265 New Laws Takе Effect Thursday in Kansas
Kansas moves 265 of 334 laws enacted in 1971 into effect on Thursday. The package includes tax changes for alcohol and prepared drinks, a fuel tax cut for campers, inventory tax deductions for businesses, and new rules on pollution, drugs, visitation rights, voter registration, and state services. The measure also reshapes districts, expands penalties for marijuana intent to sell, and adds enforcement and education provisions across state government.
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Elon Torrence
Topeka
Kan
Kansas
Washington
Clay Counties
Morris County
Anderson
Miami
Rice County
Comanche and
Barber
Department of Economic Development
University of Kansas
State Industrial Farm For Women
Kansas Correctional Institution For Women
Bluejays
Great Horned Owls
Goshawks
Cooper’s
Wellington City Sets Fireworks Rules for July 3 4 1971
Fireworks may be sold inside Wellington only on July 3 and 4 1971 with a separate permit posted at each stand. No sales or discharges inside the fire zone or to anyone under 21 without an adult. Stands require two Class A extinguishers or equivalent water setup and posted Fire Marshal regulations. New legal items are bottle rockets with reports and buzz bombs, with M 80 and cherry bombs now illegal. The fire zone runs from 2nd Street to 10th Street and C Street to Jefferson Street.
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Kansas
USA
2Nd Street
10Th Street
C Street
Jefferson Street
Bloodmobile Falls Short of Quota in Wellington Visit
Wellington’s Bloodmobile at the American Legion Building collected 108 pints out of a 140 pint goal during the Tuesday drive. Dorothey Brandt of the Red Cross reported 118 donors between 9 30 a m and 2 45 p m. Raymond Procka was awarded a $25 savings bond for a $14 donation. Dozens of donors contributed, including Phil Moore 8 gallon, Alvin Bertrand 6 gallon, Francis Carr 5 gallon and many others listed by name.
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Wellington
American Legion
Dorothy Brandt
American Red Cross
Phil Moore
Alvin Bertrand
Francis Carr
Pearl Benge
Kate D. Baker
Betty Palmer
Wayne Gift
Dale Hail
Chris Hemmingsen
Wynona McKinmey
Doris Moyer
Ronald Shepherd
Charles Glenn
Virginia McCrackn
C. Ronald Moore
Dick Winger
Leroy Lewis
Glenn E. Smith
Judy Lewis
Donna Watts
Ann Mortimer
Carol Hull
Dixie Daugherty
Janet Fehr
Neal Young
Ed Hundley
Ray Schalk
Louise Kirkwood
John A. Tracy
Jack Yearout
Mack W. Tracy
William J. Weeks
Glennie Sue Bruno
Mike Bruno
Mike Bertrand
Willie Zavala
Cammell D. McCammon
Ivan W. Booth
Jim Etter
Cleland Condit
Dick Moore
B. E. James
Bill Hyten
Dale Crouch
Marvin Schalk
Mike Booth
Richard Martinez
Edwin L. Hiatt
Darel Grizle
Calvin Head
Roy Crouse
Earlynne Beckner
Randy Ward
Betty Metheny
Gloria Klima
Phil Martinez
Brad Basinger
Phill Allston
Tody Cornejo
Scottie Blackford
Wamda Mo
Postal Service Day Planned Across Nation
The new United States Postal Service is celebrated tomorrow in Washington DC and at local post offices. In Wellington Postmaster Raymond Prock invites residents to visit the Wellington office 8 am to 4 pm for tours, refreshments, and free First Day Covers and stamp displays.
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Postal Service
United States Postal Service
Washington D. C
Raymond Prock
Wellington
Prock
American Legion
Leo Charvat
Agriculture Extension Council
Bob Davis
Rice County
Lyons
Charvat
Montgomery County
Kansas State University
Independence
Sumner County
State of
Kansas
Lester W. Lyden
Sumner County Welfare Department
Mrs Harry Greene Dies Unexpectedly at Market
Mrs Helen Greene 71 of 624 West 3rd died unexpectedly shortly before noon today after collapsing at the Wellington AG Market. She was taken to Wellington Hospital and pronounced dead on arrival. Survivors include her husband Harry. Funeral arrangements are pending at Frank Funeral Home.
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Harry
Helen) Greene
West 3Rd
Wellington
Wellington Hospital
Frank
Gravel Read Pentagon Papers To Public In Capitol Hearing
Alaska Senator Mike Gravel held a one man reading of Volume One of the Pentagon study on Vietnam at the Senate office building delaying standard secrecy rules. He read for over three hours to a crowd of about 50, sharing copies with news agencies and asserting no harm to national security. The session underscored White House and Justice Department efforts to restrain publication while newspapers pursue court battles.
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Fred S. Hoffman
Associated Press
Washington
Mike Gravel
Pentagon
Alaska
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Vietnam
Jefferson
Lincoln
Senate
Gravel
Capitol Hill
Robert Griffin
President Nixon
Congress
New York Times
Lyndon B. Johnson
Justice Department
The
Times
Washington Post
Boston Globe
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Post
Globe and Post-Dispatch
Supreme Court
Approval grows for 18 year old vote amendment
The 18-year-old vote amendment nears final approval as Illinois moves to ratify bringing the total to 35 states. Five more states act soon to reach the needed 38 to make it the 26th Amendment. Ohio Senate approved it 30 to 2 while others advance in Alabama North Carolina and Oklahoma with Wyoming set to convene.
