Fuel Diversion Ordered to Defense Department
Dallas News reports fuel diverted from American consumers to the Defense Department to support defense readiness amid the Arab oil embargo. Major oil firms were allegedly ordered to deliver substantial quantities of gasoline, jet and diesel fuel to the Defense Department for December through mid January under the Defense Production Act of 1950.
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Dallas, Tex
U.S. Defense Department
Dallas News
John Cranfill
News
Defense Department
William P. Clements
Dallas
Washington
Defense
Interior Departments
Cranfill
Department of Interior
Office of Oil and Gas
Former Justice Whittaker Dies at 72 in Kansas City
Charles Evans Whittaker, who left Kansas farm life for the law and rose to the U S Supreme Court, died at 72 after hospitalization for a ruptured abdominal aneurysm. Appointed by Dwight D. Eisenhower in 1957, he retired for health in 1962 and received a renewed status in 1965 allowing corporate directorships.
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Kansas City
Charles Evans Whittaker
Kansas
U.S. Supreme Court
Whittaker
High Court
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Fate of Papadopoulos Uncertain in Greece
Athens reports the military junta has not disclosed plans for ex president Georgios Papadopoulos who is under house arrest at a villa near Athens. Troops guard the residence while his wife Despina remains unconfirmed in the United States.
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Athens
Greece
George Papadopoulos
Papadopoulos
Aristotle Onassis
Despina
United States
Fire in Union kitchen and car fire at Sears roebuck
At 11 30 a m Monday grease in a charcoal broiler ignited a kitchen fire on a tower level of the Kansas Memorial Union. The blaze was extinguished before units arrived. Minor smoke damage followed a 12 20 p m Monday car fire in the Sears Roebuck auto repair department at 939 Iowa. No further details were provided.
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Kansas Memorial Union
Sears Roebuck & Co
Iowa
Murder Plan Revealed In Schoonover Hearing
Ottawa witness testifies that Nellie Schoonover proposed a plan to kill her 80 year old husband in September. Judge binds Schoonover over for district court. bond set at 150000. Testimony centers on the murder weapon a .22 revolver and how evidence reached the KBI labs.
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Schoonover
Ottawa
Kan
Nellie Rutledge Schoonover
Franklin County
Kansas Bureau of Investigation
J. W. Schoonover
KBI Laboratories
Topeka
Thompson
Lansing
Eudora Council Approves Downtown Christmas Lights Plan
The Eudora City Council votes to install two blocks of downtown Christmas lights from sunset to 10 pm daily, hoping to brighten the season. KP&L confirms lighting won't worsen energy shortages while one member urges fuel conservation amid President Nixon's appeal. The meeting also discusses dump closure, trash pickup bids, and selling a 1941 fire truck.
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Eudora
Leo Lauber
Kansas Power and Light Co
Lauber
Nixon
Bob Slaper
Kp&l
John Pinnick
Bridges in Douglas County Get Three Ton Load Limits
Seven more bridges will be posted at three tons, bringing the total last month to 51. The county commission approved two bridges near the Johnson County line and five near Franklin County for three tons, plus another Johnson County line bridge at five tons. Public Works Director Dean Sanderson indicated more bridges will be posted and a bond issue of 5 to 6 million dollars may replace up to 47 three ton bridges and the Kansas River bridge in Lawrence.
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Douglas County
County Commission
Johnson County
Franklin County
Dean Sanderson
Kansas River
Lawrence
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Walt Disney
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Walt Disney Productions
Harry
Water Mattha
Aliegel Film
Universal Picture
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Balep
Jim! Hendrix
Marlon Brandon
Paris
Roger Greenspun
N.Y
Elliott Kastner
Cliff Gorman
Joseph
Bologna
United Artists
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