Housing Project Behind Schedule In Chanute
Chanute housing authority faces three week delay on a 50 unit high rise for the elderly while final drawings await HUD review. Officials deny abandoning the plan for duplexes, noting no changes and a pending zoning change to R-2. Committees set December 15 ruling on the zoning request.
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J. C. Sanders
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the Tribune
Michael Bailey
Area Forecast: Cloudy with light snow and freezing drizzle
The forecast calls for cloudiness with intermittent light snow or freezing drizzle tonight and mostly cloudy, less cold Saturday. Tonight's low in the 20s with southeast winds 5 to 15 mph, Saturday high in the upper 30s. Precipitation chances 20 percent tonight and 10 percent Saturday.
Halt of Production At Kansas Army Ammunition Plant
The Kansas Army Ammunition Plant east of Parsons will stop production by the end of February. About 1,300 workers will be initially affected, per an announcement released locally and at the plant.
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Parsons, Kan
Kansas Army Ammunition Plant
Parsons
Infor
Parsons ammunition plant to close amid war decline
Army sources report the Parsons plant will close due to reduced ammo workload from the phasedown of the Vietnam era. The facility employs 1,700, with peak 3,959 in 1969, producing 105 mm shells 81 mm mortars and cluster units. standby 200 to remain. modernization costs near 2.9 million.
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Washington
Parsons
Oklahoma
Missouri
India Proclaims Emergency After Pakistani Air Raids
The Indian government declared a national emergency after Pakistani air raids on four northwestern airports. President V V Giri issued the proclamation and summoned Parliament to approve a Defense of India Bill granting police powers. New Delhi airport closed to international traffic.
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Associated Press
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India
East Pakistan
New Delhi
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London
West Pakistan
Calcutta
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Old Fitz Seeks Parole Break After Lifelong Prison Run
Charles Fitzgerald known as Old Fitz after 59 years behind bars moves toward parole under California Adult Authority approval. The 85 year old, jailed since 1908 for burglary and later life terms, must complete a re entry program before a definite release date at Folsom State Prison. He hopes to reclaim his life and live in peace.
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California
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Montana State
Intercepted Letter From Dear Cha Reassures Parsons Shutdown
A brief intercepted note suggests the Parsons shutdown is temporary amid a tense world situation. The writer signs off as Yours, addressing Dear Cha.
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Cha
Hijacking for Medicines Ends in Rushing of Plane
About 28 people aboard a Pakistan International Airlines jet seized by hijackers demanded 20 tons of medicine for Pakistani refugees. After five hours of negotiations, two hijackers wearing Red Cross armbands helped unload medicine while French authorities dispatched penicillin and anticholera vaccines to Orly.
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Kansas Senate optimism for tax reform in 1972 session
Kansas Senate leaders Sen Harold Herd and Sen Glee Smith voiced growing optimism that a fiscal stalemate will break in the 1972 session opening January 11. They credited media discussion with spurring dialogue while clashing with Gov. Docking over tax reform proposals including income tax, sales tax, homestead exemption, and federal tax disallowance. Docking vows to veto sales tax increases and favors federal tax disallowance for corporations.
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Kansas
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Loux
Shelby Smith
Wichita
House Assessment and Taxation Committee
Resignation of Al Hampton Sits Before District Board
The District 413 Board of Education will consider replacing band director Al Hampton at 7 p.m. Monday. It will also review football program plans, special education projects led by Harold Barnhart, and a cooperative program. Other agenda items include lunch program inspection, food control procedures, a four hour Dec. 14 study, site investigation at Future High School, a teacher policy exception, an insurance survey, and delegating to the Kansas Association of School Boards.
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District 413 Board of Education
Chanute
Harold Barnhart
Alcott
Kansas Association of School Boards Assembly
Wells hints at gubernatorial bid from Kansas
Robert Wells who left the FCC and returned to Kansas said on Thursday he may announce his candidacy for the Republican nomination for governor before Christmas. If feasible the formal announcement would be made prior to the holiday otherwise early next year.
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Topeka
Kan
Robert Wells
Federal Communications Commission
Kansas
Wells
Gunman Clashed With Clerk as Brady Fights Back
At a service station in EASE Pennsylvania 60 year old Cliff Brady confronted by a gunman who demanded the money. Brady punched the assailant in the mouth knocking him down twice and sending him fleeing. Police reported only a minor injury to Brady.
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Ease, Pa
Cliff Brady
Brady
Jobless Rate Rises to 6 Percent in November
The unemployment rate climbs to 6 percent as employment hits a record 80 million. Despite more workers, many young adults lose jobs, boosting job seekers to 4.8 million, a 210000 rise seasonally adjusted, per the Labor Department.
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Washington
Wholesale Rise as Farm Prices Drive May Index
Wholesale prices rose one tenth of one percent in May before the price freeze ended. The gain was entirely from farm products not under government control, leaving the overall index at 114.5 percent of 1967 levels and 3.2 percent above November last year. A $10 basket at wholesale in 1967 would cost about $11.45.
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Washington
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Chilean clashes erupt in Santiago near Castro lodging
Antigovernment demonstrators including a housewives brigade clashed with riot police in Santiago for the second night. Police used tear gas to disperse women banging pots and pans four blocks from Fidel Castro's lodging. Protesters burned tires lit bonfires and blocked traffic in the city's upscale district.
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Santiago
Chile
Fidel Castro
Scientists plan joint manned space flight agreement
American and Soviet scientists will sign a joint manned space flight agreement within two months. The talks occurred during sessions of NASA and the Soviet Academy of Sciences with U S and Soviet specialists.
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Moscow
U.S
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Soviet Academy of Sciences
Robbery Spree Ends as Suspects Captured in La Shootouts
In Simmesport and surrounding rural areas two heavily armed gunmen killed a man, kidnapped two police officers and wounded two others during a crime spree that included a robbery and high speed chases. Authorities reported the suspects were captured shortly before noon.
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Simmesport
Louisiana
Dollar Sag in European FX Markets Amid Crisis Talks
The dollar fell to new lows in Frankfurt and Zurich while holding steadier in London and Paris as dealers weighed how far its value will drop to resolve the international monetary crisis. Markets quieted after Thursday's volatility driven by devaluation fears.
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Zurich
Paris
Europe
Slaying Arrest In Tucumcari Dist Atty Case
Jose Rosen do Garcia, 43, a mental patient on convalescent leave from the New Mexico State Hospital, was arrested in the slaying of Victor Breen, 55, the Tucumcari district attorney. Breen was shot as he started to enter his car to go to work.
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N. M
Jose Rosendo Garcia
New Mexico State Hospital
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