Phantom Jets Hit Hanoi Power Plant and Rail Bridge
U S Phantom jets attacked Bac Giang power plant 25 miles northeast of Hanoi using laser guided bombs. A second strike damaged the Cao Ning railroad bridge between Hanoi and the Chinese border. The U S Command reported extensive air activity across North Vietnam with multiple facilities damaged.
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George Esper
Associated Press
Saigon
U.S
Hanoi
China
Bac Giang
North Vietnam
Fighter Pilots Keep Strong Edge Over North Vietnamese Fliers
Pentagon charts show 34 North Vietnamese MIGs downed by U S fighters since Jan 1 with four American planes lost. The 8 to 1 advantage marks a shift since heavy bombing resumed in April and contrasts with the 1965 68 period when MIGs sometimes held the upper hand.
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Washington
USS
Pentagon
U.S
United States
North Vietnam
Kansas Conservatives Weigh Wallace for President Nomination
The Kansas Conservative Party may nominate Alabama Governor George Wallace at its Saturday convention. Party chairman Ray C. Hall of Manhattan said the group is in the process of considering Wallace as its candidate, similar to 1968, and emphasized giving voters a chance to express their preference in November. The Kansas Conservative Party is affiliated with the American Party. some members seek legal action to force recognition under that name.
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Topeka
Kan
Kansas Conservative Party
Alabama
George Wallace
Ray C. Hall
Manhattan
Hall
Wallace
Kansas State University
United States
Gov. Wallace
Kansas
American Party of the
American Party
Richard B. Kay
Cleveland
Wellington Ministers Elect Officers and June Union Services
The Wellington Ministerial Association elected officers at its May meeting: President Dr Lyman Johnson Vice President Rev Virgil Swift and Secretary Treasurer Rev R Gideon Dexter. Next meeting September 6. June Union Services feature sermons by Rev N B Rayburn Rev Bruce Brigden Rev Kenneth Hathaway and Dr Lyman Johnson serving Cedarview Nursing Home Lakeside Lodge and the County Jail. Devotions air daily at 1 10 p m on KLEY led by rotating pastors.
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Wellington
Assembly of God Church
Lyman Johnson
First Methodist Church
Virgil Swift
Hillside Baptist Church
R. Gideon Dexter
First Baptist Church
Laptember
The
Methodist Church
First Presbyterian Church
N.B. Rayburn
Kenneth Hathaway
First Christian Church
Bruce Brigden
Presbyterian Church
Ministerial Association
Cedarview Nursing Home
Lakeside Lodge
Gideon Dexter
Kley
Sumner County
Bloodmobile visits Wellington church collects 39 pints
An emergency bloodmobile drive at First United Methodist Church in Wellington recorded 85 donors by 12:30 p.m. and 39 pints of blood. The event ran from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Weather remains warm with highs near 88 and cool nights. The Wellington Temporary Harvest Employment Office opens June 6 at Ernie's Equipment, with Dana Valdois in charge.
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Wellington
First United Methodist Church
Ernie
N. A
Dana Valdois
Turn Signals and Stop Lights on Motor Vehicles
Troopers Burl Anglemyer and Jim Zeller explain the Kansas law on signals and lights for roads. The rule sets signal lamp requirements based on vehicle width and length and addresses towing, along with retroactive allowances for older passenger vehicles.
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Burl Anglemyer
Jim Zeller
Kansas Highway Patrol
Miss Sumner County Scholarship Pageant in Belle Plaine
Belle Plaine hosts the sixth annual franchised Miss Sumner County Scholarship Pageant at 8 p.m. Saturday featuring 13 contestants from Wellington Argonia Derby Caldwell Mulvane Udall and Belle Plaine. The event is a preliminary to the Miss Kansas and Miss America contests.
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Belle Plaine
Sumner County
Udall
Mulvane
Derby
Renee Campbell
Wellington
Sandy Ragan
Argonia
Nitane
Debbie Subera
Calddwell
Lark Scott
Terry Crowder
Oxford
Lori Hansen
South Haven
Gracie Stankel
Peck
Sheana Binford
Carla Morney
Camella Stafford
Charla Mallory
Connie Godwin
Vacation Church School at Argonia UMC
Argonia United Methodist Church hosts Vacation Church School from June 59 to 11:30 AM daily. The theme is live in harmony with children learning through activities and stories.
