All Night Probe Of Tonga Death
An all night investigation found no suspects in the murder of 83 year old Violet Frank at 118 East Second Street in Tonganoxie. Sheriff Dan Dawes said the victim died early Sunday from blows with a blunt instrument pending pathologist results. The Kansas Bureau of Investigation assists as clues remain slim at the Northwest Tonganoxie home. Funeral arrangements will be announced by Quisenberry Funeral Home. She was born July 2, 1889 in Cass County Missouri and had lived in Tonganoxie 17 years. She is survived by a brother and three nieces.
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Leavenworth County
Sunny
Violet Frank
E. Second St
Mrs. Frank
Cass County
The
Christian Church
Roger Mitchell
Golden, Colo
Marie Black
Linwood
Arab Violence Hits Nicosia in Ambush and Hijack Attempt
Arab guerrillas blew up the Israeli ambassador's residence in central Nicosia and attempted to hijack an Israeli air liner at Nicosia International Airport. Gun battles with Cypriot police and Israeli guards left one Arab dead and two captured. another Arab holed up in the terminal exchanged fire with police and troops. A Cypriot policeman was seriously wounded outside the residence as a massive explosive collapsed the facade.
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Nicosia
Cyprus
Nicosia International
Spring Frost Tests Lawrence Area Fruit Prospects
A late winter storm left Kansas with mixed snow fall while forecasts warn of more freezing temperatures. In Douglas County new blossoms face risk as Vince Hoover reports his 300 tree peach orchard may suffer if skies stay clear and temperatures drop. Extension agent Earl Van Meter notes little current damage but warns conditions could worsen if cold persists.
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Kansas
Lawrence
Oakley
National Weather Service
Vince Hoover
Lecompton
Douglas County
Earl van Meter
Lake Helps Ease Levee Strain Near New Orleans
Lake Pontchartrain receives Mississippi River floodwater via Bonnet Carre Spillway opening 4,000 spectators watch Senator Russell Long lift the dam sections. Diversion aims to limit New Orleans crest to about 17.5 feet, while ecological impacts on oysters and shrimp draw debate among scientists and engineers.
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Mississippi River
Big Lake
Pontchartrain
Army
Charles C. Noble
Mississippi River Commission
Bonnet Carre Spillway
Russell Long
D-La
Army Corps of Engineers
Gulf of Mexico
Solons say state session meets major aims in Douglas County
Four Douglas County representatives report the session fulfilled main goals including school finance extension of the Lawrence sales tax and homestead tax relief. They praise the Kansas University appropriation while noting smaller bills such as a 15500 dollar grant for developing the Kansas Sports Hall of Fame at the Elizabeth M. Watkins Community Museum.
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Douglas County
Lawrence Sales
Kansas University
Kansas Sports Hall of Fame
Eizabeth M. Watkins
Lawmakers approve tax and school aid expansions
Legislators hailed a package expanding homestead tax exemptions boosting Baldwin and Eudora districts and injecting 7 million into the program. The bill lets cities levy a half cent sales tax with protections for Lawrence and others, and counties may adopt local option taxes with preexisting revenue guarantees.
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Arden Booth
John Vogel
Lawrence
Topeka
Manhattan
New Meat Price Ceiling Signs Go Up Nationwide
New ceiling prices appear beside roasts chops and drumsticks under the Cost of Living Council rule and cover 25 processed items 10 best selling canned or bottled meats and all but the smallest stores must post signs. Shoppers question whether to buy amid a continuing boycott and potential IRS investigations could trigger rollbacks and penalties. Rep. Rosenthal notes planned consumer leader meeting to discuss further action and a possible second week long meat boycott starting Saturday.
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Jerry Young
Dillon Stores, Inc
Mass
Young
Cost of Living Council
Nel
Council
Internal Revenue Service
IRS
Benjamin Rosenthal
Picasso dies at 91 ending storied art career
Pablo Picasso died at his Mougins estate at age 91 from a heart attack linked to lung fluid buildup. widow Jacqueline and son discussed funeral plans as business manager Anteby kept details private while Picasso’s vast private collection remained largely unseen.
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Mougins
France
Pablo Picasso
Saitey
Mediterranean
Picasso
Armaned Anteby
Anteby
Docking Declines To Testify In Topeka Building Probe
Gov. Robert Docking refused Wednesday to appear before a special legislative committee investigating alleged improprieties in the planned 1.3 million purchase of a downtown Topeka office building. His two liaison aides will testify instead, and no comment was offered on the decline. Subpoenas were reportedly not planned for Docking.
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Malaga
Spain
Picasso
Topeka
Kan
Robert Docking
James Shaffer
Docking
Shaffer
John Hayes
New England
Revisor of Statutes
Mud Creek Channelization Debate in Journal World
Lawrence city commissioner Jack Rose backs the Corps of Engineers plan for Mud Creek channelization while George Coggins, Sierra Club chair, presents the opposing view in the special Page 5 articles.
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Mud Creek
Journal-World
Jack Rose
Lawrence
Corps of Engineers
George Coggins
Sierra Club
Ist Quarter U S Funds Arrive Here
Lawrence received its first quarter 1973 federal general revenue sharing check today. The initial 126580 projects a year total of about 506320, up 61876 from 1972. The 1972 allocation of 444444 is mostly banked earning about five percent interest. The city must publish by June 1 plans for the first two quarters’ funds under a new regulation. Determining use of revenue sharing funds is a top priority for the new commission.
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Lawrence
City Commission
Kallsen
Cancer death rate hits 22 year high in 1972
Washington AP report from the National Center for Health Statistics shows the U.S. cancer mortality rate rising to 186.8 per 100 000 in 1972 up from 161.4 the previous year.
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Washington
U.S
National Center For Health Statistics
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Glover
Will Hess
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Consumer Federation of California
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