County Jail Too Small and Overcrowded in Douglas County
County jail in Lawrence is cramped with 25 inmates and 15 staff daily in 2,600 square feet. A 1967 study found the facility outdated and unsafe with no prisoner exercise or juvenile/women facilities. Architects urged abandoning the current jail as soon as possible and voters face a proposed combined building project costing about 6 million dollars.
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Lawrence
Douglas County
Douglas County Commissioners
Robertson and Associates
District Court
Sheriff’s Office
Peace Envoy Links War Delays to Economic Woes at Talks
Hanoi states that delaying total withdrawal from Viet Nam worsens economic and monetary difficulties. Xuan Thuy returns to the 126th weekly session as Nguyen Thi Binh is absent. South Vietnam accuses North Vietnam of military build‑ups in the DMZ while U S envoy Habib cites violations and repeats a ceasefire proposal.
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Paris
North Vietnam
United States
Vietnam
Hanoi
Xuan Thuy
State halts rate hikes in Kansas insurance sector
Kansas Insurance Commissioner Fletcher Bell announced the department will refuse any new 90 day rate increase applications to comply with the Nixon price and wage freeze. He said the move affects nearly all 900 insurers in Kansas and anticipated cooperation from companies and agents. The freeze does not suspend rate increases already in effect before August 15.
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Topeka
Kan
Fletcher Bell
State Insurance Department
Nixon
Kansas
Bell
Rain Forecast Across Two Days In Lawrence
The weather forecast calls for rain tonight and Friday marking the first precipitation in nearly two weeks. Temperatures stay near 9 degrees with hazy skies and a high around 99 on Friday. Chance of rain is 30 percent tonight and 20 percent Friday with northwest winds 10 to 15 mph.
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Lawrence
7th Fleet Bombards Southern DMZ As Vietnam Offensive Intensifies
The 7th Fleet joined B52 bombers in striking the southern half of the DMZ to slow a North Vietnamese offensive entering its second week. The Berkeley led a six day bombardment silencing batteries and sparking fires as 142 North Vietnamese and 22 South Vietnamese troops died in a 12 hour clash near Camp Carroll. South Vietnamese reports say 51 were wounded and Hanoi planned attacks around August Revolutionary Day.
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Camp Carroll
U.S
Fuller
Ho Chi Minh
Hanoi
North Vietnam
Connally Rejects Pentagon Pay Policy During Freeze
Treasury Secretary Connally says military personnel will not receive raises during the 90 day wage price freeze except for promotions. He says the Pentagon acted without Cost of Living Council approval. Pentagon spokesman says Defense can set its own pay.
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Washington
Pentagon
Secretary of the Treasury
John B. Connally
Connally
Jerry W. Friedheim
Secretary of Defense
Cost of Living Council
Pentagon to Await Guidelines After Connally Remarks
A Pentagon spokesman declined comment after Secretary Connally said pay raises for promotions would be approved as in nonmilitary jobs. Connally spoke on NBC Today and said guidelines were forthcoming from the council.
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Pentagon
Connally
Council
NBCTV
Chance of Rain Tonight
A weather brief notes possible showers this evening across the area with a higher chance inland. Forecasters urge readers to carry a light jacket and check updated forecasts for any changes.
Tax Lid Hypocrisy Debate Draws Challenge in Kansas
Kansas official Tom Van Cleave disputed Dr Melvin Neely Kansas NEA claim that the property tax lid is the zenith of hypocrisy He said Neelys remarks were misleading and noted federal funds could be used for drug abuse programs without violating the lid Neely was abroad in Washington for NEAs meeting on wage price freezes and teacher salaries
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Topeka, Kan
Robert Docking
Melvin E. Neely
Kansas National Education Association
Tom van Cleave
Kansas City
Neely
Kansas-Nea
Frank Hodge
R-Hutchinson
Senate Assessment and Taxation Committee
van Cleave
Governor’s Office
Docking
Kansas Finance Council
Kansas Attorney General’s Office
Washington, D.C
National Education Association
Kansas
Finance Council
Attorney General
Official word lacking for teacher pay
No official word on the effect of the presidential wage freeze on Lawrence school teachers. Supt. Carl Knox said the State Board of Education and others had not issued statements, leaving Lawrence administrators reluctant to comment. The local contract likely shields teachers, while the governor’s order could affect about 300 state employees.
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Lawrence
Carl Knox
Knox
State Board of Education
Kansas School Board Assn
Robert Docking
Docking
Topeka
Helicopter aids prison break in Mexico City
A secret helicopter landed at Santa Marta Acatitla prison in Mexico City enabling two inmates to escape. Joel D. Kaplan, a New York businessman convicted of killing his partner in 1963, and Venezuelan Carlos Antonio Contreras Castro fled. The craft, possibly American piloted, carried enough fuel for eight hours and may have flown toward Honduras or Venezuela.
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Mexico City
Joel D. Kaplan
New York
American Sucrose Co
Louis Vidal
New York City
Kaplan
Meixco
United States
Vidal
Cuernavaca
Southwestern Sugar and Molasses Co
Santa Marta
Contreras Castro
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Rex Johnson
Cuthbert & Sargent Construction Co
Graeber Bros
Old County
Journal-World
Jerry Schwartz
Nguyen Thi Binh
Dinh Ba Thi
South Vietnam
Pham Dang Lam
Demiliarized Zone
South
Philip C. Habib
Demilitarized Zone
Indochina
Russell Stover
Key Rexall
Cameron Thompson
Tony Hecht
Vanderbilt
Darien
Conn
Noroton Presbyterian Church
Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt Jr
Alican Platten
7Th Fleet
Berkeley
Dmz
Treasury
National Broadcasting Company
Treasury Department
Copter
Santa Marta Acatitla Prison
Carlos
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