Miller Drug Raid Nets 30 at Lawrence
Kansas Atty. Gen. Vern Miller led over 150 officers into Lawrence at 3 am and within three hours 30 people were booked on narcotics charges. Arrests ranged 16 to 24, with many in rooming houses near the University of Kansas. Arraignments began quickly with bonds set at 1000 to 1500 dollars and most released by noon.
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Lawrence
Kan
Kansas
Vern Miller
Miller
University of Kansas
Fred Howard
Kansas Bureau of Investigation
Oliver Hall
E. Laurence Chalmers
KBI
Gene
Young at Heart: 95 Year Old Lana Dudley Embraces Life
Lana Dudley of Oceanside is a Red Cross volunteer who pools for invalids and visits hospitals. At 95 she enjoys working, poker, cocktails, and meeting people, calling herself a woman of today and offering thoughtful views on youth and politics.
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Oceanside
Calif
Lana Dudley
Red Cross
Merry Widow
Mrs. Dudley
Hay Drop Feeds 100000 Cattle in Kansas Plains
Giant C130 transport planes resumed hay deliveries to southwestern Kansas spreading 2246 bales so far. Air Force spokesman said two planes took off with three more en route from Forbes Air Force Base to aid hungry cattle as weather improved for a larger total.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Bend
Kan
Kansas
Air Force
Forbes Air Force Base
Rural lawmakers push return to Kansas census method
Rep. Fred Meek and a majority of the Rural Caucus favor using the state census for legislative reapportionment. They oppose federal census figures, arguing state counts reflect residents where they live rather than where stationed or studying.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Kansas
Fred Meek
Idana
Supreme Court Upholds Pope Murder Conviction
The Nebraska Supreme Court upholds Duane Pope of Roxbury Kan murder conviction. The court rules against double jeopardy after Pope’s federal case and orders execution by death on June 25. Judge Hal McCown dissents on the double jeopardy issue.
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Lincoln
Neb
Supreme Court
Duane Pope
Roxbury
Kan
Big Springs
Pope
Hal McCown
North Vietnamese Overrun Laos Paratrooper Base Hill 31
North Vietnamese forces overran a South Vietnamese paratrooper base in Laos today, inflicting heavy casualties and besieging another as the heaviest fighting yet. The 450-man Hill 31 battalion was nearly wiped out, marking Saigon's second major defeat since the Laos incursion began. South Vietnamese efforts to cut the Ho Chi Minh Trail stalled with no advances in over a week.
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Saigon
Laos
Hill 31
Second postwar baby boom echoes early surge
University of Chicago sociologist Dr. Philip M. Hauser notes a second postwar baby boom beginning around October 1968 with higher births each month than the prior year. He cites more women from the postwar boom entering reproductive age and a 35 percent increase in fertile women aged 20 to 29 by 1975.
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New York
United States
University of Chicago
Philip M. Hauser
Snow vehicle shown as potential Chanute industry
A new ski vehicle called a Skimobile was demonstrated at the Safari Golf Course by F L Prosser Jim Prosser of Prosser Plastics Chanute and Leroy Everitt of Value Engineering Girard The 15 horsepower four wheel drive prototype designed to tow skiers behind on skis may open new recreation and travel options in snow covered regions Production in Chanute is hoped but financing and prerogatives remain unresolved The test was hampered by melting snow and slushy conditions
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Tribune
F. L. Prosser
Jim Prosser
Chanute
Leroy Everitt
Girard
Safari Golf Course
Sam Barnhart
Prosser Plastics, Chanute
Value Engineering
R. W. Good
Everitt
Colonel Charged in My Lai Probe Trial Ordered
The Army moves Col Cran K Henderson to general court martial for willful failure to conduct a proper investigation of the My Lai massacre. Capt Dennis H Johnson faces dismissal of similar charges. Henderson was 11th Infantry Brigade commander during the March 16 1968 incident linked to Lt William Calley now on trial at Ft Benning.
