Wellington Weather and Tax Notices Include Rain and Tag Sale Reminder
Weather in Wellington featured showers and cooler temps after a 86 degree high yesterday and 7 degree low last night. Local rain totals were .05 yesterday afternoon .13 overnight and .04 this morning. County Treasurer Loren Hibbs reminded residents with last names J K L that 73 automobile tags go on sale tomorrow at 8 a.m. renewal cards required. The deadline for the last half of 71 taxes is next Tuesday June 20.
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Wellington
KLEY
Loren Hibbs
J.K
Hibbs
Rain Delays Wheat Harvest in Sumner County
Harvest in Caldwell and Wellington paused by rain with 0.18 to 0.75 inches recorded. Neal Shinn notes 25 to 35 bushels in Caldwell at 11 percent moisture while Estell Valdois cites Wellington at about 30 bushels for 11 percent moisture. Harvesting workers and equipment remain active and wages stable. sun could resume operations soon.
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Sumner County
Neal Shinn
Caldwell
Estell Valdois
Wellington
KLEY
Origins and prohibitions of the American flag legends
An excerpt from the World Almanac discusses who designed the flag and debunks Betsy Ross and Washington legends. It lists commonly cited attributions, clarifies lack of records, and outlines federal and state penalties for flag desecration. It notes prohibited uses and proper display guidelines for Old Glory.
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Francis Hopkinson
State Department
Treasury Board
Congress
Reim
Burse
Dumas Melone
Columbia Univ
Washington
Martin F. Tupper
Betsy Ross
District of Columbia
Harry's IGA Contest Sends Five Boys to Six Flags Over Texas
Wellington Harry's IGA sponsors a point based contest awarding five boys ages ten to fifteen an all expense paid trip to Six Flags Over Texas in Dallas. The May 15 start has seen about three weeks of entry with 20 entrants. winners will be announced August 1 1972 and receive ten dollars for souvenirs in addition to the trip.
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Harry’s Iga
Wellington
Texas
Dallas
IGA
Six Flags
Harry
LeRoy Wheeler
Harry’s
John D. Brown Dies. Rites Held
Details on John D. Brown's death and funeral arrangements are reported on page two. The obituary notes his surviving family and service details as listed in the local death notices.
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John D. Brown
Rapid City flood burials resume as toll tops two hundred
Survivors conduct memorials for more than 200 people who died when raging flood waters tore through Rapid City South Dakota. 3 000 lost homes and damages exceed 100 million dollars with 2 500 National Guard and civilian volunteers aiding in rescue and relief efforts.
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Rapid City
Henry Hausmann
Donald
Doris
Red Cross
Salvation Army
Rapid Creek
Army Corps of Engineers
Wallace Still Leads In The Popular Vote
Governor Wallace remains a frontrunner in the Democratic contest as his campaign shifts focus to a deadlocked convention. campaign manager Charles F. Snider says Wallace will seek support from Southern and other governors to bolster a presidential bid despite his gunshot injury.
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Wallace
Silver Spring
Charles F. Snider
Snider
Holy Cross Hospital
Record U S Warplanes Bomb North Vietnam in Massive Strikes
American fighter bombers conducted a record 340 strikes against North Vietnam on Tuesday, blasting at least nine railroad bridges and targeting troop concentrations along the western border with Laos and Cambodia. South Vietnamese forces reported 164 enemy killed and 56 weapons captured near Moc Hoa, with casualties among allied troops as fighting continued around An Loc and Lai Khe. Hanoi Radio claimed two U S jets were shot down, but the U S Command reported no aircraft losses.
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Richard Pyle
Associated Press
Saigon
North Vietnam
China
Hanoi
Haiphong
U.S
Peking
Dong Hoi
South Vietnam
Laos
Cambodia
A Shau
Hue
Tuyen Binh
Moc Hoa
Lai Khe
An Loc
Hanoi Radio
North
Soviet Union Halves Naval Presence in South China Sea
Pentagon sources say about 13 Soviet surface ships submarines and oilers were in two clusters 600 to 700 miles east of Vietnam. The concentration has broken up with ships heading toward Vladivostok and the Indian Ocean, signaling no immediate naval pressure to lift mine barriers in North Vietnamese ports.
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Washington
South China Sea
United States
Pentagon
North Vietnam
U.S
Sea of Japan
Vladivostok
Russia
Dole Reports On Rural Development Bill Provisions
Senator Bob Dole outlined key points of the Rural Development Bill including up to 50 000 loans for rural businesses through local lenders with FMHA guarantees and priority for smaller communities. Grants of 75 million for pollution abatement and FMHA financing for rural youth projects were also noted. final approval by Congress and the President was required.
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Bob Dole
Farmers Home Administration
Dole
Congress
Nixon
County Attorney Hosts Law Student For Summer Internship
John W. Johnson a Washburn University law student begins an eight week internship in the Sumner County Attorney’s Office under a program funded by the Governor’s Commission on Criminal Administration and the Kansas Association of County Attorneys. Johnson a Wichita native and a future Air Force JAG member will reside in Topeka after the assignment and plans to make his home near a smaller community rather than a large city.
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John W. Johnson
Washburn University School of Law
Sumner County
Jack Potucek
Johnson
Governor's Commission On Criminal Administration
Kansas Association of County Attorneys
Potucek
John
Washburn University
Wichita, Kansas
Peggy
Topeka
Potocek
Governor’s Commission On Criminal Administration
United States Air Force
Judge Advocate
Service
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By Eddie J. Shaw
Stars and Stripes
George Washington
Robert Morris
George Ross
Ross
Milo Milton Quaife
New Century Cyclopedia of Names
Continental Congress
Ida O. Kile
Blue Ridge
Syracuse
Kansas
Daily News
Ken Adams
Harry's Iga
S.D
Sturgis
South Dakota
Richard Kneip
Black Hills
Kneip
Richard Schleusener
Institute of Atmospheric Sciences
South Dakota School of Mines and Technology
Pennington County Health Department
Soviet Union
Indian Ocean
Straits of Malacca
Taiwan
Philippines
John Johnson
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