Gradual Phase-Out For Military Alert
Defense Secretary James R. Schlesinger announces a gradual reduction of the U S alert over the Middle East amid Soviet troop and fleet movements. He notes the U S command in Panama will return to normal and stresses continued aid to Israel to maintain power balance as Soviet shipments to Syria and Egypt persist at reduced rates.
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Washington
James R. Schlesinger
Soviet Union
Middle East
Schlesinger
Panama
Caribbean
U.S
United Staes
United States
Mysterious Billy Wilson Haunts Missouri Kansas High Schools
Coaches in Missouri and Kansas report a self claimed star athlete named Billy Wilson who appeared at least four schools, claimed all state status from Virginia or West Virginia, filled enrollment forms, and then vanished. He traveled from Lesterville Missouri to Eudora Burr Oak Warrensburg and toward Nebraska, leaving officials puzzled about his true identity and motives.
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Billy Wilson
Missouri
Kansas
Wilson
Eudora
Burr Oak
Nebraska
Lesterville
West Virginia
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Warrensburg
Wison
Eudora High School
Dean Brown
Florida
Stonewall Jackson High School
Miami
Butz Under Investigation Over FTC Probe Influence
Washington Star-News reports Earl L. Butz is being investigated over alleged efforts to sway a Federal Trade Commission probe for political purposes. Butz was in San Francisco for a speech. The inquiry centers on Heublein's 1969 acquisition of United Vintners, Inc., a major California wine cooperative.
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Washington
Washington Star-News
Earl L. Butz
Federal Trade Commission
Department of Agriculture
Butz
Department
San Francisco
The
Star-News
Barry Kalb
Heublein, Inc
California
Fertilizer price controls lifted amid supply assurances
Government lifts price controls on the fertilizer industry to improve national supply. Ethan Farley of the Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service says shortages were not epidemic locally but some spring shortages occurred. Production at Cooperative Farm Chemicals Assn. remains at full capacity with prices likely affected later through consultations.
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Ethan Farley
Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service Committee
Farley
Cost of Living Council
Cooperative Farm Chemicals Assn
Lawrence
Mid-West
Allen
Marked Drop In Food Prices Reported
Washington reports a sharp fall in food costs for September with the market basket index down 24 dollars the largest monthly drop in 17 years The projected annual cost for a 3 2 person household dropped to 1629 from 1653 reflecting easing prices and ongoing wage price controls debate
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Washington
Agriculture Department
John T. Dunlop
Cost of Living Council
Dunlop
County Considers Joining MARC Planning Council
Douglas County weighs joining the Mid America Regional Council as it contemplates forming a multijurisdictional regional planning group with nearby counties. Officials discuss costs, MARC status, and future westward growth in Lawrence and surrounding communities.
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KC Area Planning Council
Douglas County
Shawnee
Jefferson
Osage
County Commission
Mid America Regional Council
MARC
Lawrence
Lecompton
Eudora
Baldwin
Dick McClanathan
McClanathan
Kansas City
Murder Probe Continues in Schoonover Slaying case
Ottawa Kansas sheriff and KBI agents questioned friends and relatives as they await lab results on a .22 revolver gloves and a shoe box found in the farmer J W Schoonover mail box. An autopsy report is expected next week and police seek if the gun was the murder weapon.
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Ottawa
Kan
Kansas Bureau of Investigation
J. W. Schoonover
Schoonover
Lewis Ashcraft
David Johnson
KBI
Haskell College Wins Backing for New Intercollegiate Conference
The Haskell Indian Junior College board of regents unanimously endorsed joining a proposed eight college intercollegiate athletic and activities conference. The student senate also approved the move. Presidents will reconvene November 16 at Johnson County Community Junior College in Overland Park to finalize plans.
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Haskell Indian Junior College
Haskell Board of Regents
Haskell
Johnson County Community
Rare white bison to be captured for Alaska Children's Zoo
Officials aim to capture a white albino bison near Chitina and transfer it to the Alaska Children's Zoo where survival odds improve. Past white bison in Alaska rarely survived harsh winters or were preyed upon by poachers.
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Anchorage
Alaska
Chitina
Alaska Children’s Zoo
KU Band Trip to Ames Canceled as Stadium Full
Seventy members of Kansas University's Jayhawk Marching Band planned to travel to Ames for the football game but were turned away after Iowa State officials reported no room in the sold out stadium. KU director Bob Foster said Clyde Walker was informed of the seating issue. Homecoming for the Cyclones looms as small pep band arrangements were scrapped. Separately a routine fire drill at Cooperative Farm Chemicals Assailant prompted multiple calls to police and fire crews, with many misidentifying the siren as Civil Defense.
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Kansas University
Jayhawk
Ames
Iowa
Bob Foster
Clyde Walker
Iown
Saurday
Cyclones
Walker
Cooperative Farm Chemicals
Rt. 2
CFCA
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Henry Kissinger
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Johnson, Leavenworth and
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Ing
Barkley Clark
Johnson County
Buford Watson
Jack Rose
Topeka
Nancy Hambleton
Planning Commission
Bill Womack
Charles Schoonover
Princeton
Shelby Schoonover
Williamsburg
Kitchie Shaw
China
George
Moon
Pickens
Auto Parts and Service
Vermont
Jyce Company
Boston
John J. Sirica
American Judges Association
Sirica
Association
Congress
House
Paul G. Rogers
D-Fla
House Public Health Subcommittee
Senate
Julie Nixon Eisenhower
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