Greenwood Baptist Church Centennial Celebration Planned
Greenwood Baptist Church in Pomona RFD 2 marks its centennial with Centennial Sunday. The 100 year observance includes a 10 am service, noon basket dinner, and a 2 pm service. Rev. Warren Skiles ministers since 1969. Former pastors and centennial committee members will attend. The church, eight miles west and two miles south of Ottawa, traces roots to 1865.
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Greenwood Baptist Church
Pomona
RFD
Harrison Reed
Littleton
Franklin County
Marins Des Cygnes River
Greenwood Township
Issac Hetrick
Reed
Hetrick
Baltimore
Ohio
Mansfield
Central Baptist Church
Greenwood Church
Ottawa
Greenwood Cemetery
Garnett
Hayracks
Mount Olivet Baptist Church
Ottawa University
Warren Skiles
Greenwood
David Stimson
Winnebago
Minn
Harold R. Tuttle
Pueblo
Colo
Jack Hamilton
Ralph Shepherd
Wendell Davis
Franklin County Budget Shows Property Tax Hike For 1972
Franklin County projects a property tax levy of 42.69 per 1,000 assessed value for 1972 up from 35.52 this year. Total expenditures reach 4,071,488, with welfare costs rising and 320,300 allocated for jail improvements. Hearing on August 9 at 10 a.m. in county commissioners offices.
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Franklin County
Board of County Commissioners
Spears
County School Foundation
Rail Talks Fruitless Amid Nationwide Rail Walkout
Striking workers shut down Southern Railway and Union Pacific after an all night Labor Department summit failed to yield work rule agreement. The walkout idles about 48,000 employees on two lines, with broader rail impact. Negotiations continue among Cabinet officials, railroad presidents, and AFL CIOUTU leader Charles Luna, with potential Congressional action still possible. UTU represents 190,000 crew members while broader wage and working conditions are at stake.
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John A. Volpe
Labor Department
Norfolk & Western
Southern Pacific
Chicago and North Western
UTU
Southern
Nixon Announces Plan to Visit Communist China
President Nixon surprises the world by saying he will visit mainland China to seek normalization of relations. Kissinger and Chou En Lai arranged a secret prelude with Nixon to travel before May, with a possible face to face with Mao Tse tung.
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San Clemente
Calif
Nixon
China
White House
Chou Enlai
Peking
United States
Chou
Henry A. Kissinger
National Security Affairs
Kissinger
Mao Tse-tung
Communist Party
Mao
Kissinger’s Secret China Visit Roils Nixon Diplomacy
Washington reports Henry Kissinger’s 12 day trip included a clandestine stop in Peking to confer with Premier Chou En-lai. The trip remained tightly guarded with speculation among British officials about possible contacts with East Pakistan rebel groups and other covert diplomacy.
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Washington
Henry Kissinger
Peking
Nixon
U.S
Pakistan
China
Chou En-lai
Kissinger
United States
East Pakistan
Nuclear Waste Debate Divides Lyons Residents
In Lyons Kansas opposition from Gov Docking and Rep Skubitz failed as the House approved a 3.5 million nuclear waste repository in a salt mine near Lyons. Local doctors and realtors defend the project citing safety and extensive AEC testing while supporters argue for federal backing and timely funding.
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Elon Torrence
Associated Press
LYONS
Atomic Energy Commission
Wolf
Skubitz
Robert Docking
Joe Skubitz
Kansas
Dan Hannah
Washington
Kan
House
R-Kan
Vandalism Rules Against Grain In Phone Strike
Isolated vandalism marked a 400000 member AFL CIO CWA strike while most telephone service stayed near normal. Bell and CWA negotiators met over wages and local issues as damage ranged from arson in Elgin Illinois to cable cuts affecting thousands. Emergency crews restored most service. violence was condemned by union spokesmen.
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Afl-Cio Communications Workers of America
Bell Telephone System
CWA
Elgin
Ill
Elgin Central
Nonstriker
Mundelein
Aurora
Libertyville
Able
Vineland
N.J
Grethna
Neb
Los Angeles
San Francisco
New Rochelle
N.Y
Yonkers
Brooklyn Center
Minneapolis
Art Koski
St. Paul
Bell Telephone Office Changes Hours During Strike
South western Bell reports normal operations but shortens business hours to 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. starting today. Installations pause except emergencies while repairs continue. Manager Richard Forster notes surge in long distance calls, with 4,648 Thursday and 4,623 Wednesday, the strike by Communications Workers of America impacting service.
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Southwestern Bell Telephone
Richard Forster
R. D. Bradley
Communications Workers At
America
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Curtis V. Wolf
Lyons Medical Center
AEC
Forster
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