Defoliants Destroy Much Kansas Timber
Thousands of acres of hardwood forest and wildlife habitat in Kansas were damaged by defoliants used for musk thistle control. Officials cite careless aerial spraying, drift from 2 4 D and 2 4 5 T, and weak state law. new licensing rules set to start January 1 1973 aim to curb misuse though enforcement remains limited.
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Gallaher
Wisconsin
Iowa
Kansas
Tuttle Cove
Tuttle Creek
Dale Gronewold
Kansas City District Corps of Engineers
Milford
Pomona
Roy Freeland
Ester Farms
Freeland
Alfred L. Casey
State Agriculture Stabilization and Conservation Service
ASCS
Manhattan
Freeman Biery
Weed and Pesticide Division
Waste Disposal Plan Discussed for Area
A report on solid waste disposal plans was presented to the Southeast Kansas Regional Planning Commission in Erie by Charles Linn of the state Department of Health. The commission seeks a unified area plan funded via local counties with a five cent per resident contribution to hire staff.
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Biery
Southeast Kansas Regional Planning Commission
Erie
Charles Linn
State Department of Health
Planning Commission
al Keithly
Kansas State University
KSU
Ozark Regional Commission
Housing and Urban Development
HUD
Bill Tschudy
Parsons
Ken Sanborn
Chanute
Montgomery
Wilson
Woodson
Crawford
ORC
See-Kan
Rc&d
Southeast Kansas
Health, Education and Welfare
Department of Economic Development
Intercepted Letter to Cha Discusses Penalty Change
Intercepted missive to Cha states that the shoplifter can take heart because the death penalty is no longer applicable. The fragment hints at legal or punitive context without fuller details.
Red Cross Drive Off to Slow Start
Neosho County Chapter of the American Red Cross plans to buy a building at 27 S Grant to house facilities. Publicity chairman Warner O. Tiegreen said the drive for contributions is underway but progressing slowly.
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Red Cross
Neosho County
The
American Red Cross
S. Grant
Warner 0. Tiegreen
Tiegreen
First National Bank
Bank of Commerce
Chanute
Chanute Memorial Building
Veterans Administration Hospital
Neosho Memorial Hospital
Nursing Home
Evie
Kansas College Enrollment Drops at 15 of 23 Schools
The Wichita Eagle reports Kansas higher education enrollment fell by 2 497 to 80 183 across 23 colleges and universities. Eight institutions gained students while 15 lost, with KU AT 20 112 K State 15 000 and Wichita State 13 130 showing slight increases. Freshman enrollment rose at Southwestern College Winfield and St Mary of the Plains Dodge City. The tuition grant program aims to curb losses by aiding about 1 000 students this year.
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Wichita, Kan
The
Wichita Eagle
Kansas
Hagle
Southwestern College of
Winfield
St. Mary of the Plains
Dodge City
Southwestern
St. Mary's
University of Kansas
Kansas State
Wichita State University
Kansas still spraying land with federal funds in 22 counties
Federal funds for spraying herbicides in 22 Kansas counties continue to support brush and weed control on pasture land. The ASCS notes a sharp drop since 1970, with 22 counties this year and 98 thousand dollars in federal tax dollars spent last year for 25 thousand eight hundred and thirty eight acres.
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Topeka
Kansas
Agriculture Stabilization and Conservation Service
ASCS
Manhattan
State official demonstrates inexpensive school play items
Carl Haney from the Department of Education visited Humboldt grade school to show low cost playthings for classrooms. He urged giving children challenging tasks to build confidence, citing examples like a lula hoop walk, a towel tug set from rope and hose, a badminton setup from clothes hangers, a hose filled shuttlecock, and makeshift stilts from coffee cans.
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Carl Haney
The
State Department of Education
Humboldt
Haney
Gene Schulze
Judge Nickslin Returns Stringent Sentence For Shoplifting
In Wichita Deborah E. Taylor pleaded guilty to stealing a 68 cent package of cheddar cheese. Judge Robert Nicklin fined her 250 dollars and sentenced her to one year in jail. Arab guerrillas killed two Israeli soldiers on Mt Hermon near the Lebanon border.
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Wichita, Kan
Robert Nicklin
Deborah E. Taylor
Great Bend
Kan
Nicklin
Tel Aviv
Mt. Hermon
Lebanon
Ex Arch Bishop Dies in England at 85
SHERBORNE England AP Lord Fisher of Lambeth Archbishop of Canterbury from 1945 to 1961 died early today after a stroke. He was 85 and had a slight stroke on Thursday before hospitalization in this Dorset market town. He was primate of the Anglican Church and was raised to the peerage after retirement.
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Henry A. Kissinger
le Duc Tho
U.S
Kissinger
London
Nixon
Xuan Thuy
Sherborne
England
Lord Fisher of
Lambeth
Canterbury
Lord Fisher
Dorset
McGovern Calls End to Wage Price Controls
George McGovern told labor leaders the economy belongs to the people not the government and proposed replacing Nixon wage price controls with voluntary guidelines and presidential power to reverse flagrant violations. He tied the plan to aims for full employment.
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Portland, Maine
George McGovern
Nixon
McGovern
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