Cease Fire Seen Before Nixon Inauguration
Saigon sources report a cease-fire will be declared by the United States and South Vietnam on the eve of President Nixon's inauguration to enable a peace agreement ending the Indochina war. They say Nixon advised Thieu an international accord has been reached to halt North Vietnamese hostilities. White House aides offered no comment.
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Florida White House
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Haig
Hanoi
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China
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White House
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Pre-Cease-Fire Maneuvers Sharpen Fighting Across Vietnam
Sharp fighting intensified in contested zones as Saigon and Communist forces vied for territory ahead of a cease-fire. U S air support continued, and reports cited 35 enemy dead in Que Son Valley near Da Nang and losses in the Mekong Delta U Minh Forest.
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U Minh Forest
Kissinger Clothesline Delays Paris Peace Talks Return
Florida White House says Henry Kissinger will not return to the Paris peace talks before next week and perhaps not then. President Nixon will not address Vietnam negotiations this week, but may discuss them in his inaugural address.
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Florida White House
Henry A. Kissinger
Paris
Hanoi expected to sign cease fire by end of next week
Tokyo based Nippon Denpa News Agency quotes informed sources in Hanoi signaling a cease fire agreement with the United States by week’s end at latest. The draft reportedly mirrors the October proposal, and North Vietnam celebrates a perceived victory linked to Nixon’s halt in attacks while urging continued readiness for a full liberation of the South. Hanoi Radio warns that suspensions can recur as U.S. bombing resumes.
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Pershing Rifles Offer Coed Escort Service Kansas unit starts Operation Escort on campus
Pershing Rifles at Kansas University launch Operation Escort offering escorts from 6 p.m. to midnight seven nights a week. David O Rourke led the plan with support from William Balfour Shirley Gilham and Emily Taylor. Escorts will walk or drive women across campus with Sigma Alpha Epsilon as backup on busier nights. The service aims to improve safety and will record call times and outcomes for analysis.
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Tax expert Edwin Cohen resigns from Treasury
President Nixon accepted the resignation of Edwin S. Cohen Undersecretary of the Treasury, with deep regret and appreciation for his contributions, announced by the Florida White House. The move comes from one of the government’s top tax experts.
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Edwin S. Cohen
Kansas panel to finish school finance overhaul bill
The Special Joint Legislative Committee on school finance pressed toward finishing its section by section review of a proposed overhaul of state aid distribution. Senator Joseph Harder said the bill could be introduced in the Senate to cut costs and two more bills would handle an income tax increase and aid redesign. The plan would require about 113 million dollars more from the general fund, with several districts set to lose significant aid while Galena would gain 291 thousand dollars.
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Special Joint Legislative Committee On
Joseph Harder
R-Moundridge
Harder
Senate
Sunny Weather Continues Across Kansas This Week
The National Weather Service expects a mild spell through Thursday with highs in the 50s and lows in the upper 30s in Lawrence. Statewide, Kansas shows a warming trend with a 65 degree high in Hill City and overnight lows from 30 in Topeka to 38 in Pittsburg, before a cooling trend begins Thursday in the west.
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Permanent Tax Lid Aims In Kansas House Action
In Topeka Republican Rep Frank McMaster says tax lid and budget lid should be permanent and cites poll results showing 85 percent support in his district. Democrats plan to back Gov Docking recommendations to lock in the tax lid, while lawmakers push related measures on voting access near booths.
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McMaster
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Wichita
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Donn Everett
Manhattan
John Hayes
Hutchinson
Ansel Tobias
R-Lyons
Harold Dyck
R-Hesston
Lynn Whiteside
Dyck
Wyandotte
Kansas City
Prisoners Balk On Jobs Today
About 170 inmates at Missouri Penitentiary refused to work in the metal factory and were moved to cells. Warden Harold Swenson said the stoppage began with black prisoners and drew in white prisoners, likely in protest of a lawsuit by 62 inmates alleging black gangs beat younger prisoners. He activated highway patrol on alert.
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Missouri Penitentiary
Harold R. Swenson
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Sunflower Army Ammunition Plant to Modernize Facilities
Sunflower Army Ammunition Plant will undergo modernization costing an estimated 12 to 15 million dollars this year. Col William Needham announced plans in Kansas City to upgrade ammunition making facilities and advertise two major construction contracts this spring. The project includes a mechanized roll facility and a continuous paste facility to support the roll operation, with contracts timed for March to August. Dorothy Wohlers said the plant now operates on World War II standards.
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William Arnold
Iowa
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Vera Mercer
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Kansas City
Dorothy Wohlers
Supervising Corps District
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