thomas van Cleave
Man Hangs In Skylight In Detroit Bar Supply Store
Detroit police respond to a prowler report on the East Side and find 23 year old Johann Drescher hanging head down in a skylight frame. Firemen cut him down after a four to five hour ordeal. he claims he never entered the building. Judge Olsen sets bond at 1000 dollars as Drescher faces breaking and entering charges.
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Detroit
Johann Drescher
Drescher
Frank Wiecek
Samuel
Olsen
Crash Kills Couple in Kansas Collision
A Colorado couple Ernest M. Ashmore 63 and Minnié Ashmore 51 were killed and their daughter Rebecca 10 was injured in a two vehicle crash at the U S 169 and Kansas 47 junction near Thayer Kansas Rebecca Ashmore was listed in fair condition at Neosho Memorial Hospital Chanute James L Foster 28 Caney Kansas the other driver was hospitalized in Chanute.
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Thayer
Kan
Colorado
Kansas
Ernest M. Ashmore
Minnié Ashmore
Pueblo
Colo
Highway Patrol
Rebecca Ashmore
Neosho Memorial Hospital
Chanute
James L. Foster
Caney
U.S. 169
Kansas 47
Erik Preminger Divorce Ends Marriage of Four Years
Barbara Ann Preminger, wife of Erik Kirkland Preminger, won custody of their 3 year old son Christopher and alimony in a State Supreme Court divorce. She cited cruel and inhuman treatment. Erik Preminger, 27, did not contest and had recently used his father Otto Preminger’s name.
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New York
Erik Kirkland Preminger
Otto Preminger
Gypsy Rose Lee
Barbara Ann
State Supreme Court
Christmas 1971 Generosity Spreads Beyond Holidays
Hundreds receive help in 1971 as Americans turn generosity into lasting aid. Stories include a Birmingham officer turning $6 into groceries for a needy family and $3,000 donated to charity, an 8 year old seeking a wheelchair for his brother, and a Santa Patrol in Lynwood. Jean Logan mobilizes volunteers to feed 3000 families in three months using a roadside signup.
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Pakistan
Northern Ireland
Harry L. Jones
Birmingham
Ala
Jones
Manhattan
Santa Claus
Seattle
Seattle Times
Lynwood
Calif
Santa Patrol
Florence
Mass
South Vietnam
Lucien Pepins
Bernard A. Pepin
Vietnam
Wash
Seattle-Tacoma International
Poplar Bluff
Water system contract awarded for Kickapoo Reservation
The Department of Health Education and Welfare awards a $19,638.59 contract to Haug Construction Co. of Holton for building a water distribution system on the Kickapoo Indian Reservation in Brown County.
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Topeka
Kan
Kickapoo Indian Reservation
Brown County
Haug Construction Co
Holton
Department of Health Education and Welfare
Pay Raise Approved for Manhattan City Employees
IRS approval grants a 10 percent pay raise for all Manhattan city employees retroactive to January 1. City manager D. C. Wesche says the increase follows a voter backed plan funded by a half cent sales tax to improve police fire protection and services. Patrol starting salaries rise from 480 to 530 dollars monthly and firemen from 455 to 505 dollars.
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Manhattan
Kan
Manhattan City
Internal Revenue Service
D. C
Wesche
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Norge
Haskell
THE
Associated Press
Daily American Republic
Jean Logan
Washington
Hew
Clouds Douomonine Sales and Service
Frane
Massachusetts
Blockbuster Sale Now
Box Springs
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