Absenteeism in Congress and Hoffa Prison Remarks
A 1955 Senate attendance debate highlights Margaret Chase Smith proposing a 60 percent voting rule, while past quorums led to bold measures like arresting a missing senator. The piece also covers James Hoffa’s claims about prison conditions and presidential commutation, plus assorted quotes from officials in Honolulu Brazil and Las Vegas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret Chase Smith
Maine
New York
Columbia University
Lyndon Johnson
Senate
Sen. Smith
Congress
House
Alben W. Barkley
Kenneth D. McKellar
McKellar
Barkley
Final Review On Forecasts For 1972 Gains
New York reports a consensus among independent forecasts for strong growth in 1972 with gains around 100 billion dollars. Argus Research and Lionel D Edie foresee a favorable year, while Janeway dissents lowering expectations. Forecasters warn unemployment may stay above 4.5 percent and caution about policy risks.
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New York
Argus Research
Argus
Lionel D. Edie
Finfert-Boston Associates
R-B
U.S
Rinfret
Eliot Janeway
Expansion plan for Holiday Inn of Lawrence announced
A $250000 expansion of the Holiday Inn of Lawrence was announced by Ed Lindquist and Robert Brock. The project adds thirty rooms and new banquet and meeting facilities as Lawrence moved toward a $5 million building phase in 1961.
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Holiday Inn of
Lawrence
Ed Lindquist
Robert Brock
Topeka
Byron Springer
George Peppercorn
Kansas House of Representatives
Douglas County
Ed Elbel
Kiwanis
Ray Q. Brewster
Jan Chiapasso
Florida
Vernon Smith
Wren Radio
Kansas University
Hoch Auditorium
Old City Hospital
Vegas Mayor Promotes Caution On Gambling and Police Corruption
The longtime Las Vegas mayor who has welcomed hundreds of thousands to the city emphasizes gambling caution and personal responsibility. He argues gambling is upstanding but warns residents and visitors to gamble only what they can afford to lose while noting his anti corruption stance and contentious rise to office.
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Chamber of Commerce
Honolulu
Brazil
Las Vegas
Nev
America
Oran K. Grayson
Janeway
Vegas
Peking Sees Soviet Drive as Threat and Seeks Closer U S Ties
An AP analysis notes Peking views Moscow as the main threat to Asia, citing a Red China article on a Soviet led drive from the Mediterranean to the Sea of Japan. It suggests Beijing could improve talks with Washington and act as a broker between the United States and North Vietnam.
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Peking
Asia
Africa
Red China
Asian Subcontinent
Mediterranean
Black Seas
Red Sea
Arabian Sea
Indian Ocean
Bay of Bengal
Southeast Asia
Sea of Japan
Red Chinese
Moscow
India
China
Russia
Cable
United States
Nixon
Henry Kissinger
Chou Enlat
North Vietnam
Indochina
Soviet Union
Washington
Army dispute over veteran who fled to Paris
The Army challenges David B. Johnson's Paris account of desertion and escape. It confirms his Vietnam service with the 101st and a sequence of confinement, escape, and later Leavenworth sentences for assault, fraud, and related offenses.
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Washington
Paris
United States
David B. Johnson
Tacoma
Wash
Vietnam
Ft. Leavenworth
Kan
Johnson
101St Tiger Force
Leavenworth
Army
Martin Army Hospital
Ft. Benning
Monumental failure for foreign aid and India policy
Letter writers attack State Department aid to India as misguided and costly, accusing Indira Gandhi of hypocrisy and detailing a Russia India treaty. They condemn the United Nations as ineffective and call for ending foreign aid, then close with holiday gratitude and New Year wishes from Mabel and Alfred Seele of Lawrence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S. State Department
India
Asia
Indira Ghandi
Mahatma Ghandi
Russia
United Nations
U.N
C. C. Moseley
Grand Central Industrial Centre
Glendale
Calif
Balance growth call prompts cautious planning for Clinton Reservoir
Barry Wellar urges Lawrence and Douglas County leaders to curb unchecked expansion tied to highway development near Clinton Reservoir. He argues for public officials to reject ad hoc spending and to emphasize quality alongside quantity, citing KanCiTop corridor anxieties and the need for planned, controlled growth.
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Clinton Reservoir
Lawrence
Douglas County
State of
Kansas
Journal-World
KanCiTop
Kansas City- Topeka
Perry
Clinton
Nixon Sees 1972 as Strong Year for Farm Parity and Income
President Nixon, in an interview with CBS, forecasts 1972 will be a very good year for farmers. He cites new international policy, trade talks with Europe and Japan, and promises better parity and higher farm income through US agricultural trade agreements. He notes parity remains unmet but argues for improving farm earnings.
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James Hoffa
Teamsters Union
Detroit News
Washington
Nixon
Lewisburg
Hoffa
Justice Department
Kennedy
U.S. Atty
Robert F. Kennedy
Teamsters
CBS White House
Dan Rather
Treasury
John B. Connally
United States
Japan
U.S
Kansas faces tight 1972 session amid electoral year caution
As the 1972 Kansas Legislature prepares to convene for a 60 day session, observers expect little shift in attitudes from the 1971 end. Democrats control the executive branch while Republicans dominate the Legislature, signaling ongoing opposition. With elections looming for governor, 125 House seats, and 40 Senate seats, lawmakers face reassessment of costly programs and state agencies amid fiscal limits and taxpayer scrutiny.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas
Statehouse
House of Representatives
K State Receives 920 Acres for Ecological Research
Kansas State University will use about 920 acres south of Manhattan for ecological research to boost productivity. The land along I-70 was donated to the Nature Conservancy, then deeded to K State by an anonymous donor through the Conservancy.
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Manhattan
Kansas State University
James McCain
Nature Conservancy
Conservancy
Kansas State
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Lawrence Daily Journal- World
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Dolph
Simon
Leo Bluer Woetnie
Para Presidente
Von
W. C. Simons
the World Company
Sixth
New Hampshire
Douglas
Kansas City
Audit Bureau of Circulation
Associated Press
John Cunniff
Old Home Town
Mainland China
U.S. Army
Canada
Editor
Meadowlark
Mabel and
Alfred Seele
K-State
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