World Money Plan Nears Final Shape for 25 Year Cycle
U S Treasury Secretary George Shultz hailed the two day gathering as the best meeting yet with finance ministers reporting progress on a new world monetary system. Key points include rules for currency revaluations objective indicators phasing out gold for paper SDRs and the dollar losing its status as the dominant world currency. International sanctions would use import surcharges or IMF borrowing bans. A broad framework could be set by the IMF meeting in Nairobi in September.
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Washington
U.S
International Monetary Fund
U.S. Treasury
George P. Shultz
Nairobi
Kenya
Indian symbol chosen as protest over school hair rule
Buddy Hatch an 11 year old Arapaho from Blaine County is named by the American Indian Movement as the symbol of protests against school hair policies. AIM leaders Dennis Banks and Russell Means call for a boycott to pressure Canton school readmission for Buddy, who was expelled for long hair.
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White Oak
Okla
Northwest Oklahoma
AIM
Dennis Banks
Russell Means
Buddy Hatch
Blaine County
Canton
Means
Blank
Viola Hatch
Donald
Banks
Hatch
Armed Services
Open Saloon Case Dismissed After Charges Filed
Three Lawrence residents faced charges of operating an open saloon on Tuesday afternoon but the Douglas County Attorney dismissed the case to protect state agents who arrested the trio. The Flamingo Club staff identified include Diane Riddle John Watson and Fred Wauge. State officials had not decided on action against the club as of today.
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Lawrence
Douglas County
David Berkowitz
Kansas
Berkowitz
Diane C. Riddle
E. 20Th
John E. Watson
Rt. 5
Fred A. Wauge
Rt. 2
Gary Porter
Flamingo Club
Ninth
State Alcoholic Beverage Control Office
Porter
State Attorney General’s Office
ABC Division
Wesley Kabler
Drug Defendant Pleads Guilty in Lawrence Drug Raid Case
Wayne Martin 19 of 925 Ala pleaded guilty in Douglas County District Court to illegal sale of marijuana. He was jailed on bond and sentencing set for 9 a.m. August 24 in Division 1. He appeared in court after the July 11 raid that led to eight arrests.
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Lawrence
Douglas County
Wayne Martin
Ala
Martin
Threshing Bee Begins Weekend In McLouth
McLouth hosts the 16th annual Steam Engine Show and Threshing Bee on a five acre site southeast of town. Three daily parades feature antique machinery and steam engines with threshing and lumber demos. Music by Kansas Old Time Fiddlers and Pickers Assn and Jefferson County Band. A tractors pulling contest Sunday offers 1000 dollars in prizes. Campers welcome with full facilities.
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McLouth
Yesteryear
Kansas Old Time Fiddlers and Pickers Assn, Fri
Jefferson County
Dale Clark Five
Haldeman details list targeting opponents for White House courtesies
Former White House aide Haldeman described a program to draw up an enemies list of public critics who should not receive White House courtesies such as invitations or honorary board positions. Names read included Frank Sinatra and Helen Hayes while questions touched on surveillance of Senator Kennedy and possible IRS inquiries.
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N.M
John W. Dean III
Haldeman
White House
Montoya
FBI
Frank Sinatra
Helen Hayes
Sinatra
Howard H. Baker Jr
R-Tenn
Edward M. Kennedy
D-Mass
Sen. Kennedy
Kennedy
John J. Caulfield
Anthony T. Ulasewicz
Washington Post
Ulasewicz
New York
Internal Revenue Service
Senate approves four year farm bill compromise with food stamp clauses
Senate votes 85 to 7 for a conference committee four year compromise on a farm bill including food stamp provisions. Agriculture Secretary Earl L. Butz indicated he would urge President Nixon to sign the measure, as House forces push to restrict benefits for strikers and delay action.
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Washington
Congress
Nixon
House
Senate
House Conference Committee
Agriculture
Earl L. Butz
Rioting Prison Slaying in Oklahoma Prison Yard
More than 700 inmates held a section of the bottom Oklahoma State Prison yard blocking officers from pursuing a killer who stabbed another inmate to death. Gov. Hall aides said the riot had raised the death toll to three with two more possible. National Guard troops searched rubble for bodies as officials remained cautious about moving against the inmates.
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Mcalester
Okla
Oklahoma State Prison
Ed Hardy
David Hall
Hardy
National Guard
Nixon Pledges Deterrent Force in Asia and UN Seat for Japan
President Nixon pledged maintaining an adequate deterrent in Asia and working with Japan on tensions while backing Japan for permanent Security Council representation. Prime Minister Tanaka announced Japan will fund ten million dollars for U S studies and chairs. They welcomed normalization with the PRC and urged peace in Indochina and Korea, noting U S participation in Indochina reconstruction up to fifty million dollars subject to Congress funding.
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Washington
Nixon
United States
Asia
Japan
White House
Kakui Tanaka
United Nations Security Council
Tanaka
People’s Republic of China
Prc
Indochina
Paris
Korean Peninsula
William P. Rogers
Gasoline Given Away by Kansas City Station
George Riley at a Gulf station in Overland Park Kansas gave away about 2600 gallons as Gulf outlets in the Kansas City area close. A crowd lined up across a shopping center lot while Riley limited gifts to $3 of regular gas and premium ran out quickly.
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Kansas City
George Riley
Gulf Station
Overland Park
Kan
Riley
Gulf Corporation
Budget Outline For 1974 Lawrence City Levy
The proposed 1974 Lawrence budget appears in the Journal-World on Pay 30. The mill levy would be 31.85 mills, down 2.385 mills. The full budget is at the Lawrence Public Library. The city commission will discuss it informally at 7 30 p m Tuesday in the fourth floor meeting room of city hall. A formal public hearing will be held the following week.
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Lawrence
Journal-World
Lawrence Public Library
Seventh
Vermont
Prison reformists cite cruel conditions at Building 63
Harry Jones Jr. of The Kansas City Star and Donald E. Black of the Leavenworth Times relayed inmate claims about harsh solitary confinement, the so called race game, and a demand for impartial observers. The inmates linked unrest to a death from inadequate medication, Daggett denying the charges.
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Harry Jones Jr
The
Kansas City Star
Donald E. Black
Leavenworth Times
Putman
Quinlan
Jones
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Journal-World Photo
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