Candidate For Lt. Gov Will Be In Wellington
Sumner County Republican Club will hear David C. Owen, GOP candidate for Lt. Governor, June 12 at 8:00 p.m. at the National Bank of Commerce. Owen, 33, is the youngest Kansas State Senator from Johnson County and chairs highways and transportation committees.
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Sumner County
Republican Club
David C. Owen
G.O.P
National Bank of Commerce
Senate
Dave Owen
Johnson County
Transportation and Utilities
Warm Wellington Weather Prompts Wheat Harvest Rush
Mainstreet reports hot dry and windy days as wheat ripens across the county. Wellington sees a 95 degree high yesterday and 60 at night. County tax collections total around 19 000 yesterday with 25 000 to 30 000 daily since last Thursday. A temporary harvest office opens at Ernie's Equipment to hire combines and truck drivers. Juan Caudillo honored after 49 years at Santa Fe Railroad. Mariachi Guadalajarra performs. One way North C Street set to improve traffic. Health Planning Council to hold two day training at Holiday Inn in South Center Kansas. Continued To Page 2 Col 2.
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Wellington
Ernie
Allied Equipment
N. A
Estell Valdois
Dana Valdois
Loren Hibbs
Juan Caudillo
Legion Building
Caudillo
Santa Fe Railroad
Santa Fe
Mariachi Guadalajara
Mexico City
Mexico
C Street
Harvey Avenue
15Th Street
North C
Harvey
15Th
Health Planning Council of
South Center
Kan
Carl Tompkins
Holiday Inn
Midtown
California, New Jersey, New Mexico vote in key primaries
California holds a pivotal Democratic presidential primary with Sen George McGovern seen as the favorite for 271 delegates. New Jersey New Mexico and South Dakota also vote as McGovern aims to push past 850 delegates. Humphrey could halt the surge with a California win.
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Fornia
George McGovern
New Jersey
New Mexico
South Dakota
Exnee
McGovern
Albuquerque
N.M
Houston
Tex
Sen
Hubert H. Humphrey
Humphrey
California
Montana
Mississippi
Lee Metcalf
D.mont
James O. Eastland
Dmiss
Clifford P. Case
Rn.j
New York
Los Angeles
San Diego
Hele
Cycle For Sight A Kansas Lions cycle to Mexico City for eye bank
The Lions Clubs of Kansas and J C Penney join in Cycle For Sight a 1600 mile ride from Wichita to Mexico City for the Eye Bank at the University of Kansas Eighteen youths ride high speed bicycles donated by J C Penney The riders depart Wichita June 7 rest in Wellington and Lions Club hosts in the area sponsor support earnings go to sight research at KU
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The
Lions Clubs of Kansas
J. C. Penney Company
Eye Bank
University of Kansas
Kansas
Lions Youth Organization
Wichita
Mexico City
Lions International
Wellington
Lions Club
Lions Park
Highway 81
Ramada Inn
Deaths and Funerals Details on Page Two
Obituaries for Jesse Monroe Linn and Joseph Rucker appear with funeral details on page two. The notices provide survivor lists, service arrangements, and burial information as published by the local newspaper.
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Jesse Monroe
Linn
Joseph Rucker
Angela Davis acquitted amid wave of congratulatory messages
Angela Davis faced about 20 death threats after being acquitted of murder, kidnapping and conspiracy in a 1970 courthouse case. Spokeswoman Stephanie Allan noted hundreds of telegrams and calls of praise as Davis relaxed in San Jose, while supporters worldwide sent congratulations.
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Edith M. Lederer
San Jose
Calif
Angela Davis
Stephanie Allan
Miss Davis
Miss Allan
San Quentin
Fletta Drumgo
Soledad
Drumgo
George Jackson
British Troops Nab IRA Officers After Belfast Chase
British paratroopers hunted a Belfast wanted IRA member Monday night, chasing him into a house and arresting him along with seven others including a Provisional wing battalion commander and two senior officers. Rioters attacked soldiers with rocks and gunfire erupted in an hour long battle.
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Belfast
Irish Republican Army
IRA
Provisional Wing
Portadown
Londonderry
William Whitelaw
Northern Ireland
Legal Gambling Debate Seen In Kansas Supreme Court
Kansas Attorney General Vern Miller asks the state Supreme Court to overturn Allen County Judge Stadler’s ruling that slot machines are legal as games of comparable characteristics to bingo. Rep. Talkington argues the law was meant to cover more than bingo. The court will rule by July 8. Stadler had dismissed charges from Miller’s raid on the American Legion club in Iowa and ordered five slot machines returned.
