Saigon dating ads offer solace for lonely U S troops
In Saigon the Post runs lonely hearts ads for American garrisons with names like Mr Huy Son and Mr Mike offering introductions to Vietnamese women for 5 000 piastres. The service markets 1 000 plus women from widows to high school girls, promising five to six meetings and even marriages as U S forces dwindle.
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Saigon
U.S
Vietnam
Saigon Post
Huy Son
Alice
Mike
Albert Is Renamed For House Speaker Albert Is Renamed For House Speaker
Democrats renominated Rep. Carl Albert of Oklahoma for House speaker with a 202 to 25 vote over Rep. John Conyers Jr. Michigan. Albert will be formally elected Wednesday as the 93rd Congress convenes.
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Albert
House
Washington
Carl Albert
Oklahoma
John Conyers Jr
Michigan
Conyers
U.S
Indochina
Nixon
North Vietnam
House Republicans
Congress
Senate Republicans
Norris Cotton
New Hampshire
Wallace F. Bennett
Utah
Senate Republican Conference
Jon G. Tower
Texas
Robert Taft Jr
Ohio
Senate Gop
House Democrats
Hanoi
Haiphong
Panhandle
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
William P. Rogers
Henry Kissinger
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Rogers
Kissinger
Ben Rosenthal
D-N.y
Europe
Reconstruction plans for Sixth Street and 1973 site work
The city outlines 1971 72 and 73 street projects prioritizing Sixth Street repaving from Sixth to the city limits and Masse chusetts Street work. Iowa Street repairs and connections with Iowa 15th and 19th intersections are planned, with funding questions tied to NDP and gas tax allocations.
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Kallsen
Sixth Street
Sixth and
Massachusetts
Tennessee
Sixth
California
11Th
Seventh
10Th
Iowa
City Public Works Department
City Commission
George Williams
Public Works
NDP
Don Schaake
Commission
Williams
Harvard Road
Kansas Traffic Deaths Log Shows Yearly Totals
A Topeka AP report tabulates Kansas highway fatalities by period with 1972 figures and comparisons. The log lists totals for January December and the full year 1972 with 1971 comparison outcomes.
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Topeka
Kan
December fires push local losses to a record high
Fire Chief F C Sanders reports December fires drove the yearly loss to 369,692 with two December blazes topping the total. INTERx building fire on December 11 caused about 175,000 in damage and a duplex fire at 3727 Brush Creek Dr. damaged 25,000. The year logged 559 calls and 106,802,275 in building and car value, with 263,829 in losses, plus 123,041,927 in contents losses valued at 105,862.
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F. C. Sanders
Brush Creek Dr
Ronald Holt
Lawrence Ave
Estes Studio
Mass
Griff’s Burger Bar
Lake
W. 20Th Ter
Fatal Prank Haunts Fraternity After Man’s Death
Fred Bronner, 21, was abandoned by three Chi Chi Chi fraternity members near Angeles National Forest around Dec 22 as a lesson. His body was found days later by sheriff deputies. Fraternity members said Bronner relied on rides and faced weight and money problems, while his father described him as nonathletic and pampered.
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Los Angeles
Fred
Fat Freddy
Bronner
Angeles National Forest
John Berges
Chi Chi Chi
Pierce College
Good Hopes For County Bid on Funds
Douglas County expects HUD approval to certify as a regional planning area with formal decisions likely after mid January. County planners report inquiries from the Kansas Economic Development Commission and HUD about rural water projects and Eudora open space recreation, contingent on certification.
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Douglas County
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
Lawrence- Douglas County
Dick McClanathan
McClanathan
Kansas Economic Development Commission
HUD
Kansas City
Eudora
Mission Youth Hurt in Wreck East of Lawrence
A Shawnee Mission youth, Christopher R. Paraghamian aged 18, was treated and released from Lawrence Memorial Hospital after a one car crash on K 10 five miles east of Lawrence at 2 25 p m. He was westbound and attempted to pass two vehicles when the second car swerved into his path forcing a skid into a ditch. The car was a total loss.
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Shawnee Mission
Lawrence
Christopher R. Paraghamian
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Douglas County Sheriff’s
Paraghamian
Area Man Injured In Overbrook One Vehicle Crash
A 19 year old area man, Roger Vanderslice, was injured in a one vehicle crash about two miles east of Overbrook on US 56 Monday morning. He was admitted to Stormont Vail Hospital in Topeka with back injuries and was reported in fairly good condition. His eastbound pickup struck a utility pole, officials said.
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Roger Vanderslice
Overbrook
Us-56
Vanderslice
Stormont Vail Hospital
Topeka
Britain Ireland and Denmark join the Common Market
Nine flags flew outside the European Common Market headquarters as Britain Ireland and Denmark joined the EEC on New Year’s Day. Prime Minister Heath hailed the move as a tremendous opportunity. Queen Margrethe and Irish premier Lynch voiced cautious hopes about adaptation and regional differences.
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Brussels
European Common Market
Britain
Ireland
Denmark
European Economic Community
Edward Heath
Margrethe
Jyllands-Posten
Jack Lynch
France
West Germany
Italy
Holland
Belgium
Luxembourg
Ewen Fergusson
EEC
Executive Commission
Europe
Two Die In Kansas Highway Crashes Over New Year Weekend
Two people were killed in state highway crashes during the New Year holiday weekend in Kansas. William Holding, 77, died in a head-on collision on Kansas 57 west of St. Paul Saturday night. David Richerson, 23, a Fort Riley soldier from Muskogee Oklahoma, died in a one car crash on Interstate 70 about ten miles east of Manhattan Friday night.
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Kansas
William Holding
St. Paul
David Richerson
Ft. Riley
Muskogee
Okla
Manhattan
Truman Library sees record New Year Day attendance
Harry S. Truman Library in Independence Missouri reports 3598 visitors touring museum exhibits on New Year Monday, with 8350+ at the graveside in the courtyard. Director Dr. Ben K. Zobrist notes the day sets a record and signals rising public interest following Truman's death.
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Independence
Harry S. Truman
Ben K. Zobrist
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