Judges Ponder Action Toward County Commission
District Court Judge Floyd H. Coffman said he would confer with District Judge Robert F. Stadler on possible legal action against the Franklin County Commission over its decision not to build new District Court facilities. The two judges urged a plan for a second floor in the new building funded by a $322,000 GCCA grant, while the commission stands by its remodel plan.
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Jewel Scott District Court
Floyd H. Coffman
Robert F. Stadler
Franklin County Commission
Coffman
Stadler
Governor’s Committee On Criminal Administration
GCCA
Fourth Judicial Division
Franklin County District Court
Robert L. Pinet
Pinet
Fourth Judicial District
Joe Ferns
Ferns
Nichols
Victor Warren
Ken Strobel
Cook, Flatt and Strobel
Topeka
Congress
Lister
Pomona
Franklin-Osage County
Kelsey Creek
Centropolis
Eight-Mile Creek
Ottawa
Tally Creek
le Loup
Wolf Creek
Rock Creek Road
Middle Creek
Lane
Pottawatomie River
Richter
Appanoose Creek
Nixon and Watergate clash reaches court over tapes
Washington AP report on Congress and President Nixon in a constitutional clash over access to Watergate tapes and documents. Senate Watergate committee votes to sue Nixon for material. Nixon defers until Supreme Court ruling. Judge Sirica to hold timely hearing. State actions include police review in Wiloughby disappearance case in Johnson County.
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Washington
Congress
United States
Senate Watergate Committee
Nixon
Washington (Ap
Archibald Cox
Supreme Court
Gerald L. Warren
Sam J. Ervin Jr
D-N.c
Watergate Committee
Senate
U.S. District Court
John J. Sirica
White House
Samuel Cash
Missing Princeton teen Laura Kirkland may be foul play case
Laura Kirkland a 16 year old Princeton girl has been missing since June 13. Parents say they fear harm and acknowledge recent runaways and possible drug involvement. Ottawa Arkansas suspects include two youths and a 1969 Ford Mustang linked to an Arkansas youth known as Bobbie Maxwell. Relatives report no clothing money or belongings and Ottawa inquiries expand as Sheriff’s office faces criticism over handling and publicity.
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Laura Kirkland
Princeton
Wayland Kirkland
Laura
Franklin County
Arkansas
Rex Bowling
Richmond
Garst Field
Sheriff's Department
Ottawa
Ind
Bobbie J. Maxwell
Laura Black
Bowling
Maxwell
Kirkland
Garnett
South Pence Store
Rigid Farm
Sheriff Ashcraft
Hot Springs
Ashcraft
Central Heights
Attorney General
Sheriff's Office
Farmers Warned Against Painting Racket
About 20 Jefferson County farmers were misled into paying for barn painting with tinted diesel fuel and some jobs using gasoline. A Louisiana man faces charges for deceptive sales. two workers implicated. Franklin and Jefferson County investigators, with the attorney general, pursue similar reports in Ottawa area. Samples are analyzed in Topeka. buyers urged to verify firms, request paint samples, and compare local prices. A Texas outfit and a costly partial job near Ottawa prompted further checks.
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Leroy Towns
Topeka
Jefferson County
Asst
Lance Burr
Louisiana
W. M
Pete” Mack
Burr
Ottawa
Franklin County
Attorney General
Consumer Protection Division
Kansas
Noted State Publisher Is Dead
William L. White, 73, longtime journalist and publisher of the Emporia Gazette, died today in an Emporia hospital after a battle with cancer. He was son of William Allen White, the Sage of Emporia, and his death comes after a career steeped in war reporting and provocative editorials. Funeral plans were not announced. Cancer history and family ties to the Gazette shaped his life and work.
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Emporia
Kan
William L. White
Emporia Gazette
White
William Allen White
School of Journalism
University of Kansas
New York
Paul
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Lee Nichols
Wellsville
Clathe
Johnson County
Roscoe R
Wilma) Willoughby
RFD
Charles H. Lane
Willoughby
Olathe Community Hospital
96Th Street
Lenexa
Fulson Company
Grenola
Oklo
Towa
Franklin County Sheriff's Office
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