Packard Lovers Renew Romance at Ottawa Show
JOAN ISTAS reports on a Packard show at the Wesley Sylvester farm near Ottawa with exhibitors from Colorado Missouri Oklahoma Kansas and Nebraska. Six Packards will be on display and visitors can tour Yesteryears Memories museum housing antique cars and other items including a 1910 to 1912 Hart Parr tractor and a license tag collection.
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Joan Istas
Wesley Sylvester
Ottawa
Colorado
Missouri
Oklahoma
Kansas
Nebraska
Sylvester
Antique Auto Club
Packard Motor Company
Studebaker
Marshall
Yesteryears
Milford
Hart Parr Co
United States
Reynolds Shultz Declares Governor Run on Republican Ticket
Candidate Lieutenant Governor Reynolds Shultz announces bid for governorship as a Republican. Former State Senator (1964 70) chaired the Senate Federal and State Affairs Committee and the Labor and Industry Subcommittee. Shultz and wife Donna run a 925 acre farm in Douglas and Jefferson Counties.
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Reynolds Shultz
Shultz
Senate
Federal and State Affairs
Labor and Industry
Donna
Douglas
Jefferson
Nixon asks Congress to ratify landmark US Soviet pact
President Nixon urged a joint session of Congress to approve the Moscow accords forging a new U S Soviet relationship and limiting missile arms. He framed the pacts as a step to halt the dangerous spiral of nuclear arms, while critics warned the measures could favor the Soviet Union.
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Washington
Moscow
Nixon
Congress
Andrews Air Force Base
Henry M. Jackson
John M. Ashbrook
Robert P. Griffin
Michigan
Senate
GOP
White House
Florida
House
Capitol Hill
America
Peking
Hazardous device strike targets Hanoi power plant
Saigon reports U S Phantom jets attacked the Bao Giang power plant 25 miles northeast of Hanoi and damaged the plant with laser guided munitions. The blast damaged the center of a bridge while heavy smoke hindered immediate damage assessment. The sortie involved F4 jets using laser guided devices and nose camera guidance.
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Saigon
Hanoi
China
U.S
Bao Giang
North Vietnam
Air Force
Cao Nung
U.s.command
South Vietnam
Qui Nhon
Central Highlands
Kontum City
Pleiku
Melvern Reservoir gates delayed amid weather and planning
Army Corps engineers in Kansas say impoundment may begin as early as Saturday but gate closure could take weeks. Public Affairs Officer M O Smith in Kansas City notes a closing date will be set this afternoon in cooperation with the Kansas Fish and Game Commission and the Kansas Water Resources Board. Doyle Owens says no ceremony is planned as the Marais des Cygnes River runs slowly and rainfall will drive filling. Some flow could be cut off temporarily. remains work in the stilling basin until gates are shut.
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Army Corps of Engineers
Melvern Reservoir
M. O. Smith
Corps of Engineers
Kansas City
Kansas Fish and Game Commission
Kansas Water Resources Board
Doyle Owens
Wholesale Prices Increase in May Despite Unemployment Hold
In May, farm products climbed 1.4 percent and overall wholesale prices rose 0.6 percent, while unemployment stayed at 5.9 percent. The report, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, notes no jobless improvement and suggests a setback for Nixon wage and price controls, though industrial commodities rose 0.3 percent.
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Bureau of Labor Statistics
Nixon
Weather and economic snapshot from the region
The county forecast calls for clear to partly cloudy skies with warm conditions tonight and Saturday. Highs will reach mid 80s to low 90s, with light and variable winds. Tonight's low in the mid 30s to low 40s and a 10 percent chance of precipitation through Saturday. Industrial prices rose 0.4 percent in seasonally adjusted terms, matching April. Farm and processed foods, previously down, jumped 1.4 percent last month, while livestock prices rose 4.5 percent affecting retail meat costs. Unemployment held steady for men at 4.3 percent, women up to 5.9 percent, teenagers down to 15.7 percent, whites at 5.3 percent, nonwhites at 10.7 percent. Wages rose with production workers gaining 2 cents hourly to $3.61, weekly earnings up 74 cents to $133.21.
Judge rules wiretap law unconstitutional in gambling case
U S District Court Judge Joseph S Lord III ruled the 1968 federal wiretap act unconstitutional on its face as it jeopardizes privacy. Seven defendants in a $10 million gambling case challenged evidence from electronic surveillance, saying the law violates the Fourth Amendment. A wiretap targeted Matthew F Whitaker of Pottstown, once labeled Schuylkill County gambling czar.
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Philadelphia
Criminal Division
Uncon
U.S. District Court
Joseph S. Lord III
Lord
U.S
Matthew F. Whitaker
Pottstown
Schuylkill County
Pennsylvania
Antique Fly In At Ottawa Airport Sponsored Event
The second annual Fly-In by the Antique Airplane Association Kansas Chapter is set for this weekend at Ottawa Municipal Airport. About 150 antique airplanes are expected to display, with Kaw Valley Parachute Club performing and local barnstormer Chuck LeMaster offering Boeing 247 rides for five dollars per seat.
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Tip Davis
Kansas City
Kan
Ottawa
Antique Airplane Association
Kansas
Bob Dodson
Dodson Aviation
Kaw Valley Parachute Club
Charles A
Chuck) LeMaster
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Windsor
England
Duke of Windsor
Edward Heath
Spencer Churchill
Britain
Earl Mountbatten
St. George’s Chapel
Windsor Castle
Edward VIII
Duke
Wallis Warfield Simpson
London
Paris
Heathrow
Lord Mountbatten
Buckingham Palace
Catafalque
Ren
Tion
Joint Commercial Commission
U.S.S.R
United States of America
Soviet Union
Soviets
Melvern
Peter Vaira
Justice Department
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