The Kansas City Star from Kansas City, Missouri (2024)

September 7, 1973

Publication:

The Kansas City Stari

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Kansas City, Missouri

Issue Date:

Friday, September 7, 1973

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1

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Friday opf mbor 7 1972 THE KANSAS CITY STAR 3 Records Set Early Fair Time in Topeka More Held in Rustling Case dora Kan He won a first and third place in ribbon pottery first in sculpture and second in the color photography Tom Smittendorf of Manhattan won first in the hand made jewelry competition with a hammered silver ring On the midway of the Royal American Shows among the rides and attractions little knots of temporary employees recruited through the Kansas Employment Service listened to carnival officials explaining their duties They were checking out ticket boxes to receive the tickets from the 4-H youths who come to ride the Matter horn the Toboggan and a variety of other neck and spine benders It is the largest collection of riding devices on a traveling basis in the world according to Sedlmayr Jr whose father began the shows in Kansas City Kansas 50 years ago A feature of the show today is the western states championship in tractor pulling Winners of tractor pulling events throughout the western half of the US are expected to compete Tractor contests are conducted at state fairs to promote greater skill among farmers in learning how to handle the giant pieces of equipment ested than Miss McKinney said Ironically the first judging in the exposition was a far cry from the waking barnyard noises of most of the grounds Mrs Lynda Coburn a Topeka housewife and mother of two children was named sweep-stakes winner in oil painting in the art show Pinah Lee Holmes of Merriam in Johnson County was fifth in the professional oils sweepstake competition judged by Miss Mabel Karr of Topeka The largest prize winner in the large art competition of the fair was Clinton Leon of Eu- Salem Mo (AP) Four St Louis men appeared at the Dent County Courthouse in Salem apparently to post bond for a friend being held on a cattle theft charge but they were promptly arrested for the same crime authorities said The men were charged with cattle theft in connection with the rustling of a 250-pound calf om a farm near the Cedar Grove Federal Park last weekend Donald Hedrick 25 of Creve Coeur Mo was arrested Sunday on the charge and was being held in the Dent County Jail for $2500 bond Police said the other four men arrested along with Hedrick but released after paying traffic fines returned to the courthouse yesterday apparently to pay bond Max Price prosecuting attorney said evidence gathered since Sunday resulted in the charge against Hedricks companions Authorities said the men are members of a St Louis motorcycle club and were camping in the park just south of Salem They were accused of stealing the calf and taking it back to the park where it was butchered cooked and eaten by club members The four men arrested yesterday identified as Thomas Lewis 23 St Charles Joseph Turnbough 31 St Louis DeL bert Warren 26 Maplewood and Frank Fisher 26 Cahokia 111 Price said a preliminary hearing for the four will be Tuesday Shots at Copter Clayton Mo A south St Louis County farmer said he fired three shots at a low-flying helicopter early today but a police investigation failed to confirm that such a machine was in the area A police helicopter and four squad cars spent about two and one-half hours scanning the skies in a rural part of the county after James Hagler repo a low-flying machine AIM Leader To Speak in Emporia Emporia Kan Kansas State Teachers College Emporia will have Russell Means national co-ordinator of the American Indian Movement as a campus speaker Sept 17 Means is free on $25000 bond in connection with charges stemming from the occupation of Wounded Knee SD by Indians last spring hovering over Us farm Hagler told police that the helicopter left when he fired two shotgun blasts at it He said it returned about an hour later and that he again fired a shot at the machine Radar at Lambert-St Airport did note an object where the helicopter was ed police said but county cers and the police helicopter pilot failed to sight an aircraft The mysterious aircraft was last seen on radar near Interstate 44 and the Meramec Riy er In recent weeks there have been reports of low-flying hell- copters by eastern Missouri and southern Illinois farmers who fear their cattle may be rustled US 71 Bypass For Carthage Mo Carthage Mo Plans are- A being completed for construction of a US 71 bypass around Carthage Designs have been approved by the US division engineer 1 The bypass extending from a -haK-mile north of the Barton-Jasper County line to a connection south of Carthage will include four interchanges The de- signs were submitted after a -public hearing early this year By Ray Morgan The Star's Kansas Correspondent Topeka The 93rd annual Mid-America Fair opened in Topeka today like a giant farm coming to life Under cloudy skies the bantam roosters