Local KU Grad Recipient Of National Scholarship
David E. Knoeppel, KU graduate, is the first recipient of the NATA Post Graduate Scholarship. He served in Vietnam with the U.S. 3rd Marine Division, earned a KU degree in 1973, taught Human Gross Anatomy, and will pursue a Masters of Education in Athletic Training at Arizona University, one of two U.S. schools offering the approved program.
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National Athletic Trainers Association
United States
David E. Knoeppel
Paul E. Knoeppel
N. Washington
University of Kansas
Naismith
NATA
David
Knoeppel
Association
Atlanta
Georgia
William FE. Newell
Lafayette
Indiana
Dean Naismith
U.S. 3Rd Marine Division
Vietnam
Jack Wolfe
University of Arizona
Arizona University
U.S
Summer Hint in June as Days Grow Longer
The article notes June 21 as the official start of summer with days lengthening each sunset. It records previous highs and lows, and mentions a forecast of warmer temperatures, with sunrise at 6:97 AM and sunset at 8:48 PM. It also cites a June 9 deadline for State Youth Environmental Conference scholarships for USD 353 students. It reports Manuel Perez undergoes major surgery at St. Francis Hospital and a Santa Fe crew finding an Armadillo near tracks.
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Joan Renek
Chamber of Commerce
Manuel Perez
Wellington
St. Francis Hospital
Wichita
St. Francis
Santa Fe
Kage
Col
House Votes to Boost Minimum Wage This Year
The House approved raising the federal minimum wage from 1.60 to 2.00 this year and to 2.20 in 1974, extending coverage to government workers and household domestics. The vote, 287 to 130, defeated a substitute that would delay the rise and reduce coverage.
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House
John Beckler
Associated Press
Washington
Senate
John H. Dent
D-Pa
Laird to Accept White House Domestic Affairs Counselor Post
Melvin R. Laird will return from retirement to serve as counselor to the president for domestic affairs with cabinet rank. He replaces John Ehrlichman and could help restrain presidential impulses, saying top aides once misread Nixon and failed to protect the president from his own urges.
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Saul Pett
Washington
White House
Richard Nixon
Dao
Melvin R. Laird
Laird
Henry A. Kissinger
John D. Ehrlichman
Ehrlichman
United States
Nixon
Penn Central Railroad
Defense Production Act
Congress
Secretary of Defense
Veg
Workman’s Compensation Laws Studied by Kansas Panel
A Kansas legislative committee led by Rep. Wendell Lady opened a study of workmen's compensation laws with a historical review. The panel will update laws and consider President's Commission recommendations while also examining unemployment compensation financing and eligibility. Richard Long cited 1908 deaths and injuries as context for reforms.
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Topeka
Kan
Kansas
Wendell Lady
Overland Park
Lady
Richard Long
David Carradine To Headline Free Community Concert
David Carradine and his group perform a free family friendly concert tonight at Melody Bowl Woods Park. The event starts about 6 30 p m and runs to sunset around 9 00 p m with entertainment for all ages, organized by the Chamber of Commerce and Wellington City Council.
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David Carradine
Kung Fu and Company
Woods Park
Chamber of Commerce
Wellington
Barbara Hershey
Seagull
Kansas Flyer
Conflict over mayor authority in Conway Springs police relief
Dispute arises between Mayor and City Council over the mayor's power to relieve police. Attorney General Vern Miller says council approval is needed. Mayor Ternes claims authority exists. City Council meets tonight to resolve the conflict after a 3-2 vote to keep current officers.
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Conway Springs
Vern Miller
Ternes
Ford Harbaugh
Weington
New Sparkie's non explosive starter fuel grows in Wellington
Wellington's Proton Products expands New Sparkie's a safe fire starter made at 1023 W 16th. Owners Bill and Minnie Hovorak list daughter Dorothy son-in-law Ron Nutt and grandson Bill Paul Hovorak as family backers. The 11 employee plant ships over 120 cases weekly to 200 stores across Kansas and Oklahoma, selling 79 cents per package. Sparkie's burn longer now and light easily with a match, even after submersion, with uses from lighting grills to warming hands and emergencies. The product targets outdoors enthusiasts and bears a copyright with plans for a patent.
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New Sparkie
Proton Products
W. 16Th
Wellington
Bill Hovorak
Minnie
Dorothy
Ron Nutt
Bill Paul Hovorak
Sherri
Paul
New Sparkie’s
Kansas
Oklahoma
Hovorak
Hovoraks
Ballinger
Tex
S. Hovorak
Kansas Senator Had Nothing to Do With Affair
Washington AP reports Senator Robert Doe of Kansas, like most Republicans, had nothing to do with the Watergate affair. Senator George McGovern says the president erred by isolating himself from respectable Republicans and surrounded himself with men of questionable integrity. He adds Republicans should not lose in 1974 over Watergate.
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Washington
Robert Doe
Kanecas
Reppublicans
George McGovern
McGovern
Fewer Crops and Higher Food Prices Expected Nationwide
Weather, fuel shortages, strong foreign demand, transport bottlenecks, and insect issues portend lower harvests and rising prices for food and meat. Officials note feed costs make up about 75 percent of producing meat, milk, and eggs. Kansas and Oklahoma expect a wheat bumper despite delays and storms while corn and sorghum plantings lag. Missouri reports varied progress with wet fields limiting acreage and some flood damage to corn in Adair and Saline counties.
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Kansas City
Kansas
Oklahoma
Missouri
Crop Reporting Service
Saline County
Agriculture — Stabilization and Conservation Service
Seph Thompson
Marshall
Missouri River
Thompson
Virgil Payne
Jasper County
ASCS
Adair County
Donald Bennett
Kirksville
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Eddie J. Shaw
Hargis Creek
Daily News
Ken Adams
Sparkie
Sparkie’s
Minnie Hovarak
Bill
Gertrude E. Moore
Proton
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