Nixon State of the Union critique flags dollars as cure all
A satirical analysis notes Nixon's Friday night State of the Union address as a campaign push for more federal spending. It argues taxes fund every benefit and warns Americans against expecting free gifts, urging personal effort alongside government aid. The piece highlights Kansas implications like possible funding for a KU Medical School expansion and a Prairie National Park, while noting the speech’s executive reorganization focus.
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Nixon
92Nd Congress
Congress
Kansas City
Prairie National Park
The
U.S
State of the Union
Bus Firm Seeks Subsidy To Survive Lawrence Slump
Lawrence Bus Co. president Duane Ogle says revenue has fallen about 50 percent during strikes and unrest at KU and Lawrence, risking service losses. He cites student riders, lower dorm occupancy, and warmer weather reducing fares, and warns a subsidy may be needed to avoid ending service.
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Duane Ogle
The
Lawrence Bus Co
Kansas University
Lawrence
Kevery
Ogle
Mt Oread
North Lawrence
Army drops charges against four My Lai GI defendants
The Army drops all charges against the four remaining enlisted men in the My Lai case leaving three officers, Lt. William L. Calley Jr., Capt. Ernest Medina, and Capt. Eugene Kotouc, still charged with murder. Lt. Gen. Albert Connor announced the action after reviewing investigations and consulting Army authorities. Cleared are Sgt. Esequiel Torres Spec. 4 Robert Souvas Pvt. Max Hutson Pvt. Gerald Smith and Sgt. David Mitchell was acquitted earlier.
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Mcpherson
My Lai
Army
3Rd Army
William L. Calley Jr
Ernest Medina
Eugene Kotouc
Albert Connor
Esequiel Torres
Brownsville
Tex
Ft. McPherson
Robert T.souvas
San Jose
Calif
Max D. Hutson
Williamport
Ind
Gerald A. Smith
Chicago
Mrs Hack enters race for Lawrence School Board seat
Julie Hack 41 of 2216 Mass claims communications problems as the motive for filing for one of four posts on the Lawrence School District 497 board. She is the third candidate, joining Jack Landreth and Odell Shaver, all seeking their first board term. Filing due by February 16.
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Alan
Julie) Hack
Mass
Lawrence School District
Board of Education
Hack
Jack E. Landreth
Avalon Rd
Odell Shaver
Ark
James W. Paddock
Gladys Six
John Spearman Sr
Rees Jackman
Cary
Kansas University
Parent- Teachers Association
Cordley School
PTA
Centennial School
Lawrence
New Haven Harbor Diesel Spill Closes Waterway
A tank barge carrying diesel ran aground in New Haven Harbor spilling an estimated 386000 gallons. Coast Guard officials cited Humble Oil Co. figures for the spill and response was underway.
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New Haven
New Haven Harbor
Coast Guard
The
Humble Oil Co
Beavers Top Lawrence Talked Game Dishes Ranking
Two longtime Lawrence residents debated game for the table noting beaver as the top meat from the Kaw River area. They ranked wild duck, canvasback, and a mix of young squirrel and raccoon, with quail rabbit pheasant and dove further down in their tasting lineup.
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Kaw
Young voters registered ready for state referenda vote
City Clerk Vera Mercer reported 167 residents aged 18 to 20 registered to vote. They may vote in federal elections now but require state approval by spring referendum or the fall 1972 general election to participate in state county and city ballots.
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Vera Mercer
KU Budget Gap Reveals 78000 Cost to University
The budget office projects KU will spend 78000 more this fiscal year and roll the excess into the next year. The variance stems from salary figure differences between budget prep and actuals due to personnel turnover, with most impact in the physical plant budget. Raymond Nichols notes educational budget items are still under study.
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Raymond Nichols
Nichols
Baldwin-A dedication memory Harvey Booth area pioneers
A dedication ceremony for Harvey Booth Dayton Van Tries and other Baldwin pioneers is set for 3:30 p.m. Sunday at a new log cabin in Blackjack Park east of Baldwin along U S 56. A bronze plaque and a taped history recording will be unveiled with State Sen. Arden Booth narrating.
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Baldwin
Harvey Booth
Dayton van Tries
Baldwin Area
Blackjack Park
U.S. 56
Arden Booth
Rosedale Plan Aims at Teacher Training and Race Relations
A multiracial student group at Rosedale High School urged human relations training for teachers and administrators. The plan includes adding black teachers, ensuring equal student treatment, and forming a school human relations committee amid recent racial tensions and a large picket showing.
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Rosedale
Kansas City
War Items Rushed to Cambodia After Phnom Penh Blast
U S forces airlift up to 80 tons of arms and supplies to Phnom Penh after a large bomb attack on an immigration office and a prior rocket and mortar assault on the city’s airport. About 10 wounded. no confirmed deaths. C130 transports delivered arms, ammunition, barbed wire, and sandbags to aid the capital and Cambodian efforts along Highway 4.
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Saigon
United States
Cambodia
Phnom Penh
Immigration Service
U.S. Air Force
Rules Fight Gives Albert Shaky Start
Washington AP reports the new House Democratic leadership faced a rocky start after a rules fight in 1971. A 233-152 vote defeated a clause curbing the Rules Committee Power, limiting to 31 days its ability to block bills. Speaker Carl Albert supported the change, but many chairmen opposed. The outcome favored a Republican and Southern Democrat coalition.
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Washington
New House
Rules Committee
Carl Albert
D-Okla
House
Rules
Local Hospital Listings Boy’s Birth and Names
A hospital notice lists multiple residents and addresses with a birth announcement for a boy on Friday. Names include Joyce Regnier Anna Warren Georgia Abel Mahoney Hornecker Gorton Beaman Vera Jackson Johnson Hutchinson Baldwin Bryant Miller Coleman Moon Flory Garrett among others.
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Joyce Regnier
Anna Warren
Georgia Abel
R.L. Calman Mahoney
Tonganoxie
Larry Hamm
First
Michigan
Dorothy Hornecker
Ottawa
Blanche Gorton
Baldwin
Lula Beaman
Rt. 5
Vera Jackson
Ridge Ct
Claudia Johnson
Crescent Rd
Mary Hutchinson
Henrietta Bryant
Topeka
John Miller
W. 10Th
Anne Coleman
Avalon Rd
Jack ~ Moon
Oscar Flory
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