Supreme Court declines Bridge appeal on grand jury newsmen
Washington AP report: The Supreme Court refused to hear Peter Bridge's plea for a required showing of compelling need before newsman questioning by a grand jury. Bridge jailed 21 days in Newark housing authority probe. appeal denied without dissent.
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The
Supreme Court Today
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Bridge
Newark, N.J
High Court
Essex County Grand Jury
Minnesota
Communist Party of
Indiana
Missouri
Dollar Slips After Paris Float Move Ends Bretton Woods
The dollar dipped by noon in Europe as big traders hesitated after the Paris agreement allowing major currencies to float freely. U S officials including George P Shultz and Anthony Barber discussed reforms to aid American exporters amid the end of the fixed parities system.
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Bank of Japan
Europe
U.S
Paris
Treasury
George P. Stultz
Edward Heath
London
Shultz
Anthony Barber
Bretton Woods
Mental Health Delegates Elected in Meeting Here
Six Kansas delegates join six alternates to attend the national meeting in Atlanta in November. Reverend Delbert Horn, Ross Freeman, Grace Marshall, Jack Goodman, Jane Sieverling, and Pat Eppinger named as delegation. Delegates discussed improving member chapter communication and problem solving as the Kansas Association for Mental Health expands cooperation with other groups and agencies.
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National Association For Mental Health, Inc
Atlanta
Delbert Horn
Hill City
Ross Freeman
Topeka
Grace Marshall
Jack Goodman
Great Bend
Jane Sieverling
Shawnee Mission
Pat Eppinger
Holton
Jerry Cole
Wichita
Neosho County Community Junior College
Horn
Ben A. Drews
KAMH
Social Action Committee
Kansas
Chanute City's Tax Burden Seen Low in State Review
City Manager Kenneth Sanborn analyzes a Kansas study showing Chanute ranks 32nd in population among the 33 largest cities yet holds one of the lowest per capita tax rates. He notes most low rates come from county and special district funding, not the city itself, with Chanute’s city tax at 15.86 mills of 88.72 total. schools, county, and junior college take the rest.
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Kenneth Sanborn
Chanute
Kansas
Sanborn
Johnson County
Overland Park
Shawnee
Prairie Village
Independence
Parsons
Coffeyville
Wichita
Intercepted Letter Dear Cha Reveals Ultimatums
A fragmentary wartime note labeled intercepted and addressed Dear Cha hints at sequence of ultimatums culminating in a final demand. The text references penultimate and ultimate ultimatums and closes with Yours Nute. The sourcing hints at wartime correspondence and a chain of signals. The summary preserves the terse, formal tone.
Freed POWs Return Home to Welcoming Kansas City Crowd
Three Kansas City area Air Force officers and POWs Edward Hubbard Harold Johnson and Ronald Mastin arrived home after nearly six years in Vietnam. Thousands greeted them at Richards-Gebaur Air Force Base as they saluted the crowd and thanked supporters. They had been released March 4 and underwent medical checks and debriefings at Scott Air Force Base before reuniting with families.
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Kansas City
Vietnam
Air Force
Richards-Gebaur Air Force Base
Edward L. Hubbard
Overland Park
Kan
Maj
Harold E. Johnson
Lenexa
North Vietnam
Ronald Mastin
Merriam, Kan
Scott Air Force Base
Ill
Scott
Senate Debates Renewal of Nixon Wage Price Powers
The Senate opens debate on extending the Economic Stabilization Act beyond April 30 with amendments seeking congressional input. Proposals would restore rent controls in many Metro areas, reimpose federal approval of wage settlements and price hikes, and cap wage pass throughs with a 265 billion dollar spending limit for the new fiscal year.
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Senate
Congress
Nixon
Beef Hijacking Case Nets 6000 Pounds in Indianapolis
FBI agents confiscated 6000 pounds of hijacked beef at a southside parking lot. The meat, stolen en route from a Kansas City packing house to an A&P warehouse in Charlotte, was being sold in Indianapolis for one dollar a pound. Authorities tied it to a 25000-pound shipment hijacked on March 9 and located the cargo in a 40 foot semi-trailer truck after a tip.
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FBI
Kansas City
A&p
Charlotte
N.C
Cambodian Pilot Flies to Communist Territory After Palace Bombing
Cambodian pilot Capt So Petra used a T28 fighter in the assassination attempt on Lon Nol's palace killing at least 36. The craft was last seen over Kompong Cham province. Lon Nol barred foreign exits, shut non-government papers, and tightened royal-family security.
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Phnom Penh
Cambodia
Lon Nol
So Petra
Kompong Cham
Rural towns resist highway fund shift to mass transit
Rural and small-town forces rally before the House Public Works subcommittee as they oppose diverting part of highway trust funds to mass transit. The Senate passed a three year 18 billion highway bill including a provision permitting cities to use up to 850 million dollars annually for mass transit.
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Washington
House Public Works
Senate
Air Vietnam crash at Ban Me Thuot kills 58 in flames
An Air Vietnam airliner crashed upon approach to Ban Me Thuot airport in the central highlands. At least 58 people died with no survivors. Victims included three Americans, two Japanese, and the rest Vietnamese.
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Saigon
Air Vietnam
Ban Me Thuot
Highlands
Lauritz Melchior Dies at 83 in Santa Monica
Danish born tenor Lauritz Melchior, famed Wagnerian hero, died in Santa Monica at St. John’s Hospital after gallbladder surgery. He was 83.
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Santa Monica
Calif
Lauritz Melchior
Melchior
St. John’s Hospital
Pact Near Saigon Aims to Find Missing Americans
The United States, North and South Vietnam and the Viet Cong were reported close to an agreement on a joint search for Americans missing in Vietnam. A U.S. spokesman said the operation could take years, with issues remaining on security and liaison between authorities and searchers.
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United States
South Vietnam
Vietnam
U.S
House Panel weighs secret ITT subpoena summary release
A House Commerce Committee subcommittee plans a closed meeting to consider releasing a secret SEC summary of papers ITT obtained by subpoena in a probe. The summary reportedly names several high level Nixon officials.
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Washington
House
Securities and Exchange Commission
International Telephone & Telegraph Corp
Jack Anderson
SEC
House Commerce Committee
Special Investigations
Final Ultimatum Could Halt Wounded Knee Talks
Indians occupying Wounded Knee call the government plan a surrender. AIM leader Russell Means says a final ultimatum will be issued today and will determine whether negotiations continue.
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Wounded Knee
S.D
American Indian Movement
AIM
Russell Means
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Sugar Bear” Grant
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