Laos Bombing Escalates Laos War Cease-fire Fallout
Washington reports Nixon orders U S planes back over Laos after B52s and F111s bomb targets. North Vietnamese and Pathet Lao forces seize Tha Vieng, with tanks and artillery, prompting strong Pentagon warnings and a White House concern over cease-fire violations. Also notes Hanoi U S bombing threats and Cambodian incursions amid bleak Laos peace prospects.
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Washington
U.S
Laos
Nixon
Big Tree Contest Yields Several Winners and Unregistered Trees
Ar bor Day event overseen by district forester Jerry Bratton named multiple category winners. American elm 11 feet 6 inches won by Mrs. Louise Esch at 620 W. Elm. Ash 6 feet 9 inches by K. E. Simmons of 16 N. Western. Catalpa 76 inches by Merrill Brock of 1003 N. Kansas. Hackberry 83 inches by Merrill Brock. Honey locust 63 inches by Merrill Brock. Mulberry 10 feet by Charles [illegible]. Bratton notes many unregistered trees could have won and plans a Can you beat this contest next year.
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Jerry Bratton
Bratton
K. E. Simmons
N. Western
Catalpa
Merrill Brock
Kansas
Charles
Indian Shot Wounded Near Wounded Knee Clash
An Indian man received a head wound during a 90 minute gunfight between federal police and insurgents surrounding Wounded Knee South Dakota. He was flown by helicopter to Rapid City for treatment as authorities did not release identity.
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Wounded Knee
Rapid City
SCS to Cut Staff and Study Loaned Experts
The RC&D board heard that the Soil Conservation Service will trim staff by about a quarter within two years due to budget limits and a personnel ceiling. A county loan program could supply SCS soil specialists locally at about 6 percent salary cost to keep surveys and expertise in the area.
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The
Soil Conservation Service
SCS
Board of Trustees of Resource Conservation and Development
Crnties
Younkin
Floyd Smith
Kansas State College
Kansas
Rc&d Board
Nazarene Pastor Gaut to Leave Chanute for Kansas City Assignment
The Rev. Robert F. Gaut will depart Chanute June 1 to pastor the Highland Crest Church of the Nazarene in Kansas City Kansas. He has been active in the Chanute Ministerial Alliance and has served as Iola Zone chairman and on the Joplin District Board of Ministerial Studies. Ordained in 1959, he has led churches in Buffalo Baxter Springs Garnett Topeka and Jonesboro Arkansas. Mrs. Gaut has taught English at Royster Junior High School for three years.
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Robert F. Gaut
Church of the Nazarene
Chanute
Kansas City
Kan
Highland Crest Church
Gaut
Chanute Ministerial Alliance
Iola
Nazarene
Joplin
Coffeyville
Buffalo
Baxter Springs
Garnett
Topeka
Jonesboro
Ark
Royster Junior High School
Docking Signs Law Extending Kansas Tax Lid and Welfare Takeover
Gov. Robert Docking signed bills extending indefinitely the 1970 property tax lid and enabling state takeover of the welfare program. He called the welfare reform a giant step, but expressed serious reservations about the tax lid extension due to the removal of budget lid provisions. The tax lid bans taxing entities from raising mill levies, while the budget lid was removed.
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Topeka, Kan
Robert Docking
Kansas
Ing
Kansas Senate Delays Turnpike Bill as Legislature Reconvenes
The Kansas Senate put off debate on a Hutchinson to Wichita turnpike measure after a 10 day recess for veto considerations by Gov. Docking. The House planned to take up vetoes in the afternoon while committees worked. Docking also signed laws on welfare administration and a new School Finance Plan and property tax relief for homeowners and retired teachers.
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Topeka, Kan
Kansas Senate
Robert Docking
House
Docking
County Boards of Commissioners
Secretary of Social and Rehabilitative Services
Erie council reshapes staff and plans industrial park
The Erie city council accepted the resignation of city clerk Melvin Strickland and named city treasurer Juani ta Peters as his successor. They hired John M. Phleps as night marshal, voted to acquire three acres for the industrial park, and outlined building plans to start within 60 days. Funding for sewer and street work will come from the industrial levy and special street funds. Plans for a switch gear building will be drawn by A. C. Kirkwood Associates with bid setting May 10. Trans American Constructors is handling switch gear assembly, and the League of Kansas Municipalities reports the codification process nearing completion for Erie.
