Deserter details horrors that spurred his flight to France
David B. Johnson a 26 year old Tacoma native and former Green Beret deserter describes killing a Vietnamese girl in 1968 and witnessing torture by Tiger Force. He fled to Canada and then France aided by an international students underground and faces a Leavenworth sentence. He says he is ashamed of the United States.
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Paris
David B. Johnson
Johnson
Tacoma
Wash
Ft. Leavenworth
Kan
Canada
Scandinavia
West Germany
Champs Tlysees
Highland College
Kansas
Vietnam
A Shau Valley
Phu Bai
101St Tiger Force
Jeff Vietnam
Tiger Force
United States
Vancouver
FBI
Borel
France
Leavenworth
Ellsberg and Russo Indicted in New Pentagon Papers Case
A new 15 count indictment targets Daniel Ellsberg and Anthony J. Russo for conspiracy and possession of top secret Defense Department papers. Co conspirators include Lilsberg associate Lynda Sinay and Vietnamese figures Vu Van Thai and others. The action broadens the prior case and explains the hearing context for hearsay evidence.
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Los Angeles
Daniel Ellsberg
Anthony J. Russo
Rand Corp
Ellsberg
Lilsberg
Rus- SO
Vu van Thai
United States
Lynda Sinav
Russo
U.S. Department of Defense
U.S
Pearson Talks on Clinton Parkway Plan in Lawrence
Kansas Senator James Pearson will speak at the Rotary Club in Lawrence on Monday at noon and meet local officials about Clinton Parkway. He will discuss proposed four-lane access from 28th Street to serve Clinton Reservoir, with preliminary drawings and an estimated 1.5 million yearly users, slated for completion around 1976.
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Kansas
James Pearson
Lawrence
Rotary Club
Clinton Parkway
28Rd Street
Caldwell Man Killed in Auto Crash
Caldwell Kansas resident Donald L. Holden, 23, was killed today when his car left U S 81 and struck a highway sign just south of the Oklahoma Kansas border. Authorities reported he was alone in the vehicle.
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Medford
Okla
Donald L. Holden
Rt. 3
Caldwell
Kan
U.S. 81
Oklahoma-Kansas Line
Highway Patrol
New State Law Shifts Voter Registration to County Clerk
In early 1972 Kansas moves voter registration to the county level with Delbert Mathia taking over from the city clerk. Rural residents may register starting Monday or at the Aug 1 primary or Nov 7 general. City residents register 20 days before elections. veterans and 18 21 year olds have new procedures as Vera Mercer notes. Residents must meet residency requirements to vote in upcoming elections.
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Delbert Mathia
Douglas County
Lawrence
Vera Mercer
Kansas
Konza Prairie Lands Donated for Ecological Research
Kansas State University receives about 920 acres of native prairie eight miles south of Manhattan for long range ecological studies. Donated by the Nature Conservancy with anonymous funds, the land will aid research on improving farm and grazing land productivity. The site along Interstate 70 near Kansas 177 will be named Konza Prairie at the donor’s request.
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Manhattan
Kan
Kansas State University
James A. McCain
Kansas 177
Kansas
McCain
Nature Conservancy
Kansas State University Endowment Association
Arlington
Konza Prairie
Kaw
Blue Rivers
Farm Prices Rise in Kansas Mid-December Report
Kansas prices received by farmers in mid-December edged higher than November and were up from December 1970. The composite index stood at 266 percent of the 1910-14 base, vs 262 in November and 242 a year earlier. Grains hogs lambs milk and eggs increased while beef cattle and calves edged down.
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Peka
Kan
Kansas
State Crop and Livestock Reporting Service
Rumsey Funeral Home Owners Kred and Oscar Rumsey
Kred and Oscar Rumsey own Rumsey Funeral Home located at 843 St in Ady. The brief note highlights the family run business and its local presence.
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Kred
Oscar Rumsey
Rumsey Funeral Home
St, _ Ady
KU Medical Center May Close Without Higher Budget Ceiling
The University of Kansas Medical Center in Kansas City Kansas warns it may shut down in April if the legislature does not lift spending ceilings. Dr William Rieke says the cap locks spending to 13.19 million, far below the 38.48 million annual budget. The center relies on state funds federal grants and hospital earnings to cover costs.
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Kansas City, Kan
University of Kansas Medical Center
William O. Rieke
Health Affairs
Medical Center
Appraisers Work On U.S. 59 Land
Three State Highway Commission appraisers are assigned to value 128 tracts for the four lane upgrade of U S 59 south of Lawrence. The K 10 corridor from Lawrence to De Soto has photogrammetry work under way with about six weeks left and survey work over 50 percent complete. Right of way appraisal finished on 29 of 46 tracts from De Soto to K 7.
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Topeka
State Highway Commission
Lawrence
Robert Hagen
DeSoto
Commission
Kansas Traffic Deaths Decline in 24 Hour Log
Topeka report shows 0 deaths in the 24 hours ending 9 am Friday. For December the tally is 41. The year 1971 totals 671 deaths, compared with 657 in the same period of 1970.
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Topeka
Kan
Barber Builds High End Banjos in West Virginia Barbershop
In Hedgesville West Virginia Andrew Boarman a barber crafts and rebuilds banjos in his shop a hobby turned sideline He uses bell metal tone rings maple and mahogany bodies walnut necks ebony inlays abalone and mother of pearl to create Dixie Stand banjos that can top $1000 Boarman emphasizes solid construction and tightness as key to superior tone while keeping daily barber duties.
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Hedgesville
W. Va
Andrew Boarman
West Virginia
Boarman
Nixon orders five day bombing pushes in Vietnam
Nixon launches the heaviest U S air assault on North Vietnam in over three years to shield American forces and bolster allies in Laos and Cambodia. Officials say the raids aimed to cut Ho Chi Minh trail supplies but five days may not alter the war's outcome.
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Saigon
Nixon
U.S
North Vietnam
Vietnam
Indochina
United States
Laos
Ho Chi Minh Trail
Lawrence students return to classes after Christmas break
Lawrence public schools and St John School resume normal classes at the usual morning hour after ending the Christmas holiday. Dismissal and the date referenced is Wednesday, December 22.
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Lawrence Public Schools
St. John School
Robbery at KU dorm targets information desk
Lawrence police and KU security investigate an armed robbery at McCollum Residence Hall around 6 15 this morning. Richard Dale a Manhattan sophomore on duty at the lobby desk reported two men entered the dormistic desk area one pistol whipped him while the other demanded the money kept there they took a metal change box and a money sack from a filing cabinet fleeing after striking Dale with losses estimated at 97 30 dollars Dale was to be examined at Watkins Hospital.
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Kansas University
Lawrence
McCollum
Richard Dale
Manhattan
Dale
Watkins Hospital
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Miss Sinay
Latin America
United Nations
U.N
Pentagon
New York Times
Pearson
Parkway
County Commission
Art Heck
Clinton Reservoir
Rotarians
Holiday Inn
John Weatherwax
Mathia
Baldwin
Eudora
KSU
Spending Ltd
Med Center
Ricke
Johnson and
Wyandotte
Hanoi
Washington
Plain of Jars
Cambodia
South Vietnam
Scott
Bullene
EU West
Warren Yorduay
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