Royster School Adopts New Schedule and Electives
The District 413 Board of Education approved a revised Royster Junior High timetable adding a seventh period and an 8 am activity period. Classes shorten to 45 minutes with more electives for seventh, eighth, and ninth graders, plus revised required courses and new seminars in history and geography.
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Board of Education
Royster Junior High School
John Martin
Martin
Ray Zumalt
Earl Gehrt
State Board of Education
Area Vocational School
14 Bills Signed into Law in Kansas Special Session
Gov. Robert Docking signed 14 bills from a three day extension of the 1973 session. An omnibus $220 million appropriation bill, not signed, includes $1 million for rural water grants and about $200 million for major programs. Eight signed bills repeal changed statutes, three adjust minor provisions, and others set accounting pilots for schools and colleges.
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Topeka
Kan
Robert Docking
Executive Branch
First Rutland in Shower Singing Contest Planned
The Rutland High School shower room will host the first annual singing in the shower competition on May 1. Judges from the Rutland chapter of the Society for the Preservation of Barber Shop Quartet Singing in America will judge solo contestants on volume lyric expression range rhythm and the blend of water and voice. Contestants may wear swimsuits.
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Rutland, Vt
Rutland High School
Rutland
The
Society For the Preservation of Barber Shop Quartet Singing In
Pistol Packin Secretary Brennan Becomes Deputy U S Marshal
Peter J. Brennan secretary of labor is sworn in as a deputy U S marshal to carry a pistol across state lines with full arrest and transport powers. A Justice Department spokesman noted he will not regularly perform these duties while remaining active in labor work.
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Washington
Peter J. Brennan
U.S
Justice Department
Brennan
AIM founder warns of further takeovers at Pawnee and Wounded Knee
Clyde Bellecourt of Minneapolis says more occupations like Wounded Knee are planned with Pawnee as the next target and predicts no settlement with the federal government for about three weeks. Separately in San Francisco, four Saturday Review magazines seek bankruptcy and plan merging with World to form a biweekly led by Norman Cousins.
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Salt Lake City
Wounded Knee
S.C
Pawnee
Oklo
Clyde Bellecourt
Minneapolis
AIM
San Francisco
World Magazine
Norman Cousins
World
Saturday Review
Mitchell testifies on Vesco donation to Nixon campaign
Former Attorney General John N. Mitchell said he answered all questions fully after testifying before a federal grand jury about financier Robert Vesco's $200,000 cash contribution to Nixon's 1972 reelection bid. The panel is examining whether the donation sought to influence a federal probe into Vesco, now accused in a civil suit of looting $224 million from mutual funds.
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New York
Atty
John N. Mitchell
Robert L. Vesco
Nixon
Mitchell
Vesco
Lon Nol Plans Cabinet Include Foe Opponents in Cambodia
President Lon Nol of Cambodia says he will include three anti Communist opponents in his government. He also suspends the National Assembly and Senate for six months, a move seen as a concession to the Nixon administration.
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Phnom Penh
Cambodia
Lon Nol
Nixon
National Assembly
Senate
Social Republican
No Decision On Nixon Aide Firings Amid Watergate Reports
The White House says President Nixon has made no decision on firing any top aides over Watergate. Spokesmen deny Rogers being asked to lead a post-Watergate shakeup and deny involvement in any offer of clemency to convicted conspirators.
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Washington
White House
Nixon
William P. Rogers
Judge refuses stay on OEO dismantling order
A federal judge refused to reverse his order halting the dismantling of the Office of Economic Opportunity. Congress must fund the agency to keep it alive beyond June 30, as the April 28 closing of 10 regional offices and program shifts jeopardize its future.
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Washington
Office of Economic Opportunity
Congress
William B. Jones
Preacher Sets Out for Mexico on Harley for Mission Trip
Savonburg preacher Gene Harding plans a month long journey into remote Mexican highlands by Harley Davidson 74 motorcycle. He will travel with an interpreter starting in Miguel Aleman to preach to 600 plus listeners and visit isolated villages carrying food water and sleeping gear. The project includes building a church with locally made bricks and adobe finishing. Harding runs a large religious mail campaign from Savonburg and funds the trip through congregational and revival donations. His wife Alice expresses concern over bandit dangers, while son Gino offers to join if needed.
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Harding
Mexico
Baja California
Miguel Aleman
Savonburg
U.S
Arce
Levenburg
Springfield
Ohio
International Gospel Assemblies
St. Louis
Alice
Tie
Gino
Feme
Intercepted Letter Questions High School Prep for Cha
An intercepted letter asks how the junior Wgh ex pest would prepare children for high school using courses such as American history and algebra. It suggests early exposure to core subjects and structured coursework to ease transition to secondary education.
Kissinger to Meet Tho in Paris to Discuss Peace Accord
White House sources say Henry Kissinger and Hanoi's Le Duc Tho will meet in Paris in mid May to discuss Paris peace accord implementation. A preparatory Paris session between William Sullivan and Nguyen Co Thach aims for strict adherence and an end to fighting in Indochina.
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Washington
Henry A. Kissinger
Hanoi
le Duc Tho
Paris
White House
Ronald L. Ziegler
Asst
William L. Sullivan
Sullivan
Nguyen Co Thach
United States
North Vietnam
Vietnam
Thach
Kissinger
Nixon
Tho
Ziegler
Sullivan- Thach
Indochina
Weather snapshot shows cooler temperatures and light precipitation
Today at 1 pm temperatures were 61 high and 55 low with .10 inch precipitation. Relative humidity and barometer readings given. Sunrise at 5:34, sunset at 7:06. Forecast calls for partly cloudy, cool tonight with lows in the 40s and northeast winds 10 to 20 mph. Thursday remains partly cloudy and mild with highs in the 60s and low precipitation chances.
DES Banning Anticipated by FDA to Ban Growth Drug
Washington AP reports the FDA is set to announce a total ban on the livestock growth drug DES. The move would raise meat prices by hundreds of millions of dollars annually, as estimates suggest. DES was already barred from feed since January 1 due to cancer-causing residues. ear implant pellets remained allowed for growth.
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Washington
Food and Drug Administration
FDA
Severe Mississippi Flood Expands as Elsberry Braces
Flooding worsened along the Mississippi near Elsberry Missouri with levee breaks inundating 30 000 more acres and forcing evacuation orders. The disaster affects about 4000 people while officials fear damages may surpass 50 million dollars and at least eight lives are lost.
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Army Corps of Engineers
Elsberry
American Red Cross
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