Red Cross disaster plan eyed for public schools
Celia Patti of the American Red Cross urged the District 497 school board to deed disaster authority to Red Cross staff in schools during emergencies. The board gave tentative verbal approval and will decide formally next meeting. The contract limits Red Cross use to cafeterias kitchens and gyms unless extra space is approved. Costs up to 500 dollars may be shared for major damage.
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Unity urged between Red Cross and Civil Defense agencies
Local Civil Defense and Red Cross officials set aside past disagreements to plan future disaster preparedness and drills. County leaders urged full cooperation while noting authority and access at disaster scenes remain unsettled. The joint Computer Service Agency will be run by an independent board with district, city, and county participation.
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Hardin optimistic on world food outlook and policy
Former Agriculture Secretary and Ralston Purina vice chairman Clifford M. Hardin told Baker University students that world food shortages could end within a year of normal weather and a surplus may follow in three years. He warned against reducing consumption at home and urged using food policy to support peace and trade, not as a geopolitical weapon.
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Nebraska University
United States
Retirement Honors for Kansas University Arts Dean
Heard Thomas Gorton dean of Kansas University's School of Fine Arts will retire at the end of this academic year. He will be honored Sunday at 7:15 dinner at the Lawrence Country Club with about 150 faculty members and friends. Don Scherd says the event recognizes his service.
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Beef prices drop as survey tracks Kansas markets
AP reports shoppers guide survey of Kansas Farm Bureau shows beef prices down overall with ground beef up three cents to 73 while five pork cuts rise. Milk and eggs move, potatoes up, lettuce and tomatoes edge higher. dairy and bakery staples mix as June price trends predicted. Two separate incidents noted: a fatal Kansas 7 collision near Olathe and a KU campus rape case under police inquiry.
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Ford weighs new boost in oil tariff
President Ford faces options on a possible new one dollar per barrel oil tariff hike with a decision expected by Wednesday. The plan hinges on an automatic dollar raise Thursday absent action and comes as Congress debates gasoline tax increases tied to 1976 and 1977 consumption targets.
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Levy quintuplets named as doctors give survival odds
The Levy family of Fairfield Ohio reports naming the quintuplets born a week ago Randi Jill Michelle Amy Allison Stacey Neal Richard and David Eric. Doctors say two weeks are needed before any infant may leave hospital with Randi Jill the first to exit incubator.
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Mark
Pamela Levy
Fairfield
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Michelle Amy
Allison Stacey
Neal Richard
David Eric
Frosting the Cake When Selling a Home
Guidance on what stays with a house and what can be removed. Include as many extras as possible such as draperies and porch furniture to aid negotiations. Consider holding some items back for later offers. Gill Agency at 901 Tenn. invites contact for real estate help.
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Desperate Vietnamese mass over US Embassy wall in Saigon chaos
Vietnamese crowd fights Embassy guards as a wall is breached. Marines and American civilians use force to push back climbers while helicopters evacuate over 50 people from the roof to waiting Navy ships. Looting and mass exodus sweep Saigon amid general collapse.
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Vietnamese pilot lands family on USS Blue Ridge during chaos
Lt. Trung Ma Quoi lifted off from Tan Son Nhut with his family and 17 others, evading bombing in a South China Sea evacuation. Marines secured the deck as refugees sought safety, seizing weapons and discarding pistols and rifles. The Pentagon reported 18 helicopters landed or ditched near the Blue Ridge and another ship, with all aboard rescued.
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