Senate Angolan aid vote weakens Kissinger negotiating leverage
The Senate voted to halt CIA covert aid in Angola, challenging Kissinger's consultative style and threatening his ability to sell future agreements to Congress. Critics say his approach sidelines Congress and has strained relations, prompting questions about resignation.
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Kissinger
Washington
UPI
Henry Kissinger
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Angola
Congress
CIA
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House Committee
Pentagon
Congressional
Vietnam
Moscow
Peking
U.S
Indochina
Ford
Bennett unhappy with highway funding study and options
Gov. Robert Bennett criticized the Columbia consulting group for not naming specific methods to raise the 17.4 billion needed for Kansas highways over 15 years. The Wilbur Smith & Associates report shows only about 5.2 billion could be raised at current rates. Bennett outlined possible options but doubted a large general fund boost is viable. He did not commit to supporting or opposing other funding ideas if the 1976 Legislature weighs them.
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Topeka
Kan
UPI
Robert Bennett
Columbia
S. C
Kansas
Wilbur Smith & Associates
Bennett
FDA Likely to Remove Sequential Birth Control Pills
The FDA plans to revise guidelines warning of heart attack risks for sequential birth control pills used by up to a million U.S. women. Commissioner Alexander Schmidt said the pill could be pulled from the market unless a group of women with unique needs is identified.
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Washington
UPI
Food and Drug Administration
U.S
Alexander Schmidt
Weather Area Forecast Cloudy and cold with precipitation
Cloudy and cold with a chance of light snow or freezing rain changing to rain today ending this evening. Highs in the mid 30s. Cloudy tonight with lows in the mid to upper 20s. Decreasing cloudiness Tuesday with highs near 40. Wind becomes light and variable tonight.
Skubitz asks ICC for rail action delay
Rep Joe Skubitz R Kan asks the Interstate Commerce Commission to pause further railroad line abandonment actions until new congressional guidelines are enacted. He argues rush decisions would cause undue hardship and ignores Congress and the public interest while awaiting the bill’s completion.
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Pittsburg
Kan
UPI
Joe Skubitz
R-Kan
Interstate Commerce Commission
Congress
Skubitz
ICC
George Stafford
White House disputes Ford ski mishap portrayal
White House press secretary Ron Nessen defends President Ford against portrayals of clumsiness as unfair and politically risky. He cites Ford’s health, grace, and skill on skis at Vail, noting experts who skied with him praised his ability and criticizing cartoons and coverage that emphasize tumbles.
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Colo
UPI
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Ford
Ron Nessen
Nessen
Denver Post
Air Force One
Salzburg
Austria
India Tragedy: U S Pumps Sought for Flooded Coal Mines
In Chaswala Colliery India seeks rapid U S aid to drain two flooded pits where hundreds of miners are trapped. Officials cite 372 trapped with union estimates up to 900 while rescue teams press on for up to 15 days of pumping as families wait in fear.
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Chasnala
India
UPI
United States
All-India Radio
France
Switzerland
Indira Gandhi
Chaswala
Calcutta
Ram Nath Sharma
Bharat Coal Mines
Intercepted Letter Expresses Skepticism About Ski Reporting
The intercepted message to Cha notes agreement and shares that the writer has tried skiing, observing few reporters risking slopes to demonstrate technique. It captures a casual, self aware tone about media coverage of skiing.
Public hearing set on street vacation near Beech and Lafayette
A public hearing is scheduled for 6 p.m. Tuesday in the city commission room to discuss vacating North Lafayette between West Cherry and West Beech. Churchill Pumping Units, Inc. seeks the street and adjacent alley vacation to expand a combined office and plant, with safety and traffic relief cited as benefits despite resident concerns about property values and drainage. The commission, with two members present, must act unanimously to pass or void the ordinance, or delay for a future date.
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West Cherry
West Beech
O. H. Cunningham
City Commission Room
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Lafayette
Churchill Pumping Units, Inc
Cliff Dobson
Beech Street
Barbara Rihm
Cunningham
John Orozco
Congressional Travel At Taxpayer Expense Abroad
The article notes a semi annual travel season for Congress with trips from Peking to the South Pacific funded by taxpayers. Sen George McGovern and Sen Jacob Javits are among travelers with plans to visit China and South America while a group of 11 women in the House heads to China on a two week trip led by Rep. Margaret Heckler. The State Department Travel Office declines to release trip details.
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UPI
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Forbidden City
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George McGovern
D-S.d
Hanoi
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China
Jacob Javits
R-N.y
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Dcalif
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Ryan
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R-Mass
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Saipan
Guam
Australia
New Zealand
Charges possible in guard's beating at prison
Officials at the Kansas State Industrial Reformatory plan to discuss charges with the county prosecutor after two inmates beat Capt. Merle Combs leaving facial bruises and damaged teeth. The attack triggered an hour long disturbance in Cellhouse B, with vandalism and broken windows, ended by guards firing shotgun warnings into the ceiling.
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Hutchinson
Kan
UPI
Kansas State Industrial Reformatory
Merle Combs
Combs
Wayne Woolverton
Woolverton
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