Chou En-lai Seeks Normal China-US Ties at Dinner
Premier Chou En-lai pledged China will work un swervingly for normal relations and friendly contacts with the United States. At a banquet in Peking to honor President Nixon the two leaders discussed the long process of removing the wall between the two nations and advancing cultural exchanges toward eventual diplomatic ties.
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Chou En-lai
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United States
Nixon
People
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California
Great Wall of
Great Wall
People’s Republic of China
Mao Tse-tung
Senate plan to bar federal courts from desegregation orders
The Senate passed a measure 43 to 40 to strip federal courts of power to issue busing orders in school desegregation cases. The split vote signals deep party divisions over school integration in the wake of rulings on desegregation.
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Senate
Raids by Israel Hit Lebanon as Jarring Arrives
Israeli raids struck three southern Lebanese areas as UN mediator Gunnar V. Jarring reached Israel to push new peace talks. The Lebanese army said two infantry battalions and an armored battalion attacked at dawn under heavy air and artillery cover, with one Lebanese soldier wounded and six Al Fatah guerrillas reported killed in the initial hours.
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Farming Awards Given Youths Honored At FFA Dinner
Lawrence High School seniors and juniors received FFA chapter honors at the 40th annual parent dinner drawing 82 attendees. David Nottingham earned Star Chapter Farmer and Star Greenhand. Terry Tucker won the Greenhand award and others named included David Shirk and Charles Young for best first year and beef production. Russell Stover Candies and local ads were noted in the program.
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Journal-World Photo
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Kansas State University
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Harold Shirk
Charles Young
Ed Young
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Berryton
Wholesale Prices Rise Again in January
Wholesale prices jumped eight tenths of one percent in January matching December's increase. After seasonal adjustment the rise was four tenths of one percent, with food and farm items up 1.3 percent while industrial commodities showed a larger 0.5 percent gain. Consumer prices rose one tenth of one percent, or three tenths after adjustment, marking a smaller cost of living increase than December.
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Labor Department
White House
Nitcher Denies KU Violation of Labor Act
Kansas University vice chancellor Keith Nitcher rejects Public Service Employes Union claims that KU violates the Fair Labor Standards Act. About 50 civil service workers strike over pay since November 1970 and conditions as leaflets accuse campus talks. Nitcher says overtime is paid or given as time off, lunch periods exist, and pay docking is not used. Police report threats to buildings and grounds staff who continued working during the strike.
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Lawrence
Ward's 1882 83 catalog offered for valuable copies
Chicago AP notes Montgomery Ward & Co offers up to 1000 dollars for a copy of the 1882 83 fall winter catalog. A spokesman said 500 dollars will go to the best condition copy and 500 dollars shared among other submitters.
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Montgomery Ward & Co
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Little Change in Agnew Week Amid Nixon China Trip
Vice President Spiro T. Agnew keeps to a normal routine in Nixon's 12 day absence in China. The only added event is a reception and dinner at the National Governors Conference. Agnew jokes he is not acting president as Nixon travels.
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U S Troops Engage In Major Battle Near Saigon
U S ground troops hours long clash 42 miles east of Saigon tag 21 Americans wounded no U S deaths reported. Maj Chester Hanson notes heaviest casualties since July 5. Air strikes hit three enemy base camps while a convoy and helicopter are hit in separate actions.
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Fire kills 12 in Sao Paulo office building blaze
A massive fire tore through a 29 story office building and department store in downtown Sao Paulo on Thursday killing twelve people. Firemen expected to find more bodies as they reached the upper floors to search for victims.
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Warming Trend Forecast For Lawrence Area
The Lawrence region will see dreary late winter weather through Saturday with partly cloudy skies and cool high near 40. Tonight’s low around 18 to 25. Sunday to Tuesday bring a warming trend with fair skies and highs in the 50s.
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National Weather Service
Nine Missing Feared Dead After Nordale Hotel Fire
Nine people are missing and feared dead after a fire destroyed the Nordale Hotel in Fairbanks Alaska Police said Thursday night. Search of the rubble was delayed until Thursday due to intense heat and no bodies had been recovered by then.
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Nordale
Bank Lowers Prime Rate to 4 Percent at Citi
Citibank cut its floating prime rate to 4 percent the lowest in nearly 12 years. The reduction makes Citi’s minimum lending rate a rare 4 percent alongside Morgan Guaranty Irving Trust and Bankers Trust. The move follows May 1959 adjustments when rates were last lowered to 4 percent.
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