Storm Destroys 12 KU Trees
KU and its landscape team report that a recent storm damaged about a dozen campus trees while roofs and most buildings escaped harm. Elms suffered the worst losses due to Dutch elm disease, with 66 trees lost recently overall. a replanting plan will introduce varied species to reduce future losses as funds allow.
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Alton ‘Thomas
Thomas
Jayhawk Boulevard
Humanities
Wescoe Hall
Jayhawk
Wescoe
Big Savings For Postal Employes
Postal workers shop a two day sale of surplus furniture and equipment from the U S Postal Service as it moves from the Pennyslvania Avenue building to a new 30 million dollar headquarters at L Enfant Plaza. Items include desks chairs and used electric typewriters sold as is at bargain prices with no warranty.
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Washington
U.S. Postal Service
Pennsylvania Avenue
L’enfant Plaza
Mall
GSA
General Services Administration
Postal Service
E. T. Klassen
U S Tightens Scrap Metal Exports Amid Price Surge
The United States imposes strict export controls on iron and steel scrap after domestic prices hit a 16 year high. The action targets shipments after July 1 and followed by monitoring of corn export limits. Dent frees soybeans and cottonseed exports while maintaining watch over corn demand. Japan and China reactions influence demand.
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Washington
United States
Dent
Japan
European Economic Community
Commerce Department
U.S
Yasushi Fukuko
Ministry of International Trade and Industry
Bombers Strike Near Phnom Penh in Indochina War Update
U S B52 bombers struck near Phnom Penh and over Batt Dong Trapeang Thaot Baren Prek Tamak and Srang mountain insurgent strongholds as Cambodian reports cite rising raids. US fighter bombers and sorties rose over 30 percent last week amid talks on an August 15 cutoff. Cambodian Col Am Rong said 20 insurgents were killed near Highway 3 south of Phnom Penh.
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U. S. Congress
Indochina
Batt Dong
Phnom Penh
Trapeang Thaot
Baren
Prek Tamak
Mekong River
Srang
Washington
Defense Department
William Beecher
Cambodia
U. S
Beecher
White House
Am Rong
Highway 3
Conservation Service Cuts 3000 Jobs Nationwide
The Agriculture Department ordered a reduction in force lowering Conservation Service staff by about 3,000 across its nationwide offices. The cut ties to the termination of the Rural Environmental Assistance Program REAP, canceled last winter. Congress seeks REAP restoration, with a possible new program under a Capitol Hill administration compromise.
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Washington
Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service
Agriculture Department
Congress
USDA
Capitol Hill
Colby Signals Open CIA Policy To Congress
CIA nominee William Colby told the Senate Armed Services Committee he favors more information to the public and possible regular written reports to Congress. He noted openness could complicate foreign relations and risk agents, and acknowledged CIA errors in aiding the Watergate burglary via Daniel Ellsberg’s L.A. office.
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Central Intelligence Agency
William C. Colby
CIA
Colby
Senate Armed Services Committee
Stuart Symington
D-Mo
Congress
Senate
Ington
Symington
Los Angeles
Daniel Elisberg
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