Des Moines Foreclosure Ties Robbery Figure Reed
A foreclosure notice targets Glenn Beverly Reed of Des Moines connected to a 1968 loan of 28000 dollars from Decatur County State Bank. Reed, serving 40 years for the 1970 bank robbery, faced $17000 in unpaid loan for a garbage service, with confiscation of pledged disposal equipment ordered by Judge John Hughes. The bank recovered the stolen 48000 dollars after the robbery.
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Insurance Delay Sparks GOP Split Over Health Plan
Washington AP reports two senior Republicans in Congress, Rep. John W. Byrnes of Wisconsin and Rep. Gerald R. Ford of Michigan, have delayed introducing Nixon administration plans to broaden health insurance. Officials say the aim is to win over Byrnes and Ford and avoid a clash over a federal package covering all workers except domestics and migrant workers.
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Nixon speech sparks mixed views on Vietnam drawdown
An AP survey of GIs in Saigon shows many doubt the South Vietnamese army can stand alone. While most say Nixon said nothing new, several favor speeding up the withdrawal or pulling out immediately, reflecting concerns about regional resilience without U.S. support.
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Nixon
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Laos
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Terrorist Blast Hits Saigon Discotheque
An explosion tore through a Saigon waterfront discotheque crowded with U S soldiers and Vietnamese. Two people were killed including an American and about a dozen injured, with half the victims American soldiers.
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Saigon
U.S
Welfare Reform Enacted in New York State
The New York Legislature approved a welfare reform package and Gov. Nelson Rockefeller signed the 10 bill package. It requires able bodied relief recipients to work in public projects and imposes a statewide standard reducing welfare payments. Workers may earn no more than their welfare check.
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Albany
N.Y
New York
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Rockefeller
Friendship Step TOKYO A Ping Pong Invite Aims at Friendship
A report from Peking said the Chinese invitation to an American ping pong team focused on building friendship between the peoples rather than improving government relations. The invitation came from the Communist team near the close of the 31st world table tennis tournament in Nahoya, Japan. The Americans accepted Wednesday with State Department approval.
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Peking
Nahoya
Japan
U.S. State Department
Fierce Fighting for Khulna as Bengali Forces Push Back Pakistan Army
East Pakistani resistance fighters clashed with the Pakistani army over Khulna an industrial town near the Indian frontier. A Bengali independence leader said the tide has turned with thwarted gunboat moves from Chalna port and momentum shifting to the rebels.
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United News of India
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University Fire Rips Through UCSC Administration Building
A fire at the University of California at Santa Cruz heavily damaged about two thirds of the $3 million administration building. Authorities suggested the blaze may have been arson.
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Santa Cruz
Calif
University of California At Santa
Chanute library upgrades planned after planning panel meeting
The Chanute planning commission recommends capital improvements for the Public Library at an estimated cost of 18000 dollars after listing curable issues in heating air conditioning lighting plumbing and exterior walls. A drive over study of Chanute streets was ordered to aid future improvements.
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Planning Commission
Chanute
Jean Gray
City Commission
Nora Knight
Good Friday Services End Union Holy Week Series
Good Friday services at The First Christian Church close the Cha nute Area Ministerial Alliance union events. Tenebrae services at Grace Episcopal and Zion Lutheran, plus Easter plans at St Patrick’s Catholic, New Hope Baptist, Zion Lutheran Chanute, St Peters Humboldt, and other churches, include sunrise services at 6 a.m. and a 6:30 a.m. Union youth sunrise program with planned committee members.
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Chanute
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Humboldt
Neocha Drive-in
Herman Seyfert
Humboldt Church
Zion’s
James R. Gast
Union
Central Park
Myron Slater
Mary Schmidt
Gayle Defebaugh
John Brotton
David Kimble
Mike Evans
Vilas Bethel Lutheran
Chanute considers beer on premises zoning change
Chanute city planners discuss amending B-2 and B-3 zoning to allow beer sales for consumption on premises. Current B-1 bans on site drinking and B-2 lacks such allowance. A staff report and public hearing will follow, sparked by a pizza company inquiry about a Cherry Street restaurant.
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Pace Increases Vietnam Withdrawals Under Nixon Plan
President Nixon raised the pace of U S troop withdrawals to about 14 300 a month with a goal of 100 000 home by December 1 while not setting a firm end date for U S involvement The plan would reduce total U S forces to about 184 000 the lowest in six years and 359 400 below the peak two years ago.
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Nixon
U.S
Vietnam
Freedman Fioramonti walks free after 30 years
James P. Fioramonti, 29, released after 30 years for two robberies he says he didn’t commit. A man confessed to one robbery, Gov Ogilvie commuted the other, and Fioramonti becomes eligible for parole. He plans to work in Chicago after a brief vacation with his wife LeeVal and daughter Jamie.
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James P. Fioramonti
Fioramonti
Richard B. Ogilvie
Chicago
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FBI
James Basile
Basile
Wichita Seen as Drug Source by Officials in Kansas
Green County Sheriff Mickey Owen calls Wichita the hashish capital of the world while Chanute officials note drugs arriving there and origins in Wichita. County Attorney John White traces shifts in drug flow from Manhattan to Wichita then back to Pittsburg Lawrence and Emporia. Marijuana and LSD linked to Wichita sources, not hashish.
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Associated Press
Mickey Owen
Green County
Springfield
Wichita
Lige Matlock
Chanute
Lawrence
Manhattan
John White
Pittsburg
Emporia
White
House panel approves pay moratorium resolution
TOPEKA AP A resolution to impose a moratorium on pay increases for all state employees was approved for introduction by the House Ways and Means Committee. Rep Clyde Hill said the measure would halt raises for all state workers including state college faculty and County Social Welfare Department staff hired under the civil service. He indicated he was responsible for the resolution.
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Topeka
House
Ways and Means
Clyde Hill
County Social Welfare Department
Hill
Intercepted Letter Details Wichita Air Capital Slippage
An intercepted letter mentions awareness of slippage in Wichita's Air Capital claim and notes a replacement was not initially recognized. The brief hints at a disruption or correction in the claim related to Wichita.
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Wichita
Air Capital Claim
U S says 88 Americans killed in Indochina last week
News Digest reports the highest weekly toll in nine months as U S aircraft attack North Vietnamese forces near the Laotian Cambodian border while Cambodian paratroopers clash on a highway near Phnom Penh. The House votes narrowly to curb education spending amid deficit fears and a possible veto, and the ACLU says it will sue to reinstate FBI clerks who quit over peace-group work. Leonard Sla zinski, the first Air Force Academy cadet to resign as a conscientious objector, says he aims to become a doctor to heal.
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Southeast Asia
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Central Highlands
Phnom Penh
Washington
American Civil Liberties Union
FBI
Dearborn Heights
Mich
Leonard Slazinski
Air Force Academy
Federal study to scan air at global points for climate threat
The federal government plans to analyze air at isolated sites worldwide to determine if pollution could trigger a catastrophic climate change. Researchers will collect samples to assess atmospheric conditions and potential long term impacts on global weather patterns.
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