GOP Drives Plan for New Kansas Solicitor General
Two leading Republicans Rep. Donn Everett and Rep. John Hayes urged creating a Kansas solicitor general to advise the state, telling the Ways and Means Committee the move would not attack Vern Miller but address gaps in legal counsel. The committee approved introducing a bill on party lines.
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Topeka, Kan
Kansas House
Vern Miller
Solicitor General
Donn Everett
Manhattan
GOP
House
John Hayes
Hutchinson
Ways and Means Committee
Everett
Hayes
Refinery Raises Oil Purchase Price Across Mid-America
Mid-America Refining Co will pay 25 cents more per barrel for all crude grades starting Monday. President Oscar Cunningham cites supply and demand as the reason while noting reduced production capacity and nearby rivals also lifting prices.
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Mid-America Refining Co
Oscar Cunningham
Mid-America
Cunningham
Nixon Replies To Erie Family For Vietnam Cease Fire Praise
Mrs. Warren Hazen Sr. and her son John Henry 5 received a personal letter from President Richard Nixon thanking them for their note praising his January 23 address and the Vietnam cease fire. The Hazens are active in Republican circles and civic life in Neosho County.
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Warren Hazen Sr
Erie
John Henry
United States
Richard M. Nixon
Hazens
Vietnam
Nixon
Southeast Asia
Richard Nixon
Hazen
Neosho County
Republican Women’s Club
Warren Hazen
U S Accused of Sneaking Weapons to South Vietnam
Viet Cong charged the United States with secretly shipping armaments into South Vietnam in violation of the cease fire. The Provisional Revolutionary Government alleges U S material deliveries breach Articles 7 of the agreement and protocol. The U S delegation prepares a reply as Paris negotiations loom and Nixon accuses North Vietnam of troop and material shipments.
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U.S
South Vietnam
Saigon
United States
Tran van Tra
Joint Military Commission
Gilbert H. Woodward
Nixon
North Vietnam
Pham Duong Hien
Paris
Tra
Provisional Revolutionary Government
U.S. Treasury
George P. Shultz
France
Valery Giscard d’Estaing
Japan
Canada
Switzerland
Denmark
Sweden
Intercepted Letter Dear Cha Mention Gas Leak Joke
A fragment notes an intercepted letter addressed to Cha and cautions there is nothing funny about rubbing soap on gas leaks instead of lighting them.
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Cha
Livestock Tax Reform Bill Dies In Kansas House
The Assessment and Taxation Committee killed a bill to revise livestock tax assessments in Kansas. The plan would tax cattle by an average monthly inventory rather than only cattle on hand. Some committee members urged collaboration with county assessors to close gaps that allow tax avoidance by timing purchases and sales within the year.
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Topeka
Kan
Kansas House
Kansas Livestock Association
City Officials Warn Against Testing Gas Leaks with Matches
City inspector Glen Taylor and gas director Charlie Williams warned residents against lighting matches to test gas leaks after a Tribune letter described bubbles near a home. They urged using soap and water to test leaks and outlined a major $700,000 timing plan to replace lines over 18 months across seven miles while aging lines are addressed.
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Glen Taylor
Taylor
Charlie Williams
Gas and Water Department
People’s Forum
the Tribune
Bob Loy
S. Steuben
Williams
Fierro Named National Lobby Head for Mexican Americans
Manuel Fierro, longtime Kansas Institute for Minority Empowerment executive director, is named executive director of a Washington based national lobby for Mexican Americans by the RASSA board. The appointment is effective immediately and follows Fierro’s recent prominence in state affairs.
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Topeka
Kan
Manuel Fierro
Kansas Institute For Minority Empowerment
Raza Association of Spanish Surnamed Americans
RASSA
Fierro
Safari Soukaba Set for May 3 at Bank of Commerce lot
Safari Museum Auxiliary members announce the second annual Safari Soukaba on May 3 from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. at the Bank of Commerce lot at Main and Grant. The outdoor bazaar features an African theme with booths selling decor, books, records, jewelry, fabrics, and imported items, plus a patio cafe and food booth. Proceeds benefit the Safari Museum. entry is free.
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Safari Museum
Bank of Commerce
Main
Grant
Nebraska death penalty keeps option of self surrender
Lincoln AP reports state Sen. John De Camp proposed an amendment to reinstate the death penalty allowing a condemned prisoner a period to take his own life under rules by the Institutions Department. North Vietnam editor says no hidden American prisoners exist and a search will begin for missing and dead as soon as possible.
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Lincoln, Neb
Nebraska
John de Camp
de Camp
State Institutions Department
Hanoi
North Vietnam
Hoang Tung
Nhan Dan
North Vietnamese
Communist Party
Senate Panel Might Not Force Nixon On Gray Nomination
Senate Judiciary Committee members show little mood to sue President Nixon over his refusal to let his official lawyer testify on L. Patrick Gray III’s FBI director nomination. The panel may vote next week on forcing Dean to appear. In the Philippines, Viet Cong freed 32 American POWs and praised Nixon for ordering December bombings of Hanoi and Haiphong.
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Washington
Senate Judiciary Committee
Nixon
L. Patrick Gray III
FBI
Sam J. Ervin Jr
Gray
White House
John W. Dean III
Wek
Clark Air Base
Philippines
Hanoi
Haiphong
Air Force
Theodore W. Guy
Tucson
Ariz
North Vietnam
United States to prep Peking liaison office opening
The United States will send an advance team to Peking within two to three weeks to prepare for the May 1 opening of a liaison office led by diplomat David K. E. Bruce. President Nixon announced Bruce's appointment at a news conference.
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Washington
United States
Peking
David K. E. Bruce
Nixon
Bruce
Britain
Germany
France
Vietnam
Paris
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Cheryl Renfro
Parsons
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Kent Dobson
Mid- America
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Mid - America
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Richard Engineering
Richard
Erie Family
North Steuben
Kansas
Gusta
Miller
Columbus
Clinton, C. Fuller
Kansas 96
Ethel Dunn
Oswego, Kan
Joplin Hospital
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China
Scali
Panama
John Scali
U.N. Security Council
Raul Roa
Cuba
Council
Panama Canal Zone
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