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Newspaper
Newton Kansan
Location
Newton, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 31, 1975
Page
1
The Kansan reports a Question of the Week asking readers to weigh in on President Ford's proposal to add a $1 per barrel tariff on imported oil. Responses appear across the letters page with varied views.
The countywide planning hearing shifts to 8 p.m. Tuesday in the courthouse Community Room and a St Francis Hospital School of Medical Technology quiz team led by Kristy Mathews prepares for a national event in San Francisco June 11-12. Walton alumni plan a 60th graduation anniversary June 7 at Walton Grade School with a 6 p.m. social and 8 p.m. program hosted by Andy Douglass. A Maryland battleship veterans reunion is set for Milwaukee July 11-13, with details from Eustace Storey, Kingston IL, 60145.
President Ford and Gen Francisco Franco rode in a regal Madrid motorcade as they met at El Pardo Palace to discuss renewal of U S bases in Spain. Talks followed by a brief 40 minute session with no details released and tight security at Barajas Airport.
Retired Maj. Gen. Edward Lansdale says a 1962 project to remove Fidel Castro, including assassination as a possible option, was ordered from the highest authority, potentially President Kennedy, with aims tied to counterinsurgency and possible missile revelations in Cuba.
The malpractice insurance crisis, starting in California, reaches New York and Texas and threatens Rhode Island within 10 days. New York doctors plan a weekend slowdown, Fort Worth anesthesiologists join San Antonio in a work stoppage, and Rhode Island may seek a special session to prevent a crisis. The California Medical Association opens a special session with 400 delegates aiming to push reform and insurance protections for physicians.
Partly cloudy tonight with highs in the lower 70s and lows in the 40s. Sunday remains partly cloudy and mild with highs in the 70s. Light northerly winds today, becoming light and variable tonight. Arpt. KIRG KJIRG report highs 64-69, humidity 80-55, lows 43-42, barometer 29.96-29.94, winds calm.
U S Senator James Pearson rejects any commitment to appoint former Governor John Anderson Jr. to a Kansas federal judgeship. He says the selection is a joint decision with Senator Bob Dole, after ABA and FBI reports are reviewed, with recommendations sent to Attorney General Edward Levi and then to President Ford for the Senate.
Dale E. Saffels resigns as Kansas Corporation Commission chairman by Sept. 1 to join Gott, Hope, Gott and Young law firm in Wichita. He will depart after 742 years in the post, with G. T. Van Bebber to succeed him. Bennett plans another non Republican appointment.
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