U S China Liaison Offices Planned to Speed Ties
The United States and China announce official liaison offices in Washington and Peking to speed normalizing relations. Kissinger says offices will handle trade and other matters with full diplomatic privileges but not imply formal ties. Also notes potential release of two captured airmen and Downey review, plus Paris talks on private claims and assets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States
China
Peking
Henry A. Kissinger
Kissinger
Communist Party
Mao Tse-tung
Chou En-lai
Thomas Downey
Central Intelligence Agency
Downey
Taiwan
Ically
William P. Rogers
Chi Peng-fei
Paris
Rockefeller Dies at 60 Former Arkansas Governor Passes Away
Palm Springs California AP Winthrop Rockefeller son of John D Rockefeller died at Desert Hospital at age 60 after a chest illness. He had been admitted a week earlier for treatment and was a former Arkansas governor and member of the Rockefeller family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Palm Springs, Calif
Winthrop Rockefeller
Arkansas
John D. Rockefeller
Desert Hospital
Rockefeller
Planners Delay New Annexation Proposal Near Santa Fe Tracks
The Chanute Planning Commission recommended against annexing land south of 14th Street to the Santa Fe Railway tracks between Allen and Plummer. Four residents attended to protest, including Robbert Lausch whose kennels would be affected. Maurice Argabright and John Litchenburg argued for future city expansion and orderly development.
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Chanute Planning Commission
14Th
Santa Fe
Allen
Plummer
Robbert Lausch
S. Plummer
Maurice Argabright
Lausch
Argabright
John Litchenburg
Litchenburg
John Orozco
Former Teacher's Candidacy Unaffected by Miller Ruling
Dale Ward, candidate for Unified School District 413 Board, remains eligible despite Attorney General Vern Miller's conflict of interest ruling. Ward, a former math teacher at Chanute High, says he will not return to teaching during a potential term. The opinion follows a 1971 ruling about incompatibility for teachers serving on school boards. Ward is one of 13 candidates in the March 6 primary election.
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Vern Miller
Dale Ward
N. Highland
Board of Education
Ward
Chanute High School
Manley Transfer Company, Inc
Miller
Dodge City
Trict
Unified School District 48
Attorney General
Unified District 413
Pimary
Farm Products Management faces sink or swim in Ozark region
Farm Products Management, a nine county group in southeast Kansas, relies on a $50,000 ORC grant that funds its tomato project and packing facility. With ORC funding ended, director Daryl Fultz warns of a critical period unless new markets and self sufficiency emerge. The group aims to market 20,000 spring tomatoes and additional vegetables to support 83 orchards and member farms as truck gardening declines.
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Barbara Kihm
Ozark Regional Council
ORC
FPM
Kansas
Daryl Fultz
Fultz
Wichita
Chanute Independent Candidate Seeks City Commission Seat
Marion Johnson of 318 N Wilson Chanute announces independent bid for City Commission. He cites lifelong Chanute roots, retirement freeing time, and support for parks while urging faster action on gas water and drainage. Johnson plans a five member city government if elected.
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Marion Johnson
N. Wilson
City Commission
Chanute
Johnson
Santa Fe Railway
Erie residents push recall petition against Mayor Priess
Several Erie residents including a few city council candidates say they circulate a recall petition to remove Mayor LeRoy Priess. The drive targets a possible election if 95 signatures are reached. 85 have been collected.
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ERIE
LeRoy Priess
Priess
Nixon to Push Tax Reform and Spending Ceiling
President Nixon announced plans to push a tax reform bill and measures to ease property tax burdens on older Americans. He urged a $269 billion spending ceiling for fiscal 1974 and stressed no general tax increase, while outlining proposals on unemployment, minimum wage, pensions, transportation, and an education tax credit for private schools.
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Washington
Nixon
Congress
House Ways and Means Committee
Elephant Suzie for sale at Mitchell Zoo in Independence
A 20 year old elephant named Suzie at Mitchell Zoo in Independence is for sale for 509 dollars because she has spells. The zoo estimates 4500 dollars to replace her with a baby elephant. Assistant zookeeper Ed Kline notes Suzie chases peacocks, pelts people with dirt, and has thrown rocks at car windshields. He compares her mood to people, saying she is cranky some days and fine others.
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Independence, Kan
Mitchell Zoo
Ed Kline
Suzie
Kline
Petain Coffin Returned to Ile d Yeu Tomb Amid Election Doubts
A military plane carried the flag draped coffin of Marshal Philippe Petain back to the Ile d Yeu island off the Atlantic coast after it had been seized by rightists who hoped to force burial in the Verdun national military cemetery. The theft and return threaten political gains for the government in the upcoming National Assembly elections.
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Paris
Philippe Petain
National Assembly
Ile d’Yeu
Douaumont
Verdun
Israel Denounced Over Libyan Airliner Shootdown
The Associated Press reports widespread denouncement of Israel after it shot down a Libyan airliner killing over 100. President Nixon offered condolences to Libya and Egypt, while a Lebanese paper condemns him as hypocritical. Israel says the Boeing 727 was fired upon after the French pilot ignored orders to land near the Suez Canal.
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Associated Press
Israel
Nixon
Libya
Egypt
Suez Canal
Gold hits record highs in Europe for fourth day
Gold rose to an all time peak of 83 dollars an ounce in London at the opening, jumping 3.63, as uncertainty over the value of paper money drives prices higher. The metal has gained 15 dollars since the U.S. currency devaluation last week, with dealers citing continued currency uncertainty as the main factor.
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London
Europe
U.S
North Vietnamese and Pathet Lao seize towns after Laos cease-fire
In southern Laos, North Vietnamese and Pathet Lao troops captured two towns as the cease-fire began at noon and attacks on government positions south of the Plain of Jars intensified. Sources report massive violations while Laotian military officials confirm the cease-fire breaches and large-scale offensives.
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Vientiane, Laos
Pathet Lao
Laos
Plain of Jars
New Orleans sniper case report leaves question of accomplices
The AP reports that the New Orleans police conclude the sniper Jimmy Essex may have acted alone but do not definitively rule out accomplices. Police Superintendent Clarence Giarrusso says evidence is overwhelming there was only one shooter, though the report stops short of certainty.
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New Orleans
Jimmy Essex
Essex
Clarence Giarrusso
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