Senator Proxmire presses Nixon aid tied to California votes
Senator William Proxmire questions whether Nixon loan guarantees to Lockheed are motivated by protecting California’s electoral votes in 1972. An administration witness and Senator John Tower deny public motives. Lockheed warns of massive layoffs if federal backing fails, with 106000 aerospace workers idle statewide. Banking Chair Sparkman says final bill aims to help troubled firms beyond Lockheed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
William Proxmire
D-Wis
Nixon
California
Lockheed Aircraft Corp
John Tower
Texas
Proxmire
Lockheed
Burbank
Calif
Sen
the Treasury
Charles E. Walker
John Sparkman
D-Ala
Release Figures On First Year Of Abortion Law
Kansas health officials release data showing more than 8 000 legal abortions in the first year of the 1970 law. Most were Kansas residents, with many from Missouri, median age 22 and two thirds single. Abortion requests require a three physician panel approval and hospital execution.
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Topeka
Kan
Kansas
Department of Health
Missouri
Irvin Franzen
Vital Statistics Division
Department
State Board of Health
Francis Bice
WaKeeney
Robert Guilfoil
Kansas City
Guilfoil
John Blank
Hutchinson
Health Department
Franzen
Gunman Surrenders After Hostage Drama in St Paul Bank Heist
A bank robbery gang held a woman and her 18 month old granddaughter hostage in a St. Paul home for five hours while demanding air travel to Algeria. Police, FBI and state agencies surrounded the scene as two gunmen were captured and most loot recovered. one gunman later surrendered.
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ST. Paul, Minn
St. Paul
Algeria
Western State Bank
Arthur Schwartz
Anne Marie Looney
West
Minnehaha Avenue
Warren Owens
Kansas City
WLOL
Charles McCarty
Owens
Four counties pull out of Southeast Kansas detention project
In Fort Scott Kansas AP report four of nine counties Allen Woodson Wilson Montgomery have withdrawn from the planned Southeast Kansas juvenile detention center leaving only Bourbon Crawford Cherokee Labette Neosho. Project plans shrink to reduce cost though remaining counties face higher shares. A tentative meeting in Girard next Friday will address the status.
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Fort Scott
Kan
Southeast Kansas
Dale Hammons
Allen
Woodson
Wilson
Montgomery
Bourbon
Crawford
Cherokee
Labette
Neosho
Hammons
Parsons
Girard
Rock Singer Jim Morrison Dies in Paris
Paris reports the death of The Doors frontman Jim Morrison at age 27, buried in Pere Lachaise after dying last Saturday. Manager William Siddons says he died peacefully of natural causes, with U.S. officials confirming the listing in Paris.
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Paris
Jim Morrison
The
Doors
Pere Lachaise
Los Angeles
William Siddons
U.S
Siddons
Nixon Makes Secret 13 Mile Drive From Western White House
President Nixon, leaving the Western White House, took a 13 mile secret drive with aide C.G. Rebozo to Lake Elsinore. He helped a stranded motorist by asking for a tow, posed with families, and returned to dinner with Pat Nixon.
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White House
San Clemente
Calif
Nixon
C.G
Bebe” Rebozo
Key Biscayne, Fla
Lake Elsinore
Highway Patrol
Four Indicted In Bombing Series In Kansas City Area
Four young men face federal charges for a 1970 bombing campaign in Kansas City and Lawrence. Kenneth Sandusky Martin Baumgarten Richard Stanley and Randolph Gould are charged with conspiracy and multiple bombings including sites at University of Missouri Kansas City Douglas County attorney home in Lawrence Mid-Continent Bank JP's Boutique and Southgate Bank. co conspirator Arnold Stead pleaded guilty and testified before the grand jury.
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Kansas City
Lawrence
Kan
Kenneth D. Sandusky
Denver
Martin Baumgarten
Richard L. Stanley
Randolph E. Gould
Stead
Stanley
Miller Nichols
Baumgarten
Sandusky
University of Missouri-Kansas City
Gould and
Daniel A. Young
Douglas County
Mid-Continent Bank
Jp’s
Gould
Southgate State Bank
Prairie Village
Students For A Democratic Society
Lawsuit Aims to Delay Lyons Nuclear Repository
Kansas and the state Sierra Club consider a lawsuit to halt AEC plans for a Lyons repository. The move follows a Senate House panel approval of 3.5 million to proceed, with a court challenge likely after full Congress appropriates funds. Governor Docking supports delaying until safety and environmental tests satisfy Kansas scientists.
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Topeka, Kan
The
Atomic Energy Commission
Lyons
Kan
State of
Baxter
AEC
Robert Docking
Kansas
Miller
Docking
William Hambleton
Kansas Geological Survey
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Mrs
Carl Looney
Suburban
Maplewood
Sheriff's
FBI
Minnesota
Northwestern Mutual Life
Robert L. Shields
CLA
Dist
Bannatt
Pat
Rebozo
Secretary of State
William P. Rogers
Rose May Woods
United Nations
China
Gerald L. Warren
U.N
Capital
Vietnam
Arnold A. Stead
Country Club Plaza
Joe Caleb
Patterson Chevrolet & Oldsmobile, Inc
Joe
Ottawa
Church of God of Prophecy
Cedar
Vassar Playhouse
Pomona Lake
Mark Twain
S. L. Mossman
Vassar
Atty
Vern Miller
Edward Collister
Club
Sierra Club
Featuring
Blackhawk
S K
Black & Decker Sioux
Bishman
Ken
Ty Guaranteed
Brando
Harry Smith Auto Supply
Stee
Epa
James Garner
SUN
Tos
Elliott Gould
Donald Sutherland
Lou Jacobino
Alan Arkin
Flaza
Jack Ane Saga
Stu
Jason Robards
Katharine Ross Reis
Ross Hunter
Burt Dean Lancaster
Martin Jean Seberg
Jacqueline Bisset
Universal Picture
Todd-A
Hill
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