The Enemy: Young Soldier Hoang Duc Ho in Cambodia
AP reports on Hoang Duc Ho, a 1947 born Tay Vietnamese medic and Communist Party member, found along the Ho Chi Minh trail with an AK rifle, Mao button, and a notebook. The artifacts include letters, songs, a Ho Chi Minh inscription, and notes on treating the sick, reflecting a life shaped by years of conflict and reunification aims.
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Prey Nhay
Cambodia
Ho Chi Minh Trail
Chairman Mao
Communist Party
Hoang Duc Ho
Ho Chi Minh
Quang Ninh
North Vietnam
Tay
Luong
Ilo
Yi Xuan Tuy
Ho Chi Minh admirer’s notebook reveals rebel loyalty and hopes
Excerpts from Ho Chi Minh’s notebook show a soldier writing of shared loyalty and devotion to independence. The pages praise the revolution and recount a plan to fight American forces, with notes on friendships, health cures, a treasured letter from Tuy, and a portrait of a devoted commander who died in a Cambodian rice paddy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A.C
Tuy
Tax Protests Prompt Slice In KC Budget
Kansas City Kansas commissioners cut 1.6 million from the city budget after a heated hearing with about 700 protesters filling city hall. The budget reduction equals 10 percent of ad valorem taxes, dropping the 1972 total to 26.95 million dollars amid boos for the three commissioners.
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Kansas City
Kan
Committee Briefing on City County Center Promotion
Lawrence and Douglas County officials meet at 7 30 a m Wednesday at the Holiday Inn for a briefing. Department heads from city and county will learn their positions in the proposed 6 million building and receive updates on the city county center promotion led by Jack Landreth, promotion committee chairman.
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Lawrence
Douglas County
Holiday Inn
Jack Landreth
City Faces Fork in Levy Path Over Bond Vote
Douglas County taxpayers face a critical choice as officials debate a $6 million tax issue. If county voters approve the bond, state action may be needed to lift the levy, while the 1972 sunset of the tax lid looms as a potential alternative. The timing leaves many questions until after the year ends.
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Heck
Douglas County
Pearson Listed Good After Ear Surgery
Sen. James B. Pearson of Kansas was listed in good condition after ear surgery at the University of Kansas Medical Center. Hospital officials said they did not know how long he would remain hospitalized. The procedure aimed to correct a chronic middle ear infection.
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Kansas City. Kans
James B. Pearson
R-Kan
University of Kansas Medical Center
Pearson
India Soviet treaty push blamed on Washington and China
In Moscow India says Washington nudged it toward the new friendship pact with the Soviet Union signed in New Delhi. Indian diplomats cite U.S. aid to Pakistan and Nixon’s China visit as signals of American divergence from New Delhi.
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Moscow
Washington
India
Soviet Union
New Delhi
U.S
East Pakistan
Nixon
China
Pakistan
Red China
D. P. Dhar
Gromyko
Agha Mohammed Yahya Khan
Rawalpindi
The
Guardian
Calcutta
Daily Telegraph
Russia
Perry Budget Board Approves 1971-72 Measures
Perry-Lecompton School District budget for 1971-72 stands with a levy of 43.63 mills funding total expenditures of 939 826 next year including 688 911 general fund. Board accepts bids for two 60 passenger buses and fuel contracts while noting bus battery theft and slow progress on the middle school.
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Perry
Perry-Lecompton
Value Placed On Utilities Shows Gain
The State Property Valuation Department and a private appraisal firm reported final 1971 utility assessments. State valuations total $3.58 billion, up $32.78 million from 1970, versus $3.46 billion by Justin H. Haynes Co. The gap reflects tax treatment differences. Authorities expect county tax offices to use the figures for 1972 budgets by month’s end.
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Topeka, Kan
State Property Valuation Department
Ronald F. Dwyer
Frank Hodge
Justin H. Haynes Co
Denver
Dwyer
State Department
Haynes Firm
New Method Slows Valuations Figures
Douglas County faces delays in corporate and utility valuations for 1972 as a new valuation method slows delivery. Officials in Topeka said the data will reach county offices by late August, with possible impacts on mill levies and budgets if valuations rise or fall beyond expectations.
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Douglas County
Topeka
Ronald Dwyer
Kansas
Lawrence
Ethan Smith
Mathia
Dwyer
Three Convicts Escape Center In Topeka
Three prisoners fled shortly before midnight from the Kansas Reception and Diagnostic Center in Topeka. The escapees are identified as Howard Lee Allen 28 of Lawrence Clifford Bright 32 of Kechi Kan and Robert Edward Elam 30 of Wichita. Roadblocks have been set up and a dawn manhunt with highway patrol aircraft and a helicopter may assist authorities.
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Topeka. Kan
Kansas Reception and Diagnostic Center
Howard Lee Allen
Lawrence
Clifford Bright
Kechi
Kan
Robert Edward Elam
Wichita
Reservoir elevation steady at 891.37 feet in Lawrence
Readings by the U S Army Corps of Engineers show the Perry Reservoir at 891.37 feet elevation on Monday with a normal pool at 891.5 feet. The water is murky and fishing conditions are described as fair to good.
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Perry Reservoir
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Maddox Says He Will Campaign for Wallace If He Runs
Lt. Gov. Lester Maddox said he would campaign for Alabama Governor George Wallace if Wallace seeks the presidency next year. Maddox added that if Wallace does not run, he will pursue the Democratic nomination himself.
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Atlanta, Ga
Lester Maddox
George C. Wallace
Alabama
Wallace
Georgia
Legislature Talks Tax Lid With No Action
The Kansas Joint Committee on Assessment and Taxation debated the property tax lid but took no steps. Sen. Frank Hodge urged a study and continuation or kill option, receiving no motion. Alarm rose over Attorney General guidance that extended lids may be needed for autonomous local governments. Rep. Shelby Smith criticized the ruling as erasing the lid for large cities and urged correction in 1972.
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Topeka
Kan
Frank Hodge
R-Hutchinson
Robert Docking
Prairie Village
Attorney General’s Office
Shelby Smith
Wichita
House Assessment and Taxation Committee
Two Women Cyclists Hurt In Mishaps Today Monday
A bicyclist Maura L. Biesemeyer 19 of Indianapolis suffered cuts and bruises after riding into a city tractor at 12th and Indiana. The tractor driver was Richard J. Demby. The bicycle damage was about 25 dollars. A motorcyclist Joan E. Crake 23 of Davenport was treated for injuries after a collision with a car at 11th and Kentucky. The car driver was Benita R. Tankersley. Both riders said they could not stop in time.
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Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Maura L. Biesemeyer
12Th
Indiana
Lawrence
Joan E. Crake
11Th
Kentucky
Benita R. Tankersley
Maine
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State Properties Valuation Department
Committee
Janet Theison
Pete Theison
Sunflower
Douglas White
L. H. Ensley
Journal-World
Rita Rousseau
Andrei A. Gromyko
Swaran Singh
William P. Rogers
U.N
U Thant
Rogers
Thant
Mason Brunton
Standard Oil Co
Farmer's Co-op Assn
Farmer's ‘Co-op
Williamstown
Modern Gas
Perry LP
Septeber Board
Joint Legislative Tax Study Committee
Darlene Hill
Delbert Mathia
Maddox
Lape
Atn.o.phere
Ransford Electric, Inc
General Electrical Wiring
Warren
New Hampshire
Lawrence, Kansas
Equitable
Buddy B. Bowles
Equitable Life Assurance
Society of the
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