Agnew Attacks Watergate Hearings As Perversion Of Justice
Vice President Spiro Agnew called the Senate Watergate hearings a gross perversion of justice during an address to the National Association of Attorneys General in St. Louis. Republican AGs Nelson and Danforth praised the remarks. Democratic AG Kelley called them weak. Lefkowitz urged preserving witness rights while continuing the hearings to serve public interest and prosecutions. Agnew acknowledged he sees multiple views and urged protecting testimony rights and prosecutorial needs.
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Eral
Association
Agnew
Nelson
John C. Danforth
Missouri
Senate
Danforth
Michigan
Frank J. Kelley
Kelley
Louis J. Lefkowitz
New York
Senate Committee
Lefkowitz
Archibald Cox
Cox
St. Louis
Democrats Push Phase 3 Replaced by Tight Wage-Price Freeze
Senate debate opens on a Proxmire plan to freeze all prices except raw agricultural goods, replacing Nixon Phase 3. Republicans denounce the move as extreme while the White House considers its own tighter controls and possible tax actions. Mansfield cites May wholesale price rise as evidence Phase 3 failure.
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Washington
Senate
Nixon
William Proxmire
D-Wis
Proxmire
State Department
Mike Mansfield
Hugh Scott
U.S
Indochina
North Vietnam
House
Mansfield
Wellington Saddle Cub Hosts Successful Event
The Wellington Saddle Club hosted its 2nd Annual American Quarter Horse Show and National Cutting Horse Contest on Saturday in Wellington. A total of 217 horses competed with grand and reserve champions named across mare, gelding, youth, and open cutting events. The club plans another show next year and invites the public to upcoming Friday night fun shows starting June 22.
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Wellington Saddle Club
Wellington
Miss Blue Panie
Kristy Grey
Newton
Mike Bar Bob
Nancy Sue McGregor
Dallas
Tex
Jolene Friesen
Hutchinson
Harship George
Karen Russell
Vernal Sox
Bill Derreen
Olmitz
Kan
Bill James
Denver
Colo
Saddle Club
National Association
Kansas City
The
Wellington Local Weather and Community Notes
Warm day in Wellington with a high of 91 and a 65 degree overnight low. The forecast calls for a chance of showers and partly cloudy skies midday temperatures around 79. Community items include pharmacist James E. Schwensen’s remarks in Changing Times about prescription prices and a call for students to pick up grade cards at Wellington High School. Paul Stinson and wife return from a 6000 mile western trip, Elks Lodge rummage sale scheduled for June 15–16, donations welcome.
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Wellington
James E. Schwensen
Hesston
Kan
Changing Times
Schwensen
Dorothy Podschun
Paul Stinson
Las Vegas
Nevada
The
Elks Lodge
Robert L. Smith Dies Unexpectedly in California
Robert L. Smith 69 of Huntington Beach Calif former Wellington resident died unexpectedly at his home. He grew up in Wellington and graduated Wellington High School. He worked in clothing stores on Washington Street before moving to California in 1957. Survivors include his widow Leona three daughters Ramona Stevenson Mary Denny Judy Goodwin two sons Robert L. Smith Jr and Joe C. Smith 13 grandchildren and one great grandchild. Services pending in Wellington with Yost Funeral Home In charge Burial at Prairie Lawn Cemetery.
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Robert L. Smith
Yarmouth Lane
Huntington Beach
Calif
Wellington
Wellington High School
S. Washington
Washington
California
Leona
Bill
Ramona) Stevenson
Wilbur
Mary) Denny, Jr
Paul
Judy) Goodwin
Joe C. Smith
Yost
Kissinger Tho Draft Call for Cease Fire Within 24 Hours
Paris talks draft proposed by Kissinger and Tho urges a true cease fire 24 hours after signing and outlines timetables for mine sweeping and postwar reconstruction talks. Saigon objects to zones of control wording and a national reconciliation council without a clear electoral timetable.
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Saigon
Vietnam
Paris
Henry A. Kissinger
Hanoi
le Duc Tho
U.S
Cambodia
Kissinger
Tho
Nguyen van Thieu
United States
South Vietnam
Laos
North Vietnam
Joint Economic Committee
Council of National Reconciliation and Concord
Conway Springs Police Force Returns to Duty After Council Meeting
Assistant Attorney General Curt Snider told Conway Springs officials that the mayor cannot dismiss officers without council consent. The council gave until Wednesday morning for the force to resume duties to check equipment and assignments. Mayor Leo Ternes has not reappointed the force, but officers may serve indefinitely without agreement. Chief Enloe apologized for earlier turmoil and confirmed continued cooperation with the mayor. the chief earns 475 dollars monthly from the city while the county pays 100 dollars to the chief.
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Conway Springs
Kansas
Curt Snider
Leo Ternes
Snider
Vern Miller
Ternes
Enloe
Robert Enloe
Antipoverty Program Faces Shutdown Timeline
Federal Judge William B. Jones ruled OEO Acting Director Howard J. Phillips served illegally since Jan 29, 1973 and enjoined him from acting to shut the agency. The decision keeps pressure on the Nixon administration as Congress shows no funds to continue OEO, making its closure likely by July 1. Four Democratic Senators filed the suit.
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Donald M. Rothberg
Associated Press
Washington
Nixon
Office of Economic Opportunity
U.S. District Court
William B. Jones
OEO
Howard J. Phillips
Gally
Jones
Phillips
Rhode Island
Walter F. Mondale
Minnesota
William D
OFO
Congress
Deaths Funerals Details On Page Two
Obituary notices include R B Sidman Stephen Lewis Bates Mrs Helen F Daugherty and Rosa May Nyhart Ash with brief death and funeral details listed for each.
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R. B. Sidman
Stephen Lewis Bates
Helen F. Daugherty Rosa May
Nyhart
Ash
Law student Eldon Shields joins Sumner County Internship
Eldon J. Shields a 24 year old third year law student from the University of Kansas began a ten week internship with the Sumner County Attorney's Office in June under a Governor’s Commission on Criminal Administration program and the Kansas County and District Attorney's Association. He will rotate through all activities except County Counselor duties and will commute from Wichita to the county seat daily.
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Eldon J. Shields
University of Kansas’ School of Law
Sumner County Attorney's Office
Jack Potucek
Shields
Sumner County
Sumner
Governor's Commission On Criminal Administration
Kansas County and District Attorney’s Association
Potucek
Eldon
Kansas
Wichita
Lawrence
Potocek
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Scott McCoy
Fleet Darlin
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