Los Angeles Bans Pay Toilets in City Buildings
After 90 minutes of debate the Los Angeles city council voted 10 to 4 to abolish pay toilets in city owned buildings. Councilman Louis R Nowell cited natural rights while the Los Angeles International Airport face remains undecided as its terminal is a separate entity tied to $2 million revenue bonds and $175000 annual income at risk if pay facilities end.
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Louis R. Nowell
Los Angeles International Airport
Seaton to announce bid for Kansas attorney general
TOPEKA AP Richard H Seaton assistant at torney general plans a 9 am news conference Tuesday saying he will seek the Republican nomination for attorney general Seaton previously ran in 1968 and finished second to Kent Frizzell Frizzell also plans a 9 am Monday news conference likely announcing his gubernatorial bid next Thursday is Kansas Day and a common time for office seekers to declare candidacies
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Topeka
Richard H. Seaton
Atty
Kent Frizzell
Frizzell
Seaton
Kansas
Kansas City, Kan
Rick Harman
Robert Docking
Harman
Wichita
Docking
Army reports 34 under suspicion in My Lai case
The Army said 34 soldiers and former soldiers are under suspicion or charged in the My Lai civilian massacre in Vietnam. Names of four men are public. at least 19 of the 34 are civilians.
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Washington
My Lai
Vietnam
Fort Riley hosts largest 24th Infantry Division war game
About 10 000 soldiers of the 24th Infantry Division take part in Operation Winter Victory on the Ft. Riley reservation a snow bound mock defense near Kansas City Topeka and Wyoming. The exercise simulates a superior enemy force sweeping from Wyoming toward Topeka to join another outfit in the southeast. This is the 24th’s largest war game since last year’s West Germany maneuvers.
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FT. Riley
Kan
Kansas City
Wyoming
Topeka
United States
West Germany
American Airlines seeks merger with Trans-Caribbean Airways
American Airlines and Trans- Caribbean Airways asked the Civil Aeronautics Board for fast approval to merge TCA into American due to TCA's ongoing losses. They cited a $3 million loss by TCA in the last quarter of 1969.
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Washington
American Airlines
Trans- Caribbean Airways
TCA
Civil Aeronautics Board
Amreican
Shoot to kill posters target Jacksonville officer
In Jacksonville Florida posters bearing a policeman’s name appeared in the Negro section on Friday urging the killing of Patrolman C F Romine who killed a Black man on January 16. Duval County Sheriff Dale Carson said the department is investigating the threats.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Duval County
Dale Carson
C. F. Romine
Libyan upheaval draws Egyptian advisers into new regime
Egyptian advisers, technicians, teachers and others flood into Tripoli to bolster the Libyan officers who toppled King Idris. The wave signals a shift from pro Western policy to militant pan Arabism as Libyan officials reveal Egyptians in their circle and in the December Mirage jet talks in Paris.
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Tripoli
Libya
Idreis
Paris
School Aid Cuts Hover Over Gov Docking Budget
Gov. Robert Docking proposes a budget that would slash 26 million dollars of supplemental state aid to school districts, raising questions about potential impacts on classroom funding and programs across the state.
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Robert Docking
Senate Heads For Clash On Education
The Senate Labor and Public Welfare Committee approved a $35 billion four year school aid bill amid White House opposition to a larger future funding program. Title I changes base aid on district income while impacted areas funding would rise to $1.2 billion by 1974. Nixon seeks a smaller two year plan and vows possible veto of a $19.7 billion current year package. District 413 faces a $140,000 deficit and potential teacher cuts if state aid is decreased and property tax caps pass.
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Docking
Fisher
District Board of Education
Robert F. Bennett
Prairie Village
Senate
Jack Robinson
Wichita
Jack Steineger
D-Muncie
House Public Health and Welfare Committee
Welfare Rights Organization
Weather data and forecast for today
Temperature readings show 41 at 10 a.m. and 25 yesterday with a high of 73 in 1910 and a low of 6 in 1940. Relative humidity at 10 a.m. is 82 percent. barometer 29.90 inches. Sunrise 7:32, sunset 5:37, wind south at 15 mph. Forecase partly cloudy tonight and Sunday with a chance of rain, low tonight in the 30s, high Sunday in the 50s.
Canada Ties With Peking Stall Over Formosa Recognition
Ottawa has paused on recognizing Communist China since the early 1960s amid stalled talks and Peking’s demand that Canada recognize its claim to Formosa. Foreign Secretary Mitchell Sharp instructed Yu Chi Hsueh to depart if a mission arrives, with Trudeau hinting at a need to reflect before progress.
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Canada
Peking
China
Yu Chi Hsueh
Mitchell Sharp
Ottawa- Peking
Pierre Elliott Trudeau
Peter Thompson
Toronto Telegram
Formosa
Hsueh
Kansas conflict of interest law deemed unconstitutional
District Judge David Prager ruled the Kansas conflict of interest law unconstitutional and dismissed charges against Vincent Bogart former member of the State Board of Regents. The judge said the statute violated equal protection and was too vague. Bogart resigned from the board after charges related to a pardon case involving Leon Smitherman Sr.
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Topeka
Kansas
Vincent Bogart
State Board of Regents
Dist
David Prager
Shawnee County
Bogart
Board of Regents
Robert Docking
Gene Olander
Kent Frizzell
Docking
Leon Smitherman Sr
Fl Dorado Oil
Edwards County
Donnybrook
Gov. Docking
Senate to take up narcotics bill after crime control act
Senate moves to consider a broad anti narcotics bill after passing the organized crime control measure by 72 to 1. The bill lowers penalties for possession and use of marijuana and heroin while raising penalties for drug pushers and traffickers. Ally Gen Mitchell praised the measure but House action appears unlikely before hearings on related grants to states for police under Safe Streets.
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Senate
Mike Mansfield
Montana
Nixon
John N. Mitchell
House
Congress
Mitchell
Insead
Emanuel Celler
D-N.y
Judiciary
Intercepted Letter Declares Education Shift to Governor
The intercepted note quotes a claim by school administrators that education should begin in the governor's office. The fragment suggests a political stance linking educational policy to executive leadership.
Shape of simmering legislative issues in Kansas
After two weeks of adjournment in Topeka, Kansas lawmakers debate whether early session tensions will ease or explode. Key issues include tax reform, veto policies, and licensing changes, with disputes between Gov Docking and House Speaker Strowig and calls to extend the session to 61 days.
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Kansas House
Senate
House
Calvin Strowig
Abilene
Strowig
Robert Docking
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