Cambodian Troops Advance Kill 60 Khmer Rouge Insurgents
Cambodian government says a task force clearing Highway 4 toward Kompong Som killed 60 Khmer Rouge fighters and advanced a mile, amid reports insurgents damaged the road near Thnai Totung. A grenade wounded two bystanders as Assistant Defense Minister Thappana Ngin escaped unharmed. In Vietnam, a U.S. delegation walked out of a joint military session over the killing of Capt. Richard Morgan Rees, a 32 year old from Kent Ohio, in an ambush south of Saigon.
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Phnom Penh
Cambodia
Kompong Som
Khmer Rouge
Thnai Totung
U. S
United States
North
South Vietnam
Richard Morgan Rees
Kent
Ohio
Saigon
Man Dies After Plunge In Icy Missouri River
KANSAS CITY AP investigators say Louis Metoyer died of a heart attack after a loading machine plunged him into the icy Missouri River on a dike near the old Municipal Air Terminal. He swam out, was pulled from the water, walked about 100 feet, then collapsed and died at a hospital. Metoyer, 59, father of 13, worked for the city aviation department and was operating the loader when brakes failed.
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Kansas City
Louis Metoyer
Missouri River
Metoyer
City Aviation Department
Oper
Operating Budget Discussion at LMH Board Meeting
Lawrence Memorial Hospital trustees prepare to approve the 1974 operating budget. They will hear the year end medical staff report and consider reappointing staff. A plan to review Good Health Inc. findings on facility growth and a health campus is discussed, with potential public release and schematic drawings.
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Lawrence Memorial Hospital Board of Trustees
Don Lenz
Good Health, Inc
Rochester
Minn
Lenz
Health
Good Health
Fire damages Paige Morgan home on Clinton Blacktop road
Fire at 3 45 p m Monday caused an estimated 1500 damage to the Paige Morgan home owned by Viking Investment Inc on Clinton Blacktop road one mile west of U S 59. Fire chief Charles Wales said a malfunctioning thermostat overheated the furnace, burning peakset floor joists and a wall. No damage was reported from an overheated electric dryer motor at 6 51 a m today in an apartment at 1029 Tennessee Street.
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Paige Morgan
Charles Wales
Wakarusa Township
Morgan
Viking Investment, Inc
Clinton Blacktop Road
U.S. 59
L'Enn
Lawrence
Reward Offered for Leads in Stephen Avery Murder
A $1,000 reward remains in effect for information that leads to arrests and convictions in the March Ottawa area murder of Stephen Avery. Hazel Avery, Iola mother, and Gary Longfellow of Lawrence are named. The Douglas County Reward Fund earlier offered and renewed money. the county offer has expired. Letters previously received totaled ten. none since September. Send tip letters to P O Box 15 Lawrence Kansas 66044.
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Stephen Avery
Iola
Hazel
Gary Longfellow
Lawrence
Ottawa
Douglas County Reward Fund
P.O. Box
Kan
AMPI Executive Details Bank Note Ties to Nixon Campaign
AMPI General Manager George Mehren testified that payments to an Oklahoma City lawyer may have funded a $100,000 bank note tied to a Nixon campaign contribution. He described a chain from a bank withdrawal to AMPI lobbyist Robert Lilly and ultimately to Herbert Kalmbach, with conflicting dates and possible pass through allocations.
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San Antonio, Tex
Oklahoma City
Associated Milk Producers, Inc
AMPI
George Mehren
Mehren
Austin
Tex
U.S. Department of Justice
AMIP
Trust For Agricultural Political Education
TAPE
APMI
Robert Lilly
Lilly
West
Los Angeles
San Clemente
Jake Jacobsen
Herbert Kalmbach
Nixon
West Coast
Jacobsen
Milton Semer
Kalmbach
Stuart H. Russell
AMPS
Russell
East Lawrence Group Opposes Parking Lot Plan
The East Lawrence Improvement Assn. voted 8-0 against the Douglas County plan to place a parking lot in part of South Park. The group says the project would ruin the park’s symmetry and adds no need for another play area. The city commission will consider the proposal today.
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East Lawrence Group
East Lawrence Improvement Assn
Lawrence City Commission
South Park
Barbara Willits
Douglas County Commission
Barnes Faces Involuntary Manslaughter Charge After Collision
A preliminary hearing in Douglas County Court is set for 3 p.m. December 26 for Charles E. Barnes, 29, of 815 E. 12th. He faces involuntary manslaughter, driving while intoxicated, and driving with an expired license in the death of Harry A. Litvin, 64, after a crash at Ninth and Massachusetts. Barnes remains jailed on $7,500 bond, having previously faced a theft charge related to the truck.
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Douglas
Charles E. Barnes
Barnes
Harry A. Litvin
Del
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Chicago
Heininger
Washington, D.C
U.S
Wilbur Mills
Arkansas
Minneapolis
Hubert Humphrey
Mills
Harry A. Puckett
East Lawrence
Puckett
Jack Rose
Fine Books
Hillcrest Shopping Center
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Carter’s Stationery
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Ray Stoneback
General Electric
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Sid
GE. Grill & Waffle Iron
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