Kansans Join China Farm Exchange For 22 Day Visit
Kansas residents led by Rev. John Stitz will travel to Tokyo and China for a 22 day agricultural exchange. Participants include Douglas County Commissioner J J Stoneback and KU expert Chae J Lee. group includes Kansas Iowa and Missouri travelers. They will study rural communes in Nanking Changchow Anyang Shihchianchuang Yangchuan Tachai and Peking with interpreters and will return Jan 23.
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John Stitz
Leavenworth
Rural Life
Catholic Archdiocese of
Kansas City
Kan
Douglas County
J.J. Stoneback
Mabel
Rt. 4
Kansas University
Chae J. Lee
Santa Fe
Stitz
Kansas
Iowa
Missouri
Roger Brobaum
Creston
Lee
China
U S arms diverted to Israel and Vietnam hurt readiness
A secret GAO audit shows hundreds of tanks aircraft missiles and other weapons diverted from U S stocks to Israel after the 1973 war and to South Vietnam in the early 1970s. The report cites billions in arms moved abroad and ongoing shortages including thousands of tanks and armored vehicles.
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Washington
U.S
Israel
Vietnam
Congress
General Accounting Office
Les Aspin
D-Wis
GAO
South Vietnam
Raeli
Army Reserve
Pentagon
Eudora Mayor Kerr resigns for health reasons
Eudora mayor D E Kerr stepped down Monday night due to failing eyesight and hearing. Council president James Hoover assumed the post as the council handled year end business and discussed pool funding, fire services, salary increases, and licenses.
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Eudora
D.E. Kerr
James Hoover
Thomas Pyle
Kerr
Lawrence
Pyle
Leo Lauber
Eudora High
Baldwin
Douglas County
Bureau of Outdoor Recreation
Ernest Coleman
Eudora Township
Blue Cross
Blue Shield
Starlight Tavern
Federal bill funds three Lawrence projects in Ford era package
President Ford signed a federal appropriations bill financing Clinton Lake six point nine million dollars through June thirty and two point five million for the interim period. Mud Creek Channelization gets one point one million through June thirty and five hundred seventy four thousand for the interim period. Perry Lake appears for two hundred thousand through June thirty and four hundred thousand for the interim period. In Kansas wheat crop the Crop and Livestock Reporting Service notes little change with eastern stands generally good and western stands poor to fair due to cold, dry week. Topsoil moisture remains adequate overall with few counties reporting shortages.
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Ford
Clinton Lake
Mud Creek
Perry Lake
Topeka
Kan
Kansas
International aid offered to pump out Indian mine disaster
The Soviet Union and France joined the United States in offering high capacity pumps and technicians to help drain the Chasnala colliery flood. India waits to mobilize US gear as 372 miners are feared dead after an explosion and 110 million gallons of water flooded a 1,200 foot shaft.
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New Delhi
India
Soviet Union
France
United States
Ministry of Mines
Robert Barrett
U.S. Mining Enforcement and Safety Administration
Washington
Midland
Tex
Chasnala
Jackson seeks curbs on court ordered busing
Sen. Henry M. Jackson proposes a bill to ban single judges from issuing busing orders and require three judge courts for all future desegregation actions. The Washington Democrat says the measure would end court ordered busing and refocus on education.
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Washington
Henry M. Jackson
Washington Democrat
Jackson
Massachusetts
Boston
Douglas County 4-H drive tops $12,000 pledged
Douglas County reports over $12,000 paid or pledged to the statewide 4-H fund drive. 16 4-H clubs, multiple extension homemaker units, individuals, businesses and civic clubs contributed to meet a state goal of $700,000 by 1978.
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Douglas County
W.F. Bradley
Bradley
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Ina
Rev. Stitz
Kansas City International Airport
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Johns Hopkins University Press
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Kansas State University
Ron Livers
Ft. Hays Experimental Station
Herbert Plambeck
United States Department of Agriculture
Kansas Geological Survey
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Mrs. Stoneback
Chae Lee
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Manhattan
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Delta
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Hiawatha
Anthony Blaufuss
Osage City
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Quinter
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Kensington
Edward Steichen
Lenora
Ron
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Herbert Blumbeck
Des Moines
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Charles Walters
Raytown
Arthur Katz
Jasu
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Bob Livingston
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