Tourists plan holiday jaunt to N Vietnam battlefields
Thirty Swedes and Danes depart Sunday on a 17 day trip to Hanoi Haiphong Don Son and Gulf of Tonkin beaches to visit battlefields and war sites in North Vietnam. The group will influence future Western tours and is priced at 1275 to 1800 dollars for 18 days.
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Denmark
North Vietnam
U.S
Hanoi
Haiphong
Don Son
Gulf of Tonkin
Switzerland
Vietnam
Ejner Berthelsen
Spain
Costa del Sol
Berthelsen
Folketurist
Indochina
Dornbierer
Laos
Thailand
End of 16 day siege at Indonesian consulate in Amsterdam
Seven South Moluccan gunmen who sought an independent homeland freed 25 hostages unharmed ending a 16 day siege. One Indonesian official died during the escape attempt. Mediators helped arrange the surrender as hostages waved from a bus and residents cheered outside the consulate.
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Amsterdam
The
Netherlands
Manusama
Beilen
Moucca
Indonesia
Dormitory bids exceed estimate for Haskell College project
Bids for two new dormitories at Haskell Indian Junior College came in well above Bureau of Indian Affairs estimates. Law Co. Inc. of Wichita bid $3,576,000 for both structures, more than $300,000 over revised $3,217,000 estimate. Construction may not start before March 1, with decisions to build one or both dorms pending.
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Haskell Indian Junior College
Bureau of Indian Affairs
BIA
Albuquerque
N.M
the Law Co. Inc
Wichita
Gerald Bretag
Bretag
Haskell
Everette Bowman
Wallace Galluzzi
Law Company
M.W. Watson Inc
Topeka
Harmon Construction Co. Inc
Oklahoma City
Okla
Miller- Stauch Construction Co. Inc
Kansas City
Kan
Jayhawks head to Sun Bowl sendoff in Lawrence
Lawrence residents will have a final chance to wish the Kansas University football team well at 11 45 a m Saturday at Jayhawker Towers before the team boards buses for Kansas City International Airport for the Dec 26 Sun Bowl in El Paso Texas Civic leaders and athletic officials urged turnout to show support Clyde Walker KU athletic director called the idea a great gesture Glenn West Chamber of Commerce executive vice president said the community can take pride in the team’s accomplishments The coat drive continues with more than 150 donations bringing the total to about 350 coats Firefighter Phil Leonard said donations can be dropped at Fire Stations One Two or Three until Christmas
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Lawrence
Kansas University
Jayhawker Towers
Kansas City International Airport
Pittsburgh
el Paso
Tex
Chamber of Commerce
Jayhawks
Glenn West
Chamber
Clyde Walker
Fairness doctrine urged for farmers in subsidies debate
Washington AP. R M Davis, administrator of the Soil Conservation Service, argues for a fairness doctrine to ensure farmers have an even break with cities in federal environmental subsidies. He notes ACP started 40 years ago to curb erosion from the Dust Bowl and comments on potential 1976 cost-sharing cuts, while clarifying his agency does not administer ACP subsidies.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
R.M. Davis
U.S. Soil Conservation Service
Ford Administration
Davis
Optimism questioned as economy shows cautious gains
Federal Reserve economist Sheldon Stahl notes brighter crowds at talks with bankers yet warns the hoped for rapid recovery may be premature. Despite flow of money and improvement, he doubts fast real gains and cites cautious optimism among policymakers.
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Sheldon Stahl
Stahl
Federal Reserve Bank
Kansas City
Ford Administration
Council of Economic Advisers
Death of Gen Earle G Wheeler at 67 in Maryland
Gen Earle G Wheeler former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff during the Vietnam era died at age 67. He had retired in 1970 and passed away at Frederick Memorial Hospital after ambulance transfer from Martinsburg West Virginia where a stroke was cited by the medical examiner. He served as Army chief of staff from October 1 1962 to July 3 1964.
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Frederick, Md
Earle G. Wheeler
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Wheeler
Frederick Memorial Hospital
King’s Daughter’s Hospital
Martinsburg
W. Va
Walter Reed Army Hospital
Washington
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