U S Launches Heavy Air Strike on North Vietnam
The United States launches its heaviest air assault since 1968 to curb the North Vietnamese offensive in South Vietnam. About 400 planes attack targets north of the DMZ, with carriers and bases in South Vietnam and Thailand involved. Loc Ninh besieged as Cambodians border activity rises.
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Attack Goals Outlined By Red Delegate
Mrs. Nguyen Thi Binh outlined the Viet Cong objective of establishing a government of national concord in Saigon. She said at a Paris news conference that the VC delegation had already set up its government headquarters in a liberated zone of South Vietnam.
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Nguyen Thi Binh
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Saigon
Poetry in Action and Viet Cong Peace Talks Stance
The article reviews a Lawrence resident’s description of poetry as action and quotes Mrs. Binh on Viet Cong aims. She claims a government of national concord would form after U S withdrawal and Thieu’s departure, with Viet Cong support from North Vietnam and renewed talks after Paris was suspended by Nixon.
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City Delivers Annexation Q&A On North West Acres
City commissioner Jack Rose presents a detailed public letter with the five member commission’s view on annexing 1 780 acres to the northwest. The piece explains community impact and the rationale behind the plan.
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Journal-World
Area Students Learn by Doing In Courthouse
Baldwin and Eudora high school government students joined 28 participants for County Government Day in Lawrence. A mock trial featured Washburn law students as attorneys and judge, while county officers led morning activities.
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Marvin Jardon
Balawin Legion Post
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Topeka
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Anthony Gauthier
Mary Plank
Mike Carriker
Fred Purvis
Courtty Assessor
Chuck Chubb
Baldwin High School
Patty McConkey
Journal-World Photo
Governor Sees Reform as Key to Tax Fairness in Kansas
Governor Robert Docking urged tax reform at a Kansas Hi Y Youth in Government event saying progress hinges on fair taxes. He noted a tax burden felt as unfair and backed a state revenue sharing plan that shifts more income tax to Kansas from the federal system. He defended reforms he proposed in 1972 and their mixed legislative fate.
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Robert Docking
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Docking
Windstorm Claims Six in Vancouver Washington Center
A violent windstorm in Vancouver Washington killed three women and three children at a shopping center and injured about 300. A grade school was demolished forcing rapid rescue by Fort Vancouver High School staff. The disaster area was declared and National Guardsmen mobilized to curb looting.
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Washington City
Fort Vancouver
Ogden
John Karas
Clark County
Dan Evans
Summer Lingers With Moderate Lawrence Weather
Slightly cooler but still summerlike conditions expected in Lawrence on Friday with high in the 70s and overnight lows above 40. Forecast calls for increasing clouds and possible showers tonight, with temperatures nudging toward the 89 high set in 1954 and a stretch of mild days through Monday.
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Lawence
Glider pilot eyes cross country record flight
Ari zona based aviator Joseph Lincoln aims to fly a 1000 mile engineless glide from Stead Airport Nevada through Utah Colorado to Dodge City Kansas in his Cibola Schweizer 232. The 49 year old veteran notes mixed weather and plans to start April 17 20 after 18 months of preparation. Lincoln adds cross country wave flying remains largely unexplored as glider enthusiasm grows nationwide.
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Arizona
Joseph Lincoln
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Colorado
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Stead
Gas shortages push Kansas industry toward new gas lines
Kansas economic official Jack Lacy says the Hugoton gas field fuels a state growth shift as a large coal fired La Cygne plant costs 620 million. He notes gas access limits 1975 and foresees industrial growth along a Kansas Power and Light pipeline from Hugoton to Marysville area.
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Kansas Department of Economic Development
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Kan
Lacy
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Addi
Kansas Power and Light Co
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Great Bend
Manhattan
Wamego
Fuller Brush Co
Oscar Mayer Co
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State Gas Output Surges Above Kansas Use
The Associated Press notes Kansas produces about 900 billion cubic feet of gas annually, with roughly 450 billion shipped out of state and 600 million used within Kansas. From 1970 to 1971 production rose from 804.40 to 894.45 billion cubic feet, while about 150 billion cubic feet are imported yearly mainly from Oklahoma and Texas. Kansas has no severance tax on gas unlike its neighbors.
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