Fate of Bucher ranges from Medal to prison term
Navy source says Cmdr Lloyd M. Bucher aboard the Pueblo could receive the Medal of Honor or up to two years in prison with dismissal. A court of inquiry could also recommend no action or nonpunitive steps such as investigations into outfitting or armament or even a punitive letter or court-martial.
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Coronado
Calif
Navy
Pueblo
Cmdr
Lloyd M. Bucher
Les Q Osborne
11Th Naval District Law Center
Court of Inquiry
John J. Hyland
Pacific Fleet
Osborne
Sky
Bucher
Thetic
Hyland
Bureau of Naval Personnel
Court of Military Appeals
Summer Recreation Growth Proposed by City Commission
The City Commission received a staff proposal for an expanded summer recreation program in four target area schools East Heights New York Pinckney and Woodlawn to be run jointly with Unified School District No 497. The plan costs 11864 with most funds from the city and includes personnel equipment and misc expenses plus field trips to Kansas City and Topeka. Action was deferred for further study while school board members have not yet considered the proposal.
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City Commission
Unified School District No. 497
East Heights
New York
Pinckney
Woodlawn
10Th and
del. Sts
East Lawrence Community Center
Emery Road
Sigma Nu Place
Lawrence Industrial Emt
27Th
Haskelle
Rockefeller eyed for Latin America fact finding mission
New York Governor Nelson Rockefeller, bypassed for Nixon's Cabinet, was asked to head a U S fact finding mission to Latin America. White House confirmed contact but no decision. Rockefeller weighs the request as regional instability grows with Peru Brazil and Panama recent coups.
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Washington
New York
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Latin America
Ronald L. Ziegler
Rockefeller
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Nixon
U.S
Peru
Brazil
Panama
Galo Plaza
Organization of American States
Alliance For Progress
Constant Construction lands Douglas County bridge project
The Douglas County Commission awarded a $39,275 contract to Constant Construction Co. of Lawrence to build two bridges south of Lawrence on a township road four miles south of the city and east of U.S. Highway 59. Yount Construction Co. of Olathe bid $40,751, the only other bid.
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Douglas County Commission
Constant Construction Co., of
Lawrence
Yount Construction Co
Olathe
U.S. Highway 59
Kansas Telephone Co Could Raise Rates by 320000
Kansas Telephone Co may raise rates enough to add about 320 900 in gross revenue per year, the Kansas Corporation Commission said. The firm had sought 531 794 for upgrades and higher operating costs, but a reduction of 210 895 plus a tax absorption order would yield a rate of return just under 4.38 percent, deemed reasonable by chairman Dale E. Saffels.
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Topeka
Kansas Telephone Co
Kansas Corporation Commission
Dale E. Saffels
Pickpocket Steals Billfold at Kroger Center
John Harris of the Kroger Family Center reports a pickpocket took his billfold from his trouser pocket between noon and 2 p.m. Monday, with loss of 46 dollars and ID. Clifford Turner of Lawrence Furniture Co. reports a toolbox and tools valued at 250 dollars stolen from a pickup bed behind the store sometime between December 25 and 31, with the loss reported Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Harris
Kroger Family
Frontier Airlines seeks new Kansas route through Missouri
Frontier Airlines requested authority from the Civil Aeronautics Board to add a daily round trip serving Independence Coffeyville Parsons Kansas with a Wichita to Kansas City corridor starting March 1. The carrier would operate alongside Frontier’s existing Kansas City Bartlesville Oklahoma City Tulsa flights, with day or night service.
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Washington
Frontier Airlines
Civil Aeronautics Board
Independence- Coffeyville
Parsons
Kan
Wichita
Kansas City
Frontier
Bartlesville
Okla
Oklahoma City
Tulsa
Pulliam Seeks Lawrence City Commission Seat
Lawrence businessman Pulliam 40 of 721 Tenn St filed for the Lawrence City Commission. He has chaired the Lawrence Planning Commission and said intergovernmental cooperation and city county planning will shape the coming years. He cited Clinton Reservoir development, redevelopment, and adequate public services under current revenue as key issues. He holds a KU economics degree and has four daughters with wife Alice.
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Lawrence
Bob Pulliam
Tenn. St
Lawrence City Commission
Terrill’s
Pulliam
Lawrence Planning Commission
Douglas County
Clinton Reservoir
City Planning Commission
Kansas University
Kansas GOP Winding Up State Birthday Festivities
Kansas Republicans close three day birthday observances with a dinner featuring Walter Hickel, former Alaska governor and Nixon Interior Secretary, amid a Kansas statehood anniversary. Bob Dole greeted at a reception. Cedar Crest non partisan event hosted by the Women’s Kansas Day Club. Meetings of key Republican committees and allied groups were on schedule.
