Police protect Judge Sturm and family after abduction threat
Police set up protection for District Judge Sam Sturm and his family after Kenneth Huff, who had kidnapped McPherson County Probate Judge H Dean Cotton, appeared before Sturm on a criminal non support charge. Road blocks were established countywide and remained until about 3 am. Authorities credited Harvey County towns for cooperation.
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Newton
Sam Sturm
Kenneth Huff
McPherson County
H. Dean Cotton
Sturm
McPherson
Lyle Powers
Bill Coats
Maurice Hind
Galen Morford
Harvey County
Abducted McPherson judge freed unharmed
Judge H Dean Cotton was abducted at gunpoint from his McPherson home and released unharmed after a statewide manhunt. Kenneth Huff, 37, a former mental patient, was arrested near Okmulgee with two Huff nieces but the judge and girls were not seriously hurt. Cannon of events traced from Huff's hostage takeover of Cotton's family to a Wichita stop and return to McPherson.
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Mcpherson
Kan
H. Dean Cotton
Kansas
Cotton
Okmulgee
Okla
Wichita
Kenneth Huff
Huff
William
William Huff
Sand Springs
Oklahoma
Highway Patrol
Ellis Musselwhite
Patsy
Rhonda
James Huff
Jeanette
Patsy Huff
Bob Perkins
Perkins
Galva
Kane
Ford, solons agree on reforms to regulate agencies
President Ford and about two dozen members of Congress agreed on reforming federal regulatory agencies. A summit of 10 major agencies is planned for July 9 to gather views, focusing on reducing delays and avoiding dismantling agencies while addressing small business impacts. There was no consensus on creating a separate consumer protection agency.
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Washington
Ford
Congress
Ron Nessen
Nessen
Roderick Hills
Hills
Congree
Federal Power Commission
Interstate Commerce Commission
Securities and Exchange Commission
Consumer Protection Agency
John Pastore
D-R.i
James Wright
D-Tex
Wright
Bishop, Nets Player Among Jetliner Crash Victims
AP reports 110 dead after an Eastern Airlines Boeing 727 from New Orleans to New York crashed near Kennedy Airport. Notable victims include the Rt. Rev. Iveson B. Noland Episcopal bishop of Louisiana, Nets reserve forward Wendell Ladner, and Edgar G. Bright, prominent New Orleans businessman. Survivors include 14 hospitalized and several identified individuals from New Orleans, Louisiana, and Norway.
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New York
New York Nets
New Orleans
Kennedy International Airport
Louisiana
Iveson B. Noland
Eastern Airlines
Nets
Wendell Ladner
Aaron Ladner
Necaise Crossing
Miss
Edgar G. Bright
Tulane Medical School
Ronald Derudder
Texaco, Inc
Peter Walmsley
Kalvar Corp
Saul Horowitz Jr
Scarsdale
N.Y
HRH Construction Corp
Los Angeles
Washington
San Juan
P.R
Weather Outlook South Central Warm with Tstorms Incoming
Clear to partly cloudy windy conditions continue south central through Thursday with isolated afternoon and nocturnal thunderstorm chances. Highs Thursday near 88 to 92 degrees, nighttime lows 68 to 72, southerly wind 10 to 20 mph diminishing tonight. Precipitation chances 20 percent tonight and 30 percent Thursday.
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South Central
Stewardess recalls the Eastern Airlines crash
Mary Mooney a 28 year old stewardess from Tulsa Oklahoma and Robert Hoefler a 29 year old steward from New York were among 14 survivors of the Eastern Airlines jet crash that killed more than 100 people. The pair were seated together aft of the cabin and escaped after their seats collapsed and the plane erupted in flames. A Nassau officer Paul Moran helped them to hospital where both were treated for burns and injuries as crews recovered victims from the wreckage.
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Michael Andre
Baton Rouge
Germany
Joe
Joseph DiSpenza
Sandy
Tina
Jacobi Hospital
Egon Luftaas
Mary Mooney
Robert Hoesler
Manhattan
Jamaica Hospital
New York
Eastern Airlines
Nassau
Mooney
Hoefler
Court rejects broad scope of Clayton Act in merger ruling
The Supreme Court ruled 6 to 3 that the Clayton Antitrust Act may target mergers only when both firms directly engage in interstate commerce. It rejected the DOJ's view that the act should cover dealings affecting interstate commerce without crossing state lines. Senate Judiciary Committee weighs a bill to extend the act to corporations engaged in or affecting interstate commerce.
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Washington
The
Supreme Court
Justice Department
Department
Congress
Justice Department Antitrust
Senate Judiciary Committee
Lune Committee
Ford letter praises Newton on federal funding for urban plan
President Ford congratulated Mayor Bradford Wells and the city commission on federal funding approval for Newton’s Community Development plan. Emil L. Huber Jr. presented the letter with Bill Parsley of HUD. $405,000 from the 1974 Housing and Community Development Act will fund central district work, street improvements, sidewalks, code enforcement, transit vehicles for elderly and disabled, and the Warkentin House restoration.
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Emil Huber Jr
Kansas City
Office of Housing and Urban Development
President Ford
Brad Wells
Federal Department
Vernon Baker
Orville Brunner
Allison Schroeder
Bill Parsley
HUD
Kansan
Ford
Bradford Wells
City Commission
Emil L. Huber Jr
Department of Housing and Urband Development
Congress
Newton
Central Business District
Warkentin
Urban Renewal Agency
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Santa Fe
Quivira Council
Jake Banman
Joe Soukup
Roundtable
Harvey Snapp
House
Bishop
Pro Eager
John R. Cassata
Lake Charles
Olin Co
Kings County Hospital
Gregoras Yorikas
Norman van Winkle
Arthur Marcesi
Carl Eugenes
Horowitz
U.S. Military Academy
West Point
Korea
Whitney Museum
New York Hospital
Gulf and Western
Chase Manhattan Banck
Mount Sinai Medical Center
National Council of Christians and Jews
Weather Data
KJIRG
Long Island
Miss Mooney
Tulsa
New York City
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