Freeman Jr. Convicted in Kidnapping Case in Kansas City
Federal jury finds Robert Freeman Jr. guilty of kidnapping a 19 year old housewife in Kansas City Missouri, dating the crime to November 19, 1966. Jury did not recommend death. sentencing set before Judge Arthur J. Stanley Jr. Freeman identified by the victim as a kidnapper and driver of the car.
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Kansas City, Kan
Robert Freeman Jr
Freeman
Arthur J. Stanley Jr
St. Luke’s Hospital
Kansas City
Kan
Cleveland
Ohio
William L White to Speak at KU Feb 12 in Emporia tribute
William L White editor and publisher of the Emporia Gazette will address the University of Kansas on February 12 as the lead speaker at a luncheon sponsored by the William Allen White foundation. The event will also honor the elder White, who died in 1944, with a nationally distinguished journalist delivering the annual William Allen White Lecture.
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Lawrence
Kan
William L. White
Emporia Gazette
University of Kansas
White
William Allen White Foundation
Emporia
el Dorado
Brawl Outside High School Wounds Two Students
Kansas City AP report details a brawl and chase outside Northeast High School after dismissal. A 23 year old man, Ronald James Butler, sustained severe injuries from blows or kicks after initial misdiagnosis of a head gunshot.
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Kansas City
Northeast High School
Ronald James Butler
Seld
Farm Thinking in Politics to Improve Marketing Power
Kenneth D. Naden of the National Council of Farmer Cooperatives told the 39th annual Farmland Industries meeting that farmers and their cooperatives must engage more in politics to boost marketing and bargaining leverage. He stressed that being right is not enough without power to enforce it.
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Kansas City
Kenneth D. Naden
National Council of Farmer Cooperatives
Farmland Industries
Train service fades as passenger travel declines says Missouri Pacific chief
Downing B. Jenks, president of Missouri Pacific, predicts by 1972 cross country passenger trains will be a memory and that within five years only short distance commuter service may remain. He spoke in Kansas City during a railroad board meeting about a $14 million project and faster trains.
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Kansas City
Missouri Pacific Railroad
Downing B. Jenks
Downing
Kansas ‘City
Rails Road
Weather County Forecast For Toe Night And Saturday
Toe night increasing cloudiness with light rain likely late toe night. Saturday considerable cloudiness and colder with light rain possibly mixed with snow. Saturday high in the 40s. High Thursday 51, low today 30. Record highs 68 in 1946, record low 8 in 1917. Hourly temps ending 8 am show 38 to 47, barometer 29.80.
OEO Here Gets Grant
The Hast Central Kansas Eco nomic Opportunity office in Ote tawa will receive a 16098 grant from the federal Office of Equal Opportunity. The grant is among five approved for community action agencies in Kansas and Missouri. Announcement said funding was made possible after Congress extended agency spending authority through Dec 2. Three grants went to Missouri agencies while the State Office of Technical Assistance in Topeka received the other Kansas grant of 34942.
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Hast
Kansas
Otetawa
Federal Office of Equal Opportunity
Missouri
OEO
Congress
State Office of Technical Assistance
Topeka
Kennedy cites Hershey draft directive as lawbreaker lure
Sen Edward M Kennedy says young people may break the law because draft director Lewis B Hershey signals will ignore the law He urges Hershey to withdraw an Oct 26 directive to local draft boards that urged immediate inductions for those who interfere with induction proceedings Kennedy notes Hershey would not withdraw unless ordered by the President or the Justice Department deems it constitutional
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Washington
Edward M. Kennedy
Massachusetts
Democrat
Lewis B. Hershey
Kennedy
Hershey
Senate
Convicted men address Ottawa students about crime and reform
Henry Graves, 40, an inmate from Lansing Penitentiary, and Joe Wallace, ex convict and Seven Steps to Freedom founder, spoke to Ottawa Junior and Senior High students for over an hour. Graves warned that drifting into crime starts with attitudes and peer groups, while Wallace described his journey from burglaries to corporate leadership and civic involvement.
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Rosie Lister
Lansing Penitentiary
Ottawa
Henry Graves
Joe Wallace
Seven Steps To Freedom
Foundation
Graves
Lansing
Ottawa Junior High School
Seventh Step Foundation
GOP Governors Contemplate Rockefeller Draft at Florida Meeting
Republican governors meeting in Palm Beach discuss a possible Rockefeller draft as a 1968 nominee amid a convention stalemate. Some, like Pennsylvania’s Shafer and Maryland’s Agnew, doubt primaries will decide the race, while Oregon’s McCall warns Rockefeller may not want the presidency and hints at potential Nixon acceptance.
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Palm Beach
Barry Goldwater
Shafer
Rockefeller
Spiro T. Agnew
Maryland
Tom McCall
Oregon
McCall
Nixon
Tomorrow's Big Day For LBJ & CSR
President Johnson participates in the dress rehearsal as Lynda Johnson Robb and Marine Capt. Charles S. Robb prepare for Saturday's East Room wedding. The White House is decorated with Christmas greens, an altar under construction, a 30 foot buffet, and 500 bags of rice for guests. Robb's parents host a rehearsal dinner while stage stars sal the couple with songs from Do I Do. The couple will for the first time separately celebrate with parties before their arrival at the ceremony location.
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Washington
Johnson
Lynda
Charles S. Robb
White House
Robb
Carol Lawrence
Gordon MacRae
Lynda Bird Johnson Robb wedding cost cited
NEW YORK AP Lynda Bird Johnson and Marine Capt Charles Robb plan a marriage with a $62,850 outlay including a $10,000 trousseau and $5,000 champagne, per Women's Wear Daily The cost compares with Lyndon Johnson’s earlier $75,000 ceremony at the National Shrine The White House venue is noted as a saving tactic amid high wedding expenses and corporate talk of easing costs
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New York
Lynda Bird Johnson
Charles 5
Robb
Women’s Wear Daily
Lynda Bird
Trousseau
Robbs and Johnsons
Luel Johnson
National Shrine
White House
Social Security Bill Advances Near Johnson Plan
Senate House conferees reached final agreements on a Social Security bill offering the biggest cash benefit and tax increases in history while diverging from Johnson proposals. The package would raise basic benefits for 24 million Americans, boost the minimum, and expand eligibility with work requirements, but preserves much of the House version and scales back Senate liberal amendments.
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Washington
Senate House
Congress
Johnson
Teder
Maf -Alding
Aid To Fame
House
Senate
Enlilion
Navy Cuts Manpower To Save On Its Budget
The Navy will discharge more than 930000 enlisted men early to cut costs while tying up 49 ships for Vietnam duty. About 4700 petty officers and 2500 other enlisted personnel will be reassigned to Southeast Asia to staff New Jersey and the Puget Sound tender, allowing ships to be laid up or kept on caretaker status.
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Washington
Navy
Defense Department
Congress
Southeast Asia
New Jersey
Puget Sound
Atlantic
Pacific
Caribbean
Mediterranean
Far East
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