Senate Rejects Deeper Arms Cut in Vietnam Aid
The Senate rejected a proposal by Senator Fulbright to add 185 million dollars in cuts to the military aid program amid warnings it could delay U S withdrawal from Vietnam. Senator Stennis aimed to restore 318 million, as the body negotiated a 2 3 billion foreign aid package with the Nixon administration seeking 3 5 billion and the House approving 3 4 billion.
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Senate
Foreign Relations Committee
U.S
Vietnam
Sen
J. W. Fulbright
D-Ark
John C. Stennis
D-Miss
House
Police Department Upgrades Include Radio Repeater System
The department has most new gear in service with six FCC licensed transmitting frequencies. Chief Lige Matlock notes missing radio crystals and an unused video camera while a new recording instrument tracks all calls and communications for a permanent record. The program expires Nov. 15. Stennis argues Fulbright amendment endangers South Vietnam withdrawal.
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Lige Matlock
Highway Patrol
Neosho County
Federal Communication Commission
Stennis
South Vietnam
Gas Rate Increase Delayed by Freeze Compliance
Cities Service Gas Co will back off from a direct sale gas rate rise for the city power plant due to the wage price rent freeze. The firm had raised rates last month and sought guidance from federal and state agencies while noting municipal and public agencies may be excluded from the increase. The company may delay any municipal rate change past the Phase 1 freeze expiration on November 13 and intends to follow freeze rulings in Phase II.
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Cities Service Gas Co
Kenneth Sanborn
City
Cities Service
Office of Emergency Preparednness
Kansas City
Washington
OEP
Sanborn
Kansas Cities
Chanute
Kansas Corporation Commission
Commission of Direct Sales
City Halts Street Sealing After Widespread Complaints
City Manager Kenneth Sanborn said the sealing program has stopped due to many complaints as the material failed to harden. City Engineer Floyd Heath planned a meeting with the street department to seek a fix. Officials will blot out the material spread by cats before restarting with a new substance.
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Kenneth Sanborn
Sanborn
Floyd Heath
Exemptions Expand Post Freeze Price Controls Reach
Government officials say about 18.2 percent or more of the cost of living will be free from post freeze ceilings as the Cost of Living Council broadens exemptions to items including used cars homes and custom-made goods. The Pay Board allows some contract rollbacks and potential inequity adjustments as spot checks replace broad advance approvals for most firms.
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Washington
The
Price Commission
Cost of Living Council
Council
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Bureau
Donald Rumsfeld
America
Mariner 9 Sends Martian Photos From Pasadena
Mariner 9 beams first Mars pictures as a dust storm roils the planet. The storm may obscure surface features yet offers a chance to study a dynamic atmosphere.
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Pasadena
Calif.a
Mars
Mariner 9
Earth
Red Planet
Last Man Club Dwindling In Indianapolis
The 16 surviving World War I veterans of the Last Man Club meet annually on Armistice Day. They keep a bottle of champagne in a bank vault to toast the eventual last member, read names of the dead, and hear taps. Thurman W. Marshall, 72, hopes to drink the champagne someday. the oldest is 83.
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Indianapolis
Last Man Club
Thurman W. Marshall
Drug decline signals in Kansas claim optimism
Dr. Sidney Cohen predicts a waning drug overuse trend with LSD starting the cycle in the 1960s. A northeast Kansas survey finds youth drug use dropping while alcohol cases rise, as law officials report varying local conditions and few severe problems in multiple cities.
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Topeka
Kan
Kansas
Sidney Cohen
National Institute of Mental Health
Academy of Psychosomatic Medicine
Cohen
Toeoka Capital Journal of Law
Jim Freel
Carl James
Emporia
James
Intercepted Letter Dear Cha
A fragment notes a man at the next desk mentioning his budget director at home faces tighter economic restrictions since marriage, comparing to Nixon era. The remark suggests personal finance stress linked to workplace and marital life.
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Nixon
County Helps With Snow In Neosho County Cooperation Planned
Neosho County Commission volunteers to aid the city with snow removal this winter. City Manager Kenneth Sanborn says a large snow-removal blade will be available for use. The two governments seek goodwill and mutual benefit through county-city cooperation.
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Neosho County
Kenneth Sanborn
Sanborn
Draft officers urge deferred men to drop deferments
Draft Director Curtis W. Tarr told boards nationwide to allow men deferred from selective service to drop their deferments by December 31. Eligible men with numbers 126 or higher who opt out would face brief draft exposure and shift to a lower category on January 1 if not drafted before year end.
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Washington
Curtis W. Tarr
Over the Top In Coupon Drive
The Kay ette Club at Senior High School reached 74 000 Betty Crocker coupons for a kidney machine, up from 60 000. Oleva Lewis says delivery details are pending, postage costs about 40 dollars, and fundraisers sell tote bags to cover expenses.
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Kayette
Oleva Lewis
Kayettes
Miss Lewis
Milwaukee man sues dentist over dentures as payment
Donald Hirtreiter filed suit in Milwaukee County Court claiming Dr. K Letter refused to return his dentures or adjust them unless he paid a dental bill. He seeks 55,000 in damages after saying the loss left him unable to conduct business.
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Milwaukee, Wis
Milwaukee
Donald Hirtreiter
Dr. K. Letter
Hirtreiter
Harris Exits Democratic Presidential Bid in Debt
Sen Fred R Harris of Oklahoma says he is broke with about 40000 dollars in debt and withdraws from the Democratic presidential campaign. His exit leaves Sen George McGovern and Mayor John V Lindsay as liberal rivals, while Sen Edmund S Muskie remains the frontrunner for the 1972 nomination.
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Washington
Fred R. Harris
Oklahoma
George McGovern
South Dakota
John V. Lindsay
New York
Edmund S. Muskie
Maine
Hardin Likely to Resign as Secretary of Agriculture
secretary of agriculture Clifford M Hardin is reported ready to quit but White House officials say the decision isn t linked to farm belt discontent. Administration sources indicated on Wednesday that Hardin will resign soon from the cabinet post he has held since Nixon took office.
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Washington
Clifford M. Hardin
White House
Nixon
Agriculture Department
Hardin
State topex subsidize educational TV in Topeka and Wichita
A Kansas legislative committee proposed state aid for educational television at 1.50 per pupil annually, easing tax lid limits to pipe TV into classrooms. Estimated annual cost would be 750000 if all students benefit. stations are KTWU Topeka and KPTS Wichita. Kansas Crippled Children's Commission asked for 907799 more than current budget, with total 2052071 for 1973.
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Topeka
Kan
Wichita
Kansas
KTWU
KPTS
Topeka, Kan
Kansas Crippled Children’s Commission
Judge Sworn In as U S District Judge in Kansas City
Former Kansas Supreme Court Justice Earl E. OConnor was sworn in as a United States District Court Judge by Chief Judge Wesley E Brown at the federal courthouse in Kansas City Kansas. He replaces Judge Arthur J Stanley Jr who retired April 1.
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Kansas City, Kan
Kansas Supreme Court
Earl E. O’connor
United States District Court
Wesley E. Brown
U.S. District Court
Kansas
Kansas City
Kan
O’connor
Arthur J. Stanley Jr
Lucia Petterle Crowned Miss World 1971 Amid Protests
Lucia Petterle, 22, a Brazilian medical student, was crowned Miss World 1971 at Albert Hall. Outside, feminists protested, shouting slogans and disrupting traffic as police managed a noisy crowd bearing placards about beauty and gender.
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London
Lucia Petterle
Miss Petterle
Albert Hall
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