vied with the giant leghorns in the poultry barns in crowing the announcement of a new fair for a week-long run In the cattle barns with their prize beef and dairy cattle cowboys started stirring in their cots between the stalls to begin their daily chores Sleepy-eyed exhibitors began feeding grunting swine in the barn where the big Durocs and Poland Chinas shared exhibit space with prize Kansas sheep The daily chores were in full swing by the time the fair gates swung open at 8 am to begin officially welcoming the hundreds of visitors expected on the exposition grounds before the fair closes Wednesday night Miss Marie McKinney secretary-manager of the fair said the number of exhibitors at the 1973 show is the largest on record in many departments were not sure with the current price situation whether farmers would be interested in competing in the various classes but they seem to be more inter Power Future in Closeup dents will give you a good idea of what the Pottawatomie County plant will be like if you magnified this one about three Jeffrey said in the 54-county area served by KP would result if the plant is not built William Perdue a vice-president of KP told the group in response to a question He said without it face real shortages of electricity in this area We would have to curtail service We want to do Plant officials disclosed that about half the 13000 acres for the center have already been purchased Fourteen owners of land within the proposed area were among those on the tour Others were county and city officials of Pottawatomie County and a teacher and five students from an ecology class at Rossville High School Lawrence Kan A and tour explaining the Kansas Power Light plans for a large electric generating facility in Pottawatomie County attracted about 80 persons Thursday Most of those who visited the KP Lawrence plant which the president Balfour Jeffrey described as a prototype for the proposed installation north of Belvue Kan were Pottawatomie County resi Safe Spot A temporary solution to the problem of mailboxes being knocked down by passing vehicles has been found by frustrated residents two miles north of Hiawatha Kansas US 73 $4-Million Student Union at Cape Open until 9 pm this evening at Ward Parkway Cape Girardeau Mo (AP) day totaling nearly $4 million The Board of Regents at South- for construction of a new stu-east Missouri State University dent union building at the here awarded contracts yester- school Walkout Ends Cape Girardeau Mo (API-Striking carpenters and the Southeast Missouri Contractors Association have reached a tentative contract agreement ending the 3-week walkout that has halted work on construction projects throughout southeastern Missouri Details were not released on the new pact which was ironed out during a bargaining session at Cape Girardeau Members of Carpenters Union Local No 1770 have scheduled a ratification meeting tomorrow The carpenters walked off the job Aug 14 in a dispute over wage hikes KU Committee Suggests Retaining Tenure System By The stars own service Come under fire since last Lawrence Kan-Nearly 200 when faculty mem University of Kansas faculty rs granted tenure It members were told last mght was then that chancellor Nich-that foui-ad hoc committees ap- ols warned that was al pointed by Raymond Nichols most with about 67 former chancellor had recommended that the basic system of tenure should be reaffirmed at KU per cent of the KU faculty members holding tenure Nichols predicted that within five to six Work on the 4-level structure will begin in a matter of days with completion expected in about 16 months a university spokesman said The construction will be financed through $3 million in revenue bonds issued by the board and through stu-dent fees The general contract of $2629320 was awarded to McCarthy Brothers Construction Co of St Louis with six subcontracts for work on the multimillion dollar facility also being approved Students voted several years ago to increase their fees by $5 a semester to finance the building which will replace Memorial Hall A spokesman said the old student union will be put to another use The regents also announced that their first meeting under the Hew open meetings law will be Nov 1 years 90 per cent of the faculty could be holding tenure resulting in a situation barring from the faculty ranks Sacking up this fall in an improved version of this most favorite of textures Bradmore's tailored your new hopsack sport coat of double knit polyester (no wrinkles or rumples ever) Choose wine navy black or brown for 8950 Coordinated slacks 2500 Clothing -second floor downtown Plaza and Ward Parkway GWoolfRrothers 'Si- Hearings In Kansas On Boxcars The faculty members were informed of some of the conclusions and recommendations of the four committees by Charles Kiesler professor of psychology and temporary chairman of the Faculty Senate Committee on Rights Privileges and Responsibilities at a meeting of the KU chapter of the American Association of University Professors (AAUP) Nichols appointed the four ad hoc committees June 14 to submit reports to the