Was Docking Responsible? Study Root Of Woes
Kansas Democrats fault Gov. Robert Docking for fueling 1968 reapportionment clash by refusing to sign a court challenged plan. The resulting at large districts helped Democrats lose seats in Wichita and pointed to blame in the 1968 elections. Van Cleave defended the move as right, while opponents say better counsel might have changed the court outcome.
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Leroy Towns
Kansas
Harris Enterprises
Topeka
Kansas Senate
Robert Docking
Senate
Docking
Thomas van Cleave
Kansas City
van Cleave
Wichita
House
Faulkner appeals for Protestant campaign funds
Belfast report says Prime Minister Brian Faulkner urged Northern Ireland Protestants to finance a campaign against alleged Catholic propaganda aimed at joining the province with the Irish Republic. He insisted the ordinary Ulster voice must be heard and publicized alongside government messages.
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Belfast
Northern Ireland
Brian Faulkner
Irish Republic
Faulkner
Ulster
Enniskillen
David Frost
John McKeague
Shankill Defense Association
McKeague
Londonderry
Lear unveils vapor turbine bus to clear smog in cities
Bill Lear rolls out his first vapor powered turbine engine bus for public inspection in Reno. He claims $12 million and five years of work fuel the project, aiming to reduce urban smog. Officials urge caution while noting quiet acceleration and potential low pollution, with mass production cost estimated at $200 per engine.
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Reno, Nev
Bill Lear
Art Linkletter
Lear Motor Corp. Board of
Peter Bertogolio
U.S. Department of Transportation
Washington, D.C
Lear
Warren Dorn
Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors
Los Angeles Basin
General Motors Corp
Los Angeles
New York
San Francisco
Gay Liberation Front Denied KU Recognition Funds
U S District Court Judge George Templar refused recognition to the Lawrence Gay Liberation Front and blocked allocation of student fee funds at the University of Kansas. In Denver the 10th Circuit denied a mandamus to force Kunstler’s admission in Templar’s court after he sought to appear as counsel.
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Topeka
Kan
U.S. District Court
George Templar
Lawrence
Gay Liberation Front
University of Kansas
Denver
10Th Circuit Court of Appeals
Front
Templar
William Kunstler
Kunstler
Gage Named As Lawrence Editor
Ralph Gage named managing editor of the Lawrence Journal-World. He has covered University of Kansas news and will focus on KU affairs in his new role. Senior reporter KU affairs will be Robert Womack, joined by Claire Gillespie with a Missouri journalism degree.
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Lawrence
Kan
Ralph Gage
Lawrence Journal-World
Gage
University of Kansas
Robert Womack
Claire Gillespie
University of Missouri
Bill Mayer
Daryl Hall
Chuck Woodling
Genevieve Balyeat
Salina Journal
Metro-East Journal
East St. Louis, Ill
Journal-World
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S. Main
Ottawa, Kansas
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All Purpose
Superhold
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Ottawa
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