China Trip Taken in Stride by Lawrence Residents
Lawrence residents adapted to President Nixon’s China visit with measured interest. Libraries reported no rush on Sino titles, while patrons showed curiosity about acupuncture. Local schools integrated China themes into lessons, and Chinese cuisine and decor attracted growing but gradual attention.
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China
Lawrence
Lawrence Public Library
Nancy Setter
Bonita Dillard
Barbara Tuchman
Stillwell
Mao
Stewart Nowlin
Dread Book Shop
Nixon
Orient
John Garcia
Nelson Art Gallery
Kansas City
Virginia Inn
Mary Borland
Chet Johnson
Johnson Furniture
Country House
Mass
Cindy Black
Middle Kingdom
Middle America
Sign OF the Times
John Birch Society
Thomas Hart
United Nations
Massachusetts Street
The
Birch Society
Journal-World Photo
Embezzling Case Closed After Body Identified
Orlando Florida authorities close the embezzlement case against Donald Baker alias Brian O Neal after confirming the body recovered from Perry Lake is Baker. Baker fled Florida after embezzling 13000 from a Miss Florida pageant, while two others drowned in a hunting accident near Lawrence Kansas.
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Oskaloosa
Orlando
Fla
Donald Baker
Florida
Baker
Perry Lake
Rom Powell
Orange County
Jefferson County
Carl Eisenhower
Eisenhower
Brian O’neal
Powell
Lawrence
Donald Saunders
Kansas City
Frank Phillips
Wichita Eight members placed on probation in robbery case
Four black former antipoverty workers known as the Wichita Eight were granted probation in Sedgwick County District Court. Judge Robert T. Stephan acted on recommendations from the Kansas State Reception and Diagnostic Center and Andrew P. Gutierrez. Newsom Alexander and Davis had 10 to 21 year sentences for first degree robbery. Pierce had a lesser third degree term. The others allegedly fled to Tanzania.
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Wichita, Kan
Kansas City, Mo
Sedgwick County District Court
Wichita
Kansas Reformatory
Robert T. Stephan
Kansas State Reception and Diagnostic Center
Andrew P. Gutierrez
Kansas City
Noel Newsom
Richard Alexander
Henry Davis
Vernon Pierce
Kan
Tanzania
Mosier Offered Post at Clarence Junior College
CJC regents in Claremore Oklahoma unanimously voted to offer the presidency to Dr Richard Mosier president of Colby Kansas Community College Mosier was in Denver and unavailable for comment at the time of the vote.
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Claremore
Okla
Kansas
Clarence Junior College
CJC
Richard Mosier
Colby
Kan
Mosier
Denver
Search Continues For 2 Topeka Men
The AP report details the Shawnee County jail escape of four young prisoners. Michael Kirby 18 of Topeka and Robert Wymore 18 of Kansas City Kansas remain at large. Bruce Redecap 19 of Meridan and Kevin Carter 21 of Topeka were recaptured after authorities say they sawed through a second story window and used a rope of bed sheets to descend.
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Topeka, Kan
Shawnee County
Michael Kirby
Topeka
Robert Wymore
Kansas City
Kan
Bruce Redecap
Meridan
Kevin Carter
Waldrop in Chicago Talks on Job Possibilities for Haskell Students
Walter Waldrop, instruction specialist at Haskell Indian Junior College, visits Chicago this week for a conference by Argonne National Laboratories on hiring minority groups. The event aims to establish contacts and notes several firms plan to participate.
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Walter Waldrop
Haskell Indian Junior College
Chicago
Haskell
Argonne National Laboratories
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People’s Republic of China
Rita Rousseau
West Junior High School Common Learnings
Downer Dykes
Ann Stubeck
Confucius
Central Junior High School
Felix Moos
Kansas University
Deloris Haas
Haas
Miller
Miller Furniture
Lawrence Women’s Wear
Belva Reddington
Galerie Bridal
Weaver
Orien
Betty Broat
Waldrop
Columbia
Edgc
Discount
Malls Shop
ACO
Taco Grande
Lawrence, Kansas
Salina
Hutchinson
Leavenworth
Emporia
Manhattan
Hays
Ft. Collins
Colorado
Omaha
Nebraska
Council Bluffs
Iowa
Wes Moran
McDonald's
West 23Rd Street
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