Fund Shortage Threatens Kansas Medicaid Program
Topeka Kansas AP report warns that Medicaid funding may end the program in February as state director of welfare Dr. Robert C Harder cites a real possibility. House leaders consider immediate funds after session to sustain operations with about 12 to 13 million in the budget and 4 to 5 million state money needed.
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Topeka
Kan
Robert C. Harder
Harder
Venes
Loux
Robert Docking
Kansas
House
Senate
Five Arrested In Hotel Robbery Case
New York police and FBI say five men are in custody after a week long investigation into a major hotel robbery. Officials report $250000 in jewels recovered and identify the suspects as the primary solvers of the case. The investigation continues to determine accomplices and full details.
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New York
FBI
Pierre
Midtown
Robert Daley
Bronx
61St Street
Fifth Avenue
Central Park
Nixon
Dominick Paulino
Rochester
N.Y
Benjamin Fradkin
Lawrence
Robert Comfort
Fairport
Bert Stern
Rego Park
Lorecho Nalo
The
Moon Shot Delayed Apollo 16 launch postponed to April 16
NASA announced Apollo 16 will launch on April 16 instead of March 17 to modify and test three systems including the spacecraft separation mechanism the lunar suits and batteries in the landing craft. The delay follows no serious problems but requires extensive testing.
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Cape Kennedy
Fla
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Intercepted Letter Dear Cha Highlights Humble Beginnings
A historical snippet notes an intercepted letter titled Dear Cha suggesting the future president could claim a modest origin born in a low income housing unit rather than a log cabin. The reference frames a presidential origin debate with archival tone.
Humboldt Plaza housing dedication honors elder care effort
Senator James Pearson told more than 70 at the Von Humboldt Plaza dedication that cooperation from local to federal levels made the 30 unit turn key project possible. The elderly and low income families will occupy 23 units across four sites with brick veneer exteriors and built in kitchens and forced air heat. Frank McClanahan is housing director.
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Dwight Wallingford Humboldt
Sen
James Pearson
Kansas
von Humboldt Plaza
Hum
Boldt
Wallace and Associates
Dallas
Nixon and Sato Agree on Okinawa Return and Hot Line
President Nixon and Japanese Prime Minister Eisaku Sato wrap summit with plans to return Okinawa to Japan by May 15 and set up a Washington Tokyo hot line to prevent future shocks. They discuss removing nuclear chemical and biological weapons from bases and possible realignment or reduction of bases. Nixon to mark his 59th birthday and greet Pat on return from Africa.
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San Clemente
Calif
Nixon
White House
Japan
Eisaku Sato
Okinawa
Washington
Tokyo
United States
Peking
Sato
U.S
Andrews Air Force Base
Pat
Africa
House Problem Is Still Money
Kan sas Rep. Fred Harris says the 5th District faces the same budget challenge as last session with finances. Revenue and appropriations must be balanced, with welfare and college cuts under review and taxes likely to rise. Harris favors income tax as a solution and plans bills on alcoholism, medical services, and public health. He serves on three committees and can be reached in Topeka.
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Kansas House of Representatives
Fred Harris
Harris
Chanute
Neosho County
Senate
Transportation
Labor and Industry
Labor Committee
Transportation Committee
Joint Medical Services Committee
Kansas University Medical Center
Wichita
Topeka
WATS
House of Representatives
Bengali Leader Arrives in London Amid Plans Reveal
Sheik Muji bur Rahman, the Bengali leader, arrived at Heathrow Airport after leaving Rawalpindi on a chartered Pakistani International Airlines flight. Radio Pakistan said his destination was not disclosed and he would announce future plans in London where a large Bengali community resides.
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London
Sheik Mujibur Rahman
Rawalpindi
Heathrow
British Press Association
Sheik Mujib
West Pakistan
Radio Pakistan
Temperature Readings and Local Weather Forecast
Weather data shows 10 am temperature at 40 with yesterday 49 and year ago 36. Forecast calls for light drizzle tonight with low around 30s and a colder Sunday with a chance of showers in the forenoon and a high near 50. Precipitation chances are 40 percent tonight and 30 percent Sunday.
Senator Pearson Teases Kids With Refreshment Stand Tale
At Humboldt housing project dedication Sen James Pearson recalls a hot day story from Atchison last summer. Two boys ran a sidewalk refreshment stand when his aide asked if a governor or senator is a typical customer. The boys asked grape or lime.
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Sen. James Pearson
Humboldt
Sen. Pearson
Atchison
Parson's Thief Steals 18-Pound Cache From Civil Defense
In late 1971 a Parsons man stole an 18 pound can of survival crackers from the Civil Defense storage at the city water plant. The incident underscores a year-end climate of uncertainty about 1972.
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Parsons
Civil Defense
City
Weather swings as frigid blast fades and storms roll in
The area recovers from a cold front that dropped to zero and brought snow flurries after weeks of warm snaps and springlike storms in December. A December 14 fire 13 miles northeast of Yates Center destroyed a pole barn housing 4000 bales of alfalfa and 2000 bales of prairie hay owned by Mr and Mrs Lester Sheppard during an electrical storm.
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Yates Center
Lester Shepard
Anonymous apology after hit and run damages a Kansas yard
Delph O. Martin returned home Tuesday evening in Coffeyville to find a hit-and-run driver had knocked down a maple tree and a yard sign. He estimated $80 in damage. A note left on the tree read I am sorry I knocked down your tree and sign signed Mr Mystery.
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Coffeyville
Delph O. Martin
Martin
Mr. Mystery
Pig Peril Strikes Morris County Hog Farm
Mr and Mrs Mark of Dunlap in Council Grove area told of a hog disaster at their Morris County pig operation. Forty five shoats and two sows were electrocuted in a heat lamp short circuit at the John Redmond dam area near New Strawn. The Markses run about sixty sows.
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Robert Mark
Morris County
Mark
Dunlap
Council Grove
New Strawn
John Redmond
Burlington Republican
Markses
Tough Eating Two Avid Duck Hunters Find Decoys Skinned
Charles Graham and Jules Martin hunted a Burlington farm pond after daybreak to find four decoys in the water and others peeled from the bank and a tree. They concluded nocturnal coons had peeled the decoys thinking they were real ducks.
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Burlington
Charles Graham
Jules Martin
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Pine
Frank McClanahan
Hakuei Tanaka
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