Evacuation of Phnom Penh Reported as Khmer Rouge Takeover
Cambodian capital Phnom Penh reportedly emptied as Khmer Rouge seized control. Kissinger warned of possible killings in Cambodia and urged faster South Vietnam aid. In Saigon, provinces near central coast fell closer to fall. Bien Hoa base shelled. Thieu reshuffled staff naming Khiem adviser and Dang Van Quang to security post.
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Saigon
Phnom Penh
Khmer Rouge
Henry A. Kissinger
Washington
Cambodia
Congress
South Vietnam
Bien Hoa
Jean Sauvagnargues
Paris
Norodom Sihanouk
Bangkok
Nguyen van Thieu
Tran Thien Khiem
Radio Saigon
Thieu
Dang van Quang
Common Cause Attacks Kansas Campaign Finance Bills
Kansas Common Cause spokesmen denounce two proposed bills changing state campaign finance and government ethics acts. Dr. John Hamlish of Topeka titled the move secretive and unopen to citizen oversight.
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Topeka, Kan
Kansas
Weather and lobbying notes in Kansas area report
Weather forecast shows temperatures in the 70s dropping to the 50s with showers ending tonight and cooler nights with lows in the 30s to lower 40s. Saturday will be clear to partly cloudy and cooler with gusty north winds 10 to 25 mph and a 30 percent precipitation chance tonight. Separate item notes Common Cause leaders Ken Nickel and Kathleen Sebelius announce a statewide lobbying push to delay campaign finance reporting bills, citing a pivotal date and a $1000 reporting threshold as key issues.
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Ken Nickel
Wichita
Kathleen Sebelius
Topeka
Common Cause
Nickel
Kansas transforms Highway Dept into state Transportation Department
Gov. Robert F. Bennett announces the bill creating the Transportation Department to oversee road building with a 12 member Highway Advisory Committee. The act, effective Aug. 15, gives the secretary final say on projects but with a two thirds veto from the committee. rural input is sought as construction funding faces fiscal limits and federal funding questions. Two out of state highway engineers are considered as candidates for secretary.
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Topeka
Kan
Robert F. Bennett
State Highway Department
State Department of Transportation
Bennett
Highway Department
Transportation Department
Kansas
Khmer Rouge Unite to Form Central Cambodian Command
A 1972 consolidation united Khmer Rouge factions into a single Communist led force in Cambodia. After Lon Nol’s 1970 coup and Sihanouk’s ouster, Marxists and leftists joined behind Hanoi’s shield. A Sept 30 1972 gathering established a new command, with purges of rivals.
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Bangkok
Thailand
Khmer Rouge
Cambodia
Lon Nol
Cambodian Communist Party
Norodom Sihanouk
Sihanouk
Phnom Penh
South Vietnam
Cystic fibrosis drive funds help local victim
Fund drive for cystic fibrosis research aids Lisa McGuffey and other children. A May 9 teens dance at Central Park Building 8 p.m. to midnight features the Talisman band. Nancy Malan says no house to house canvass. donations accepted in business containers and at Bank of Commerce. Mrs. McGuffey notes Lisa’s diagnosis at six months and explains gene risks.
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Lisa McGuffey
Jim McGuffey
Edith
Central Park Building
Talisman Music Group
Nancy Malan
Intercepted Letter Advises Home Care Over Nursing Home
A fragmentary intercepted message urges Cha to avoid nursing home care for superannuation and illness. It claims doctors favor staying home and drinking pure water as remedies, reflecting old fashioned public health views.
Nursing homes grapple with new HEW welfare rules
Nursing homes face stricter HEW standards requiring detailed resident records and regular physician visits for welfare patients. Some doctors, like Dr. Earl Gehrt, have stopped taking welfare cases due to this burden, while others see improved care and compliance. administrators warn the rules raise costs and cut welfare payments.
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Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Earl Gehrt
Greta Streblow
Westview Nursing Home
EPA finds organic chemicals in 7 of 8 cities water study
The EPA reported six chemicals in drinking water across 80 cities from Lawrence Massachusetts to Seattle Washington. Chloroform was detected in all but one city with very small concentrations, including bromodichloromethane dibromochloromethane and bromform. EPA administrator Russell Train said the findings warrant continued Safe Drinking Water Act efforts and public reassurance.
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Washington
Environmental Protection Agency
Russell E. Train
EPA
Train
Lawrence
Mass
Seattle
Wash
Ford
Cincinnati
Ohio
New Orleans
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Stanley Simmons
Darrell Gates
Goodyear Tire
Hamlish
Chanute
McGuffey
Mary Hollis
Lisa
Chad
Cha
Chanute Nursing Home
A Gehrt
Nursing Home
Bethesda Nursing Center
Don Jennings
Jennings
Dick Swanson
State Department of Health and Environment
Swanson
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