Saigon Orders All Officials to Register and Surrender Items
Saigon's Military Management Committee issued a first order demanding all officers servicemen policemen and former government workers register between May 8 and May 31 and surrender money and public safety items. Those failing to report by midnight May 31 face severe punishment. In Paris the PRG hoisted its flag over the former South Vietnamese legation and prepared a mass ceremony with volunteers cleaning the embassy site for tonight.
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United Press International
Saigon
Military Management Committee
South Vietnam
Paris
Provisional Revolutionary Government
Legation
Avenue Villiers
Arch of Triumph
French Communist Party
Peace Movement
France
PRG
Australia
Vietnam
Con Son Island
South China Sea
Bangkok
Gia Dinh Military Management Committee
Tran van Tra
Gia Dinh
Saigon Radio
Committee For the
Senate approves federal strip mining bill in split vote
The Senate backed a compromise strip mining bill similar to the vetoed measure. Ford could veto again, but Congress may override. The bill sets federal standards for surface coal mining and land reclamation, retains surface owner consent, and includes provisions on citizen suits and environmental protection.
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Washington
Ford
Senate
House
Hhe
Governor allows changes in conflict of interest law
Gov. Robert Bennett lets a bill loosening parts of the conflict of interest law become law without his signature. He cites mixed provisions and urges further legislative revision while noting some issues can be handled by ethics commission regulations. He also vetoes $56,590 from an appropriations bill funding Kansas Penitentiary farming, citing rehabilitation effectiveness and operational challenges.
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Topeka, Kan
UPI
Robert Bennett
Ethics Commission
Bennett
Kansas Penitentiary
Bennett signs multiple Kansas bills on education and rights
Governor Bennett signed the junior college appropriation boosting per credit aid to 6.9 million for 1976 and a medical student aid plan offering full scholarships or debt forgiveness for KU and osteopathic students who practice in underserved areas. He also amended the Act Against Discrimination to speed complaints, abolished the Food Service and Lodging Board, and redirected duties to the health and environment secretary. Additionally 16 bills included a 295 million state college appropriation with a 10 percent faculty raise and eight other department appropriations.
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Topeka
Kan
UPI
Robert Bennett
University of Kansas
Kansas Board of Regents
Kansas Commission On Civil Rights
Bennett
State Food Service and Lodging Board
Secretary of Health and Environment
Intercepted letter to Cha referenced lobbying dinner
The note mentions Big Bob and a 200 lobbyists dinner last night. It claims his veto pen was ineffective today, implying political pressure or conflict over the bill. The fragment suggests a satirical or partisan context with unnamed recipients and figures.
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Big Bob
Weather Area Forecast Evening Showers Then Clearing
Considerable cloudiness with scattered showers and thunderstorms this evening. Partly cloudy to clear tonight and Wednesday. Cooler tonight with lows in the 50s. Highs Wednesday in the 70s. Winds southerly 10 to 20 mph today becoming southwesterly 10 to 20 mph tonight.
Army ends contract with IBM over overpriced computers
Rep. Jack Brooks says the Army will terminate its nine unit contract with IBM that cost $2.7 million per computer instead of about $1.7 million on the open market. Termination could save taxpayers up to $10 million as six units are bought from IBM and three more move to open market purchase.
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Washington
UPI
Army
IBM
Jack Brooks
D-Tex
Brooks
House Government Operations Committee
Army Material Command
Groups aid alcoholism seminar at Neosho junior college
The PRIDE Committee donated $100 to fund an alcoholism seminar at Neosho County Community Junior College with further $100 from the Jaycees. Terry Lundblad says the event explains what individuals can do to help problem drinkers. Registration opens at 8 a.m. with sessions at 9 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. The $2 fee covers morning and workshop activities.
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Pride Committee
Neosho County Community Junior College
Terry Lundblad
Jaycees
Jaycee Jaynes
Lundblad
Chanute USD 413 boards discusses drivers education and new math texts
Chanute USD 413 board reviews drivers education scheduling for summer conflicts and 16 year old eligibility concerns. New math texts for grades 1-6 are approved with phased rollouts through 1978 79. The panel also plans adult metric workshops and denies Good Earth Productions use of Royster Stadium for a June 1 concert due to grass risk and nonprofit-use policy.
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Nancy Huffman
Chanute Usd
Miles Rickart
Maple
Alcott
Harold Barnhart
Barnhart
Sam van Leeuwen
Good Earth Productions
Royster Stadium
Jerry Steele
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Chanute Nea
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Henry Jackson
D-Wash
Tran van Kim
Central Committee For
U.S
Radio Hanoi
Hanoi
Juco
Cha
Sgee Rae A
Chanute
Kansas
General Services Administration
Pittsburg
Larry DeWeese
Everett Underwood
Wade Goins
Wayne Rehmert
Wade Holtzman
Dale Payton
Thayer
Boy Scout
Joe Maple
S. Garfield
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