Kansas Briefs Highlight farm prices and university rumor mill
Kansas briefs report Secretary of Agriculture Earl Butz predicting rising farm prices will fade as campaign issues. He criticized Democrats over the dock strike, claiming farmers lost about $1 billion last year. In Lawrence KU Chancellor Laurence Chalmers is not seeking Ohio State presidency. The 7,200 acre Dewey Ranch near Manhattan sold to Dr. David E. McKnight and James W. McKnight. Three Great Bend men charged in Portis bank robbery were arraigned in Hays.
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Salina, Kan
Earl Butz
Kansas
Butz
Kansas Agricultural Convention
Topeka
Salina Chamber of Commerce
Senate Labor Committee
Buzz
Lawrence
Kan
Laurence Chalmers
University of Kansas
Ohio State University
Chalmers
Columbus Dispatch
Ohio Post
John J. Conard
Manhattan, Kan
Dewey Ranch
Flint Hills
Manhattan
Kansas 177
Kansas River
Pullman Land and Cattle Co
Cherry County
Nebraska
Frank R. McDermand
Kansas City
David E. McKnight
James W. McKnight
Hays
Great Bend
First State Bank
Portis
Lawrence W. Bellford
Alan Scheck
Zane A. Ledford
Kansas Highway Patrol
Kennedy Declines National Convention Delegate Role
Senator Edward M. Kennedy says he will not serve as a delegate to the Democratic National Convention but will stay active over the weeks and at the Miami event. He filed an affidavit to remove his name from the Massachusetts primary ballot while noting continued involvement in the campaign season. The piece also covers Wallace Humphrey Hartke Jackson McGovern and broader primary activity across states.
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Bill Kosman
Associated Press
Edward M. Kennedy
White House
Kennedy
Boston
Miami
Massachusetts
George Wallace
Hubert H. Humphrey
Alabama
Florida
Vance Hartke
Indiana
Hartke
New York
New Hampshire
Wisconsin
Henry M. Jackson
Washington
Nixon
Jackson
Iowa State University
Ames
George McGovern
Exemption Sought for Low Earners in Wage Rules
Washington AP reports Cost of Living Council considering exempting workers under 1.90 per hour from wage controls while Pay Board approves retroactive raises up to 7 percent under new procedures. Debate over a higher exemption, possibly 1.90, persists amid board unanimity on retroactive pay.
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Washington
Cost of Living Council
Congress
Nixon
Council
Pay Board
George H. Boldt
Docking and Lawmakers to Hold Weekly Talks in Topeka
Gov. Robert Docking invited 12 House and Senate leaders to a Tuesday 4:30 p.m. meeting to discuss executive reorganization, aiming for weekly liaison sessions between the executive and legislative branches during the current session. Attendees include Speaker Cal Strowig and Majority Leader Morris Kay among others.
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Topeka
Kan
Robert Docking
House
Senate
Executive Mansion
Docking
James Shaffer
Shaffer
Cal Strowig
Morris Kay
Jess Taylor
Ways and Means
Claude Hill
Pete Loux
Harley Huggins
Laird Leaves Nonpolitical Post to Comment on Withdrawal
Secretary of Defense Melvin R. Laird shifts from nonpolitical stance to critique Democratic push for Vietnam withdrawal. He accuses Muskie and Humphrey supporters of duplicity and says U.S. pullout would jeopardize POWs and aid the enemy. He argues the 1969 program did not include a full U.S. withdrawal.
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Washington
Melvin R. Laird
Laird
Defense
State
Congress
Vietnam
Southeast Asia
Public Broadcasting Service
U.S
United States
Pony Express Resumes Trail Trek To Southern California
In Casper Wyoming AP reports the Pony Express riders return to the old route after a Thursday delay in Torrington caused by truck mechanical issues. Three riders seven horses and a 42 foot horse trailer were seven hours ahead but waited for a replacement truck. A mock Indian attack was planned near Ft Casper with troopers to rescue the riders as they continued toward the prisoner of war issue.
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Casper
Wyo
Pony Express
Wyoming
California
Torrington
Ft. Casper
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Kansas Briefs
Ohio State
Conard
Wallace
Humphrey
Minnesota
Jacksonville
Camping
S & 218
Jim Strander
Burlington
Lawrence Strawder
N. Main
Charles Zoschke
Coffeyville
Calvary Bible College
David
Rebecca
John
Daniel
Kathy Ruth Zoschke King
Frank King
Tsun
James Garner
Lou Gossett
Susan Clark
Disney
Vanishing Prairie
E. Wilson
Ottawa
Ransom Bennett, JR
Leo H. Converse
Exec
J. W. Dickerson
W. G. Ransom
Jim Piper
Mgr
Astallment Loan
R. C. Winchester Cashier & Trust Officer
George J. Jarik
Maxine Lichtenberger
John C. Wilson
James D. Asher
Robert B. Anderson
Leoh, Converse
J, W. Dickerson
Thomas F. Porter
William W. Wallace
Muskie Nor
Fulton Furniture
Wonder
Kraner Drug Store
Peg
Peoples of
Peoples National Bank
Ottawa, Kansas
F.d.1.c
U. S. Treasury
R. C. Winchester
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