Dormitory Work Advances At Neosho County College
The Neosho County Community Junior College Board of Trustees authorized overtime of 2700 to finish the dormitory by August 18, the first enrollment day. HUD approved overtime after a change order, and a new grant adjusts development costs to 415000 with a reduced debt-service grant.
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Neosho County Community Junior College
J.C. Sanders
Neosho County Community Junior College Board of Trustees
Harry Frazier
McBride and Dehmer Construction Company
Wichita
Frazier
Department of Housing and Urban Development
HUD
Conard
Dormitory funding trimmed as Cha nute college plans housing
The Cha nute college board reduced the dormitory fund from 450000 to 415000 and redirected excess toward student union cost overruns while reserving the rest for other accounts. The panel also set 40 men and 40 women as dorm allocations, with nine male and nineteen female vacancies, and anticipated a waiting list as rooms fill.
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HUD
College
Conard
Nixon backs minimum busing in Austin desegregation dispute
President Nixon disavowed HEW action in the Austin Texas school desegregation case and said the administration will not push busing beyond the minimum required by law. He directed the attorney general and HEW to work with districts to limit busing, while the Justice Department appeals a district court ruling. Senator Tower criticized the move as inconsistent with administration policy. The appeal targets the July 19 Roberts ruling in Austin.
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Washington
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Austin
Tex
Nixon
Supreme Court
Congress
HEW
Elliot L. Richardson
Atty
John N. Mitchell
Justice Department
US. Dist
Jack B. Roberts
Roberts
Attorney General
Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare
Mitchell
Sen
John Tower
Rtex
Tower
District Court
5Th Circuit Court of Appeals
New Orleans
700 Bills Dropped From 14 Story Building In Rochester
Publicity agents dropped 700 one dollar bills from a 14 story building onto a busy Rochester intersection. Shoppers and children scrambled to collect the money while each bill carried an invitation to a modeling firm demonstration. Organizers said the stunt saved about $8,000 in ad costs. Police warned against repeat giveaways.
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Rochester
N.Y
Apollo 15 set for home after lunar mission
Apollo 15 astronauts David R. Scott James B. Irwin and Alfred M Worden prepared for the return from the moon after a six day expedition. They planned to eject a small satellite at 4 10 p m EDT to probe lunar secrets then fire the engine at 5 20 p m to escape lunar gravity and begin a three day trip home.
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Endeavour
Earth
Beech Aircraft Suit Claims Faulty Fuel System
Los Angeles businessman Fletcher Jones files a 100 million suit against Beech Aircraft Corp alleging 15 000 planes with a defective 40 gallon fuel system risking fuel starvation and engine loss in turns. The petition accuses Beech of misleading FAA data while Beech denies defects and defends the system.
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Los Angeles
Beech Aircraft Corp
Wichita
Fletcher Jones
Federal Aviation Administration
Beech
Debonair
Travelair
Bank order halts dollar inflows hits European markets
France's central bank ordered banks to stop accepting dollars and foreign currencies for speculative purposes. Traders misread the move as aiming at franc revaluation, sending dollar parity down in major money markets while bullion prices surged in London. Bank of France says normal commercial trans actions remain allowed and no two tier market is planned.
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Paris
Europe
Bank of France
France
Senators debate CIA Laos funding in secret session
The Senate released a censored transcript of its June 7 secret session on CIA spending in Laos. Senators Mil ler and Symington question how much money is used, with estimates between 100 and 135 million dollars last year. Fulbright condemns CIA funds financing Thai troops aiding Laos despite a veto against foreign troops.
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Washington
Senate
Laos
Central Intelligence Agency
Congressional Record
CIA
Intelligence
Jack Miller
A-Iowa
Stuart Symington
D-Mo
Symington
John C. Stennis
Dmiss
Armed Services Committee
Sen
J. W. Fulbright
D-Ark
House Votes to Freeze Greek Pakistani Aid in Reform Push
The House upheld withholding 118 million dollars from Greece and up to 445 million for Pakistan to push democratic reforms and end regional turmoil. A foreign aid authorization of 3.4 billion dollars for Greece and Pakistan for the next two years passed 200-192 and moves to the Senate.
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Washington
House
U.S
Pakistan
India
Senate
Wage price plan gains GOP support in Senate
A dozen Senate Republicans led by Jacob Javits and Charles Mathias propose a wage price board to measure inflationary impact of labor and industry decisions. The plan would reaffirm President Nixon's authority to temporarily freeze wages and prices, drawing applause from Democratic leader.
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Washington
Senate
Nixon
Jacob K. Javits
R-N.y
Charles McC. Mathias Jr
Cape Town Transplant Patient In Critical Condition After Emergency Repair
Adrian Herbert, 49, who received a heart lung transplant ten days earlier, is in critical condition after an emergency operation to repair a loose connection in his graft. The surgery, led by Dr Christiaan Barnards team, followed a discovered leak in a coupling from the July 25 procedure.
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Cape Town
South Africa
Adrian Herbert
Herbert
Christiaan Barnard
United States
Sierra Club vows legal fight over Lyons nuclear repository
Kansas Sierra Club chairman Ron Baxter and Gov. Docking welcome a congressional compromise but say the fight continues against siting a nuclear waste repository at Lyons. U S Rep Joe Shubitz and others have led opposition to Lyons project.
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Topeka, Kan
Kansas
The
Sierra Club
Lyons
Kan
Robert Docking
Congress
Ron Baxter
Kansas Sierra Club
Topeka
Docking
Baxter
U.S
Joe Shubitz
Double Dealing at UN over Two Chinas Charge
Peking labeled U S efforts to solve the China question at the United Nations as double dealing and accused Secretary of State William P Rogers of lying. The Chinese news agency dismissed the two Chinas proposition as a mere fantasy and illegal.
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United Nations, N.Y
Peking
U.S
China
United Nations
William P. Rogers
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