Worlds of Fun hailed as growing KC area attraction
The Worlds of Fun park northeast of Kansas City near I-435 gains momentum in its first summer, backed by Lamar Hunt. Rides, shows, and landscaping draw comparisons to Six Flags and Disneyland as the venue plans steady expansion and aims to meet guest needs.
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Kansas City
Six Flags
Texas
St. Louis
Georgia
Lamar Hunt
Worlds of Fun
Mid-America
Kansas City Park
Disneyland
Moulin Rouge
Tivoli Theater
Porpoise Pool
Washington a lair of leaks and odd facts in one week
A UPI column catalogs a string of Washington oddities and disclosures from the week, including Watergate timing, John Dean funding claims, a Navy F14 mishap and a_pool heater bill at the President’s Florida and California homes. The piece muses on explanations and the politics of leaks.
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Washington
UPI
John Dean
Navy
House
General Services Administration
Nixon
Florida
California
Dean
Senate
Pentagon
Congress
House Legal Services
Watergate
Gerald Alch
James McCord
Record of Local Events Across Decades
A 1963 budget shows Lawrence schools proposing a 3.12 mill levy increase to 48.92 mills. Dr George W Smart becomes Cook Christian Training School president in Phoenix. Lawrence Jaycees receive a truckload of fireworks for Fourth of July in Memorial Stadium. Also notes 1948 GOP prospects and 1933 local rifle purchases. Prayer closes the column.
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Lawrence
Board of Education
Haskell
George W. Smart
Cook Christian Training School
Phoenix
Lawrence Jaycees
Memorial Stadium
Congress
Clyde Reed Sr
Kansas
Senate Committee On Commerce
GOP
Philadelphia
Thomas E. Dewey
Earl Warren
Nixon Family, FCC, and FDR Echoes in A Critical Look
A historical column weighs political ethics from Roosevelts to Nixon, citing FDR's family profits and radio influence, the FCC’s alleged abuses, and calls for a new code of conduct in public office. It contrasts wartime power, media control, and contemporary accountability with a wary eye on Nixon era excesses.
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Nixon
FCC
Office of War Information
OWL
Big John Connally Rides Out Of Gemstone Town
In Gemstone, Big John Connally arrives to help Sheriff Milhous amid deputies accused of theft and deception. After a brief, stalled showdown at the sheriff’s office, Big John chats with the sheriff through a window and rides off into the sunset without a reply.
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Big John
Washington
Gemstone
Big John Connally
Dick Milhous
Sheriff’s Office
Houston
Gemstone Post
Tarnation
Milhouse
Internal Power Struggles May Prompt Cabinet Reassertion
In Washington a private June 19 dinner outlined John Connally and Melvin Laird’s plan to cut White House power. They aim to reverse post Watergate power centralization, shrink Ehrlichman Haldeman's staff, and empower cabinet departments to run their affairs with Bryce Harlow guiding postwar personnel policy.
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Washington
Paul Young
White House
John B. Connally
Melvin R. Laird
Laird
H. R. Haldeman
John Ehrlichman
Connally
Haldeman
Ehrlichman
Nixon
Mr. Nixon
James E. Akins
Akins
Presi
Dent
Ehrlichman-Haldeman
Bryce Harlow
Five-Point gun control plan proposed by reader
A Letters Editor column outlines a five point program to curb crime without banning guns. It calls for harsher penalties for deadly weapon crimes, revocation of parole or bail for weapon offenses, stronger bail to curb violent criminals, enforcement of prohibitions on weapons for felons and others, and banning plea bargains for violent offenders. Additionally, a letter warns against tree loss from a Capitol Federal project in Lawrence, praising a historic pecan tree and listing local flora and fauna.
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Journal-World
Richard D. Schrader Jr
Nancy Hambleton
Capitol Federal Savings .and Loan Company
Lawrence
Harvard
Sirloin Stockade
Capitol Federal
Nixon Brezhnev Endorse Summit Pace and SALT Prospects
Nixon and Brezhnev conclude three hour San Clemente talks signaling a second U.S. visit for Brezhnev within 12 to 14 months and a possible third summit to push nuclear arms limits. They eye an all Europe summit as Helsinki hosts a foreign ministers conference beginning July 3.
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Washington
Nixon
Leonid I. Brezhnev
Moscow
Henry A. Kissinger
United States
Brezhnev
Soviet Communist Party
San Clemente
Calif
Geneva
Canada
Helsinki
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W. C. Simons
the World Company
Sixth and
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Associated Press
Safety Division
Kansas Highway Department
By Arnold B. Sawislak
GSA
Peshtigo
Wisc
Old Home Town
H. G. Ingham
Clara Lindquist
Walton Ingham
Interlochen
Mich
Douglas County
William Buckley JR
Rosalie Gordon
John P. Flynn
Massachusetts
America
FDR
Virginia
Bureau of Printing and Engraving
James
Roosevelt and Sargent
Elliott Rosevelt
Eleanor
Harry Hopkins
Crep
Alben Barkley
Happy Chandler
Kentucky
Federal Communications Commission
Art Buchwald
Cabinet
By Rowland Evans
Robert Novak
Philip V. Wells
Kansas University
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