Laird Warns Chinese ICBM Threat and Soviet buildup
Defense Secretary Melvin Laird told the Senate that Communist China may deploy ICBMs reaching 3,000 nautical miles by 1975 with 10 to 20 missiles by mid 1976. He noted two Chinese satellites and 12 tests signal missile and warhead progress and cited growing Soviet ICBM and submarine missile forces and a potential new Russian bomber in coming years.
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Washington
Melvin R. Laird
Congress
South and East Asia
Soviet Union
U.ss.r
Laird
Senate Armed Services Committee
China
United States
U.S
America
No-Fault Auto Insurance Bills Tabled in Kansas House
Kansas House Insurance Committee voted 84 to table three no-fault auto insurance bills, signaling study rather than passage this session. A fourth bill remains in House Judiciary. debate may resume later this week. Supporters argued rates won’t fall and true no-fault requires no negligence.
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Topeka
Kan
House Insurance Committee
Kansas
House Judiciary Committee
Harley Huggins
Kansas City
City to review garbage ordinance at work session
City Manager Kenneth Sanborn will lead a work session Thursday to discuss the trash pickup ordinance. He announced the plan at Monday's City Commission meeting, outlining a potential schedule and public input opportunities.
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City Commission
Kenneth Sanborn
Sanborn
City Adds Four New Vehicles for Police and Utilities
The city purchased four new vehicles on Monday for police and utility use. Police Chief Lige Matlock and City Manager Kenneth Sanborn will receive the two cars, while the old cars are reassigned to the police department. Two new pickup trucks go to utility meter reading and the electrical distribution department, with the previous department vehicles moving to the building inspector and sewage division. The building inspector's 1956 Chevrolet wagon and a 1947 Ford truck were among the traded-in units.
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Ing
Lige Matlock
Kenneth Sanborn
Electrical Distribution Department
Guardianship Sought For Loehr Siblings After Parents’ Death
Mrs. Pat McElheney of Hutchinson Kansas seeks legal guardianship for her five brothers and three sisters aged 5 to 18 after their parents John Lester Loehr and Martha Loehr were killed in a two car crash southwest of Haven on February 5. The family plans to relocate to Haven where Leslie McElheney will run a paint and body shop. Funds totaling about 1000 dollars have been set aside for the children’s future needs. The older children may work to support the family as they grow. The Senate ratified by 83 to 0 a treaty banning nuclear weapons from the ocean floor.
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John Lester Loehr
Martha Loehr
Haven
McElhaney
John McElheney
Mark
Brownsville
Neb
Sunday Beer Carry-Out Ban Maintains Statewide Silence
The Kansas House rejected a bill to legalize Sunday carry-out 3.2 beer by a 62 to 26 vote. Rep. Lynn Whiteside proposed removing Sunday sales from the bill, saying the measure conflicted with prior House votes aiming to discourage alcohol. Rep. Robert Keenan said the vote reflected emotion, not right or wrong.
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Peka
Kan
Kansas House
Robert Keenan
D-Great Bend
Lynn Whiteside
Wichita
Whiteside
Weather Summary For Today And Tomorrow
Temperatures at 1 p.m. 27 today, 37 yesterday, 33 year ago. Highest on this date 76 in 1954, lowest 2 in 1936. Humidity 60 percent, barometer 28.96. Sunrise 7:12, sunset 6:01. Precip yesterday trace. Area forecast calls for fair and cold tonight with light southwest wind. Mostly sunny and warmer Wednesday with low tonight in the upper 20s and high Wednesday in the upper 40s. Precipitation chances near zero tonight, ten percent Wednesday.
Intercepted Letter Dear Cha
A fragment titled Intercepted Letter Dear Cha comments on fault and trouble with no fault, attributed to Nute. The note conveys a reflective, terse epistolary mood.
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Cha
Letter Opposes Elm Lincoln Parking Elimination Proposal
A Chanute Chamber letter opposing removing parking from Elm Street between Lincoln and Malcolm was accepted by the Commission. The board, Jan 17, argues business damage would exceed traffic benefits. City officials review a traffic update with the Highway Commission.
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Chanute Area
Praise for Boy Who Rescued Child From Ice in Kansas City
A 9-year-old Kansas City boy, James E. Barker, rescued a younger child who fell through ice on a Kansas City lake on January 27. President Nixon sent a letter of praise after a Washington, D.C. courier delivered it February 11, stunning James as he stood in 7 degree cold after the incident. The younger boy fled before identification. a newspaper photographer photographed James covered in ice and the tale went public.
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Kansas City
Nixon
James E. Barker
Wiley Barker
Washington, D.C
James
Dino's Divorce in Hollywood Dean Martin Files for Divorce
Singer Dean Martin, 54, files for divorce from wife Jeanne Rieggers Martin after 22 years of marriage citing irreconcilable differences. They separated more than two years ago amid publicized relationships with Gail Renshaw and Kathy Hawn. Mrs. Martin is 59 and they have three children. he has four from his first marriage.
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Hollywood
Dean Martin
Superior Court
Jeanne Rieggers Martin
Martin
Gail Renshaw
Nixon forms cabinet panel on busing as Senate ponders amendment
Congress may seek a constitutional ban on busing before Nixon unveils his plan. A Senate test on busing could come in weeks. Nixon named a cabinet level committee to study the issue and report after his China trip.
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Washington
Congress
Nixon
Senate
China
Dole recall sought by Kansas minority leader
Manuel Fierro chairman of the Kansas Institute for Minority Empowerment says he may start a recall move against U S Senator Robert Dole R Kansas. He accuses Dole of denying constitutional rights to his constituents and showing callous disregard for minority needs in Kansas.
Russian UN employee charged with espionage in F114A case
FBI agents arrest Valery I. Markelov 32 in a Long Island diner on espionage charges tied to soliciting classified Navy F114A fighter documents. An engineer from Grumman Aerospace Corp. cooperated with the FBI in the sting.
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New York
FBI
United Nations
Navy
Valery I. Markelov
Long Island
Grumman Aerospace Corp
Pearl Bailey Recovering After Heart Attack in Hollywood
Pearl Bailey is in good condition after a heart attack and move from observation to a monitored private room at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. The 53 year old singer was admitted last Thursday and is under medical care.
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Hollywood
Pearl Bailey
High school birth control information bill dies in committee
The House Education Committee in Topeka tabled a bill requiring high schools to provide birth control information to students and rejected certification for school nurses.
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Topeka, Kan
House
China Expert Edgar Snow Dies at 66
AP reports Edgar Snow veteran American foreign correspondent and China expert died in his sleep from pancreatic cancer at age 66 in EYSINS Switzerland.
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Eysins
Switzerland
Edgar Snow
China
Kansas State University Marks 109th Birthday
Kansas State University observed its 109th birthday with a Founders Day dinner and a program titled The K State Story at Manhattan. The event highlighted institutional history and notable milestones in a formal campus gathering.
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Manhattan
Kan
Kansas State University
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