Wheat Sale to Soviet Union Probed by Senate Panel
Senate investigations opened public hearings into last year’s one billion dollar sale of U S wheat to the Soviet Union. Clarence Palmby testified denying involvement in negotiations and suggested misstatements about Moscow talks in 1972. The panel probes whether Agriculture Department withheld data from farmers and whether grain firms hid sales to the Soviets.
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Washington
Senate Permanent Investigations Subcommittee
U.S
Soviet Union
Henry M. Jackson
Dwash
Palmby
House Agriculture
Moscow
Continental
Agriculture Department
Jackson
Nixon Administration
Interstate Commerce Commission
Washington Democrat
Federal Commodity Exchange Authority
General Accounting Office
GAO
Congress
United States
U. S
Kansans Reflect On Traffic Deaths In State
Unclear AP report from Opera Kansas notes rising traffic deaths with limited readable details. No specific names, dates, or organizations are identifiable in the fragment. The brief appears to discuss road fatalities and concerns for road safety.
Court action date set on firemen parity pay case
Attorneys for the City of Lawrence and Fire Fighters Local Union 1596 agreed on August 15 for filing briefs in a Douglas County District Court case. Judge James Paddock will rule on the legality of a referendum on parity pay for policemen and firemen after a pre trial conference before Judge Frank Gray. The city seeks a declaratory judgment on submitting the issue to voters amid a 3400 sign petition led by firemen.
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City of
Lawrence
Fire Fighters Local Union
Douglas County
James Paddock
Frank Gray
Paddock
Milk Price Increase Set By Kansas Co op
The Kansas Division of Associated Milk Producers Inc. announced a 10 percent price hike to milk processors effective with Monday deliveries. Division manager Jim Moore said retail impact is unclear due to varying local market competition.
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Wichita, Kan
Kansas
Associated Milk Producers Inc
Jim Moore
Jim Clark Motors
Kansas University Endowment Association
Watson
Hijacking of JAL Plane Reported Over Europe
Three armed men hijacked a Boeing 747 operated by Japan Air Lines shortly after takeoff from Amsterdam. Authorities say the jumbo jet flew toward the Middle East with Rome reporting it may be headed there, amid past Palestinian guerrilla hijackings.
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Amsterdam
Netherlands
Japan Air Lines
Rome
Mideast
Italy
City Rejects Park Site Purchase in North Sixth Street Area
Three Lawrence city commissioners rejected buying land north of Sixth Street between Tennessee and Kentucky for a park. Mayor Hambleton urged prioritizing the Bowersock mill area near the Kansas River with talks planned with Kansas Fibreboard, Inc. about the lease and riverfront development.
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Lawrence
Tennessee
Kentucky
Buford Watson
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Co
Kansas River
Nancy Hambleton
Bowersock Mills
Kansas River Bridge
Sixth Street
Kansas Fibreboard, Inc
Bowersock
Bowersock Mills and Power Co
Watson
Kansas Fibreboard
Stephen Hill
Commission
Central Park
City
Bowersock Mill
Hambleton
John Emick
Jack Rose
City Hall
Barkley Clark
Fred Pence
Louie Holcom
Public Works Department
Harper Street
East Glenn Drive
Youth Program Employs 27 Under City Revenue Sharing
A $15 000 city revenue sharing grant funds a Neighborhood Youth Corps project that employed 27 youths in non profit and government posts. Workers earned 1 60 hourly for up to 234 hours this summer ending August 10, with some later hired by sites. A separate $2 000 aided the Summer Teen Employment Program run by churches.
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Barbara Widler
Pearson Absent At Haskell Dedication Ceremony
U S Sen James Pearson will not attend the dedication of five new buildings at Haskell Indian Junior College due to a scheduling conflict but will speak by telephone. About 135 reservations have been made for the 8 a m breakfast in Curtis Hall. The $3 million project includes American Horse Hall Navarre Hall Ross Hall Taminend Hall Winnemucca Complex with tours after the ceremonies.
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U.S
James Pearson
Haskell Indian Junior College
Curtis Hall
Haskell
ED Carter
Chamber
Pearson
Marvin Franklin
Interior
Carter
Turner Cochran
American Horse Hall
Navarre Hall
Ross Hall
Taminend Hall
Winnemucca
Burchett Charged With Grand Theft In Lawrence Case
Ronald Lee Burchett, 26, of 1624 W 22nd Terrace, faces grand theft charges for allegedly taking a radio valued over $50 from Fern L. Sieber in Lawrence on July 16. A preliminary hearing is scheduled for 3 p.m. July 31 in Douglas County Court. Burchett was jailed on a $2,500 bond after arrest.
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Ronald Lee Burchett
1624
Ter
Douglas County
Burchett
Fern L. Sieber
Lawrence
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Turnipseed
Topeka
Howard Hobrook
Journal-World
Will Hess
Clarence Palmby
Continental Grain Co
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Bulletin
Lin. Ft
Wickes Lumber
North
3Rd
Riverfront
The
Corps of Engineers
East Lawrence
Alley
Haskell Fete
Haskell Board of Regents
Wallace Galluzi
Dick Maggart
Haskell Affairs
Grand Theft Charge
Sirloin
Kaw River
Lyrcae
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