Apollo 16 Heads Home With Rocks
Apollo 16 astronauts John W. Young Charles M. Duke Jr. and Thomas K. Mattingly began the 66 hour 240000 mile return to earth after collecting 245 pounds of lunar rocks and soil. They move material to the command ship Casper and plan jettison of the lunar module to trigger a seismic device. Splashdown in the Pacific is set for Thursday.
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Lunar
John W. Young
Charles M. Duke Jr
Thomas K. Mattingly
Casper
Earth
Pacific Ocean
Moon
Young
Duke
Orion
Mattingly
Descartes Plateau
Sunny mild weather forecast for Lawrence area
The National Weather Service predicts sunny mild conditions for Lawrence on Tuesday with a high in the 70s and mostly sunny skies. Rain chances are limited to the east Friday and central Thursday, with tonight fair and cool in the upper 30s and light variable winds. Weather notes show 3.24 inches of moisture this month, about normal, while year to date remains 1.5 inches below the 7.13 normal. Saturday high reached 77, morning low 41. Sunday 61/46. this morning 43.
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Lawrence
National Weather Service
Fierce NV Push Makes Big Dent
North Vietnamese forces spearheaded by tanks broke the northern defenses of a central highlands provincial capital and pushed South Vietnamese troops back about 15 miles. Air and sea battles erupted in Gulf of Tonkin and Gulf of Siam as Kontum City remained a primary objective in the 26 day offensive.
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Saigon
North Vietnam
Gulf of Tonkin
Gulf of Siam
Kontum City
22Nd Infantry Division
Tan Canh
Dak To
Vo Dinh
Kontum
Kidnaping and car theft charges filed in Grandview case
Kenneth Yost, 34, of Kansas City Kansas, is charged with kidnapping and auto theft in connection with a Saturday abduction in Grandview. He allegedly tried to commandeer multiple vehicles, threatened a mother and her children, and forced a man to drive away with him while brandishing a shiny object near a boy. Police traced the pursuit to a Kansas City area street.
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Grandview
Kenneth Yost
Kansas City
Kan
Yost
Kansas
Independence
Lawrence Sandage
Jackson County
Betty A. Gann
Catherine C. Farrell
Kaytown
Mason
Eudora High Band Receives New Uniforms for Spring
Eudora High School band members will debut bright red and blue uniforms designed by Ennis F. Blundon and made by Fruhauf Co. The 65 outfits cost 6500 funded by the school board and private donations. The band will wear white spats and 12 inch fur hats during a May parade and the May 12 spring concert.
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Eudora
Eudora High School
Ennis F. Blundon
The
Fruhauf Co
Wichita
Eudora Board of Education
Legal steps eyed against Mud Creek flood project
The six state Rocky Mountain Council of the Sierra Club endorsed opposition to channelizing Mud Creek in the North Lawrence flood protection plan as proposed by the U S Army Corps of Engineers. An injunction may follow final environmental statements due in late May if alternatives were not examined. Local groups favor alternatives and longer levee plans, while the council also pushes for a national energy policy and nuclear waste disposal reform.
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Lawrence
Goodland
Rocky Mountain Council of the Sierra Club
Mud Creek
Ron Baxter
Sierra Club
North Lawrence
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Baxter
Corps
The
Lawrence Sierra Club
Club
Federal Environmental Protection Agency
Sierra Club Council
Perry Lake prep for summer influx and facility upgrades
Perry Lake officials anticipate up to three million visitors this summer as the area expands its amenities. About 148,000 people visited in drizzly March, with plans for 900 picnic tables 600 grills and 550 trash barrels across 10 public use areas. A new comfort station with wheelchair access is to open near the dam, and group camping areas are planned for Grasshopper Point and Old Military Trail.
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Perry Lake
Lynn Myers
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Myers
Wilson and Co
Salina
Grasshopper Point
Old Military Trail
Sunny Warmth Continues Across Region
Weather outlook for today and the near term shows sunny skies and rising temperatures. Mild conditions prevail with warmer afternoons and light breezes across the area.
No Violations Found in HEA Hiring in Kansas Counties
Atty. Gen. Vern Miller says he sees no evidence that state laws or regulations were violated in Sedgwick and Crawford counties under the Emergency Employment Act. He questions Shultz’s aims, notes no proof of legal breaches, and cites Civil Service rules as possible basis for action if violations exist.
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Topeka
Kan
Vern Miller
Sedgwick
Crawford
Shultz
Vernon I. Grassie
Crawford County
Miller
Wichita
Sedgwick County Eea
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Mission Control
Demilitarized Zone
Quang Tri Province
Highlands
U.S. Command
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Thanh Hoa
da Nang
Air Force
Dong Hoi
Tonkin Gulf
U.S. 7Th Fleet
da Nang Air Base
South Vietnam
Highway 14
Pleiku
John
Journal-World Photo
Dennis Folks
Kathy Able
Eudora High Band
Kansas River
Rita Rousseau
Paradise Point
Corps of Engineers
Fish and Game Commission
Jefferson County Sheriff’s Department
Lake Area
Yyseph Stover
Rexall
Auia
Gene Doane Agency
Reynolds Shultz
Humeey Puneral Home
Ady
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