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Argonia
Hopes For Peace in Ireland Blossoming
BELFAST AP A border road mine killed two British soldiers and wounded two others as Catholic peace advocates claim growing followers. A second mine was found and defused. The toll rises to 354 in three years of sectarian violence. Peace groups report tens of thousands backing cease-fire and talks, while IRA Provisional militants pledge to continue. A Belfast mother of six urged the Provisionals to listen to the people. No casualties reported overnight for British troops. Across the border in Dublin a fire bomb hit the American Express office.
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Belfast
Irish Republic
Northern Ireland
Republic
Rosslea
County
Fermanagh
Andersontown
Irish Republican Army
Free Derry
Londonderry
IRA
Underground Army
Mary Spackman
American Express
Dublin
Nixon's Report Draws Cheers From Rep
President Nixon's address to Congress on the U.S.-Soviet arms accords drew loud cheers from Republicans while provoking Democrats who viewed it as campaign rhetoric. Many backed the two arms-limitation pacts as likely to win approval, though some Democrats criticized the speech as lacking new information and overshadowed by the upcoming elections.
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Associated Press
Washington
Nixon
Congress
House
Nixon seeks Congress approval of landmark U S Soviet missile pact
President Nixon urged Congress to ratify the Moscow SALT accords as the cornerstone of a new U S Soviet relationship. The two thirds Senate vote is required for the ABM limiting treaty while the accompanying executive agreement can pass with a simple majority. Reaction ranged from praise to concern about strategic balance.
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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
Not Enough Delegates Wallace Leads Popular Democratic Votes
Wallace would top the Democratic nomination in popular votes with 3,407,453 against McGovern’s 2,372,755. But McGovern holds 4,974 convention delegates and projects 1,300 by the Miami Beach convention. Wallace has 323 delegates. Humphrey trails in third with 2,654,906 popular votes and 29514 delegates, while McGovern and Muskie gain delegates from states without preferential ballots.
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Washington
George C. Wallace
Wallace
George McGovern
McGovern
Miami Beach
Hubert H. Humphrey
Humphrey
Wisconsin
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Edmund Muskie
Judge rules 1968 wiretap law unconstitutional jeopardizing privacy
U.S. District Judge Joseph S. Lord III deems the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 unconstitutional on its face for violating the Fourth Amendment. The ruling concerns seven defendants in a $10 million gambling case and notes flaws in duration, investigator discretion, and lack of prompt notice to subjects.
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Philadelphia
U.S. District Court
Joseph S. Lord III
U.S. Atty
Peter Vaira
Justice Department
Washington
Criminal Division
Lord
U.S
Matthew F. Whitaker
Pottstown
Schuylkill County
Pennsylvania
FBI
John W. Lord Jr
John Lord
Joseph Lord
U.S. Supreme Court
High Court
Lord’s
Miller Files For Re election To Kansas House
Kansas state representative Robert H. Miller submits for re election from the 80th District centered in Sumner County. The Wellington resident, farmer and Kansas State University graduate, serves on Agriculture and Livestock Local Government and Oil and Gas committees.
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Robert H. Miller
Wellington
Secretary of State
Kansas House
Sumner County
Kansas
Miller
Agriculture & Livestock
Oil & Gas
Kansas Young Republican Federation
Sumner County Republican Central Committee
Kansas State Univesity
United States Air Force
Israeli Jets Swoop Lebanon With Attacks Expected
Israeli jets swept over southern Lebanon and border troop movements rose as security tightened at Tel Aviv airport amid fears of retaliation for a Japanese terrorist attack. Officials blamed Lebanon for harboring the group behind the Tel Aviv airport strike. Egypt and Lebanon were cited for responsibility at the UN. A separate case showed guns linked to the Irish Republican Army were found in an El Al shipment after a case split upon unloading.
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Associated Press
Lebanon
Tel Aviv
Israel
Beirut
Popular Front For the Liberation of Palestine
United Nations
U.N
Yosef Tekoah
Egypt
Tekoah
New York
Air France
Fl al
Irish Republican Army
London
el al
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