Nixon Sees Ending Beginning in War on Inflation
President Nixon told a Republican fund raiser that his administration has reached the end of the beginning in tackling inflation, crime and the Vietnam era. He warned against overpromising and said real progress will unfold over the next year, as GOP leaders hailed the event as a historic fund-raiser.
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Walter R. Mears
Washington
Nixon
Vietnam
Winston Churchill
Gerald R. Ford
Michigan
House
Body found at Narvon farmhouse after months
Police subdued wife Carrie Styer and daughter Sylvia after they resisted entry. The 69 year old Clarence A. Styer was discovered in bed on the 40 acre farm, death likely from natural causes due to malnutrition. Neighbors had not seen him since September.
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Lancaster
Clarence A. Styer
Narvon
Carrie Styer
Lancaster County
Theamily
Styer
Harold Gehman
City and river bridge crash reports flood local police notes
Lawrence police logged multiple minor crashes with no serious injuries after heavy rain. Randall Leffingwell and Richard Fox collided at 10th and Miss Sts injuring the vehicle, Michael Harris shaken up. George Verghese hit the Kansas River Bridge causing minor injuries to Martha Woodman. Patricia Wonnell and Gary Craig crash at 17th and N H Sts. Mary Meier rear ended by John Gimbler at 6th and Kasold with minor damage.
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Randall B. Leffingwell
Naismith Dr
Richard H. Fox
Ill. St
10Th and Miss. Sts
Lawrence
Leffingwell
Michael C. Harris
Fox
Martha Woodman
W. St. St
Patricia A. Wonnell
Powers St
Gary R. Craig
R. I. St
17Th
N. H. Sts
Wonnell
Craig
Mary K. Meier
Kasold Dr
John H. Gimbler
Maine St
6Th St
Gimblet
Meier
Gimble
Carousel opens at Lawrence High School auditorium tonight
Lawrence High School presents its annual musical Carousel at 7:30 p.m. tonight in the school auditorium with a second performance scheduled for Friday. Reservations may be made at the high school or tickets bought at the door.
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Lawrence High School
Stone Age hunters used bow and arrow in Spain
Paleolithic carvings from Spanish caves suggest Stone Age hunters employed bow and arrow over ten thousand years ago, showing early use of ranged weapons and hunting tools by ancient peoples.
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Spanish
Flood waters cut Jamestown town in Colorado
Five foot flood crested through Jamestown Colorado after four days of rain and snow. Two pregnant women stranded, eight houses and the town cafe carried away, roads and bridges washed out, searches for a youth feared drowned in Boulder Creek.
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Jamestown
Colo
Boulder County
Sheriff’s Office
Sheriff's Office
Boulder Creek
Weather Deluge Floods Streets Across Lawrence Area
Torrential rains caused street flooding in Lawrence with high water on Kansas avenues. The Kansas River held at 10 feet while Perry Reservoir neared conservation pool. a Union Pacific underpass flooded near 2 p.m. Lightning hit a feeder south of 23rd causing a brief power outage in a rural southwest Lawrence area.
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Perry Lake
Lawrence
Perry
Denver
South Platte
Civil Defense Department
South Platte River
Jamestown
Platte
Felix L. Sparks
Colorado Water Conservation Board
Kansas
Union Pacific
Nand
Kansas Power & Light
23Rd
Hasold Dr
Two killed in two car crash near Augusta Kansas
Two Augusta residents died in a two car collision at the north edge of Augusta. Victims were Michael Cuddy, 19, and Mrs. Freddie Jo Suits Chorn, 23. Mrs. Suits Chorn died later at Wesley Hospital in Wichita.
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Augusta
Kan
Highway Patrol
Michael Cuddy
Freddie Jo Suits Chorn
Suits Chorn
Wesley Hospital
Wichita
Kansas City Fed official talks inflation at KU advisory luncheon
Clarence Tow senior vice president and head of research at the Kansas City Federal Reserve spoke to the KU Business School Advisory Committee about inflation. He warned high rates may persist, linked tight unemployment to inflation, and noted limited mobility of workers. The meeting also urged more local KU graduates into Kansas-Missouri business roles and discussed boosting business student recruitment.
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Clarence Tow
Kansas City Federal Reserve Bank
KU Business School Advisory Committee
Labor Department
Tow
Kansas-Missouri
Kansas- Missouri
Ray Dillon JR
Firemen Move to Station No 2 Expands City Coverage
Fire Station No 2 relocates from 1839 Mass St to 1941 Haskell St with 12 men and two trucks though furniture for stations No 2 and No 3 is not yet delivered. Station No 3 opened April 14 as furniture arrives. James Prentice and LeRoy Spence named captains of No 2 with five men on duty at a time. open house planned after furnishings arrive.
