Soviet trawlers crowd Virginia coast near Wallops launch
Nearly 100 Soviet bloc trawlers fished off Virginia's coast near Wallops Island amid 10 foot seas and 40 mph winds while a routine meteorological launch was planned. The fleet, including the 600 foot Pomorze, split between 18 miles off Wallops and 60 miles north, with Coast Guard cutters monitoring the area.
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Portsmouth
Virginia
Wallops Island
Hampton Roads
Wallops
Maryland Line
Chincoteague Islands
Nixon to press on with West Berlin trip despite East German threats
Florida White House said President Nixon will proceed with his European travel plans to West Berlin. Press Secretary Ronald L. Ziegler stated the president will make the trip despite Communist moves against West Germany's March 5 presidential election.
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Key Biscayne
Fla
Florida White House
Nixon
West Berlin
West Germany
Ronald L. Ziegler
POW Talks First at Paris Peace Talks
In Paris the POW issue looms as likely first topic in private talks behind the scenes. Western observers see prisoner exchange as a potential starting point amid deadlocked sessions over political futures and de escalation measures. North Vietnam holds several hundred airmen while Viet Cong captives number a few dozen. Saigon holds thousands of North Vietnamese and Viet Cong suspects.
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Paris
Vietnam
Hanoi
South Vietnam
United States
Saigon
North Vietnam
Red Cross
Crop Clinic Draws About130 Area Farmers
About 130 area farmers registered for a Crop Clinic at Memorial Auditorium with more expected later. The program aims to educate on crop production from seed bed prep through drying and harvesting.
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Memorial Auditorium
Morris McCane
Iola
Rocket Cache Found Near Saigon Largest Stockpile Yet
Fifty 240mm rockets discovered near Saigon alarm U.S. observers who say the weapons are far larger than typical VC and NVA missiles. An American officer notes the find is unprecedented and questions its mass production origin.
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Saigon
Moscow
State Traffic Fatal to Four
Four people died in Kansas weekend crashes. Michael Brewster 19 and Donna Pickens 20 of Baxter Springs perished Friday when their car hit a truck on U S 69 By-pass near Alma. Keith Enyart 16 of Olathe died in a head on collision on U S 56 near Gardner Sunday. David Meier 24 of Beverly died when his car plunged from I 35 to I 70 at a cloverleaf near Salina.
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Associated Press
Kansas
Michael W. Brewster
Donna L. Pickens
Baxter Springs
Kan
U.S 69
Alma
Johnson County
Chalmers Named New Kansas Chancellor
Edwin Lau rence Chalmers Jr. of Florida State University is chosen as the new chancellor of the University of Kansas, succeeding W Clarke Wescoe. The Kansas Board of Regents set a 11 a.m. press conference to announce the appointment. Chalmers, 40, has been vice president for academic affairs at FSU since 1966 and a KU faculty rival before.
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Topeka
Edwin Laurence Chalmers Jr
Florida State University
Tallahassee
University of Kansas
Associated Press
Chalmers
W. Clarke Wescoe
Kansas Board of Regents
Florida State
College of Arts and Sciences
Wildwood
N.J
Princeton University
Denver University
United States Air Force
Chamber protests landfill site at Twenty first and Katy
Bill Johnson president of the Chanute Area Chamber of Commerce will present a formal protest to the city commission tonight. The protest, on behalf of the chamber, targets the location Twenty first and Katy rather than the landfill concept. The landfill remains the major item of business at the regular meeting starting at 7 30 p m.
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Bill Johnson
Chanute Area
Erie County Clerk Looks to Busy Filing Morning
Intercepted note indicates Erie candidates will file for city and school posts with noon deadline, as the county clerk’s office prepares for a busy session tomorrow.
New York Stalled by 15 Inch Snow Storm Hits City
A massive winter storm crippled New York with 15 inches of snow, halting stock exchanges and airport operations. Subways ran near normal while rail lines and roads froze, leaving 6,000+ stranded at Kennedy and prompting a city snow emergency.
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American Stock Exchanges
Long Island
Tappan Zee
Hudson River
Tarrytown
Kennedy International
la Guardia
Newark
Kennedy
New York City
Montreal
Niagara Falls
Kansas lawmakers eye action on key 1969 bills
In Topeka lawmakers plan swift action this week on major measures including criminal code overhaul housing discrimination highway financing and property tax relief. Senate committees will lead talks with subcommittees reporting on insanity rule changes and hearings on tax caps and state aid to cities and counties.
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Senate Committee On
Kansas Commission On Civil Rights
Steadman Ball
R.atchison
Senate Judiciary Committee
Judiciary Committee
Ball
E.W. Strahan
R.salina
Transportation and Utilities Committee
Strahan
Frank Hodge
R . Hutchinson
Hub Meyer Receives William Allen White State Award
Herbert A. Meyer Jr. editor of the Independence Daily Reporter was awarded the William Allen White Foundation state prize for journalistic merit in Lawrence Kansas. Clyde Reed praised Meyers fearless, candid editorial style as suitable for the honor during William Allen White Day at the University of Kansas. Walter Cronkite slated for national citation and lecture postponed by snow. rescheduled to visit later.
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Reed
William Allen White
University of Kansas
White
Emporia Gazette
New York
Walter Cronkite
Columbia Broadcasting System
Cronkite
Foundation
Kansas Area Weather Forecast Warms Through Tuesday
The Topeka AP forecast expects temperatures to rise into the 50s across much of Kansas today and Tuesday. Partly cloudy to clear conditions persist with a cooler night tonight. Sunday highs ranged from 51 at Leavenworth to 64 at Garden City and Liberal.
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Topeka
Kansas
Weather Bureau
Leavenworth
Garden City
Liberal
Neosho County Jaco Contest Seeks New Alma Mater Song
Neosho County Community Junior College announces a contest to write a new alma mater with a $100 prize for the best entry and a $50 prize for a pop song. Deadline is April 15, judged by students and faculty to adopt official alma mater and pop song.
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Harold B. Tarpley
Tarpley
Filing rush hits Neosho County offices before deadline
On the eve of the filing deadline candidates rush to file for city and school district posts in Neosho County. County clerk Virgil Lowe says the deadline is noon tomorrow. Erie candidates include C. P. McKinnie for the Community Junior College board and Ralph Watkins for the district 101 board, with two seats in district 3. In Galesburg four men seek council seats, led by incumbents Winkler, Gibson, Mesker, plus Shurley, for two-year terms across five open council seats. Mayors C. C. Duccy and Donovan Brehn seek the office, Earlton also sees three incumbents filing for re election along with mayoral candidates Earlton’s Dean Buster and others. five council seats exist in Earlton with two-year terms, mayor also two years.
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Erie
Neosho County
Virgil Lowe
C. P. McKinnie
Neosho County Community Junior College Board of Trustees
McKinnie
Ralph
Watkins
Tom Burress
Marion Richey
District 101
William E. Winkler
Loyd F. Gibson
J. Buford Mesker
Vernal
Earlton
Eugene Bailey
Ray R. James
Chester Bailey
Earl Clifford
Floyd Wolfe
Dean Buster
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