Tacit Viet Nam Evacuation Understanding Reported
Rep. William S. Broomfield said a tacit understanding may delay North Vietnamese attacks on Saigon to allow evacuation of nonessential Americans. He cited Ford administration officials and unspecified third-country negotiations. Sen. Dick Clark criticized evacuee figures as Americans remaining and demanded clearer reductions.
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Washington
House International Relations Committee
Saigon
William S. Broomfield
R-Mich
Ford Administration
Broomfield
Dick Clark
Iowa
Clark
State Department
Vietnam
United States
Chairman of Kings Executive Pleads Guilty in Bank Tax Case
Kansas CityAP Ray R Evans board chairman of the Kansas City Omaha Kings pleaded guilty to conspiring to misapply about 70000 of a banks money while president and to participating in preparing a false tax return for Traders National Bank of Kansas City James R Brown 56 also pleaded guilty to supervising false returns during his presidency at Raytown Bank in Raytown Missouri
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Kansas City
Ray R. Evans
Kansas City- Omaha Kings
National Basketball Association
Evans
Traders National Bank of
James R. Brown
Raytown Bank
Raytown
South Vietnamese minister seeks direct talks with Hanoi
A Saigon cabinet minister, authorized by President Tran Van Huong, has contacted North Vietnamese officials for a negotiated peace and aims to send an envoy to Hanoi. The move comes as U S officials also back talks. Reports mention possible political shifts and ongoing fighting near Saigon with Khmer Rouge evacuations near the Thai border.
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Ficial
Saigon
Tran van Huong
North Vietnam
Hanoi
United States
Huong
Duong van
Minh
Aranyaprathet
Thailand
Associated Press
Chhay Born Lay
Khmer Rouge
Health regions split proposed by SEK Regional Planning Commission
The Southeast Kansas Regional Planning Commission voted to urge Gov. Bennett to create five health service areas in Kansas, splitting from his four area plan under the 1974 National Health Planning Act. SEKPC seeks a 20 county region excluding Wichita, while Greenwood County faces departure amid local opposition.
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Southeast Kansas Regional Planning Commission
Robert F. Bennett
Kansas
Bennett
SEKPC
Neosho County
Wichita
Ben Robinson
Health Service Area Board
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Elk
Chautauqua
Blue Stem
Wallace Plans 76 Presidential Campaign
Gov. George C. Wallace confirmed he intends to run for president in 1976 and said a formal announcement is likely in June. Wallace, 55, former candidate in 1972, was wounded in an assassination attempt and paralyzed below the waist. His national campaign director Charles Snider said Wallace will seek the Democratic nomination.
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Montgomery
Ala
George C. Wallace
Wallace
Associated Press
Charles Snider
Laurel
Weather outlook with warm weekend, southerly winds
The area forecast calls for partly cloudy skies through Saturday with scattered thunderstorms tonight and continuing Saturday. Lows tonight mid 50s to near 60, highs Saturday low to mid 80s, southeasterly winds 10 to 20 mph.
Intercepted Letter to Governor Prompts Shoes Demand
An intercepted note features a child pressing the governor to buy new shoes or face leaving the state. The governor responds that the child lacks sufficient intangibles, ending the brief exchange with a terse reply.
Bennett approves legislation to appease United Telecom
Gov. Robert F. Bennett announced he would allow special legislation to cut the intangibles tax burden on United Telecommunications Inc. of Westwood to keep the company in Kansas. The company said it would stay for four to five years to gauge legislative progress toward full tax elimination.
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Topeka
Kan
Kansas
Robert F. Bennett
United Telecommunications Inc
Westwood
Bennett
Raymond H. Alden
Alden
Ex-Gov Hall Receives Three Year Jail Terms
Former Oklahoma Governor David Hall was sentenced to three years on each of four counts in the bribery extortion case with terms to run concurrently. Co-defendant W. W. Doc Taylor received 18 months on each of three counts, also concurrent. Both men to remain free on $10 000 appeal bonds and plan to appeal the convictions.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
David Hall
Dallas
W. W
Doc’’ Taylor
Hall
Taylor
U. S. District Court
Fred Daugherty
Daugherty
Legislature ends 75th session with modest pay raise clash
The Kansas Legislature completed its 1975 session amid disputes over a pay raise bill. The measure provides Civil Service raises from 6.3 to 11.8 percent and adds $25 monthly across the board, with lawmakers’ own salary increases stripped from the bill. A final adjournment is set for sine die with a May return for formalities.
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Topeka, Kan
Kansas
Senate
House
Robert F. Bennett
Bennett
Governmental Ethics Commission
Internal Revenue Service
IRS
Drop in oil imports yields US record trade surplus
The Commerce Department reports a $1.4 billion March trade surplus, with oil imports dropping to 118.7 million barrels, the lowest since the Arab embargo era. Exports slipped 0.8 percent while imports fell 6.8 percent, boosting the surplus despite a shift in measurement method.
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U.S
Washington
United States
Commerce Department
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Bernadette Reilly
Scott
Kathy Nailor
Kings
Chanute
Governor's Committee
Cha
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United Telecommunications, Inc
Alcott
Chanute Municipal
Tim Schreckhise
Doris Morrison
N. Garfield
Kyle Marnell
Joe P. Marnell
N. Forest
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