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Topeka
Kan
Vern Miller
State Supreme Court
Allen County
Robert Stadler
Stadler
Kansas
Robert Talkington
R-Iola
Supreme Court
High Court
Miller
American Legion Club
Iowa
New Laws Raise Auto Insurance and Reporting Rules
Elton Lobban announces Kansas Legislature amendments set to take effect July 1 1972. Public liability limits rise to 15000 30000 and 5000 for property damage. Alternative deposit option increases to 30000 with restrictions. Reporting times extend to 15 days for accidents and 10 days for officer reports with supplements allowed.
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Elton Lobban
Motor Vehicle Department
Kansas
Motor
Lobban
Palme blasts U.S. actions in Vietnam at UN environmental talk
Premier Olof Palme denounces the immense destruction in Vietnam through bombing bulldozers and herbicides calling it ecocide. He urges immediate ecological warfare cessation while not naming the United States directly. The discussion also covers development fears by underdeveloped nations and environmental statesmanship.
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Stockholm
Olof Palme
Sweden
United States
U.N. Conference On the Human Environment
Vietnam
Palme
Russell Train
U.S
Ques
Brazil
Belle Plaine Youth Dies In Oklahoma
A Belle Plaine Kansas teenager, 16 year old Robert Happy, died in an Oklahoma farm accident southwest of Guthrie. He was driving a combine that plunged off a bridge into a creek bed and became pinned beneath the machine. He was the son of Mr and Mrs Robert Happy of Belle Plaine.
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Guthrie
Okla
Belle Plaine
Kan
Robert Happy
Rt. 2
Allies Regain Kontum as U S Warplanes Hit North Vietnam
U S fighter-bombers damaged or destroyed more than 100 supply boats in the inland waterways near Vinh along the Song Ca River as part of a broad assault after North Vietnam resumed heavy bombing. Navy pilots from the Coral Sea claimed 69 vessels sunk or damaged. In South Vietnam, Kontum remained contested with reports of partial clearance and continued low level fighting near Hue and An Loc, where shelling dropped to under 300 rounds.
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Saigon
North Vietnam
U.S
China
Hanoi
America
Coral Sea
Song Ca
Vinh
Demilitarized Zone
South Vietnam
Saigon Command
Kontum
Pleiku
Hue
An Loc
Bloodmobile Recovers 83 Pints at Wellington Drive
The bloodmobile visited Wellington at First United Methodist Church on Friday June 2 collecting 83 pints from 89 donors. George Rays Jr. won a $25 National Bank of Commerce Savings Bond from donors. Notable gallon donors were Gary Moore and Tim Roberson. The list includes Lois Castuera Jose Castuera Virginia Wade Merle Brand Sallie Shore Alvena Green Jolene Norris Frances Rutledge and many others.
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Wellington
First United Methodist Church
Gary Moore
Tim Robertson
National Bank of Commerce
George Rays, Jr
Lois Castuera
Jose Castuera
Virginia Wade
Merle Brand
Sallie Shore
Wellington City Council approves scope of work and utility upgrades
Wellington officials backed a 701 Comprehensive Planning study with a 34 059 dollar cost sharing plan approved 4 to 3. The council authorized funds for Chikaskia Regional Planning Commission dues and zoning changes for 1703 North C Street. A new refuse collection rate and city planning board size were considered. St Luke’s Hospital Trustees stated they have enough funds to pay the general contractor for the new hospital.
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Chamber of Commerce
Wellington Park Board
City Planning Commission
Planning Commission
Ray Crittenden
Eleanor Lee
Theodore Butler
John Watts
Gordon Miller
James McMinn
Eldon Walker
Kansas Department of Economic Development
Chikaskia
Sumner
Harper and Kingman
Wellington
Dale E. Wilson
North
C Street
Circle Inn
ST. Luke’s
St. Luke's Hospital
Hill-Burton
Dondlinger and Sons
Larry Henry
S.C.S
Hargis Creek
Forture
Congress
Rural Kansas Faces Youth Migration and Need for Rural Revitalization
Miller analyzes the rural out-migration issue in Kansas citing urban relocation and social strain. He urges targeted programs to fund local governments to rebuild communities and attract job producing industries, stressing youth retention and careful use of limited resources.
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Kansas
Sumner County
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