India Uses Civilians As Pawns in Shiek Case
An Indian official said India would use Pakistani civilians in Bangla Desh as leverage to secure safety for Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and Bengalis in West Pakistan. About 600 of 35,000 POWs from East Pakistan began moving to camps in India. Dhar said a swap package is being worked out. Kaul noted Geneva POW rules won’t block this.
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Dacca
India
Bangla Desh
Sheik Mujibur Rahman
West Pakistan
D. P. Dhar
Pan
Zulfikar Ali Bhutto
New Delhi
T. N. Kaul
East
Pakistan
Dhar
Sheik Mujib
Mujib
Bhutto
Bell Proposes Insurance Bills at Topeka Hearing
Kansas State Insurance Commissioner Fletcher Bell unveiled seven bills at a public hearing, led by a 30 day nonrenewal notice requirement for auto policies with reasons on request. About 75 industry spokesmen attended, with no strong pushback. An eighth bill would regulate Blue Cross Blue Shield type groups, while more measures would standardize credit life and health insurance acts and broker and adjuster regulation. No-Fault auto insurance was mentioned as under study.
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Topeka
Kan
Fletcher Bell
Bell
Blue Cross
Blue Shield
Kansas
Men In Service Update From Vietnam and Army Promotion
S Sgt Jerrald M Lynch son of Mr and Mrs Howard E Lynch Rt 5 is on duty with the U S Air Force at Tan Son Nhut Air Base Vietnam. The intelligence specialist previously served at Kelly Air Force Base Tex Charles E Falk a Kansas University graduate has been promoted to first lieutenant in the U S Army s communications electronics agency He is married to Judith Lynne McConnell of Lawrence
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Jerrald M. Lynch
Howard E. Lynch
Rt. 5
U.S. Air Force
Tan Son Nhut Air Base
Vietnam
Kelly Air Force Base
Tex
Charles E. Falk
Kansas University
U.S. Army
Communications Electronics Agency
Judith Lynne McConnell
Lawrence
Crime Alert for Lawrence Residents Seeks Tips
Police in Lawrence urge residents to share information that could solve or prevent crimes. Call lines are provided to report details or suspicious activity to help investigators.
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Lawrence
Victims Spelled Out as Phone Dial Slogan
A brief telephone dial message frames the word victims by the digits 842 8467. The notice notes anonymity for callers and emphasizes that speakers need not provide their names.
State asks release as defendant in Schaake suit
A Kansas request to be released as a defendant in a civil case brought by Stanley J. Schaake to recover 11400 was taken under advisement by District Court Judge Frank Gray. The state Douglas County and officials argue the state cannot be sued without consent and Schaake may prove ownership of funds impounded since November 1 at Kansas Union Bookstore. A private deposition of Schaake is planned January 10 to probe money sources and ownership.
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Kansas
Stanley J. Schaake
Rt. 1
Frank Gray
Douglas County
Mike Elwell
Douglas County State Bank
Schaake
Gray
Kansas Union
Elwell
Nixon drives broad push to curb international narcotics
The State Department reported a 50 fold rise in heroin seizures in the first nine months of 1971 and sharp gains in other drugs. The cabinet committee led by William P. Rogers plans high speed aircraft with sensors and ground ops to disrupt trafficking. The summary notes seizures more than doubled over two years with hard drugs topping 1,200 pounds in fiscal 1971 and heroin surpassing 1,000 pounds in nine months of 1971. No details were given on the anti drug air force.
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Washington
State Department
Customs Bureau
Lem
William P. Rogers
Nixon
German Bank Heist Ends With Hostage Free Escape Forest
In Saarbrucken a Cologne bank robbery ended when three gunmen released their hostages and fled on foot into Kirkeler forest near the French border. Police identified one suspect as Kurt Vizenik with two others. Two Cologne police chiefs traded places as hostages during a staged escape, guiding a 160 mile pursuit before the trio returned to the forest.
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Saarbruecken
Germany
Cologne
Kurt Vizenik
Roger Roch
Marseilles
Vizenik
Deutschebank
Werner Hannacher
Hans Krauss
Hamacher
Krauss
Saarland
Theft at Virginia Inn Motel in Lawrence
Lawrence police report theft at the Virginia Inn Motel 2907 W Sixth. A well dressed man in his twenties checked in about 1 a.m. and left with two color television sets a bed spread and a marble table top totaling 650 dollars.
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Lawrence
Virginia Inn
W. Sixth
Unemployment Ties to Welfare Rise in Wichita Area
Kansas Welfare Department links Wichita general assistance caseload growth to unemployment surge and rising welfare use statewide. March 1969 to March 1971 saw cases climb from 130 to 463 while unemployment claims rose. public assistance reach climbed to 95,000 by mid 1970 amid higher divorces and juvenile referrals.
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Topeka
Kan
Wichita
Kansas Welfare Department
Department
Kansas
Two City Departments Await New Shorter Hours
Lawrence police and firemen await word on shortened hours and team expansion funded by a half cent sales tax. City Manager Buford Watson said an announcement is expected probably Wednesday after talks with the City Commission. A Jan 1 effective date is likely, with police at 40 hours and firemen dropping from 70 to 56 hours weekly.
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Lawrence
Buford Watson
Senators Seek Early Action on Funding Bills for Next Year
Senate leaders push to send authorization bills to the floor by June 1 to accelerate funding for the next budget year. With party politics and upcoming conventions, lawmakers warn a mid year recess and heavy presidential influence could delay action on annual appropriations before adjournment.
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Washington
Senate
Scott
Congress
Two Lawrence Men Plead Guilty In Marijuana Case
Dennis Dean Kerkman and Matthew James Senior, both 19, pleaded guilty in County Court to marijuana possession. They were sentenced to six months in jail with a $500 fine, paroled on the jail term, and the fine reduced to $250. They were arrested with a juvenile near an abandoned farmstead southeast of the city last July, where about 600 pounds of fresh marijuana was found by sheriffs.
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Dennis Dean Kerkman
Learnard
Matthew James Senior
Rt. 1
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