Senators Vote To Cut Off Funding For Vietnam War
In Washington Democrats push an immediate cutoff of all war funds with conditions for safe troop withdrawal and POW return. Kennedy spearheads the policy, while House Democrats advance a similar measure. Nixon aides meet on Indochina as Senate Republicans back negotiated settlements to end the conflict.
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Senate
Nixon
Kissinger
Elliot L. Richardson
Laird
Edward M. Kennedy
Congress
House
U.S
Senate Republicans
Indochina
Omaha Hotel Fire Kills One, Injures Four
A four alarm blaze at the old Hotel Loyal in downtown Omaha claimed one life and injured four others. Firemen rescued guests from the third floor as flames and smoke surged in the northeast corner of the building. John Parkins, 55, died after being lowered to safety, while Pauline Sheftick 80 Troy McCarthy 46 George Brown 59 and Melvin Jones 59 were hospitalized in satisfactory condition. Fire officials cited a hot plate and a blown fuse as likely causes amid extensive damage on the third floor. Foreman James Foreman 25 saved an elderly resident by directing her to safety from a window.
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Omaha
Neb
Loyal
John Parkins
Lutheran Hospital
Pauline Sheftick
Troy McCarthy
George Brown
Melvin Jones
Vernon van Scoy
van Scoy
James Foreman
Texas
Foreman
Two U.S. Planes Lost in North Vietnam Campaign
U S Command reports the loss of a B52 and an F111 during the Hanoi Haiphong air blitz. Casualties rise to 109 Americans killed missing or captured in two weeks, with 116 enemy attacks nationwide and civilians wounded.
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Saigon
U.S
North Vietnam
Hanoi
Haiphong
Panhandle
Tonkin Gulf
Nixon
Hanoi-Haiphong
Pollution Masks Required in Italy Near Venice
Air pollution at the Marghera industrial complex near Venice has led to a labor inspector ordering 50 000 workers across 205 factories to receive gas masks at the plants’ expense. The move underscores ongoing environmental tensions linked to Marghera's factories and Venice's sinking, with prosecutions in Milan for antipollution noncompliance and penalties up to four years.
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Venice
Italy
Marghera
Milan
Three Named In Probe Of KU Explosives
Two students, David Akin and Jack Butler, prepared to surrender in Topeka on the Planned case tied to a discovery of 23 pounds of plastic explosives at Learned Hall KU. Ronald Johnson, a third ex student, has a warrant and is believed in London. The trio faces charges of illegal storage of explosive material and theft related counts.
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U.S
Topeka
Learned Hall
Kansas University Engineering
David Bruce Akin
Shawnee
Jack Louis Butler
Butler
Lawrence
Ark
Independence
Ronald K. Johnson
London
Robert Miller
Kansas City
The
Journal- World
Johnson
Miller
Paul Wilson
University Police
Kansas Bureau of Investigation
Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms Division
ATF
U.S. Treasury Department
Dave Johnson
KBI
Local Drug Store Ads Highlight Free Delivery
Classified ad notes Raney Drug Stores offer free delivery and lists Russell Stover Candles and Key Rexall products among advertised items. Includes brief promotional lines for Advs and store names.
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Raney Drug Stores
Russell Stover
Key Rexall
County backs joint request for funding
Douglas County Commissioners approved a joint application by the Boys Club of Lawrence and Volunteers in Court for $45,554 in state funds to match $15,339 in local money for delinquency prevention and rehabilitation programs. They also took under advisement a $2,125 county match for an elderly transportation bus plan.
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Boys Club of
Lawrence
Governor’s Commission On Criminal Administration
Douglas County Council On Aging
City of
Lawrencians Credit Tree Trims for Fewer Outages
A 3.5 inch snowfall and freezing weather hit the Kansas City area with 40 percent to 60 percent chances of more snow. In Lawrence KP&L credited preemptive tree trimming for reducing outages with about 12 incidents affecting small areas, mainly from ice laden branches across power lines in the East Thirteenth to Fifteenth street span.
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Kansas Power and Light Co
Bill Mackey
Fifth
Massachusetts
KPL
Austin Stedham
Lawrence
Journal- World
National Weather Service
Kansas City
Johnson County
Kansas City Power and Light Co
Stedham
Bomb threat forces diversion of Madrid to Denver TWA jet
A Boeing 747 carrying 223 aboard was diverted from Kennedy to Denver after a telephoned bomb threat. Madrid airport sources say the caller demanded 15 million pesetas or about 200000 dollars to reveal bomb location. The hoax is treated as an extortion threat.
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Madrid
Kennedy
Denver
Colo
Trans World Airlines
TWA
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William P. Rogers
Henry A. Kissinger
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Claire Gillespie
Vern Miller
Kansas
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Eae Arense
Ap Tenon
Eeeeneessernssceenenereee Society
Abe Eeenenenteresceee
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Seemesceee Porreets
Gary Condra
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Nell Mitchell
Baldwin and
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