Illegal Dumping Crisis Grows In Douglas County
Douglas County sheriff Rex Johnson says roadside dumping is a rising nuisance and hard to stop. Richard Hack of the Health Department notes 40 to 50 sites are under cleanup but proving responsibility is difficult. The issue is tied to riverbank pollution and the lack of county rural dumping facilities. The Solid Waste Plan aims for biweekly rural trash pickups, funded by subscriptions rather than mandates.
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Douglas County
Rex Johnson
Richard Hack
Douglas County Health Department
Hack
Lawrence
Baldwin
Eudora
Lecompton
Health Department
State Department of Health
Dean Sanderson
Pleasant Grove
Journal-World
Seven Americans Die in Cyprus Plane Crash
An Egyptian jetliner from Cairo carrying seven Americans and 30 others struck a mountain ridge near Nicosia airport in Cyprus. The victims included Richard Dodge, Samuel Burne Miller, Raymond Jeanne, Thomas Woods, and Ann Valentine, with hometowns not released. The Kyrenia Mountains crash site lies 12 miles from the airport.
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Nicosia
Cyprus
Cairo
Misrair
Richard Dodge
Samuel Burne Miller
Raymond Jeanne
Thomas Woods
Ann Valentine
Kyrenia
Actress Receives Bomb Letter Twice in Five Days in Italy
In Rome police report another letter bomb mailed to actress Laura Antonelli known for sexy film roles. A device exploded at Rome's railway station post office after defusing experts. Last week a similar bomb addressed to Solvi Stubing injured no one in Florence.
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Rome
Laura Antonelli
Florence
Solvi Stubing
Man Charged With Arson In Rest Home Fire
A 22 year old Baltimore man, Harry Kemp, is charged with arson in a Pleasantville New Jersey rest home fire that killed 10 elderly residents. Kemp is jailed under guard at Somers Point Hospital for burns from the blaze. Ten residents escaped, including two staff members. one victim was 106 years old. Fire officials note a building alarm system failed to activate.
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Pleasantville, N.J
Baltimore
Harry Kemp
Somers Point Hospital
Kemp
Street’s Rest Home
Walt S. Schlundt
Civilians in North Vietnam POW swap face press rule
Clark Air Base officials and the State Department outlined that civilian prisoners of war will receive Operation Homecoming medical and psychological care unless they opt out for a press conference. Teven said nonofficial civilians may choose to talk but cannot return if they opt out.
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Clark Air Base
Philippines
North Vietnam
State Department
Irwin Teven
Teven
Clark
Pacific Area
South Vietnam
U.S
Former KU Professor Wins Centennial Award for Environment
Dwight F. Metzler, former Kansas University civil engineering professor and New York State deputy commissioner for environmental quality, received the Centennial Award for the Environment from the American Public Health Association at its 100th annual meeting for advancing environmental protection related to human health. Metzler previously led the association as president and is noted for work in environment, medical care, and disease prevention.
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Dwight F. Metzler
Kansas University
State of
New York
The
American Public Health Assn
Association
Metzler
LBJ Knew of Cease Fire Before Death
Lyndon B. Johnson died knowing a cease fire had been reached in South Vietnam. Mrs. Lady Bird Johnson said Nixon personally informed him and that Johnson was preparing a statement for release when the cease fire was announced. She recalled he was kept informed and supported the peace efforts by Kissinger and others.
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Austin
Tex
Lyndon B. Johnson
South Vietnam
Johnson
Nixon
Ladybird Johnson
Southeast
Asia
Horace Busby
Tom Johnson
Busby
Lyndon
Mrs. Johnson
POW Bracelet Trend Nearing End As POWs Return
At Clark Air Base Philippines thousands wear nickel plated copper bracelets bearing names ranks and dates of Americans missing or captured in Indochina. With POWs returning home, campaign by Voices in a Vital America ends and wearers plan to break their bonds.
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Clark Air Base
The
Philippines
Indochina
America
Connie Schell
United States
Model Air
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