Policemen Strike Leaves KCK Guarded by State and County Forces
After a citywide police strike in Kansas City Kansas, 20 Kansas highway patrolmen and 10 Kansas Bureau of Investigation agents joined Wyandotte County sheriffs' reserves to back up police, while Gov. Bennett's office and state officials monitored. A restraining order was issued to bar picketing, with a hearing set to decide its fate. The Fraternal Order of Police said the strike followed contract talks breakdown amid a controversy over a $25 monthly raise in the 1976 budget.
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Kansas
Kansas Bureau of Investigation
Wyandotte County
Robert F. Bennett
Jack Reardon
Cordell Meeks
Reardon
Richard Sullivan
Fraternal Order of Police
Pete Enich
City Hall
FOP
Meeks
Standoff Persists in London Basement Storeroom
Police siege enters third day at a downtown London restaurant as three gunmen hold six Italians in a 10 by 12 foot basement storeroom. Scotland Yard refused demands for a plane and safe passage out of Britain. Gunmen declare they are staying put.
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London
Scotland
Yard
Britain
Ernest Bond
Bond
Knightsbridge
Pasquale Cenicola
Butz Eyes Grain Deal With Poland
Secretary of Agriculture Earl L. Butz says a long term grain sales pact with Poland could be worked out during his Warsaw visit. Barcikowski and Butz agreed on principles, with quantities to be finalized on Nov 25 28. Poland may seek about 2.5 million tons annually, while current Polish purchases total about 1.9 million metric tons this year.
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Washington
Earl L. Butz
Poland
U.S
Warsaw
Butz
Kazimierz Barcikowski
Agriculture Department
State Department
Soviet Union
Ford
Barcikowski
USDA
East Germany
Romania
Fayetteville star leads conference scoring in 1969 120 points
Two time scoring leader Bill Burnett of Arkansas led the South with 120 points in 1969 after previously topping the West in 1968 with 96 points. Burnett, a standout college football player from Fayetteville, earned back to back scoring titles for the Razorbacks.
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Fayetteville, Ark
Bill Burnett
City of Arkansas
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Curt Schneider
KBI
William Albott
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Sullivan
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United States
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Christopher Payne
Manca
Daily Mail
Davis
Black Liberation
Walt’s
Ottawa, Kansas
Fey
Zenith
Romacolor I
Zin Met
Oni
Allegro
Texaco Service
S. Main
Ottawa Lumber
Bob McCrea
Jim McCrea
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