Bingo Resurrected In Kansas Legislature Action
The Senate Federal Affairs Committee moved to introduce a Friday resolution to seek a statewide vote on a constitutional bingo amendment. It would legalize bingo for non profit groups while keeping other gambling banned, with debate possible Monday ahead of April 3 municipal elections.
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Topeka, Kan
Senate Federal Affairs Committee
Edward Reilly
R-Leavenworth
Senate
Reilly
Secretary of State’s Office
Robert Docking
Kansans to Hit Washington With Highway Complaints
Gov. Robert Docking leads about 40 Kansans to Washington to urge federal highway relief and press five points. They will meet congressional highway committees, hold a reception, and address issues on federal aid, trust fund preservation, state flexibility, and reducing preliminary reporting for road projects.
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Washington
Topeka
Kan
Robert Docking
Kansas
Washington, D.C
Docking
Executive
Congress
Compromise School Plan Unimpressive in Topeka
In Topeka Kansas AP the Senate Education Committee heard a compromise school finance plan from Dr Orvin L Plucker superintendent of Kansas City Kansas but lawmakers remained unimpressed noting no new options beyond those already studied Senate leader Sen Joe Harder said the plan lacks novelty and favors a governor veto for an optional local income tax to cut property taxes.
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Topeka
Kan
Senate Education Committee
Orvin L. Plucker
Kansas City
Robert Docking
Joe Harder
R-Moundridge
Senate
Plucker
Chanute Chamber Signs 25 Members at Bell-Ringer Day
The Chanute Area Chamber of Commerce reports 25 new memberships from Wednesday's Bell-Ringer Day. New businesses joining Chanute include Cardinal Drug Embry Appliances Lakes Enterprises Craig's Indian Cycle Sales Tri-State Electrical Supply Co. Existing firms changing ownership or management listed.
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Chanute Area
Lee
Chamber
Chanute
Cardinal Drug
Embry Appliances
Thelakes Enterprises
Craig’s Indian Cycle Sales
Tri-State Electrical Supply Co
Orchid Buffet
Topper Barber Shop
Capitol Truck Lines
Made O'Day
Reads
York Electric
Zimmerman Electric
Craig’s Vickers Service
Paul Keller
Ralph Berg
Howard Smith
Gene Magrave
Denison Welding Supply
Jack Lowe
John Barney State Farm Agency
Robert F. Gant
Church of the Nazarene
United Parcel Service
Steve Kinney
Wadell and Reed Investment
Midwest Auto Store
Wilma's Grill Burglarized in St Paul
A break in at Wilma's Grill in St Paul was reported to Sheriff David Kern at 1 30 this morning. Entry came through the back door and about 100 dollars was taken from a cigarette machine. Undersheriff Arden Hammans investigated a one car accident at 8 30 this morning on K47. The driver, Mrs Lavon Weitvel 44 of Parsons, fell asleep and left the road. She was not injured. no car damage estimate was given.
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Wilma’s Grill
St. Paul
David Kern
Arden Hammans
K47
Lavon Weitvel
Parsons
Hammans
Weitvel
Doctor Appointed To Hospital Board In Neosho County
Neosho County Commission names Dr. Reuben Burkman to the Board of Trustees of Neosho Memorial Hospital replacing Wilbur Allison with a term through April 1974. Bids opened for tires and an oil distributor truck with the lowest tire bid accepted and truck bids reviewed for Monday decision. A St Paul delegation asks reopening of a road to the river, and juror monthly pay was approved pending technical review.
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Erie
Neosho County
Reuben Burkman
Neosho Memorial Hospital
Burkman
Wilbur Allison
Notestine Tire Service Chanute
Galesburg Oil Co
Galesburg
Goodyear Service Store
Chanute
Ewen Motor Co
Merle Kelly Ford
Ricketts Chevrolet Co
City of
St. Paul
Hy Grade Construction Co
Raymond W. Radford
George Donaldson
District Court
Viet Cong General Flown to Meeting
US helicopters retrieved Lt. Gen. Tran Van Tra and 28 Viet Cong aides from Loc Ninh to Tan Son Nhut to join a four party peacekeeping commission. Tra, 55, heads COSVN and may influence POW exchanges as the joint military commission plans its first meeting.