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Topeka
Kansas
Secretary of Interior
Walter J. Hickel
Hickel
Claflin
Kan
Alaska
Richard M. Nixon
Bob Dole
U.S. Congress
Dole
Frank Carlson
Senate
Women’s
Kansas Day Club
Cedar Crest
Robert Docking
Congressional District
Kansas County Attorneys Association
Women’s Kansas Day Club
Kansas Republican Veterans Club
Buddy Hackett Named Talent Consultant for Sahara Hotels
Roly poly comedian Buddy Hackett named talent consultant and vice president of Sahara Nevada Corp which runs Dee EK Webb's four Nevada hotels. Howard James, the corporation president, announced the appointment on Tuesday.
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Las Vegas
Nev
Buddy Hackett
Sahara-Nevada Corp
Dee EK
Webb
Nevada
Howard James
Hackett
Larceny Charges Dropped for Two Men in Canoe Case
Douglas County Court dismissed grand larceny charges against Cletis Albert Pruessner Jr. and John Maurice Tillman after the witness testified the canoe’s value was only 49 dollars. The arrest followed an early January 19 attempt with an aluminum canoe atop Tillman’s car near Bellinger Electric and Marine Service.
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Cletis Albert Pruessner Jr
W. 9Th St
John Maurice Tillman
Kansas City
Douglas County
Leo Bellinger
Bellinger Electric and Marine Service
Bellinger
Vt. St
Tillman
One Mishap Today Dog Hit on Slick Mass Street
A 19 year old Lawrence resident reported he could not stop for a dog that ran in front of his car on Mass Street near 6th Street due to snow and ice. The dog died and the driver’s car damage was about $300. Police logged about 20 accidents in 24 hours, with one minor incident after 11 a.m.
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Douglas H. Delano
Lawrence
Mass. St
6Th St
Delano
Peterson
Wisdom
David C. Hacker
Stewart Ave
21St St
Naismith Dr
Hacker
Harold S. Harris
Don C. Johnson
Valley Falls Okays 650000 Bond for School Facilities
Valley Falls Unified School District 338 voters approved a 650000 bond issue 481 to 135 to finance a central two story complex adjoining the elementary school. The project includes gymnasium library cafeteria kitchen choral and instrumental rooms offices a five class non grade area and 11 total additional classrooms plus a storm shelter with work to begin around April per Supt Ted Jones.
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Valley Falls
Unified School District
Ted Jones
Lawrence CJHS Seeks Parent Meeting for Next Year
Heard in Lawrence Central Junior High School sponsors a 7 30 p m pre enrollment meeting for parents of CJHS seventh through ninth graders. Topics include course offerings and enrollment procedures. Centennial Park areas are prepared for sledding and tobogganing by parks department.
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Central Junior High School
CJHS
Centennial Park
Parks and Recreation Department
Slick Weather Causes Widespread Icy Roads in Kansas City
The morning saw icy streets and numerous fender benders across Kansas City. Despite many collisions, the injury toll remained light while buses struggled to operate amid jammed lines and cautious drivers. Lawrence reported surprisingly few incidents under similar conditions as fog lingered in river bottom areas.
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Kansas City
Lawrence
Eagles Draft Kansas Star Shanklin in 10th Round
Donnie Shanklin, 5-9 177 pounds tail back from Kansas, was picked by the Philadelphia Eagles in the 10th round of the pro football draft. Kansas players Bobby Douglas Vernon Vanoy John Zook and Keith Christensen also went to NFL teams across Chicago New York Los Angeles and New Orleans in earlier rounds.
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New York
Donnie Shanklin
Kansas University
Shanklin
Philadelphia Eagles
NFL
Jayhawks
Bobby Douglas
Chicago
Vernon Vanoy
New York Giants
John Zook
Los Angeles
Keith Christensen
New Orleans
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25Th and
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Kentucky Street
Massachusetts Street
Homestead Drive
Pioneer Ridge No. 2
6Th and
Schwarz Rd
Montgomery Ward
23Rd and
Ousdah
Rocky
White House
Lodge
Acacia Lodge
Arthur W. Keefer
C. E
Kerns, Secy
Rumsey Funeral Home
Mt. Oread
Journal-World
Buddy Bags
Slick Street
James A. Wisdom
E. 15Th St
Lyle D. Peterson
Century Dr
Iowa St
Marion Springs
Vinland
Baldwin
DeSoto
Tonganoxie
McLouth
Linwood
Basehor
Eudora
Wellsville
Williamstown
Perry
Lecompton
Oskaloosa
Army
Dennis W. Whisker
LaGrange, Ill
Kansas University Rotc
First Cavalry Division
South Vietnam
Whisker
Hutchinson
Alexander
Cash End Corry
Lewe
Eagles
Lawrence Monument
Oth & Indiene
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