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Mass. St
Haskell St
6Th St
F. C. Sanders
Vt. St
Grant Township
James Prentice
LeRoy Spence
No. 2
Sanders
Massachusetts Street
Haskell Street
Lawrence Park Department
City Swimming
Central Park
8Th and
Ky. Sts
Mills Eyes Broad Income Tax Cut Plan in House
Rep Wilbur Mills chairman of the Ways and Means Committee says a revision would remove most deductions and cut taxes for earners in the 10000 to 20000 dollar bracket. He notes overall individual rates could drop from 14 70 percent to as low as 5 to 50 percent with Treasury computer checks on revenue impact.
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Washington (Ap
Wilbur D. Mills
Mills
D-Ark
House
Ways and Means Committee
Treasury Department
Wiring Short Causes Smoke Alarm at Ohio Street
Firemen report an estimated $10 damage from a wiring short in a car owned by Gary Waldron at 1700 Ohio Street. The incident occurred at 11:43 p.m. Wednesday. no fire occurred though wiring smoked and triggered the alarm.
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Gary Waldron
Vt. St
Ohio St
Lawrence
Kansan Soldier Among 14 in Mutiny Trial
Dr. Maurice Spottswood, a San Francisco psychiatrist, testified for the defense in a mutiny trial at Fort Ord. He described Pvt. Patrick Wright of St. Francis, Kansas, as nervous and highly stressed, with a troubled childhood and fear of his father, noting Wright’s two hour examination last Sunday.
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Fort Ord
Calif
Navy
Maurice Spottswood
San Francisco
San Francisco Presidio
Spottswood
Pvt
Patrick Wright
St. Francis
Kan
Wright
CCNY Student Protest Turns Violent on Reopening Day
Ten young African Americans including four girls staged a hit-and-run attack at City College of New York as the campus reopened. About 75 police lined upper Manhattan streets while tensions between white students and Black demonstrators escalated, with windows broken and fire extinguishers and a firehose damaged.
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City College
New York
Upper Manhattan
Gallagher
Convent Avenue
Shepard Hall
Governor Blames Special Interests For Road Tax Action
Governor Robert Docking condemned the 1969 fuel tax and freeway bill as driven by special interests rather than public need. He said the Highway Commission must pause its five year construction plan to re evaluate highway planning. Legislative liaison Tom Van Cleave named contractors, specifically the Kansas Contractors Association, as supporters.
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Topeka
Robert Docking
van Cleave
The
Kansas Contractors Association
Metals processed in solar furnaces chosen for high melting points
Zirconium beryllium and tungsten are among the metals processed in solar furnaces because of their high melting points.
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National Committee
Gehman
Sylvia
George Verghese
Kansas River Bridge
East Bridge
Cheryl Dorris
Kansas University
KU Pompon Girls
Vince Bilotta
Alumni Association
Association
Parks and Recreation Department
Wayne Bly
Bly
Colorado City
U.S
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Manhattan
Perry Reservoir
Singer
Dillon
Business
John T. Stewart III
Wellington
Dolph C. Simons Jr
Robert Belt
Coffeyville
Richard Mize
Atchison
Addison Meschke
Hutchinson
Donald Aitken
Independence
Robert Bauer
Ross Beach
Hays
Milton Blakemore
Liberal
Ricard Boushka
Robert Busler
Kansas City
Dwight Button
Richard Cook
Concordia
Ray Dillon
John Elliot
H. Bernard Fink
Howard Gilpin
Iola
Paul Henson
Wendell Holmes
Balfour Jeffrey
Peter MacDonald
Nation
Meyer
C. M. Miller
Colby
Piez Miller
John Poos
Salina
Herbert Regier
Buhler
LeVannes Squires
Walter Wall
Humboldt
A. H. Cromb
Mission Hills
Harrison Johnson
Wesley Sowers
No. 3
John HaddOck Ford
AlabaMa
New World
Nusy Band
New World Life
Farmers Insurance Group Se Ee
Seporien Crelaal
Don G. McDow
West 9Th St
Gary W. Beasley
P. L
Bob" Stewart Melvin Kaufman
Ridge Cr
Don Frandile Perry
CCNY
Associated Press
Buell G. Gallagher
Alexander
Lowa
California
Florida
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