Chanute Candidates Debate Urban Renewal and Ambulance Service
About 200 people attended a Central Park building session where five of six Chanute city commission candidates spoke on urban renewal landfill charges and ambulance service. Incumbents Dale McCoy and R D Wilson along with John Schultz Robert McGregor and Mrs Vesta Lightfoot voiced plans and philosophy, while Clyde Kile did not appear.
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City Commission
Chanute
Dale McCoy
Vesta Lightfoot
R. D. Wilson
John Schultz
Robert McGregor
Clyde Kile
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First United Methodist Church
Wilson
McCoy
Larned
Schultz
McGregor
Parsons
Walnut and
Steuben
Lincoln
Main
Lightfoot
Life Term For Calley Given By Jury At My Lai Trial
Lt. William Calley Jr. was sentenced to life imprisonment by the same jury that convicted him of the My Lai massacre. The ruling comes with automatic and extensive appeals.
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FT. Benning, Ga
William Calley Jr
Con
My Lai
Growing Reaction To Guilty Verdict
Reaction against Army Lt. William L. Calley Jr. murder conviction mounted as campaigns to set aside the verdict emerged. Officials urged clemency while citizens, veterans, and lawmakers voiced support or opposition, including calls for a pardon and motions in state legislatures. Two men surrendered over war crimes claims but were released for lack of jurisdiction.
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Associated Press
Army
William L. Calley Jr
Calley
My Lai
Herb Haas
Cincinnati
Raymond Hufft
Hufft
New Orleans
Rhine River
Nuernberg
U.S
William L. Dickenson
R-Ala
Alabama
Mississippi Senate
Rules Committee
Ft. Benning
Hawthorne
N.Y
Hang Calley
Korea
Cushing
Okla
Intercepted Letter Dear Cha Reveals Neighbor’s Struggles
An intercepted note to Cha describes a man living in a low income housing unit for years with no government aid, highlighting housing hardship and possible neglect. The fragmentary communication references ongoing frustration and official inaction.
Safari West housing project set for 64 units in Chanute
Jaycees secured 40000 to buy land west of Olson's Market for a 64 unit middle income rental complex named Safari West. Modern Methods Inc will build. groundbreaking planned for mid April with first occupancy target in September. Total cost about 1011700 funded by Fannie Mae. property tax and FHA interest reductions described. site features two story garden apartments with modern amenities and a community building.
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Safari West
Jaycees
Chanute Safari Jaycees
Jim Blessing
Blessing and Barber Architects
Russell Gunn
McDaniel Title Co
Eral National Mortgage Association
Fanny May
Blessing
Olson
Main
Plummer
Clifford Broeder
Jaycee Housing
Federal Housing Authority
Rental figures for 64 middle income garden apartments
The 64 units will have rent figures covering all utilities except telephone. Eligibility for move in depends on family income and size. The income eligibility formula will be determined at a later date.
Docking Signs 16 Bills into Law in Kansas
Gov. Robert Docking announced the signing of 16 bills, including Senate Bill 28 creating a true inventory filing by merchants for tax purposes and a district public defender system with pilots in Shawnee Geary Dickinson Marion and Morris counties. He asked Atty. Gen. Vern Miller to test SB 28 constitutionality.
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Topeka
Robert Docking
Vern Miller
Kansas
Shawnee
Geary
Dickinson
Marion
Morris
Docking
Research Department
The
Kansas Legislative Council
Miller
Kansas Bar Association
Governor’s Committee On Criminal Administration
Parole Board to rule on Hoffa fate today
Washington AP reports the U S Parole Board will decide today whether James R Hoffa president of the Teamsters will be released or remain imprisoned. Hong Kong AP notes Chinese Communists freed an hijacked Philippine airliner and allowed the passengers and crew to return.
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Washington
U.S. Parole Board
Teamsters
James R. Hoffa
Hong Kong
Citizens for a Progressive City Meeting Notice
Citizens for a Progressive City will hold a 7 30 p m meeting Thursday at the North Malcolm Community Center inviting the public to attend.
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Citizens For
North Malcolm Community Center
Kansas House passes $498.57 million social welfare bill
The Kansas House approved a $498.57 million appropriation for social welfare in fiscal 1972 by an 82 to 29 vote and sent the measure to the Senate.
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Topeka
Kansas House
Senate
Thurmond Celebrates Birth of Daughter in Greenwood
Sen. Strom Thurmond and his wife Nancy welcomed a daughter born Tuesday afternoon in Greenwood. The 7 pound 11 ounce baby cried as Thurmond joked about a future filibuster and noted the newborn has more hair than he does.
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Greenwood
S.C
Strom Thurmond
South Carolina
Thurmond
Nancy
Senate
Democrats Back Indochina Withdrawal Timeline
House Democrats approved a nonbinding compromise resolution calling for U.S. troop withdrawal from Indochina no later than January 3, 1973. The caucus action commits the 92nd Congress to pursue troop withdrawal and prisoner release during its term.
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Washington
House Democrats
U.S
Indochina
Wheeler defeats Brookfield in Kansas City mayoral race
Dr. Charles B. Wheeler Jr. a former coroner and county official, wins the Kansas City mayoral election. With all precincts counted Wheeler totals 57,870 votes to 46,469 for Brookfield, a Jackson County manufacturer who also ran in 1963. Ilus Davis retires after two terms.
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Kansas City
Charles B. Wheeler Jr
Jackson County
Dutton Brookfield
Jackson County Sports Authority
Wheeler
Brookfield
Ilus Davis
Davis
Elite Vietnamese commandos raid Laos base amid border tensions
U S helicopters landed a small force of elite South Vietnamese commandos in southern Laos for a raid on a nearby North Vietnamese base about five miles from the border. In retaliation the North Vietnamese advanced 125 miles southeast, capturing and burning most of Duc Duc district capital near Da Nang. A military revolt broke out in Ecuador against President Velasco Ibarra led by Brig. Gen. Luis Jacome Chavez who was ousted from the army.
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Saigon
U.S
Laos
Duc Duc
da Nang
Quito
Ecuador
Jose Maria Velasco Ibarra
Luis Jacome Chavez
Oklahoma governor’s gas tax bill passes at reduced level
Gov. David Hall saw his first tax measure reach the desk after a scaled back version of a $39 million natural gas tax hike. The bill drops to $21.1 million with $1.5 million more slated in exemptions for small wells and expands to cover both oil and gas.
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Oklahoma City
David Hall
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