Democrats Push to Cut Off Vietnam War Funds
Democratic leaders in Washington move to halt U S funding for the Vietnam conflict as early as next month unless President Nixon finds an alternative. House Democrats vote 154 to 75 to back a fund cutoff and immediate end to combat in Indochina with prisoner release and troop withdrawal protections. Senate figures signal readiness to use Congress power if Nixon does not end the war by January 20.
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Washington
Nixon
White House
Albert
House
Democrats
U.S
Indochina
Senate
Democratic
Mike Mansfield
North Vietnam
Congress
Vietnam
Sen
J.W. Fulbright
D-Ark
Foreign Relations Committee
Memorial award to honor Mrs Owens at Chanute schools
Unified School District 413 students may enter a book review contest created to honor Mrs Cres ent Owens former teacher and children's librarian. The Chanute Public Library Board and Mrs Jean Gray will judge entries by March 1 with winners receiving a copy of the reviewed book.
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Cresent Owens
Chanute Public Library Board
Jean Gray
Library Board
Gray
Owens
Rosalie Jones
Chanute Parent- Teacher Association
District 413 Board approves salary plan and policy changes
The District 413 Board approved a contract negotiations plan based on available funds for next year and gave consent to reopen talks if more money becomes available. It also granted extended maternity leave up to one year, approved a semi closed lunch hour at Murray Hill, extended contracts for 13 administrative staff, and set a 1973 74 school calendar and a Pittsburg summer Instructional Development Institute for 15 employees.
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Barbara Kihm
District 413
Board of Education
Buford Fisher
Fisher
Jerry Steele
Miles Rickart
Larry Nelson
John Martin
Maurice Elliott
Harold Barnhart
Gordon Mce-Bride
Melvin Owen
Ted Sipe
Paul Whitworth
June Kiddoo
Food Service
Paul Parsons
Washington
Pittsburg
Meter Misdemeanors and Revenue From Chanute Meters
Vivian Sharp, Chanute’s meter maid, issues 70 to 80 tickets daily as motorists struggle with downtown and three parking lots. Meter revenue averages $1,500 monthly, funding bonded debt set to be paid by 1985 and meter repairs. fines go to the general fund while pennies and nickels go to the meter fund.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vivian Sharp
Chanute
General Fund
Sharp
Freak Train Wreck Kills Walnut Man
Ronald E. Westhoff, 20, of Walnut, was killed when a rifle in his truck discharged after a train struck the vehicle near Walnut at 10:10 a.m. The Santa Fe train, eastbound No. 3503, collided with the truck on a county road north of Walnut city limits. The incident was investigated by the Neosho County highway patrol with sheriff and undersheriff assistance. Westhoff had been a student at Neosho County Community Junior College.
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Girard
Neosho County
Ronald E. Westhoff
Walnut
Westhoff
Santa Fe
Highway Patrol
Chanute
E. H. Seefeldt
K. E. Summers
W. 4Th
C. A. Morris
S. Grant
Neosho County Community Junior College
Intercepted Letter Dear Cha Reveals Odd Anecdote
An intercepted note recalls meeting a man nicknamed Crazy and mentions his and his parents’ confinement in some way. The fragment hints at a past association and a mysterious figure.
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Cha
Virus Closes NM Hospital To Visitors
Neosho Memorial Hospital administrator said the facility is closed to visitors until further notice after consulting with staff. The move aims to protect ill patients and prevent virus spread to the public at the hospital.
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NM Hospital
Glen Dormois
Neosho Memorial Hospital
Dormois
Crazy Horse name for infant by model and husband
London AP reports model Jane Von Haag and her American husband Michael name their son Crazy Horse, citing a tradition of naming children after famous figures. Also covered are a Nixon aide contesting a Jacksonville station license, AP war updates from Saigon and Paris peace talks resuming with Le Duc Tho and Kissinger.
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London
Jane von Haag
Michael
Crazy Horse
von Haag
Britain
Sitting Bull
George Custer
Crazy Horse von Haag
Paris
Vietnam
North Vietnam
le Duc Tho
Hanoi
Henry Kissinger
U.S
Haiphong
Congress Opens 93rd Session With Vows To Reassert Role
Senate and House prepared ceremonial openings as leaders pledged to reassert Congress in the next two years. Senate Democrats and Republicans held separate caucuses with Mike Mansfield of Montana and Hugh Scott of Pennsylvania seen as unopposed for leadership posts.
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Washington
Senate
House
Congress
Mike Mansfield
Montana
Hugh Scott
Pennsylvania
Truman Will Opens Probate for Estate Far From Plain
The will of former President Harry S. Truman was admitted for probate in Jackson County Probate Court. The estate is listed at about 610000 with 10000 in real property and 600000 in personal property. An inventory is due in about 30 days.
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Independence, Mo
Harry S. Truman
Jackson County
Truman
Princess Anne Rumored Engagement With Mark Phillips
London gossip centered on Princess Anne after Mark Phillips spent New Year week with the Royal Family at Sandringham. The Daily Mirror reported friends foresee an engagement between the 22 year old princess and the 24 year old lieutenant in the Queen's Dragoon Guards.
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London
Princess Anne
Mark Phillips
Sandringham
London Daily Mirror
Dragoon Guards
Hijacker surrenders after Piedmont airliner takedown
In Baltimore the hijack of a Piedmont Airlines plane ended with the surrender of Charles A. Wenige, 37, after a Cardinal FBI agent and a psychiatrist urged him to give up. No injuries or takeoff occurred. the weapon-wielding suspect held two flight attendants hostage for about three hours.
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Baltimore
FBI
Charles A. Wenige
Piedmont Airlines
Toronto
Canada
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Mona Sewart
the Tribune
Mona
Ice Downs Power Lines
Bonnie Moffatt
Murray Hill
Owen
Steele
Crazy Jr
Jacksonville, Fla
Jacksonville
U.S. Supreme Court
G. Harrold Carswell
George Champion Jr
WJXT
Carswell
Saigon
Panhandle
U.S. Command
South Vietnam
Saigon Command
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