Farmers Organization delegates study 1972 race in Kansas City
Fresh evidence the 1972 presidential race looms as key figures from both major parties address thousands at the National Farmers Organization convention in Kansas City. Sens. Humphrey and Dole sparred over farm policy and rural economic issues while others teased future candidates and the fate of Earl Butz.
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Kansas City
National Farmers Organization
Hubert Humphrey
D-Minn
Robert Dole
R-Kani
GOP
Humphrey
Nixon
America
Dole
Midwest
George McGovern
South Dakota
Maine
Edmund Muskie
Oren Lee Staley
NFC
Earl Butz
Butz
Senate
Staley
Kansas
United States
Republican National Committee
Harbert recalls life in Chinese countryside after capture
Mary Ann Harbert, freed after 30 years held by China, says her first year was the hardest but later life on a rural commune was not unpleasant. She described a non prison setting with guards, games, and meals, and details of her capture near Hong Kong in 1968.
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Philadelphia
Mary Ann Harbert
China
Miss Harbert
Harbert
Richard G. Fecteau
Lynn
Mass
Fecteau
Hong Kong
Manila
Gerald Ross McLaughlin
Palo Alto
McLaughlin
Miss. Harbert
United States
Welfare Rolls End Slump In August Rise In Recipients
Washington AP reports welfare rolls increased in August for the first time in four months while total expenditures fell. About 14.4 million people received cash payments, up 138,000 or 1 percent, reversing the prior decline. Public assistance including Medicaid totaled 5 billion, down 15 percent from July due to higher medical demand.
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Washington
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
The Library manifesto in quirky 1972 reads
A pulpy, freewheel promotion extols The Book Tree A Library as life’s rap session. It champions reading for all, mocks superficial answers, and invites readers to dive into books, library cards, and mind fuel joining the era’s playful slogans.
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Library Times
Kansan Ted KlassenNamed U S Postmaster General
Elmer Theodore Ted Klassen, born 1908 in Hillsboro Kansas, rose from an office boy at 16 to become president and CEO of the American Can Co before being chosen by the Postal Board of Governors to head the U S Postal Service. His career blends grit, rapid ascent, and Harvard management training in a classic Horatio Alger arc.
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Klassen
U.S. Postal Service
Horatio Alger
Hillsboro, Kans
California
San Francisco
The
American Can Co
Harvard School of Business
America
Associated Press
Postal Board of Governors
Foreign Aid Compromise Clears Congress for Adjournment
After a House vote defeated an end the war amendment, Congress moved toward adjournment with the Senate slated to quit until Jan 18. The foreign aid package totaled 2.752 billion dollars in authorization and a temporary funding measure, with a $341 million Cambodian operation limit and a 285 personnel cap. The Mansfield amendment was dropped, ending renewed hopes for a direct vote on that measure.
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House
Congress
Senate
William F. Ryan
D-N.y
U.S
Indochina
Ryan
Mike ‘Mansfield
Rep
Thomas Morgan
D-Pa
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Sen
J.W. Fulbright
D-Ark
Cambodia
Burn Center Aims to Open at KU Medical Center Next Summer
A planned burn care facility at the University of Kansas Medical Center seeks partial operation by next summer. Dr. Frank Masterg and Dr. David W. Robinson push for a center comparable to Galveston and San Antonio facilities, with about 385000 raised toward a 450000 goal and early construction planned after the new year. Governor Docking praised KU Endowment Association, highlighting gifts from Gene Burnett family and others in backing the project.
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Kansas City, Kah
University of Kansas Medical Center
Frank Masterg
David W. Robinson
Galveston
San Antonio
Tex
Kansas City
Kan
Kansas
Robert Docking
KU Endowment Association
Dolph Simons
Simons
Gene Burnett
Lawrence
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Kraner Drug Store
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Ottawa Chamber OF Commerce
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