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Saigon
U.S
Tran van Tra
Tan Son Nhut
Tra
COSVN
South Vietnam
Joint Military Commission
Camp
Davis
U.S. Signal Corps
International Commission of Control and Supervision
Prisoner Release Denied by Command
SAIGON AP The U S Command and other officials denied a report that three American prisoners of the Viet Cong were released and flown to Saigon. Spokesmen said checks found no evidence to support the account by a U S Army officer who claimed to have been on the recovery mission.
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Saigon
U.S
Saigon Army Hospital
Associated Press
Intercepted Letter Dear Cha Prompts Simple Day
Intercepted note mentions Groundhog Day on tomorrow with a breakfast sausage reference. Contents read like a casual greeting from a sender to Cha. The brief includes a closing Yours.
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Cha
All-Out War Looms After Belfast Bombing
Terrorists hurled a fragmentation grenade into a Belfast suburb bus carrying Catholic workers, killing one and injuring nine as Catholic and Protestant factions brace for all-out war. Security chiefs blame Protestant extremists. IRA threatens ruthless retaliation.
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Belfast
Northern Ireland
Correct exit path for Main and Highland parking lot
Police Chief Sige Matlock clarifies the proper entrance and exiting pattern for the Main and Highland parking lot. He says entry should be from Main on the south, cars park diagonally heading north, and the safest exit is to enter the north alley and turn left toward Highland.
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Sige Matlock
Main
Matlock
Highland
McGovern Wife Opens Talk of TV Role in Interim
Eleanor McGovern, wife of Sen. George McGovern, discussed joining a children’s TV show as a temporary measure while her husband campaigns for re election in South Dakota. She spoke at a Rockefeller Center skating benefit for the Child Study Association and did not name the program. The remarks came amid her husband’s prior presidential bid loss. In Washington, the Nixon administration moved to boost food supplies by expanding potential crop land. The Agriculture Department lowered the baseline of land set aside to qualify for government payments, enabling larger corn and soybean crops this year to meet rising exports.
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South Dakota
George McGovern
Washington (Lp
Nixon
Agriculture Department
Ervin seeks five member Watergate probe panel with subpoenas
Sen. Sam J. Ervin Jr. proposes a special five member Senate committee with broad subpoena powers to investigate the Watergate bugging affair. He says he will subpoena witnesses who have information, regardless of their official positions or status.
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Washington
Sam J. Ervin Jr
Senate
White House
Ervin
Bridges Plan to Merge West Coast ILWU with Teamsters Fails
In San Francisco AP reports Harry Bridges failed to merge his West Coast longshore union with the Teamsters after dockworkers demanded autonomy. The trucking union rejected autonomy for about 60 000 ILWU members within the 2.5 million Teamsters.
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San Francisco
Harry Bridges
Teamsters Union
International Longshoremen’s and Warehousemen’s Union
Pentagon Papers Trial Testimony On Secret Orders
A retired Air Force officer testifies before jurors about alleged secret orders to purge government files of reports that could aid Ellsberg and Russo. The government seeks to counter this testimony as cross examination continues, with focus on memo writer Charles Hinkle of the OSR.
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Los Angeles
Air Force
Daniel Ellsberg
Anthony Russo
Edward A. Miller
Charles Hinkle
Office of Security Review
OSR
Stennis Shot in Holdup Improves Slightly in Hospital
Senate Armed Services Committee chairman Sen. John C. Stennis, 71, was shot twice during a holdup and remained in very serious condition but showed slight improvement after a comfortable night in the hospital. A spokesman noted he was awake with stable vital signs and guarded recovery prospects at 5 a.m. CST.
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Washington
John C. Stennis
Senate Armed Services Committee
Stennis
Senate confirms five Nixon cabinet picks to date
The Senate approved Peter J. Brennan as Secretary of Labor by 81-3 and confirmed James T. Lynn to head Housing and Urban Development by voice vote. Caspar Weinberger expected to win approval next week as defense secretary not yet confirmed.
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Washington
Senate
Nixon
Caspar W. Weinberger
Peter J. Brennan
New York
James T. Lynn
Cleveland
Ohio
Housing and Urban Development Department
Final Indochina casualty totals released by U S Command
The U S Command reports 45 941 American service members died in action in Indochina from Jan 1 1961 to the cease fire start last Sunday. Wounded in action total 300 635 and 1 811 listed as missing captured or interned. An additional 10 303 died from non hostile causes. One American death and five wounded after the truce began are not included.
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Saigon
U.S. Command
Indochina
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