Communists gain ground as Vietnam battle toll rises
In Saigon and across Vietnam crews report heavy fighting with Viet Cong attacks on helicopters and a bomber. At least 13 dead, with officers and civilians wounded. missile strikes and shelling target Saigon, Neak Luong, and Me kong Delta as government forces counter. A large task force moves against a North Vietnamese division near Moc Hoa.
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Cambodia
Mekong River
Neak Luong
Phnom Penh
Mekong Delta
Moc Hoa
Tay Ninh City
Watergate figures seek reversal of convictions
Four former Nixon aides including John Mitchell H R Haldeman and Ehrlichman seek reversal of their Watergate convictions. Attorneys allege prejudicial pre trial publicity and errors by Judge Sirica as key faults in the case. Others face related actions as jury and trial arrangements proceed in Detroit and Washington.
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Nixon Administration
Atty
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H. R. Haldeman
White House
U.S. District Court
John J. Sirica
Robert C. Mardian
John D. Ehrlichman
Mitchell
Haldeman
Ehrlichman
William G. Handley
Plato Cacheris
Sirica
Richard M. Nixon
Jack Gleason
CAB approves discounts and direct European routes plan
The Civil Aeronautics Board approved 20 percent peak season and 25 percent off-peak discounts for long distance air travel and moved toward expanding direct flights to Europe. Judge Newmann recommended Pan Am, TWA, and National extend routes while rejecting new U S points and four cities due to traffic potential.
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Civil Aeronautics Board
U.S
Europe
CAB
Ross Newmann
Ford
Newmann
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Pan American World Airways
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Lebanese gunmen shot at roadblock as three killed near border
Lebanese soldiers killed three gunmen at a southern Lebanon roadblock near the Israeli border. Inside Israel three guerrillas were also killed and two Israeli soldiers lightly wounded in a Zarit clash. A Kissinger trip and US sale of TOW missiles to Oman were reported.
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Zarit
Middle East
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Kissinger
Yigal Allon
Egypt
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Washington
United States
Persian Gulf
Sultanate of Oman
James R. Schlesinger
Sultan Kubas bin Said
Oman
Oil workers walk off job in Union Oil contract dispute
More than 2 000 Union Oil Co workers walked off the job and 8 000 others in the Oil Chemical and Atomic Workers union threaten strikes elsewhere. Refineries in California Illinois and Texas were ordered to strike after the union rejected a 32 percent wage increase and 10 percent fringe benefits.
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Ford Motor Co
General Motors
Ford
U.S
Denver
Union Oil Co
Oil, Chemical and Atomic Workers International Union
California
Illinois
Texas
Charles Armin
Los Angeles
Gulf
Atlantic Richfield
Amoco
Texaco
Standard of Ohio
Mobil
Ashland Oil
Senate panel to quiz Helms on CIA domestic activities
Senate Foreign Relations Committee will question former CIA Director Richard Helms next Wednesday in a closed session about discrepancies in his statements on CIA domestic activities during the 1960s. Chairman Sparkman says Helms must harmonize two versions of events.
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CIA
Richard M. Helms
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
John Sparkman
D-Ala
Helms
Iran
Senate Armed Services Committee
Foreign Relations Panel
White House
House Intelligence Subcommittee
Armed Services Committee
K State fall honor roll lists 32 area students
Kansas State University names 32 local students among 2,770 fall honor roll honorees. The listed students come from Lawrence Baldwin Eudora McLouth Meriden Os ko l a loosa Perry Basebord Linwood and Tonganoxie, with names including David Butler Ellen Bouse Gary Breipohl Sarah Hamilton Kim Hay and many others. Also London Evening Standard names Claire Bloom best actress of 1974.
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Kansas State University
Lawrence
David M. Butler
Ellen Dale Bouse
Gary Breipohl
Sarah M. Hamilton
Kim Ann Hay
Mary C. Herbert
Michael H. Hess
Nancy Jan Johannsen
Elizabeth Kimbrough
Cynthia Mullenix
David L. Nottingham
Virginia Shirer
Francis Alan Wiley
Daryn Blake Wilson
Baldwin
Sara Alice Cleland
Karl L. Townsend
Eudora
Mark William Dardis
Carol Elaine Holmes
Melissa R. Laughlin
McLouth
Katheleen M. Bear
Mer
London
The
London Evening Standard
Claire Bloom
Acting dean Cobb named at Kansas University
Robert P. Cobb appointed acting dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at Kansas University. The appointment lasts until Dean Wag goner returns or year’s end, announced by Del Shankel and Ambrose Saricks. Cobb’s long KU record includes leadership roles and international programs. DETROIT AP American Motors recalls 3339 Hornet and Gremlin six cylinder cars for possible emission issue. owners to be notified for dealer inspection.
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Robert P. Cobb
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Kansas University
del Shankel
Ambrose Saricks
Shankel
Saricks
George Waggoner
Archie Dykes
Dean Cobb
Cobb
Ashdown, Ark
Waggoner
Nunemaker College
Detroit
American Motors
AMC
Lawrence 1974 animal control report shows dogs dominate intake
Lawrence animal control handled 1,323 dogs and 13 cats plus a raccoon and two skunks last year. The Law rence Humane Society sheltered 1,224 animals amid a diverse menagerie, with many pets destroyed or released. only a few adoptions per month.
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Lawrence
Lawrence Humane Society
Humane Society
Coyote
Helen Melton
Sunflower Plant Reopens to Produce Rocket Propellant
The Sunflower operation, once a Korean War peak of 6000 workers, shifted to standby then reactivated in summer 1965 to make 2.75 inch rocket propellant for Vietnam. Employment climbed to about 3500 before cutbacks in the early 1970s.
Dexter promoted to captain in Army Corps of Engineers
Stephen H. Dexter has been promoted to captain in the Army Corps of Engineers. He is stationed in Ansbach Germany and is the son of Lt. Col retired Wade H. Dexter and his wife of Lawrence.
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Jack Harris
Harris
Lawrence Post Office
Lawrence
Stephen H. Dexter
Army Corps of Engineers
Dexter
Ansbach
Germany
Wade H. Dexter
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