Truce Declaration Expected Saturday
Reports from Saigon say a unilateral cease-fire will be declared on the eve of President Nixon’s inauguration to pave the way for a Paris peace agreement ending the Indochina war. South Vietnamese leaders reportedly trust in U S assurances while Hanoi faced pressure to accept concessions.
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Saigon
United States
South Vietnam
Nixon
Hanoi
Thieu
Alexander M. Haig Jr
Henry A. Kissinger
le Duc Tho
Paris
Congress
U.S
Ellsworth Bunker
Haig
North Vietnam
Soviet Union
China
Intercepted Letter Debunking Moon Shot Halt Motive
An intercepted letter mentions Cha and explains that moon shots were halted due to Tang. The note asserts Tang is known to ruin green cheese, implying a harmful influence or sabotage behind the pause in the moon shot program.
RC&D Implications Discussed at Erie Board Meeting
RC&D officials explained federal status and funding. Jim Gaskell said $144,000 is available through June with $80,000 for technical assistance and $64,000 for construction. County technicians will assist, and each county should propose one or two RC&D projects before the June deadline. The board appointed an expanded executive committee to select officers for the Feb 19 annual meeting and review 1974 measures. A pamphlet on outdoor recreation potentials in the See-Kan RC&D area was distributed.
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Rc&d Board
Erie
Jim Gaskell
Rc&d
Gaskell
Paul Hunter
Ozark Resources Committee
See- Kan Rc&d
ORC
Hunter
See - Kan Rc&d
Parsons Commission presses ATC on microwave service restoration
Parsons City Commission gave Vernon Wible of American Television and Communications until March 5 to commit to restoring microwave service to Parsons Cablevision customers. ATC seeks FCC approval to build its own system, with a three month install window after approval. A rate reduction may follow if service is not restored.
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Parsons
Parsons City Commission
Vernon Wible
American Television and Communications Corporation
Parsons Cablevision
Wible
Commission
Federal Communications Commission
ATC
FCC
Pastel Artist Lectures on Dry Paint at Neosho College
Pastel specialist H. E. Salisbury will lecture at 2 30 p m Sunday in the Neosho County Community Junior College library sponsored by the Neosho Valley Arts Council He will discuss the ages old medium and demonstrate techniques and answer questions Salisbury 81 studied with W H Whitley in 1915 and owns an original pastel Memorial Memories in the Parthenon Museum Gallery Nashville Tenn He promises to restore pastel painting to prominence and says the medium will out last oils
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Neosho County
Salisbury
Parthenon Museum Gallery
Nashville
Area Forecast Warns of Mild Tonight and Warmer Wednesday
Fair and mild conditions continue tonight with lows in the 30s. Southwest winds 5 to 15 mph. Partly sunny skies and a warm trend persist into Wednesday with highs in the mid to upper 50s.
Painting instruction offered by Chanute Recreation Commission
The Chanute Recreation Commission offers two painting classes for adults taught by Bob Cross, Roy ster Junior High art instructor. Demonstrations with acrylics at 7 p.m. Thursday and 9:30 a.m. Saturday in the Board Room, 17 S. Highland, will show supplies and enrollments. if interest is high, two classes will run, otherwise one. Classes start 9:30 a.m. Jan 27 and 7 p.m. Feb 1, with six weekly sessions and a $1 fee per class. Cross, an Art Education bachelor, is pursuing a master's. he exhibits in Manhattan at the Kansas Rural-Urban Art Show. Enrollment may be made at the Chanute Recreation Commission office.
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The
Chanute Recreation Commission
Bob Cross
Royster Junior High
Cross
Board Room
S. Highland
Manhattan
Kansas
Kansas Governor and legislative leaders discuss school funding plan
Gov. Robert Docking and lawmakers from both parties met at the executive mansion to review proposals for financing public schools and property tax relief. Sen. Robert Bennett and House Speaker Duane McGill voiced disappointment over not receiving a bill draft, while aides work on revisions.
