Britain Votes to Remain in European Common Market
Prime Minister Harold Wilson campaigned for Britain to stay in the European Common Market and won a landslide Yes majority. A projected final tally showed about 67 percent Yes and 33 percent No with 68 percent turnout.
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London
UPI
Harold Wilson
Yes
Britain
Roy Jenkins
Neil Marten
Antimarket Campaign
Wilson
European Common Market
KU audit calls for tighter controls at KU Medical Center
Post audit found loose bookkeeping at KU Medical Center with inventory and grant accounting weaknesses and unreliable data. Recommendations include establishing an internal audit function and placing it under the vice chancellor for business affairs for Lawrence campus independence.
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Topeka
Kan
Legislative Post
University of Kansas Medical Center
University of Kansas
Kansas City Medical School
Post
Richard Brown
Medical Center
Brown
Lawrence
State Division of
Pan-Am Rivalry Highlight Draws Broad Interest
A broad regional crowd shows interest as aviation trade groups and public enthusiasts discuss alternatives to Pan Am. Analysts weigh regional carriers, schedules, and pricing while officials consider new routes and safety standards.
State asks Supreme Court to uphold architectural scandal indictment
Prosecutors ask the Supreme Court to reject defenses that the Shawnee County grand jury indictment charging bribery conspiracy is defective. The 46 overt acts describe a scheme to trade a $30 000 campaign contribution for a $500 000 KU Medical Center design contract. Special Prosecutor Bennett seeks to overturn a ruling throwing out the indictment. The court will hear the case Monday.
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University of Kansas Medical Center
Richard Malloy
Mark Bennett Jr
Jay Sullivan
Prisoner escapes in helicopter at Michigan prison
A knife wielding hijacker forced a helicopter landing inside Michigan's Southern Michigan Prison and freed inmate Dale R. Remling 46 of Sidney. Police arrested Donald Hill and Jolyne Conn on kidnapping and aiding escape charges. Remling remains at large as a house-to-house search ends without results.
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Jackson, Mich
UPI
America
Southern
Michigan
Dale R. Remling
Sidney
Mich
Donald Hill
Howell, Mich
Jolyne Lou Conn
Webberville
Hill
Livingston County
Jackson
Miss Conn
Remling
Seven Die As Night Caledonian Crashes At Nuneaton
An overnight Night Caledonian express from London to Glasgow derailed at Nuneaton station. At least seven killed and 38 injured, including Agriculture Minister Fred Peart, as 14 of 15 sleeping cars left the tracks in a mangled wreck during a high speed stop at 2 a.m. Rescue teams used acetylene torches to reach trapped passengers.
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Nuneaton
England
UPI
Fred Peart
Peart
London
Glasgow
British Rail
Nuneaton Station
Frank Young
Refugees Seek Future After Escape From Saigon
Thanh Tran 27 and her sister Khanh Nguyen 15 with mother Sinh Nguyen arrived in Chanute after fleeing Saigon on April 24. They passed through Guam and California before Hoisington, where a U S soldier’s family helped. TB tests revealed Thanh and Sinh have tuberculosis. Khanh does not. Khanh stays with the Serpan family as Thanh and Sinh face hospitalization for about three and one months respectively. Thanh hopes for a new life even as uncertainty remains.
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Sinh Nguyen
Thanh Tran
Khanh Nguyen
Southeast Kansas Tuberculosis Hospital
South Vietnam
Chanute
Saigon
Guam
California
Hoisington
Thanh
Khanh
Kang
Gang
Michael Serpan
Singapore
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Evergreen
Leavenworth
Frank Robertson
Robertson
Tammy Perrin
Tammy
FBI
Kansas Bureau of Investigation
Billie G. Smitson
Mary Reed
Cha
Yours
The
Supreme Court
By Bud Huffman
Kansas
North Vietnam
Serpan
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