Nixon Happy With Adjournment After Foreign Aid Stalemate
Washington AP Congress adjourned for holidays returning Jan 18 with Nixon saying he was satisfied as he left Key Biscayne. The session approved a $15.8 billion tax cut and extended controls on wages prices and rents through April 30 1973 amid a mixed record on social reform and foreign policy. The 92nd Congress also approved a constitutional amendment granting 18 year olds the right to vote.
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Washington
Congress
Nixon
Senate
Key Biscayne
Fla
Democratic Congress
92Nd
Research Engineering Budgets Rise At KU
Kansas University engineering spending grew with last year expenditures at 1 340 445 74 dollars. CRIIC activities reached 1 249 200 with federal funding 1 060 100 and other sources. Engineering projects received 599 200 for 17 electrical projects and 345 800 for 20 interdisciplinary efforts. Other departments totals include aerospace 114 400 and civil 84 800.
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Center For Research, Inc
Engineering Science
Dean William Smith
CRIIC
Lion
CRINC
Rifles Stolen From Vehicle In Lawrence Theft
Three rifles valued at 205 dollars were taken from Gary L. Warren’s vehicle parked near Seventh and Connecticut in Lawrence. The theft occurred Thursday night and was reported Friday. Two rifles were .22 caliber and one was 30-30 caliber.
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Gary L. Warren
Rt. 1
Overbrook
Seventh
Connecticut
Lawrence
Driver Pleads No Contest in Leavenworth Fatal Crash
Gordon M. Williams 22 of Wapato and Lawrence pleaded no contest to vehicular homicide after an auto crash Dec. 7 that killed Barbara Dorsey 18 of Oklahoma City and June Doublerunner 21 of Wapato. Williams remains free on 2000 dollar bond and faces sentencing January 17. Ozzie Red Elk 23 injured and listed in fairly good condition at Lawrence Memorial Hospital.
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Leavenworth
Gordon M. Williams
Wapato
Wash
Lawrence
Leavenworth County
Barbara Dorsey
Oklahoma City
June Doublerunner
Williams
Tonganoxie
Ozzie Red Elk
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Cushing Hospital
Public Assistance Coalition for Kansas Formed in Topeka
Vincent De Coursey, executive director of the Kansas Catholic Conference, announced a new group named the Public Assistance Coalition for Kansas. The coalition aims to restore 1971 welfare budget cuts and push increases aligned with the Cost of Living Index, while countering the welfare Cadillac myth and preparing to lobby the 1972 Kansas Legislature.
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Topeka ,Kan
Vincent de Coursey
Public Assistance Coalition For
Kansas
de Coursey
Kansas Catholic Conference
DeCoursey
Sheriff Hongisto to wear peace symbol badge
San Francisco AP reports sheriff-elect Richard Hongisto, 36, will wear a sheriff's badge bearing a peace symbol after his swearing in next month. He accepted the badge at a birthday party and said he plans to wear it on his official uniform to prompt reflection on social philosophy to reduce crime and keep streets safe.
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San Francisco
Richard Hongisto
Hongisto
United States
Senators Adjourn Early As 46 Absent From Congress
Washington AP reports 46 of 97 senators were absent when Congress adjourned for the year leaving only 51 present to conduct business. Several lawmakers left for holidays or trips, with Brooke at St Martin Antilles, Packwood in Virgin Islands, Gravel in Puerto Rico, Bennett recuperating from surgery, Mundt at home, Tower in Georgetown Texas, Bentsen on an East Texas ranch, Muskie between Boston and Kansas City, Symington at Pacific Command in Hawaii, Ellender headed to the South Pole inspection trip, Long at Baton Rouge, and Ervin driving home to Morgantown.
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Netherlands Antilles
Texas Range
Congress
Chamber
Sen
Edward W. Brooke
Rmass
St. Martin, Netherland Antilles
Wallace F. Bennett
Karl Mundt
Senate
John G. Tower
R-Tex
Georgetown
Tex
Lloyd Bentsen
East Texas
Edmund Muskie
Dmaine
Boston
Kevin White
Kansas City
Municipal Auditorium
Stuart Symington
Dmo
Pacific Command
Hawaii
Allen Ellender
D-La
South Pole
Russell Long
Baton Rouge
Sam Ervin
D-N.c
Morgantown
Nixon Presses Soviets to Stop India Pakistan War
In secret talks Nixon urged Soviet leaders to pressure India to halt its planned offensive into West Pakistan. U S officials say reliable intelligence indicated India aimed to seize Kashmir and crush the Pakistani army, with a 14 day war ending in a Western-backed ceasefire. The Kremlin was credited with a constructive role.
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Nixon
India
West Pakistan
West
East Pakistan
Kashmir
U.S
United States
Soviet Union
Pakistan
Moscow
Christmas season arts events fill area venues
The community calendar lists multiple Christmas programs and concerts across local schools and churches. Mary Ann Spangler, Mary Leonard, and Connie Spitz artworks are shown at Lawrence banks Medical Arts and Memorial Hospital. The Museum of Natural History features Douglas County spiders.
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Lawrence Art Guild
Mary Ann Spangler
Lawrence Banks
Mary Leonard
Medical Arts
Connie Spitz
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Museum of Natural History
Douglas County
First Presbyterian Church
Margarita Moats
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