Nixon Warns Hanoi Broadens Vietnam War Into Indochina
President Nixon charged Hanoi with widening the conflict to Indochina and warned of harder choices against potential new enemy thrusts in South Vietnam Cambodia and Laos. He pledged continued winding down of troops while increasing aid and air support for allies, outlining a global peace goal amid a harsher Indochina outlook.
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Indochina
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Nixon outlines war challenges and global stakes in televised address
In a televised address Nixon frames Vietnam as an Indochina war with 240,000 North Vietnamese troops in the region. He warns of hard choices on allied deployments as withdrawals proceed and notes potential U.S. air support in Laos and Cambodia. He also highlights tensions in the Middle East and the SALT talks.
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Hanoi
Indochina
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South Vietnam
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Laos
Bingo Amendment Fails in Senate as Lawmakers Plan Next Move
The Kansas Senate failed to secure the required two-thirds vote to repeal the constitutional ban on lotteries. Supporters vow to try again with a bingo only path or a statute backed approach while other bills, including higher interest on idle funds and insurance licensing, advance. Senator Robinson opposes legal only bingo, and Herd pushes for voter input on harmless games.
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Topeka
Senate
Harold Herd
D-Coldwater
Steadman Ball
R-Atchison
Ted Saar
Pittsburg
Lester Arvin
Rose Hill
W. E. Woodard Jr
Wichita
Robert Docking
House
William Dearth
Parsons
Neosho
Labette
Wilson Counties
Change in Policy on Use Of Park Shelterhouses
Santa Fe Park shelterhouses now available for use at any time starting March 1 with optional reservations. Officials say unlocked shelters serve the public and convenience. reservations can be made at the Recreation and Parks Department office at 17 S. Highland.
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Santa Fe Park
al Guiot
McMullen Guilty in Marijuana Possession Case
James V. McMullen, 39, found guilty of possession of marijuana after police found marijuana in a car owned by his wife Judith McMullen in Chanute on March 19, 1970. He testified he took blame for her. Bruce Cottle testified McMullen placed the contraband. Trial, verdict and jurors listed.
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James V. McMullen
Neiw Erie
White
Chanute
Judith McMullen
McMullen
Bruce Cottle
Savenburg
Cottle
Coffee and Conversation set at Chanute Chamber
The second in a series will occur Saturday at 11 in the Memorial Building Mem floor Chanute Area Chamber of Commerce office. State Representative Fred Harris of Neosho County will discuss pending legislature items with attendees. Open to the public says Charles Esslinger, legislative committee chairman.
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Richard Bailey
Public Works
Memorial Building
Chanute Area
Chamber of Commerce
Fred Harris
Neosho County
Charles Esslinger
Chamber
Vietnam War toll reaches five percent months high
The US Command reports its highest weekly Vietnam death toll in five months with 59 Americans killed. A spokesman says South Vietnamese forces in Laos have not resumed forward movement. The report comes as other items note international reactions to Soviet Jewry and My Lai court-martial proceedings.
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Vietnam
Laos
Area Forecast Temperatures and Sky Conditions
Weather report shows today high 48, low 23 with 1 p.m. reading. Yesterday 42, record high 76, record low 1. Relative humidity 92 percent, barometer 28.63 inches. Sunrise 6 59, sunset 6 11. Mostly cloudy tonight, warmer. Friday partly cloudy and cooler with low 30 35 and high 35 45.
Intercepted Letter Dear Cha Shows Coded Note
Intercepted message to Cha discusses future plans and hints at illicit gambling. The terse note references upcoming floating bingo games and uses a private closing line from Nute.
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Cha
Planning Board OKs sewer line upgrades and zoning change
The planning commission recommended two sanitary sewer line improvements with an estimated 111 118 dollars in 1971 and 48 812 dollars in 1972 plus a zoning change for Junior Rays floor covering to expand his home business at 23 N Tennessee. The vote included discussion on financing by general obligation bonds and potential precedents for future rezoning.
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Terry Koch
City Commission
Planning Commission
Junior Bay
Tennessee
City Park
2Nd Street
Highland
Santa Fe
Ashby
Elm
Olive
Katy
Richard McClanathan
Commission
Junior Ray
Hilton
McClanathan
Woman tops Air Force officer training class in San Antonio
Susan Blair, a 21 year old Phi Beta Kappa graduate from Tennessee, led 301 men to become the first woman to rank at the top of her class at Lackland Air Force Base. She noted she still wants to be treated as a woman as she joins 27 other women among 328 graduates in the ten year program.
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San Antonio
Tex
Susan Blair
Air Force Officer Training School
Lackland Air Force Base
Susan
Knoxville
Shell Oil Fined 340000 for Offshore Well Safety Failures
U S District Judge Fred J Cassidy fined Shell Oil Co 340000 on 170 counts for failing to install storm chokes on 40 of its 1478 Gulf of Mexico wells between October 1969 and March 1979. Nine firms faced similar charges after a 1970 Chevron platform fire and oil spill probe, with maximum 2000 per count totaling 2358000 for Shell and others.
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New Orleans
U.S
Fred J. Cassidy
Shell Oil Co
Gulf of Mexico
Chevron Oil Co
Nixon to Visit Des Moines for Regional Legislative Push
The White House announced Nixon will fly to Des Moines Iowa on Monday for a regional tour to promote his 1971 legislative program. He will meet with Iowa Missouri Wisconsin and Illinois governors plus state agricultural and development officers and may confer with farm editors during the one day stop.
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White House
Nixon
Des Moines
Iowa
Rural Development Committee
Missouri
Wisconsin
Illinois
Train derails near Conway after snow drifted freight pulled to McPherson
A Santa Fe freight train being moved to McPherson derailed about a mile west of Conway four miles west of Conway after getting stuck in drifted snow. No injuries reported as two engine units pulled the train east from McPherson. rear power unit and caboose left tracks followed by a hopper car. Cause undetermined. Train was en route to Lyons from Emporia.
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Mcpherson
Kan
Santa Fe
Conway
Lyons
Emporia
Laird Says Journalists May Cover Laos Actions Aboard Helicopters
Defense Secretary Melvin R. Laird announces reporters in South Vietnam may ride a designated helicopter to cover Vietnamese American operations in Laos. Reporters had been barred from American helicopters since the February Laotian offensive, a move critics call censorship.
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Washington
Melvin R. Laird
South Vietnam
Laos
Army to Begin Meningitis Immunization at Fort Leonard Wood
The Army will immunize about 7,000 trainees at Fort Leonard Wood this weekend to combat meningitis. The meningitis season runs October through April with 18 cases this season and 10 this month. Starting March 1 all new trainees will receive the vaccine. this weekend first through sixth week recruits are vaccinated.
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Army
Ft. Leonard Wood
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