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Don McLeod
Associated Press
Washington
Ilinois
U.S
Alabama
North Carolina House
Senate
Ohio Senate
House
Oklahoma
Wyoming
Congress
Congress Eyes Tax Cut to Boost Economy Despite Nixon Stance
Rep. Wilbur Mills says the White House policy has not closed the door on a midyear tax cut. He details possible measures like reviving the investment tax credit and pairing any business relief with eased individual tax provisions to accelerate economic stimulus.
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Washington
Congress
Nixon
Wilbur D. Mills
D-Ark
House
Ways and Means Committee
White House
Mills
Joint Committee On Internal Revenue Taxation
Nixon urges rapid approval of two point two five billion jobs bill
President Nixon presses Congress to expedite a 2.25 billion public service jobs bill while a partisan effort forms to revive part of the costlier economy act he vetoed. Senate moved 75 to 11 to pass the emergency employment act as House leaders plan to act before the July Fourth recess.
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Washington
Nixon
Congress
Senate
House
White House
25 000 Bushels Wheat Dumped From Elevator Tank
Plevna Kansas AP reports a co op elevator tank burst Tuesday night dumping 25 000 bushels of wheat onto the ground and burying nearby railroad tracks. Elevator manager Homer Clothier said an eight inch bulge appeared about 30 minutes before the break at 7 p.m. and those nearby fled as it burst.
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Plevna
Kan
Fly-in at Wellington Airport funds Scout chalet patrol
A Sunday fly-in at Wellington Airport drew 90 riders with 75 first-time fliers to raise funds for the Four Winds Girl Scouts Chalet Patrol. From 1 to 2 pm skydiving and aerobatics entertained as pilots donated planes and time.
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Wellington
Four Winds Girl Scouts Chalet Patrol
Don Struble
Wayne Sperling
Wichita
Col. Mathews
Arlene Sperling
Cecil Smith
Don Thornderburk
Jim Ballard
Gene Heasty
Mayfield
Ward Cole
Frank Carmichael
Mulvane
Leroy Ashley
Three Soyuz 11 Cosmonauts Die After 24 Days in Space
Moscow dispatch reports that Georgy Dobrovolsky Vladislav Volkov and Viktor Patsayev died after Soyuz 11 returned from the world’s first manned orbital space laboratory Salute. The crew perished on descent with Tass citing an investigation into the cause.
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Moscow
Earth
Orbital Space Laboratory
Georgy Dobrovolsky
Vladislav Volkov
Viktor Paltsayev
Tass
Viladimir Komarov
Virgil L Grissom
Edward H. White II
Roger B. Ochaffee
Dobrovolsky
Patsayev
Volkov
Soyuz 11
Dobrovelsky
Space Laboratory
Problems In Automotive Exhaust Pollution Sought
Ethyl Corporation executive Arthur H. Zeitz said careless maintenance and pre 1968 unregulated exhaust are the main issues in auto exhaust pollution. He warned a single misfiring spark plug can negate pollution control benefits and questioned lead removal’s impact on air pollution.
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Kansas City
Ethyl Corporation
Arthur H. Zeitz
Houston
Tex
Zeitz
Edna A. Plummer obituary details
Obituary notice for Edna A. Plummer appears in the deaths and funerals section. The notice provides basic confirmation of the death and references details on page 2 for family and service information.
Ammunition Depot Bombed Deepening Vietnamese Front Crisis
Viet Cong mortars destroyed the Qui Nhon ammunition depot causing extensive losses and threatening allied operations for days. Reports say over 12,000 tons of shells bombs and ammo damaged or destroyed with several soldiers killed and civilians wounded. Fighting persisted along the DMZ near Fire Base Fuller and Phu Bai with American and South Vietnamese forces sustaining casualties.
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Saigon
South Vietnam
Qui Nhon
Fuller
U.S
101St Airborne Division
Phu Bai
da Nang
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Hawks
State Board of Education
Grove
Boards of Education
Kansas Bureau of Investigation
City of Wellington
Bloodmobile
Sharon Ohnemiller
Virginia Wade
Clifford Bickel
Clairdy Walker
Charles Jenkins
Earl Peters
Harlan Altman
Hal Reed
Jim Rutledge
Francis Rutledge
Clifford Craig
Don Flickinger
LeRoy Kile, Sr
Gerald S. Kenecny
Florence Davis
Bill Howe
John Cooper
Sherry Goodrum
Robert J. Davis
Bill Gwynn
George Zavalas
Larry Dowd
Richard Green
Steve Kaiser
Joyce Tencleve
Mairiam Harman
By Eddie J. Shaw
Harry Greene
By Kenneth J. Freed
Wellington Daily News
Edward Lebreton
1St
Manned Space Laboratory
John Bausman
National Association of
Edna A. Plummer
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