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Erie
Melvin Strickland
Juanita Peters
James Rowland
Industrial Committee
A. C. Kirkwood Associates
Kansas City
Trans American Constructors
Salina
League of Kansas Municipalities
Council
Topeka panel clears aide amid Docking office purchase probe
A special legislative committee in Topeka says the conduct of Tom Van Cleave, former House member and gubernatorial liaison, was unwarranted amid scrutiny of the state purchase of a Topeka office building. The bi partisan panel led by Rep. John Hayes aims to quell rumors about former Sen. C. Y. Thomas and defend integrity.
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Topeka, Kan
Topeka
Robert Docking
C.Y. Thomas
Senate
Robert F. Bennett
Overland Park
John Hayes
Hutchinson
Tom van Cleave
House
Intercepted Note Warns Eggs Guarded for Christmas
An intercepted letter warns to guard eggs until children arrive to keep hungry adults from getting into the Christmas spirit. The message emphasizes safeguarding supplies during the holiday season.
Lions Prepare 27th Egg Hunt
The 27th annual Lions Club Easter egg hunt starts at 2 p m Easter Sunday at Highland Park. Publicity chair Lloyd Gingrich says three divisions will compete for eggs valued at 3 2 and 1 dollars plus 100 eggs worth 10 cents each. The total egg count is substantial but not specified.
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Lions Club
Highland Park
Lloyd Gingrich
Gingrch
Desegregation Step-Up Ordered by Court in 17 States
The U S Court of Appeals rejected a delay request and required HEW to notify 17 Southern and border school districts today that they may lose federal funds for not meeting desegregation guidelines. HEW also must inform 85 districts by today that they must justify statistics showing ongoing discrimination against Black children. Hearings on fund cuts must precede any action.
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Washington
Health, Education and Welfare Department
U.S. Court of Appeals For
District of Columbia
Nixon
HEW
Supreme Court
Naacp Legal Defense Fund
Appeals Court
Shoes vanish from Oak Park store in weekend theft
William Crowe finds 244 shoe boxes emptied and missing a model, totaling about 6500 dollars in value. Police suspect thieves replaced empty boxes, hinting at a calculated theft during a busy period.
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William Crowe
Crowe
Senate Watergate Committee Aims Oath Testimony May 15
The Ervin committee presses for White House aides to testify under oath at public hearings starting May 15, insisting aides face the same conditions as other witnesses. The panel unanimously backs Chairman Sam J. Ervin in the demand amid ongoing White House deadlock.
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Washington
White House
Senate
Sam J. Ervin
Martha Mitchell Doubts Senate Will Call Her to Testify
Martha Mitchell says she is eager to testify before the Ervin committee about Watergate but doubts a subpoena will come. She tells AP in a Monday telephone call that the White House is trying to discredit her claims and she expects no invitation to testify.
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Washington
Martha Mitchell
Senate
Sam J. Ervin
White House
Ellsberg testifies on Pentagon Papers motive to end the war
Daniel Ellsberg says he copied the Pentagon papers while Americans fought in Vietnam to give Congress the self confidence to end the war. He faces government cross examination as the judge bars him from stating his motive directly to jurors.
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Los Angeles
Daniel Ellsberg
Pentagon
Vietnam
Congress
Ellsberg
Seale Tops Oakland Mayoral Hopeful as Turnout Soars
In Oakland Bobby Seale leads as a Democratic challenger to Republican mayor John Reading amid expectations of large turnout. In Berkeley radicals vie for control of the city council as voters head to the polls. Meanwhile in Saigon the Laotian Communists claim renewed U.S. bombing caused civilian casualties and property damage in northern Laos.
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Oakland
Calif
Black Panther
Bobby Seale
Berkeley
Seale
John Reading
Saigon
U.S
Laos
Vientiane
Souvanna Phouma
G. McMurtrie Godley
Diet change boosts healthy fats in cow milk study
Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center scientists report a new dairy cow diet doubles polyunsaturated fatty acids in milk and lowers saturated fats, potentially improving milk nutrition in Atlantic City.
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Atlantic City
N.J
Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center
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