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Washington
Army
Cran K. Henderson
My Lai
Vietnam
Dennis H. Johnson
Henderson
Indianapolis
Javits Warns Vietnam War Could Doom Nixon Next Year
Senate Republican Jacob Javits voices concern that the Vietnam War may topple President Nixon, similar to Lyndon Johnson in 1968. Urban lobbyists protest Nixon plan to fund urban development using a formula that ignores past and future city needs. A further surge in wholesale prices challenges inflation hopes. An Army intel chief testifies that fierce domestic spy competition leads to unwitting agents reporting on each other.
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Washington
Jacob K. Javits
Nixon
Lyndon B. Johnson
Nixon Administration
Army
Senate
Intercepted Letter Debates Right to Arrests While Awake
The text discusses whether arresting a suspect before he is awake violates constitutional rights. It frames the issue as a legal question about due process and arrest timing.
Crime Probe Yields No Details In Erie Incident
Sheriff David Kern and Undersheriff Dale Powers investigated a Thursday night crime south of Erie. Officers have worked since 3 a.m. but offered no information on actions or findings by 1 p.m.
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Erie
David Kern
Dale Powers
Challenge By Griffith in Kansas Conflict of Interest Law
Thomas Griffith of Manhattan and Kansas Board of Regents filed suit in Shawnee County District Court challenging the Kansas conflict of interest law as unconstitutional. He asserts the Legislature overstepped reasonable bounds and infringed his and others personal rights, naming Attorney General Vern Miller and Shawnee County Attorney Gene Olander as defendants.
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Topeka
Thomas Griffith
Manhattan
Kansas Board of Regents
Shawnee County
Kansas
Griffith
Kansas Atty
Vern Miller
Shawnee
General fair and colder forecast for area
The forecast calls for generally fair and colder conditions tonight and Saturday. Lows dip to 20 to 25 degrees tonight with a high in the lower 40s on Saturday.
Army inductee hijacks airliner aims Cuba but lands in Canada
A 19 year old U S Army inductee from California hijacked a jet with 97 aboard on a San Francisco to Seattle flight. He demanded Cuba but agreed to Vancouver Canada as the end of the trip before surrendering. RCMP planned charges under Canadian law. 67 inductees were aboard. The flight originated in Ontario and was bound for Fort Lewis near Tacoma.
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Seattle
Wash
U.S. Army
California
Cuba
Canada
FBI
Chapin S. Paterson
Shingle Springs
Calif
San Francisco
Medford
Ore
Vancouver
B.C
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Paterson
U.S
Bruce DeSpain
DeSpain
Meeting Set By Group Aims at City Commission Views
A citizens meeting for a Progressive City was rescheduled to 7 30 p m today at the North Malcolm Community Center. Gerald Roberts and Mrs James Burke were named temporary chairman and acting secretary respectively at last Friday’s session. The group plans a permanent organization and invites any interested resident to attend. The objective is to give city commission candidates a forum to present views and discuss issues for possible improvement if elected.
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North Malcolm Community Center
Gerald Roberts
N. Washington
James Burke
City Commission
Red Cross Blood Drive Nears 200 Pint Goal
By 11 30 a m today 174 pints had been donated to the Neosho County Red Cross bloodmobile as a two day drive neared closure. Executive secretary Mrs H C Olin said 127 pints were collected Thursday six deferrals and 47 pints today with no quota set after a snow postponement though the original goal was 200 and the drive could reach that mark.
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Red Cross Bloodmobile
H. C. Olin
Neosho County
Red Cross
Snowball and brick incidents reported in city
Police logged nine calls of projectile throwing including snowballs beer and a brick. Incidents spanned Senior High School Main Street across Royster Junior High and neighborhoods with broken windshields and one brick at a residence. Officers noted parties dispersed before arrival and one complaint possible for beer throwing at Main and Highland.
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Paul Parsons
Royster Junior High School
Tanya Seibel
R. 2
Diane Rausch
S. Santa Fe
Main Street
Ray Zumalt
Big Q Drive
W. Main
3Rd Street
Jay Eddings
S. Garfield
Main and Highland
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