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Topeka, Kan
Robert Docking
Executive Mansion
Docking
Robert F. Bennett
Senate
Duane McGill
House
McGill
Freddonia men charged in Wilson County drug probe
Fredonia resident David Key Neodesha suspect Steve Larison face drug charges in a Wilson County case. Key charged with LSD possession felony with $15,000 bond. Larison charged with marijuana possession misdemeanor with $1,000 bond. Key and Larison were arrested in Neodesha. Seven others arrested a week earlier on drug charges. all others released on bond.
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Fredonia
David Key
Steve Larison
Neodesha
Wilson County
Key
Larison
Larsson
Appropriations Bills Delayed In Kansas Legislature
Kansas lawmakers delay introduction of next fiscal year appropriations as wage increases approved by the State Finance Council must be incorporated. Rep. Clyde Hill notes two weeks until bills reach the floor. Rep. Richard Loux questions funding method and votes.
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Topeka
Kan
Kansas
Clyde Hill
R-Yates Center
Council
Richard Loux
Wichita
Hill
Kansas senator drafts death penalty bill for certain felonies
Sen. Tom West announces a bill to retain the death penalty in Kansas for murders tied to arson, rape, robbery, kidnapping, aircraft piracy, or bomb cases and drug-proximate deaths. He solo-sponsors the measure and has not involved the attorney general. The attorney general plans a competing bill this session.
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Topeka
Kan
Tom West
Kansas
West
Attorney General’s Office
Atty
Vern Miller
U.S. Supreme Court
Borzoi Selebrated for Jury Duty in New Orleans
Impartial New Orleans report describes Russa Rittenberg a Borzoi summoned for jury duty. After an hour waiting with owner Barry Rittenberg the dog sat in the jury box for 10 minutes and was rejected. The owner credited the dog with good instincts.
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New Orleans
Russa Rittenberg
Russa
Barry Rittenberg
Sniper Essex Planned Attacks as Police Probe
A marked map found in slain sniper Mark Essex's apartment suggests he methodically planned four attacks. Six people were killed at the DownTown Howard Johnson’s on Jan. 7, and Essex was killed by police from a hovering helicopter. Police investigate whether he acted alone or with others. Sean MacStiofain ends hunger strike after IRA command orders him to get fit. He receives liquid nourishment in Curragh hospital as official sources confirm the move.
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New Orleans
Mark Essex
Howard Johnson’s
Essex
Dublin
Sean MacStiofain
Irish Republican Army
Provisional
IRA
Curragh Army Camp
Hughes to block Nixon nominees over Vietnam war info
Senator Harold Hughes vows to block Senate confirmation of Nixon nominees to top intelligence and defense posts until information on Vietnam is provided. He also calls for public hearings by the Armed Services Committee on the financial interests of Elliot Richardson and William Clements Jr.
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Washington
Harold BP. Hughes
Senate
Nixon
Hughes
Senate Armed Services Committee
Elliot L. Richardson
William P. Clements Jr
Jury Deadlock Prolongs Juan Corona Mass Murder Trial
A Fairfield jury in the Juan Corona mass killings case reported an 8 to 4 deadlock and was ordered by Judge Richard E. Patton to continue deliberations. Corona faces charges in the slayings of 25 men.
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Fairfield
Calif
Juan Corona
Richard E. Patton
Corona
Reid proposes office of budget and expenditure oversight
Rep. Ogden R. Reid urges a new office within a reformed General Accounting Office to serve Congress. The body would have powers to withhold funds or compel executive spending to enforce congressional mandates and curb presidential overreach.
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Washington
Congress
Ogden R. Reid
New York Democrat
Office of Budget and Expenditure Oversight
General Accounting Office
Executive Branch
Production Boom Surges 7 Percent in 1972
Washington reports industrial production rose 7 percent in 1972 from 1971, its best in six years. The December index showed a solid 0.8 percent gain, as factories mines and utilities expanded output.
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Washington
Federal Reserve Board
Fighting rages in South Vietnam amid cease-fire push
Sharp fighting was reported in contested areas at both ends of South Vietnam as Saigon forces and Communists battled to gain or hold territory before a cease-fire. U S air support for South Vietnamese ground forces continued after President Nixon ordered suspending bombing. U S planes also kept combat operations in Laos and Cambodia, the Command said.
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Saigon
South Vietnam
U.S
Nixon
U. S
Laos
Cambodia
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Sekan Microwave
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