Robbery charge faced by escaped prisoner in Kansas City
Ed ward Lewis Coverly, 21, who escaped from a Kansas prison with a companion on July 12, is slated to be charged with robbery after being recaptured in Kansas City, Kansas, and returned to Lansing prison. Governor Docking warned at a national housing conference that Kansas faces a statewide shortage of elderly and low income housing and urban renewal relocations.
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Kansas City
Edward Lewis Coverly
Kansas
Coverly
Kan
Lansing
Salina
Robert Docking
National Association of Housing and Redevelopment Officers
Record sales and new product plans at International Plastics Inc
International Plastics Inc of Wichita and Colwich Kan reported first half 1969 sales of 1,004,010 up 87 percent from a year earlier. Net income totaled 27,644 versus 10,763. The firm is testing solar-panic micro porous pipe for underground irrigation with volume sales expected later this year and also packages one pound disposable containers for refrigerant products.
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Wichita
International Plastics Inc
Colwich
Kan
Stockyards Close After Scooter Dispute in Kansas City
Kansas City Stock Yards shut down after workers strike over use of three wheeled scooters replacing saddle horses. Union says company should have consulted before the move. President Jay B. Dillingham notes scooters on trial and half a dozen horses used for cattle transport. embargo on cattle receipts in place.
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Kansas City
Jay B. Dillingham
Kansas City Stock Yards Co
Pany
The
Union
Dillingham
KU Rejections Halt Reinstatement Seeks by Students
The Kansas board of disciplinary appeals denied reinstatement requests by 25 KU students among 50 suspended for disrupting and canceling the chancellor's ROTC review at Memorial Stadium on May 9. Appeals were filed by 299 of the group. three suspensions were reduced to disciplinary probation and one case was set aside for unfair treatment.
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Lawrence, Kan
Board of Disciplinary Appeals
University of Kansas
Memorial Stadium
Francis H. Heller
Heller
Mental Health Training Offered in Winfield Area
A two year training program leading to an associate degree in applied science will be offered at Winfield State Hospital and Training Center and Cowley County Community Junior College and Area Vocational Technical School. The course starts September 2 and aims to prepare workers for middle level roles in mental health and retardation services.
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Winfield, Kan
Winfield State Hospital and Training Center
Cowley County
Beef prices rise not solely from cattle costs
Kansas Farm Bureau president Ray Frisbie says beef price hikes outpace live cattle costs. He cites Kansas data showing a 16 percent drop in live cattle prices from 1961 to 1969 while round steak prices rose 15 percent, and a 2 percent rise when cattle prices were similar in 1951 and 1969. He urged Agriculture Secretary Clifton Hardin to inform consumers.
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Manhattan
Kan
Ray Frisbie
Kansas Farm Bureau
Frisbie
Long Island
N.Y
Car Crash Kills Philadelphia Man Near Atwood Kansas
Carl J. Orth, 65, of Philadelphia, was killed Thursday when his car skidded on muddy pavement nine miles west of Atwood. The vehicle overturned and mud washed onto the highway after rain.
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Atwood, Kan
Carl J. Orth
Philadelphia
U.S
Atwood
Campaign '70 Fund Raising Unit Formed in Kansas
A Kansas Republican Campaign '70 Committee was appointed by GOP state chairman Don Concannon to raise and distribute funds for the 1970 campaign. Pat Morris of Topeka heads the panel. The group will build a separate fund to back a Revelian governor and other state nominees. Members include officials from Shawnee Mission Wichita Topeka Manhattan Junction City and Abilene along with Senate leader Glee S. Smith and House Speaker Calvin Strowig.
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Topeka
Kansas
GOP
Don Concannon
Pat Morris
Concannon
D. H. Kirk
Shawnee Mission
John S. Ransom
Wichitta
Don Hazlett
Lahoma Dennis
Francis Duffy
Abilene
Daryl Schuster
Wichita
Richard D. Rogers
Manhattan
Jim Sugar
Kansas City
Mike Murray
Junction
Miniskirted Miss Raises Funds in New York
Berna dette Devlin, identified as the miniskirted Miss, traveled to New York to raise funds after changing from blue jeans in Londonderry. The report notes the shifting fashion and charitable fundraising effort.
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New York
Bernadette Devlin
Londonderry
Prague tanks withdraw as anniversary protests flare
Soviet style show of force marks the first anniversary of the invasion with tens of thousands of Czechoslovak soldiers and 60 tanks in Prague. The tanks rolled through downtown, then crossed the Vitava River and left after five hours of maneuvering amid deep public anger.
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Prague
Communist Party
Gustav Husak
Vitava River
Air Pollution Battle Seen All But Lost Says Officials
Washington AP reports some federal officials say the longterm fight against gasoline engine pollution is effectively over even as 1970 model cars will meet new federal limits. The 1970 cars must cut hydrocarbon and carbon monoxide exhaust by one third from 1969 levels, with California requiring an extra test. Vapor recovery will be mandated federally in 1971. Chrysler led in 1970 tests. others near certification. Officials forecast gradual pollution decline toward 1980 with cars on the road having partial emission controls.
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Washington
Chrysler
National Air Pollution Control Administration
Deafness In Trainees Sparks Army Training Noise Concerns
WASHINGTON AP The ranking member of the House public health subcommittee asks Army Secretary Resor to explain why the Army defies its own deafness prevention guidance for trainees and why services have not joined to curb weapon noise in training. Rep Rogers says civilian contractors face a double standard and cites AP reporting on hearing losses among soldiers.
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Washington
House Public Health Subcommittee
Army
Stanley R. Resor
Paul G. Rogers
D-Fla
Defense
Melvin R. Laird
Rogers
Defense Department
Laird and Resor
Associated Press
Man bound over on third degree manslaughter charge
Fred C. Campbell was bound over to district court on a third degree manslaughter charge in the shotgun death of his 32 year old wife. Mrs Campbell's body was found in the kitchen of the couple's home July 18. Campbell had been charged with first degree murder and his bond was reduced from 40000 to 3000.
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Leavenworth
Kan
Fred C. Campbell
Better equipment urged after Camille by hurricane chief
Miami AP report says Dr. Robert H. Simpson, director of the National Hurricane Center, told Vice President Agnew that better gear would have improved Camille readings. He cited old Navy Constellations shadowing the storm and praised an Air Force flight that logged record low pressure.
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Miami
Simpson
National Hurricane Center
Agnew
Miami Herald
Camille
Air Force
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