Congress Alarms Over Overproduction of Addictive Drugs
Congress, the administration, and the medical field study amphetamine and barbiturate overproduction and widespread diversion to the black market. Investigators cite large legal production, lax prescribing, and theft as key leaks, with penalties and licensing tightening under the 1970 Drug Control Act.
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Washington
Congress
Illinois
Tijuana
Mexico
Tijuana Country Club
St. Louis
New York
Formosa
Justice Department
Federal Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs
Larry Kerness
Bureau
Rock Chunks Make News For Campus
Kansas University features a display in the Spencer Research Library titled Puzzles and Pastimes. It includes a polished bowling ball carpet bag, a three dimensional Thames Tunnel publicity toy from 1843, cubed puzzles, a stereopticon, and books on games plus annuals and magazines republished each Christmas.
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Museum of ‘Natural History
Kansas University
Spencer Research Library
Thames River
Trial on Pot Is Recessed in Saigon Court Martial
The court martial of Col. Gerald V. Kehrli of Willmar Minnesota on marijuana charges was recessed to allow testimony from Brig. Gen. Charles I. Bennett Jr. in the United States. Kehrli faces wrongful use and transfer of marijuana to enlisted men as the highest ranking U.S. officer tried in Vietnam.
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Custom Bureau
Asst. Treasury
Eugene Rossides
United States
Saigon
U.S. Air Force
7Th Air Force
Gerald V. Kehrli
Willmar, Minn
Military Airlift Command
U.S
Vietnam
Kehrli
Charles I. Bennett Jr
Castle Air Force Base
Calif
Historic events on February 12 signal births and upheaval
On this date in history Abraham Lincoln was born in 1809 in Hardin County Kentucky. Other noted events include Lady Jane Grey's execution in 1554 and James Oglethorpe's Savannah landing in 1733. The Lincoln Memorial groundbreaking occurred in 1914 and 1958 saw Soviet-Israeli diplomatic rupture after Tel Aviv bombings.
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Abraham Lincoln
Hardin County
Kentucky
Jane Grey
England
James Edward Oglethorpe
Savannah
Charles Darwin
Shrewsbury
China
Sun Yat-Sen
Lincoln Memorial
Washington
Soviet Union
City Clerks and Finance Officers School At KU
More than 100 city clerks and finance officials will attend the 21st annual City Clerks and Municipal Finance Officers School at Kansas University from Wednesday to next Friday. Vera Mercer chairs planning. discussions cover legal boundaries, finance, home rule, and office administration with speakers John J. Conard Frank R. Dorseth Ted Newcomer and E O Stone.
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Kansas University
Vera Mercer
Lawrence
John J. Conard
Frank R. Dorseth
International Institute of Municipal Clerks
Chicago
Ted Newcomer
Kansas Association of City Clerks
Emporia
E. 0. Stone
Mayors Blast Aid Cuts in Federal Urban Programs
A nine mayor committee led by New York's John V. Lindsay accused the Nixon administration of reverse revenue sharing. They demanded $1.3 billion in Congress authorized urban aid for this year and urged rapid funding for urban renewal sewer and water projects public housing and model cities. Mayor Joseph Alioto of San Francisco cited 3000 housing units ready to start with federal support.
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San Francisco
U.S
John V. Lindsay
New York
Congress
Lindsay
Legislative Action Committee
U.S. Conference of Mayors
Joseph Alioto
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Claude Pepper
House Committee On Crime
Long Island
N.Y
FBNDD
House Crime Committee
National Institute of Mental Health
Kerness
Bruce Brennan
Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Association
Bennett
Journal-World
THE
Associated Press
Israel
Tel Aviv
Venus
Hubert Humphrey
South Vietnam
Cair
S.1.c
Maine
Alfies
T.M
Jer
Rin
Rogers Bros
Music Boxes
Seth Thomas
Briman’s Frrelet
Massachusetts
Harwood
30Th
Iowa
George
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