Appeal for Cease Fire by Four Nations in Vietnam
Saigon reports nearly 15 000 Vietnamese casualties in three weeks of the cease fire as the Joint Military Commission calls on all sides to end hostilities and negotiate. The appeal omits Article 4 which would require direct contact commanders to meet for temporary measures. Col Bui Tin says South Vietnam refused inclusion. no comment yet from Saigon.
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United States
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Viet Cong
Joint Military Commission
Paris
Bui Tin
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Work May Start On Road in June
Construction of the K 10 free way between DeSoto and Highway K 7 in Johnson County may begin in June according to State Highway Commissioner Robert Hagen. A hearing is set for April 4 in Johnson County District Court to resolve a temporary injunction halting 7.5 miles of highway since October. The suit by S R Brunn seeks to block the project over location and design claims.
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DeSoto
Johnson County
Robert Hagen
Hagen
S. R. Bruwn
Rt. 2
Brunn
Highway Commission
Copter Incident Provokes Protest
Saigon reports the United States filed a formal protest with the International Commission of Control and Supervision accusing the Communists of shooting down a U S helicopter on a peace keeping mission. Five American crewmen were wounded and one burned critically when the aircraft crashed near An Lac, sixty miles north of Saigon, after completing a Joint Military Commission supply mission. The U S delegation demanded an investigation by the four party Joint Military Commission into the violation.
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United States
International Commission of Control and Supervision
Vietnam
An Léc
Joint Military Commission
U.S
POWs Return Airlift Delayed Landing Shifts to Alameda
Twenty more former POWs are en route home aboard a hospital jet diverted to Alameda Naval Air Station due to fog near Travis. They finish 143 released earlier this week. another 20 prisoners will be released in Hanoi this evening, leaving 379 still to be repatriated. Notables include Lt Cmdr Everett Alvarez Jr and Col Robinson Risner among Friday returnees.
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Calif
San Francisco
Travis Air Force Base
Alameda Naval Air Station
Pentagon
U.S
Hanoi
Navy
Harry T. Jenkins Jr
Snow arrives in Lawrence with up to three inches expected
A winter front moved into Lawrence early this morning bringing snow and slick intersections. The National Weather Service forecast up to three inches, with 15 accidents reported but mostly minor. Roads were being salted and crews placed on standby as temperatures plunged below 20 degrees, with a slight warmup forecast later in the week.
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Marcia Berry
Kansas University
Topeka
Journal-World
Will Hess
Weather Service
Local group tours Topeka-Shawnee Health Department facilities
About 25 local residents visited the Topeka-Shawnee County Health Department on a six hour bus trip sponsored by Mrs. Raymond Cerf. Speakers included Dr. Edwin Lyman and Dr. Ray Baker with administrators Alice Jensen and Rosemary Waddell. They discussed public health goals and funding prospects amid federal budget shifts.
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Raymond Cerf
Sunset Drive
Douglas County Health Department
League of Women Voters
Marilyn Chamberlin
Douglas County Health Board
Bernard Judge
Douglas County Comprehensive Health Planning Council
Wade Dexter
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Jeanne Dicker
Lyman
Seven Hurt in Snowy Two Car Crash Near Ridglea
Seven people were taken to Lawrence Memorial Hospital after a head on collision at Sixth and Arizona near the Ridglea Apartments. Police said injuries were not life threatening. The crash occurred just after 10 30 a m amid a morning spate of snow related accidents as 15 incidents were reported and travel was discouraged.
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Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Sixth
Arizona
Ridglea
Douglas County
Shawnee County
Railroad Fined for Diesel Oil Dump into Kansas River
Kansas City AP reports the Chicago Rock Island and Pacific Railroad pled no contest to dumping diesel oil into the Kansas River and was fined 750 dollars by the court.
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Kansas City, Kan
Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad
Kansas River
Open Houses Sunday February 18 by Mitchell Stephens Realtors
Nine open houses listed for Sunday February 18 from 1 to 5 pm. The advertisement appears in today’s paper from Mitchell Stephens Realtors.
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Pare Mitchell-Stephens Realtors
Mitchell-Stephens Realtors
Court orders desegregation in 17 states and many districts
Federal Judge John H. Pratt rules that many state education systems are segregated and orders desegregation proceedings within 60 days. The ruling targets 127 districts in presumptive violation and affects 74 schools and over 200 state run facilities across 17 states including Arkansas and Florida.
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Washington
Departments of Education
Nixon
U.S. District Court
John H. Pratt
Pratt
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Supreme Court
Lawrence Central BID Committee Sets Phase II Review
The Lawrence Central Business District Committee will meet at 4 p.m.Monday in the First National Bank Community Room. They will review the final Phase II plan of the downtown improvement project under way. Bob Moore and Warren Rhodes call the session.
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Lawrence Central Business District Committee
First National Bank
Bob Moore
Warren Rhodes
Buell Stover Candies and Key Rexall Ad
Local ad runs from 1:00 to 5:00 p.m. featuring Buell Stover Candies and Key Rexall with contact through Mitchell Stephens Realtors.
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Buell Stover Candies
Key
Rexall. _ Vo
Federal drive targets obscene films in theaters nationwide
The Justice Department pursues a broad federal crackdown on obscene movies shown in commercial theaters. Indictments were issued in Memphis and Washington against producers distributors and showings of films like Deep Throat Little Sisters Schoolgirl Teen Age Fantasies. Sherpix Inc and others face charges for shipping and distributing Schoolgirl across multiple states. Deep Throat cited as best selling among new pornographic films with contested theater cases still ongoing.
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Justice Department
Supreme Court
Memphis
Deep Throat
Little Sisters
Memphis Grand Jury
Sherpix, Inc
New York
Sherpix
Milwaukee
Wis
New York City
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