Platform Carries No Man's Tag
Republicans meet to nominate a president and adopt a platform split between Ford and Reagan factions. The Platform Committee finishes a draft with Ford gains on Panama Canal sovereignty language and diplomacy toward Africa and the two Chinas, while Reagan allies push tougher lines on defense and foreign affairs. Some plans for full convention appeals remain, and a toned down plank on federal aid to schools shifts tax policy to states.
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Kansas City
Ford
Ronald Reagan
Platform Committee
Ford Committee
Panama Canal
Reagan
Canal Zone
U.S
United States
Panama
Canal
Africa
Henry A. Kissinger
John Sears
Ex Ottawan Ted Morlan dies in logging accident near Melvern
Lyndon man 42, Ted Morlan, killed when loader rolled off a 12 foot embankment while loading logs east of Melvern. Morlan was born 1933 in Lane, a minister with Jehovah’s Witnesses, survived by wife Shirley and four children. Graveside rites set for Aug 16 in Lyndon Cemetery.
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Melvern
Lyndon
Osage County
Ted Morlan
Sheriff's Office
Morlan
Lane
Ottawa
Kingdom Hall of Jehovah’s Witnesses
Shirley Griffin
Liberty
Steve Morlan
Dale Robert Morlan
Wanda Morlan
Esther Morlan
Faye Glaspy
Myra Jean Reinier
Greeley
Verne Morlan Jr
L. D. Morlan
Topeka
Bessie Morlan
Lyndon Cemetery
Weather In Kansas Shows Typical Summer Thunderstorms
Kan sas was in a summer weather spell with sudden thunderstorms over western Kansas and a narrow band southeast of Wichita. Forecasters expect the out breaks to subside over the weekend with hot days continuing. County forecast calls for partly cloudy mornings and mostly clear days tonight and Sunday with highs 90 to 100 and lows around 40s to 50s.
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Topeka
Kan
Kansas
Wichita
404
Richmond Fair Shows Water Fun Amid Heat Wave
In Richmond the hot weather dulls fair attendance but kids press on with 2 pm athletic events and water fights. Hogs sheep cattle exhibited in cooler morning hours, with winners named for champion barrow, sheep, and heifer. The antique display in Kramer Building features 42 items including a 200-year-old London pocket watch and heirloom dresses.
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Joan Istas
Richmond
Joe Rickabaugh
Barrow
Mary Beth Rickabaugh
Lorena Croucher
Shelly Kilett
Marie Chambers
Glen Stockstill
Heifer
Dana Stockstill
Kramer Casket
Kramer
Henry J. Roeckers
London
Nuclear Plant Halt Ordered
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission curtails new nuclear plant operations and bans further construction while re evaluating environmental risks from fuel processing and waste handling. The moratorium, effective until a study due Sept 30, affects only new builds and limits capacity to 1 percent for new plants, with 5 licensed plants under full operation unaffected.
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Washington
Nuclear Regulatory Commission
NRC
Compee
Bernard Rusch
Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
U.S. Court of Appeals
FBI Official Pleads Guilty in Historic FBI Corruption Case
Washington AP John P Dunphy a 28 year FBI veteran and head of the exhibits section pleads guilty to converting government property to his own use He stole about 100 in lumber and materials from the FBI and faces up to one year in prison and a 1000 fine He was fired as part of a Justice Department probe into FBI corruption and abuses of power with the case the first criminal charge to surface in the inquiry.
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Washington
FBI
Bureau
John P. Dunphy
Justice Department
Dunphy
Department
Robert Havel
Hayes
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137Th Transportation Company
Army National Guard
National Guard
Alma Wagner
Herman Kramer
England
Hitchcock
Virginia
America
Daniel 5S
Vermont
Michigan
Peter Strauss
Commis
Sion
Court of Appeals
Vermont Yankee Power Corp
Vernon
Consumer Power Co
Midland, Mich
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