faculty senate committee the senate executive committee and to present recommendations to Chancellor Archie Dykes by Oct 2 Several faculty members voiced tions to the formation of the Grant Goodman president said that the tenure committees during the summer when many faculty members question was one of the most Pipe Company Guard Killed St Louis (AP) Boyd 74 a security guard at a St Louis pipe company was shot and killed yesterday Witnesses told authorities that three men approached Boyd at the A Roberts Company on the near North Side and began shooting hitting him several times Police said they have not determined a motive for the killing important campus debates in were on vacation or doing re- nearly a decade Members of search and were not available the University Committee on T7 Promotions and Tenure have foBrl klLClaifKU- ro' fessor and substitute chairman of the ad hoc committee evaluating groups making tenure de-! cisions said that many departments recommended that stu- New Ambulance Bv The Star's Own Service Salina Kan As Kansas elevators remained clogged with a record wheat crop and as a record milo harvest approaches George Stafford of Washington chairman of the Interstate Commerce Commission opened hearings today in Salina on the boxcar shortage Sen Bob Dole (R-Kan) asked Stafford to conduct the hearings to give farmers and grain dealers an opportunity to express their boxcar needs Dole said he became increasingly aware of the shortage of boxcars and hopper cars while spending three weeks visiting more than 50 Kansas communities and talking with farmers and grain dealers dents should have a role in the decision-making process of granting tenure Presently the University Committee on Promotion and Tenure has no student members but a few students are members of depart-mental tenure committees Clark said Dial 221-5500 to place your Star Want Ads Save 5 cents a line each day by placing the ads for 3 or more consecutive days Adv Go East young man go East! Pardon please our misquote and seeming mixup in directions but we came west (at least grandfather Alfred Woolf did) 107 years ago to open a custom shirt business in Leavenworth Kansas And he did it without knowing a soul! Now we have a good number of good friends to the east of us so we re going east to them At least as far as the Blue Ridge Mall where on Monday September 17 the newest (and most handsome) member of our family will open for business you come see us? GWoolfRrothers Code Under Consideration By The Star's Own Service Springfield The Spring-field city council is considering passage of a new ordinance governing ambulance service Proposals for changes were made after the only ambulance company a privately owned firm refused service to an expectant mother suffering from a miscarriage She later was taken to a hospital by a funeral home vehicle and her baby died shortly after birth In a proposed ordinance an ambulance company would have to respond to all emergency calls under penalty of license revocation and would not be permitted to discontinue service except on the city authority after a public hearing The ordinance also would make it unlawful to obtain ambulance service by misrepresenting the need To be considered later is an ordinance regulating the prices of ambulance services a little girls favorite saddle Watch for our Saturday Ad OR SAMPLEl Stafford City Council OKs Revenue Bonds By The Star's Own Service Stafford A $375000 city industrial revenue bond issue has been voted by the city council for largest employer the Mid-States Ornamental Iron Company The firm is a branch of the parent company at 5321 9th Kansas City Part of the bond issue will be used by the company to purchase the plant it is leasing from the city The company also will build a new plant and a railway siding PAS are rsase shoe in town The most popular Our expert fitters make sure they fit good as the shoe looks too Bone and blue leather with red crepe soles A TRAINED Ad Taker la waiting now at 221-5500 to assist you in placing your Star Want Adv 1400 Vi-12 1550 12Vi-4 1650 5 9 September 7 1973 Vol 93 No 355 The Kansas City Star every morning evening and Sunday (13 issues a week) suggested home delivery rate 350 a month By mail postage prepaid morning evening and Sunday (13 issues a a week elsewhere in the United States and United States possessions 95 cents a week In foreign countries 130 a week Morning and Sunday or evenings and Sunday (7 issues a week) suggested home delivery rate 285 a month By mall postage prepaid morning and Sunday or evening and Sunday (7 Issues a week) In Missouri and Kansas 70 cents a week elsewhere In the United States and United States possession 80 cents a week in foreign countries 115 a week Secono class postage paid at Kansas City Mb Publication office 1729 Grand Avenue Kansas City Mo 44108 0 put yourself In OUR shook A ah a -Khk i iv PL 3-2850 In tho Heart of Kansas City 1016 mainplazaprairie villagemetcalfantiochraytownblue ridge mallchildren's bootery-ward parkway Shop all stores tonight except Main and Plaza.

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