Mid-America Dry Spells Reach Across Plains
In Altus Oklahoma and across the Great Plains a severe drought tightens. Subsoil moisture remains shaky despite recent rains. Farmers fear extensive crop losses if rains fail to materialize, with Oklahoma wheat forecasts dipping to 70 to 80 million bushels if rains arrive.
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mid-America
Oklahoma Water Resources Board
Walter C. Roberts
Tead
National den
Great Plains
Henry Bellman
R-Okla
Oklahoma
Young burn victim Lana Nightengale leaves hospital
Lana Nightengale, 6, the hospital's first major burn survivor, exits St. Catherine Hospital after seven weeks. She suffered 50 percent body burns from a March 11 fire on the Nightengale farm, received 280 skin grafts, and will likely require no further scans as she begins kindergarten soon.
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Nolan Howell
St. Catherine Hospital
Lana K. Nightengale
Lana
Kenneth Nightengale
Copeland
Lama
Nightengale
Lana Tas
Oats
Lana Nightengale
Karla Lee
Karolyn Kells
Red Offensive Still Unchecked
AP reports the North Vietnamese drive south toward Quang Tri and Hue, with Quang Tri under siege yet holding. The enemy outflanked defenses, ambushed a refugee convoy, and damaged helicopters while U S forces seek an air corridor to resupply the city as Highway 1 remains blocked.
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Saigon
Perth
Quang Tri
Hue
South Vietnam
Associated Press
Holger Jensen
U.S. Command
Cavett Faces Cancellation Over Low Ratings
Hollywood AP Dick Cavett has three months to raise ratings or face cancellation. ABC vice president Martin Stanger told affiliates at the Century Plaza Hotel that if Cavett does not improve ratings and affiliate carriage by July 28 the show will end, with last air date in September. He cited CBS movies competition and NBC moving Tonight to Hollywood as factors and said a top-budget late night replacement would be introduced if needed.
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Hollywood
Dick Cavett
CBS Movies
Martin Stanger
ABC
ABC Television Network
Century Plaza Hotel
CBS
NBC
Johnny Carson
Cavett
Loyalty Day proclaimed by Garden City mayor
Garden City Mayor Jim Steward designates Monday May 1 1972 as Loyalty Day in line with President Nixon's action. The pledge theme cited, civic groups urged to observe ceremonies in schools and public places. Flag displayed at homes nationwide and ceremonies planned at junior and senior high schools. VFW and Legion posts to participate.
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Nixon
Gamnden City
Jim Steward
United States of America
Steward
Garden City
United States
Methodists Back School Busing
United Methodists adopt resolutions endorsing school busing for integration and dialogue with Jewish communities. The 1000 delegates vow support for Project Equality and urge reforms on marijuana laws while opposing no‑knock warrants and unwarranted surveillance. They back continued church union talks and advocate privacy protections.
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Atlanta
United Methodists
Project Equality
Church Union
Pierceville Issue on Agenda at Unified School District Board Meeting
Pierceville is set to appear on the agenda for Unified School District 457 at Monday’s regular meeting. The 7 p.m. session in the Administration Building board room is open to the public and will discuss a transfer of Pierceville town and 36 quarters of ground to Ingalls district, potential reopening of Pierceville grade school, and related transportation costs.
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Pierceville
Board of Education
Unified School District
P.m
Jones
Garden City
Ingalls
Ville
Dandelion War and Meadowlark Mood in Garden City
Dandelions surge across lawns as residents debate weed control and possible legal fixes while nostalgic notes rise about former Garden City youths Ted Voth Mark San try and Greg White moving toward Hutchinson High. The piece salutes spring with meadowlark songs heard through car windows and reflects on community life.
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Garden City
Ted Voth
George Voth
Pat's Drive
Mark Santry
Mike Santry
Greg White
Mary Nell
Linley White
Mark
Greg
Hutchinson
Hutch High
Todd
Voths
Hutchison
Garden
Brandt Pledges Ratification of Treaties in Berlin Rally
Chancellor Willy Brandt told a cheering West Berlin crowd that West Germany’s treaties with the Soviet Union and Poland will be ratified despite Bonn’s parliamentary crisis. Brandt and Foreign Minister Walter Scheel traveled to Berlin to shore up support for the coalition government and East West détente amid the city’s tense isolation.
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