Banks face congressional probes over regulation and loans
Senators and a House panel will question Comptroller James E. Smith on bank regulation amid reports both Citibank and Chase Manhattan face intensified supervision from the OCC. Smith cites rising questionable loans while banks deny distress as Citicorp slides and Chase shares fall.
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Washington
William Proxmire
Dwis
James E. Smith
Senate Banking Committee
Benjamin S. Rosenthal
D-N.y
House
Smith
New York
First National City Bank
Citibank
Chase Manhattan Bank
Chase
Wall Street Journal
New York Stock Exchange
Citicorp
Suit accuses FDIC of aiding Smith crimes in bank collapse
Kansas City financier M J Coen sues in federal court alleging the FDIC and OCC knew as far back as 1962 of irregularities at C Arnholt Smith’s U S National Bank but did not act. The complaint seeks to declare Smith controlled firms as altered egos and bar settlements over 10 000.
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San Diego
Calif
Kansas City
M.J. Coen
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
C. Arnholt Smith
Coen
British Columbia Investment Co
FDIC
James Smith
Smith
U.S. National Bank
United States National Bank
Westgate California Corp
Westgate California
Kaw Valley Landscapes guides river valley travelers
A new guide book by James Shortridge of Kansas University titled Kaw Valley Landscapes A Guide to Eastern Kansas covers a 350 mile tour of ten northeastern Kansas counties. The routes cross I 70 linking Wyandotte Johnson Leavenworth Douglas Jefferson Jackson Shawnee Pottawatomie Wabaunsee and Osage. The book emphasizes rural areas small towns and land use while noting the big cities impact. Coronado Press plans early spring distribution.
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Kansas
Kansas River Valley
James Shortridge
Kansas University
Kaw Valley
Coronado Press
Shortridge
Lawrence
Topeka
Kansas City
I-70
Wyandotte
Johnson
Leavenworth
Douglas
Jefferson
Jackson
Shawnee
Pottawatomie
Wabaunsee
Osage
Dartmouth College
Hanover
N.H
KU Business School runs dual management programs this week
The Kansas University School of Business hosts 21 Hallmark Cards executives on the Lawrence campus for the fifth annual Hallmark Management Development Program. Concurrently 25 Kansas Department of Labor Employment Security Division executives attend the first annual program at Breech Training Academy in Kansas City.
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Kansas University Business School
Hallmark Cards Inc
Lawrence
Hallmark
KU School of Business
Kansas City
Employment Security Division
Kansas Department of Labor
Breech Training Academy
KU Division of
Pinet
Jerry Lewis
Jack Kissinger
Morris Kleiner
Bill Whitely
Sherry Manning
John Tollefson
Japan Russia conclude talks on postwar islands dispute
Tokyo reports the Soviet Union and Japan ended a final round of talks without agreement over four wartime-occupied islands, a key obstacle to a peace treaty. Both sides stood firm on territorial terms as they agreed to continue negotiations. Gromyko rejected returning the four northern islands as a precondition.
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Tokyo
Soviet Union
Japan
Foreign Ministry
Kiichi Miyazawa
Andrei A. Gromyko
Librarian’s letter request drew replies from 27 notable figures
Eugene Oregon Terry Ann Forster at Lane Community College asked 150 prominent Americans for their favorite books. By year’s end 27 replied, with Kennedy citing the Bible and works on American history, Rockefeller naming Twain and Irving, and a Ford aide noting Horatio Alger and history and political science interests.
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Ore
Terry Ann Forster
Lane Community College
Edward M. Kennedy
Dmass
John Quincy Adams
Samuel Flagg Bemis
Lincoln
Allen Nevins
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Mark Twain
Washington Irving
Ford
Horatio Alger
Electric comb kills two boys in bathtub
In Chicago two brothers aged 5 and 3 died after an electric device fell into their bathtub while bathing. Officials and a hospital spokesman cited an electric comb as the likely cause, with the coroner listing an electric comb as the incident source. Neighbors described a blue, lifeless scene in the hallway.
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Chicago
Kenneth Legenza
Steven
Stanley Legenza
Sharon Blessing
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