Muskie Emerges as Front Runner for 1972 Democratic Nomination
The AP reports Edmund S. Muskie of Maine has become the Democrats front runner for the 1972 presidential race. Muskie, 56, recently won a third Senate term with 62 percent and plans a foreign relations committee role, abroad trips, and a larger campaign organization. Rivalry from Edward Kennedy is acknowledged, while Nixon is viewed as vulnerable after recent elections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
White House
Edmund S. Muskie
Maine
Carl P. Leabsdorf
Washington
Sen
Edmund
Muskie
Edward M. Kennedy
Massachusetts
Nixon
Senate
Chamber
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Sen. Kennedy
Muskle
Ed Muskie
Chappaquiddick Island
Mass
Kennedy
Law and Order
Letters To Santa Claus From Young Readers
A collection of Christmas requests from children ages two to five. They ask for dolls, playhouses, candy, trains, tractors, toy guns, rocking horses, toy boxes, a big red wagon, Baby Go Bye Bye, Tinker Toys, a chalkboard, a dump truck, and other toys. Several children promise cookies and milk for Santa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santa
Randy
Shelia Kable Thompson
North Olive Street
Tommy Cummings
Corey Crump
W. Whitley
Ken
Kristi Mathews Thompson
Cambodian Army Receives US Made AK47 Ammunition
Washington AP reports Cambodian soldiers are supplied with American made ammunition for AK47 rifles. Thousands of captured AK47s were turned over to Cambodia after a joint drive into North Vietnamese sanctuaries. Production began last spring at Lake City Arsenal Missouri under a Remington Arms contract costing just over six cents per round.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Pentagon
Defense Department
Lake City
Missouri
Remington Arms Corp
Bomb blast at Kansas computer center damages Summerfield Hall
Lawrence AP reports University of Kansas computer center back in service and Summerfield Hall open as investigators sift six truckloads of debris for clues. They recovered two contact lenses worn by Carol Duster, a 20 year old St. Louis student employee injured near the east entrance. One lens cracked. The $3.9 million computer was repaired after a defective transistor in the disk storage control caused the blast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
Factorynicians
Insurance Protection Plan Urged in Auto Injury Reforms
CHICAGO AP Two national insurance groups AMIA and NAII push Guaranteed Protection Plan and Dual Protection Plan requiring state laws to guarantee minimum medical and disability coverage. Plans would arbitrate bodily injury claims within insurers and seek reimbursement from at fault drivers. Not a no fault scheme. changes needed to statutes to enact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
American Mutual Insurance Alliance
AMIA
National Association of Independent Insurers
NAII
NAIT
Scenic lands pledged to state conservation foundation
St Louis donor Leo A Drey gave four parcels totaling 462 acres to Missouri for the Department of Conservation. He hopes the sites become core natural areas with future state preserves. The four tracts named Grand Gulf in Oregon County Clifty Hollow Natural Arch in Maries County Balancing Rock Narrows in Texas County and Cave Springs in Shannon County will be turned over to the L A D Foundation this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Louis
Missouri Department of Conservation
Leo A. Drey
Drey
L-A-D Foundation
Gulf
Oregon County
Clifty Hollow Natural Arch
Maries County
Balancing Rock Narrows
Texas County
Cave Springs
Shannon County
Mrs Jones Has Voice Recital At Oklahoma Baptist University
Elizabeth Atkinson Jones daughter of Mr and Mrs J Frank Atkinson of 1720 Reavis Rd presented a four voice recital on Tuesday December 1 at Oklahoma Baptist University. She is a guitarist major active in University Chorale and professional groups and was featured in a Sacred Music concert in Hickory NC in August 1969.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth Atkinson Jones
Afid
J. Frank Atkinson
Reavis, Rd
Oklahoma Baptist University
End Of Trail Statue Donated At Cowboy Hall Of Fame
Oklahoma City dedication ceremonies marked the opening of a new million dollar addition to the National Cowboy Hall of Fame. The eight thousand pound sculpture The End of the Trail by James Fraser was restored at fifty thousand dollars and placed on permanent display in the Payne Kirkpatrick Memorial Building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
National Cowboy Hall of Fame
Western Museum
Oklahoma
James Fraser
Payne-Kirkpatrick
Cowboy Hall of Fame
Largest coordinated antigambling raids target US betting
The Justice Department arrested 27 people in the broad sweep against illegal sports gambling, with more than half the raids on illegal professional football operations. Authorities confiscated 104000 dollars in cash across 26 cities, including Las Vegas. Two Caesars Palace executives faced charges for aiding the racketeering, while three Las Vegas betting houses were raided as illegal underwriters to top bookmakers. 160 search warrants were served by IRS agents, using information from IRS criminal files.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Justice Department
Las Vegas
Nev
Caesars Palace
Department
Atty
John Mitchell
Internal Revenue Service
IRS
National Crime Agency list cites raids in major cities
The National Council of Organized Crime, a new agency created by President Nixon, conducted searches and seizures in major cities nationwide. The list includes New York, Detroit, Miami, Los Angeles, Buffalo, Oklahoma City, Tulsa, Phoenix, Albuquerque, Houston, and Hot Springs among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Counsell of Organized Crime
Nixon
Las Vegas
New York
Detroit
Miami
Los Angeles
Buffalo
N.Y. Otaha
Neb
Houston
Albuquerque
N.M
Phoenix
Ariz
Palm Springs
Calif
Oklahoma City
Tulsa
Otda
Hot Springs
van Buren
Ark
Georgia
Ohio
St Charles Man Charged In Murder
Kansas City AP reports two more men charged with first degree murder in the slaying of Robert Leroy Bowser whose body was found December 7 in his apartment in Lee's Summit Missouri. William Thomas Wiggins 21 of Fort Scott Kansas and Donald Ray Malson 22 of St. Charles Missouri await arraignment. A third man James L Hunt 27 of Fort Scott was arraigned and held without bond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Robert Leroy Bowser
Dee
Lee’s Summit
William Thomas Wiggins
Fort Scott
Kan
Donald Ray Malson
St. Charles
James L. Hunt
Also Mentioned on This Page
Walter R. Mears
Santa Claus
Wey
Jeff Dickey
Rte
Paris
Kiementz
Mexico
S. Jefferson
Kansas University
Mt. Oread
Lawrence
Kansas
United States
Logan Pharmacy
First National Bank
SLO
Temple
Temple’s Bread
Davis
Jonathan
Mrs. Jones
Gleamlight
Underwriters’ Laboratories
LOGAL
Missouri Power & Light Electric
Missouri Power & Light Company
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!