Governors urge Nixon to speak on Watergate at conference
At Stateline Nevada the 65th annual bipartisan governors conference opened with both parties pressuring President Nixon to hold news conferences on Watergate. Discussions centered on federal state fiscal policy and a proposed three fourths vote rule for resolutions. Holton proposed presidential press conferences to allow cross examination and clarify Nixon’s involvement claims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nixon
Lake Tahoe
Wendell Ford
Kentucky
Linwood Holton
Virginia
Republican Governors Association
Watergate
Holton
NBC
Meet the Press
Robert S. Strauss
Democratic National Committee
Maryland
Marvin Mandel
Daniel J. Evans
Washington
Wellington Kansas City Council Agenda May 22 1973
Wellington Kansas City Council agenda outlines minutes approval for May 22 1973 and May budget appropriations. It lists recognitions for Eldon Stone and a Harvest of Values block sale request, zoning, condemnations, lease amendments, grade crossing study, animal limits, housing funds, street sealing, and department reports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City OF
Wellington
Kansas
Eldon Stone
City of Wellington
Highland Park
East Lincoln Street
Highland Park Addition
St. Lukes Hospital, Inc
Kansas Corporation Commission
Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific
Hillside Street
Dorothy Bunch
May Building Permits Total 27573 in Wellington
The city building inspector reports 11 permits issued in Wellington during April with an estimated value of 27573 dollars. Year to date permits total 333373 dollars, compared with 502875 dollars in May 1972 and 74510 dollars in May 1963.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wellington
Alice Smith
N. E. Carport
Gary Bickel
High Dr
Dan Moore
N. Olive
Antonio Reyes
E. Lincoln
Bill Issacs
N. Poplar
Louis Dunn
N. A
I. A. Baldwin
Albert H. Miller
College
Carl Topinka
Morningside
Wheat Capitol Builders
Edgewood Dr
Purvis
Wanda Tate
David Jaramillo
E. 4Th
Weekend Weather and City Finances Highlight Wellington Notes
Wellington reports warm weekend weather with highs in the 80s and a single morning shower. City finances show May revenue at 1,562.00 with 1,248.54 in receipts, fines 314.02, up from April. County Agent Sam Rowe returned from Portland, and Legion Auxiliary meets with a covered dish at 6:30 p.m. Six Sumner County 4Hers head to Manhattan for Round Up. Barbara Parsons and others attend. Deputy treasurer Glen McMillan takes a week vacation in Missouri.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wellington
Joan Martin
Sam Rowe
Portland
Ore
David Rowe
American Legion Auxiliary
Legion
Sumner County
Manhattan
Barbara Parsons
Genda Springs
Julie
Cassandra Hamma
Cindy Covey
Sue Barnes
All Caldwell
Debbie Zimmerman
Carol Young
Jerry Reed
Glen McMillan
Ozarks
Missouri
Communist Military Aid Quietly Expands in Africa
U S intelligence reports find Moscow and Peking quietly expanding arms and training aid to eight African nations. China prepares to supply Tanzania with 20 MIG 19s and MIG 17s, while Sudan receives six MIG 19s and about 42 million dollars in projects. Guinea sees four Shanghai class gunboats and a 40 man training group. Russia ships tanks to Somalia and aids anti Portuguese rebels in Portuguese Guinea.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred S. Hoffman
Washington
Russia
China
U.S
Africa
Congress
Ethiopia
Tunisia
Red China
Tanzania
Peking
Sudan
Moscow
Guinea
Portuguese Guinea
Somalia
Indian Ocean
Gulf of Aden
Space Walk Likely At Skylab To Free Jammed Panel
Prospects for a space walk to free a jammed solar panel on Skylab look good as astronauts await guidance on the procedure and who will go outside. If approved, Commander Charles Conrad Jr. would likely lead the outing to release a one ton panel and restore electricity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Space Center
Houston
Skylab
Space Station
Space Agency
Charles Conrad Jr
William C. Schneider
Newsmen
Storey Musgrove
Spacemen
Conrad
Schneider
Marshall Space Flight Center
Huntsville
Ala
Russian Supersonic Airliner Crash at Paris Air Show
A Soviet TAM4 supersonic airliner exploded during an exhibition flight at the Paris air show near Coussainville killing 14 and injuring 28. Wreckage lay in flames as aviation experts inspect the cause of the first civilian SST crash since the program began in the 1960s.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Goussainville
France
Russia
Coussainville
le Bourget
Obituaries for Morrell Mansfield Reed Gaston Moore
Obituaries note the deaths of Oscar Frank Morrell Chester J Mansfield Tonya Kay Reed Adyson Gaston and Gertrude Edina Moore. Funeral arrangements and memorial notices appear in local columns.
Connie Godwin Wins 1973 Miss Sumner County Title
Connie Caroleta Godwin of Belle Plaine was crowned Miss Sumner County 1973 at the Belle Plaine High School pageant held Saturday. Ten contestants performed talent acts while past queens Sheana Binford Godwin and Kathy Gann attended. Runner-ups, special awards, and a $500 scholarship accompanied Connie’s crowning by Sheana Binford Godwin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belle Plaine High School
Sumner County
Dave Weaver
Sheana Binford Godwin
Sheana
Kathy Kloefkorn Gann
Margaret Renee Campbell
Wellington
Shelleen Kay Fitts Argenta
Connie Caroleta Godwin
Bele Plaine
Charlene Mae Kely
Wichita
Pamela Sue Long — Derby
Donna Gail Lyons
Oxford
Dana Rae Parker
Joan Darrell Patterson
Evonne Louise Stankel — Peck
Kristie Ann Sutton
Peck
Renee Campbell
Marsha Parkins
Renee
Don Campbell
Evonne Stunkel
Herbert Stunkel
Charlene Kelly
Charlene
John H. Kelly
Pamela Sue Long
Derby
Evonne Louise Stankel
Margaret Rene Campbell
Miss Campbell
Connie
Donald J. Godwin
Belle Plaine
Kansas — State Teachers College of
Connie Godwin
Queen
Miss Godwin
Pamela Sue ‘Long
Joan Patterson
Marketbasket prices rise across 13 cities in AP survey
The Associated Press report tracks 15 items in 13 cities from March 1 to June 1. Coffee and eggs led gains with increases tied to wholesale price rises and Brazil’s drought, leaf rust, and export policies. Egg prices fluctuated, with Boston up nearly 20 percent while New York saw about 2 percent. A Miami grocer warned prices could hit a dollar per dozen by Christmas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
London
International Coffee Organization
Brazil
Colombia
Africa
New York City
Boston
Agriculture Department
Miami
May Fire Department Monthly Report For Wellington
Wellington Fire Department logged 15 alarms in May with no fire losses inside city limits. Seven calls were within Wellington, seven in fire district No 6, and one in district No 7. Grass and trash incidents totaled eight, misc fires three, auto fires three, and one electrical. Fire training totaled 345 hours and inspections ten. Ambulance activity included 48 calls, 37 inside city, 11 outside. six auto accidents and 27 sick calls inside city, five outside.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wellington
Neil L. Young
Wellingon
Also Mentioned on This Page
Stateline
Nev
Eddie J. Shaw
Sound
Grandstand
Alda Boyd
Boyd Binford
Udall
Bots Floral Design
Bradley’s Redwood Studio
Sober’s Jewelry
McGee's Department Store
Dykeman’s
Well
Ington
Lawrence
Sportsman Paradise
Valentine Shoes
Rigsby Drug and Gift
Caldwell
Lear’s Clothing
Chat ’N’ Curl
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!