Soviets and Israel in Secret Talks Over Geneva Peace
Haaretz reports two Soviet envoys met with Prime Minister Rabin and Foreign Minister Allon in Israel to offer resuming relations in exchange for Arab-Israeli progress at Geneva. Israel and Soviet officials refused comment while Moscow signals backing for security guarantees within pre-1967 borders.
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Tel Aviv
Soviet Union
Israel
Middle East
Geneva
Moscow
Haaretz
United States
Washington
Mordechai Gur
Egypt
Syria
Iraq
Dispute Over Medicare Eligibility for Neosho Patient
The Born family of 83 year old Mary Born contests Medicare rules after a hospital review led to cessation of benefits. Neosho Memorial Hospital and Dr. Earl Gehrt maintain further hospital care not medically necessary under Medicare norms, while the family considers nursing home or home care options.
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Bud Huffman
Neosho Memorial Hospital
Mary Born
Albert Kihm
Born
Earl Gehrt
Medicare
Dr. Gehrt
Rihm
Chanute
Humboldt
GOP pressure on Schneider over Kansas school financing case
The Kansas House moved toward legislation to bypass or compel action from Attorney General Curt Schneider over the state school finance ruling. Measures would empower the Legislature to challenge officials via quo warranto or mandamus and require the attorney general to seek a final Supreme Court ruling on constitutionality. Debates highlighted partisan tensions with a 66 to 45 vote to keep the resolution alive.
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Topeka
Kan
Kansas House
Curt Schneider
Schneider
Butler County District Court
Kansas Senate
House
Department of Social and Rehabilitation Services
Legislature
Kansas Supreme Court
Americans Leave besieged Cambodia as Embassy Is Closed
The U.S. embassy in Phnom Penh closed Friday night and Marines began evacuating about 75 Americans including 25 private citizens as Communist insurgents closed in near the airport. Ambassador John Gunther Dean ordered the withdrawal after insurgents neared the city’s airport, the sole outside link.
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Washington
Phnom Penh
U.S
United States
Cambodia
John Gunther Dean
Chanute Poised to Weather Tornado Threat and Alerts
Civil defense sirens are scattered around Chanute with 14 horn systems and a new warning network. Police Chief Lige Matlock can interrupt TV channels and speak across all channels to warn residents. The system also links the police station to KKOY Radio, city schools, and two local hospitals, with testing planned this spring.
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Nancy Huffman
Chanute
Civil Defense
Lige Matlock
Matlock
Kansas
Kkoy Radio
Neosho Memorial Hospital
Southeast Kansas Tuberculosis Hospital
Kansas Highway Patrol
Federal Aviation Administration
Martin Johnson Airport
Cbers
Cber
Ted Riker
206
Washington
Riker
Helping Hands CB Club
Bennett moves to fund attorney fees in Leek case
Gov. Bennett issued an executive order to pay Mrs. Carolee Leek's legal costs from the governor's budget while a court challenge questions whether public funds may cover fees for a governor’s appointee to the Kansas Adult Authority. The move follows a dispute over the Senate's authority to confirm appointments and a recent attorney general opinion.
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Topeka
Kan
Robert F. Bennett
Carolee
John R. Martin
Carolee Leek
Martin
Atty
Curt Schneider
Schneider
Kansas City
Franklin R. Theis
Weather Area Forecast Partly Cloudy Through Sunday
Partly cloudy through Sunday with highs in the mid to upper 50s today and the upper 50s to low 60s Sunday. Tonight's low ranges from the upper 20s to mid 30s. Winds will be east to southeast at 10 to 15 mph today.
New City Commissioners Installed Monday Night
The City Commission will reorganize and install new commissioners Oscar Cunningham and Barbara Ridm to replace Mayor John Schultz and Commissioner Bill Boone. Bids open for two pickup trucks and 1,000 gas regulators. Planning and Zoning terms extended one year and city participation in a 4 H Club tree replacement program considered.
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Oscar Cunningham
Barbara Ridm
John Schultz
Bill Boone
Planning and Zoning Commission
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