Charges Filed Against Police Over Attica Killings
The House Select Committee on Crime released a report accusing police of needlessly killing inmates and hostages during the Attica Prison riot in New York in 1971. It says officers beat prisoners after the riot ended and that wounded inmates received no emergency care. it notes use of backshot rounds and double O ammunition in 12 gauge shotguns.
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Associated Press
Washington
New York State
Congressional Committee
Committee
House Select Committee On
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Gas Shortage Affects Sumner Travel in Kansas
A Hutchinson News survey finds vacation travel patterns shifting under fuel constraints. Reservoir traffic rises at Kanapolis and Wilson, while Cheney shows a steep drop. Dodge City and Greensburg report mixed tourism effects with weekend gains and midweek slumps.
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Hutchinson
Kan
Hutchinson News
Kansas
Kansas Department of Economic Development
Kanapolis
Wilson Reservoir
Cheney Reservoir
Wichita
Ft. Larned
Dodge City
Greensburg
Larry Burke
Burketown
George Hendricks
Boot Hill
Front Street
Weather ends three day heat with 98 degree high
Mainstreet reports Eddie J Shaw Wellington records three days of 106 plus heat ends with 98 degree official high. Thunder sparse sprinkles fall briefly and no measurable rain occurs overnight low 68. Warm and sunny by midmorning downtown at 88. July 4th holiday noted with extended 30 hour traffic count from 6 p.m. July 3 to midnight July 4. Jerry Reed County Ex-
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Wellington
Jerry Reed
Area groups gear up for Wheat Capital Festival
Wellington area anchors the Wheat Capital Festival with the Sumner County Chamber of Commerce naming October 18 19 20 as the event dates. Dwight Miller serves as General Chairman and booths cost 5 dollars with first come first served assignment. Meanwhile 4H Council meets tomorrow at 7 30 p.m. to plan the Friends of 4 H Picnic and related summer events. The Rainbow club urges paper drives with pickup at 811 N Washington Friday night into Saturday morning. Carrollton Concert Choir from Carrollton Texas tours to present One Way at First Baptist Church June 30 under Dick Anthony and Paul West with 55 performers on a 125 day circuit.
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Melody Bowl
Sumner County
Church of Christ
13Th
Becky Kolman
Ernest Kolman
N. Washington
Carrollton
Tex
First Baptist Church
Dick Anthony
Paul E. West
Texas
Wellington Becomes Incubator Equipped Ambulance Service
Wellington Kansas boasts the states first incubator equipped ambulance service operated by the city fire department. Since 1970 the unit has transported over 1750 patients across 522 square miles and 13 townships including area hospitals with four full time attendants led by John Oldridge Larry Jefferies Charles Lawless and Jerry Greer.
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Wellington
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Wellington Hospital
Butler County
Jaco
Red Cross
Larry Jefferies
Washington State
Larry
Charles Lawless
Jerry Greer
Wesley Medical Center
Jerry
Diesel oil discovery reported for Kansas farmers
A special team in Manhattan located about 100,000 gallons of diesel oil for Kansas farmers. Senator Bob Dole confirms the find. Dr. Robert Robel says the Nixon administration will likely start mandatory fuel allocation with agriculture getting top priority.
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Kansas
Bob Dole
R-Kan
Robert Robel
Governor's Advisory Council On Energy and Natural Resources
Washington
Dole
Jerry Newcomb
Office of Oil and Gas
Potwin
Kaw
The
Great Plains Oil Co
Newcomb
George Stafford
Interstate Commerce Commission
Stafford
ICC
Robel
Charles di Bona
Ed Hansen
Agriculture
Robert E. Plett
ASCS
Labor Department water downed farm pesticide rules
The Labor Department weakened emergency pesticide rules after pressure from Congress and farm groups. The revised rules cut coverage from 21 to 12 pesticides and shorten the reentry interval for workers, amid lawsuits claiming insufficient evidence for emergency standards. The move follows broad opposition and debates over worker protections.
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Washington
Congress
Labor Department
Labor
John H. Stender
Stender
Florida Peach Growers Association
Controversy Over Girl Scout Sex Education Badge
Philadelphia hosts a pilot program teaching girls aged 12 to 14 about sex birth control and abortion. Mothers protest, arguing scouts should bake cookies. The badge To Be a Woman sparks a rift, drawing strong Catholic opposition.
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Philadelphia
Jane Arnold
Wyncote
Muriel Lehman
Lehman
Ernesta Drinker Ballard
Girl Scout Organization
Breakfast Meeting in Sumner County Promotes Interagency Cooperation
Wellington prosecutors and county law enforcement hosted a breakfast with about 25 attendees from Wellington Belle Plaine Oxford Milan and the Sheriff s Department. They planned to hold future meetings every four to six weeks to coordinate policy across agencies.
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Wellington
Belle Plaine
Oxford
Milan
Potocek
Doctor
Mary Sue Potocek
Sherry Doctor
Eldon Shields
Safety Council Estimates Holiday Death Toll
The National Safety Council projects 180 to 240 people may be killed in traffic accidents during the Fourth of July period from 6 p.m. July 3 to midnight July 4 across time zones. An estimated 10,000 to 12,000 may suffer disabling injuries requiring hospital care beyond the accident day. The last Wednesday Independence Day was 1962 with 146 fatalities.
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Chicago
National Safety Council
Senate votes for sharp cutback in foreign aid
The Senate approved a 770 million dollar military aid bill for the new fiscal year, about half the Nixon administration request, in a 50 to 42 vote. The measure ends much of the U S aid program and reduces military grants while allocating 420 million for nine nations including Cambodia and South Korea. The bill moves to the House as the Foreign Relations Committee weighs 1.056 billion for economic aid.
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Washington
Senate
U.S
Nixon
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
United States
Barry Goldwater
R-Ariz
House
Foreign Affairs Committee
Countries
Cambodia
South Korea
Debt Collection Licensing Debated by Kansas Panel
A Kansas interim committee on consumer protection discussed licensing debt collectors under a proposed debt collection act. A firm decision is not expected until Wednesday as the panel continues its meeting. Lance Burr, head of the Attorney General's Consumer Protection Division, opposed licensing if the AG's office would handle it. He cited licensing detectives in 1972 as a burdensome task, urging statute changes to curb collector harassment.
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Topeka
Kan
Lance Burr
Consumer Protection
Attorney General's Office
Attorney General
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