Kelley Appointment Seen Boosting FBI Morale
Kansas City Police Chief Clarence M. Kelley faces Senate confirmation to become FBI director. FBI sources say his long FBI experience and police leadership could lift morale and public image, which declined after Gray’s resignation and Watergate disclosures.
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Washington
Kansas City
Clarence M. Kelley
FBI
Kelley
Senate
J. Edgar Hoover
Kansas City Police
L. Patrick Gray III
Gray
White House
E. Howard Hunt Jr
Lowell P. Weicker
R-Conn
William D. Ruckelshaus
Hoover
Conway Springs Council Hears Firing of Police Force
Citizens report an informal meeting last night with the entire City Council and Mayor Ternes. No decision on the police force’s future was reached, but a plan to resolve the issue soon was hoped for. Original council vote was three in favor to retain the force with two abstentions.
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Conway Springs
Ternes
Kansas Lawmakers Hear Rumors of Illicit Wiretapping
Rep. Donn Everett of Manhattan tells a special legislative committee in Topeka that rumors of illicit wiretapping in Kansas exist. Atty. Gen. Vern Miller says only six court approved taps occurred in three years and no illegal taps are known. committee aims to examine past legal uses and potential abuses.
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Topeka
Kan
Donn Everett
Manhattan
House
Kansas
Everett
Special Registactive Committee On Criminal Law and Procedures
Vern Miller
G. T. van Bebber
Troy
Everet
Miller
Who's Who In Welington Glasco Rexall Drug Founder
Dale Glasco owns Glasco Rexall Drug at 1025 S. Washington in Wellington. He moved from Wichita in 1956 to buy Watkins Drug Store and later Cook's Pharmacy, consolidating two buildings into one large Glasco Rexall. He previously lived in Goodland Kane and hails from Clifton Kansas.
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Dale Glasco
Glasco
S. Washington
Smith's Clothing Store
Glasco Rexall Drug
Wellington
Wichita
Glascos
Goodland
Kane
Clifton
Kan
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Tom Coats Appointed MFA Insurance Agent in Wellington
Tom Coats of Wellington is named local agent for MFA Insurance Companies with home offices in Columbia Missouri. He succeeds Bill Martin and has completed MFA career agents training to serve policyholders nationwide.
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Tom Coats
Wellington
MFA Insurance
Columbia
A.D Sappington
Coats
Bill Martin
MFA
Pizza Hut
Army
Webblington
Sappington
mid-America
Summer Heat Hits 91 as Legion Tournament Planned
The city sweltered with a 91 degree high and 59 degree low as forecasters expected more 90s. The State American Legion Golf Tournament is set for July 7-8 at Stage Hill Golf Course Manhattan with a $12 entry fee and 1973 Kansas Legion card required. John Crum will travel to Hawaii for the National American Legion Convention August 17-24. Flag Day falls June 1 with Elk Lodges hosting ceremonies including a Well ington Elks Flag Day and Family Picnic June 10. WHS Cheerleaders run a Slave Day fundraiser tomorrow to raise 200 dollars for a camp. Birthday notices for Ricky Gandy Elizabeth Trembly and several wedding anniversaries.
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State American Legion
Manhattan
Kan
Stage Hill
Kansas Legion
John Crum
National American Legion
Honolulu
Hawaii
Wichita
Crums
Elk Lodges
Wellington
Ricky Gandy
Elizabeth Trembly
Rex Cypert
Johnny Blake
Charles McMillan
Darrel McGee
Four Children to Undergo Open Heart Surgery
In Santa Rosa California four siblings Davis 18 Richard 15 Kevin 13 and Karen 4 will enter Stanford University Medical Center on June 26 for open heart surgery. Doctors say the atrial septal defect they share is inherited from their father and while not fatal it would severely limit them.
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Santa Rosa
Calif
Ruby Costello
Costello
Davis
Richard
Kevin
Karen
Stanford University Medical Center
Temperatures Rise Across Kansas With Sunny Skies
The forecast shows Thursday high near 91 degrees and a low around 59 with sunny conditions and southwesterly winds from 10 to 20 mph. Friday expects a high in the upper 80s to low 90s with fair skies and a low near 60.
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Kansas
Watergate Testimony Reveals Lying By Deputy Campaign Director
Senate investigators heard Herbert L. Porter, deputy campaign director, admit lying under oath at the Watergate trial and grand jury. He said Magruder directed the false story about funds paid to college students, and that he lied to protect the President and stay loyal to the campaign. Porter spoke of perjury by Magruder and said he later changed his mind after Magruder indicated indictments were likely.
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Washington
Senate
Herbert L. Porter
Jeb Stuart Magruder
White House
Porter
Senate Watergate Committee
Magruder
Nixon
G. Gordon Liddy
Liddy
Turnpike to Further Cut Right-of-Way Mowing
Kansas Turnpike Authority votes to further cut mowing along the 236 mile route from Kansas City to South Haven to save gasoline. Last year the mowing cut by 50 percent. this summer the system will mow only median strip, one mower width along outside shoulders and around interchanges.
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Kansas Turnpike Authority
Peka
Kan
Kansas City
South Haven
Turnpike
Barley Harvest Begins East of Conway Springs
County Agent Sam Rowe reports the first cutting of high moisture barley east of Conway Springs on Thursday with two combines in the field. Kansas State College specialist Claude King and visitors surveyed the county for a new stripe disease in wheat while noting Army worms present but not damaging so far. Wheat in Summer County remains healthy. harvesting the 1973 crop is about a week away, with first cutting likely around June 18 in the southern county.
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Conway Springs
Sam Rowe
Rowe
Claude King
Kansas State College
Manhattan
Agent Rowe
Sumner County
American Firms Sign Intent to Import Soviet Gas
El Paso Natural Gas Co and Occidental Petroleum Corp signed an intent to import over 10 billion dollars of Soviet natural gas over 25 years. The plan anticipates up to two billion cubic feet per day with a 2000 mile Yakutsk to Vladivostok pipeline and a fleet of 20 cryogenic tankers.
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Ican
Soviet Union
el Paso Natural Gas Co
Occidental Petroleum Corp
Ministry of Foreign Trade
Occidental
Armand Hammer
U.S.S.R
U.S
Hammer
Yakutsk
Vladivostok
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Tom Seppy
Associated Press
Welington
G, Dale Glasco
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New Wellington
MFA Insurance Agent
Eddie J. Shaw
Tyistodel
Lawrence L. Knutson
Atty
John N. Mitchell
Howard Baker
R-Tenn
Democratic Party
Baker
Moscow
Amer
Barbara Hershey Seagull
the Monroes
Daily News
Ken Adams
Her
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