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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 12, 1972
Page
3
The USS Command announced a 640 troop reduction in South Vietnam including a helicopter unit with 30 aircraft. Units phased out were Troop D 7th Squadron 17th Cavalry plus MPs transport and HQ based at Lane Army Airfield Qui Nhon.
The Senate Labor subcommittee, with no Republican opposition, advances a bill raising the minimum wage to 2.20 per hour for workers covered by wage laws before 1966. It outlines scheduled increases for later years and expands coverage to more than six million additional workers.
Kansas City AP reports seven youths charged with arson and burglary in the $1.6 million fire at Mary Harmon Weeks Elementary School. Trial postponed to April 18 as defense lawyers seek more time to prepare. arrests followed a two week probe on March 19.
Kansas City AP report states state legislatures have made hundreds of improvements since mid-1970. The Citizens Conference on State Legislatures notes increased staff and services 43 states, improved facilities 41, higher compensation 40, with changes in ethics and conflict rules and more streamlined bill handling. Kansas ranked 23rd earlier and has changed in 10 of 11 categories.
Former President Lyndon B. Johnson flew from Charlottesville to Brooke General Hospital in San Antonio for further treatment after a major heart attack. He arrived pale and tired with portable ECG equipment connected, while Mrs. Johnson followed to a seventh floor suite. doctors had said he was steadily improving before departure.
President Nixon names Curtis W. Tarr 47 as undersecretary of state for coordinating military aid. Tarr previously led Selective Service since 1970 after a stint in the Defense Department and succeeds Lt. Gen. William Hershey, whose 28-year tenure drew criticism over draft resisters and antiwar demonstrator policies. The $40,000-a-year post was created by a February law.
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