Ottawa group visits Lawrence Human Relations Commission meeting
Ottawa Human Relations board members observed Lawrence HRC operations and questioned links to the Kansas Commission on Civil Rights. Mayor Bob Pulliam and Commissioner Nancy Hambleton attended as the Ottawa delegation considers a structure like Lawrence. The meeting showcased a film narrated by Bill Cosby and discussed STEP youth employment and an upcoming Royals trip for area youths.
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Lawrence Human Relations Commission
Ottawa Human Relations Board
Chamber of Commerce
Lawrence
Kansas Com Commission
Ottawa
City Commission
Bob Pulliam
Nancy Hambleton
Bill Cosby
Sturns
Com
Carl Johnson
Kansas City Royals
Commission
HRC
Copter Lift Marks New Cambodian Push By SV Troops
Sixty five miles northwest of Saigon U S helicopters dropped 1500 South Vietnamese soldiers into the Parrot's Beak area of eastern Cambodia in light rain. The operation aims to trap a 400 strong North Vietnamese sapper battalion disrupt enemy communications locate supply caches and slow infiltration into the south. General Minh said surprise would be preserved with limited pre invasion air strikes.
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Saigon
U.S
Parrot's Beak
Cambodia
Svay Rieng
Phnom Penh-Saigon
Kompong Trach
Nguyen van Minh
3Rd
Associated Press
Holger Jensen
South Vietnam
Minh
Saigon-Phnom Penh
Jensen
McBride Joins Journal-World News Staff
Gordon McBride, 24, a 1971 Missouri University Journalism School graduate, joins the Journal-World as a general assignment reporter. He is a 1964 William Chrisman High School alum from Independence, Missouri, who trained in news editing and photojournalism. his wife Kathy plans to pursue a journalism master’s at Kansas University.
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Gordon McBride
Missouri University Journalism School
Journal-World News
William Chrisman High School
Independence
Missouri
Kathy
Kansas University
Drug sting details reveal timing and routes into Lawrence
Undercover agents traced heroin and other drugs entering Lawrence from Kansas City and other cities while funds were wired without questioned use. The investigation notes subjects waiting for shipments and describes a street pursuit when Robert White and Miss Clymer were spotted. Kansas University traffic officers assisted by stopping White's car with a marked vehicle.
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Lawrence
Kansas City
St. Louis
Denver
Colo
Wichita
Topeka
Leavenworth
Oklahoma
Elwell
Donnelly
Robert White
White
Miss Clymer
Kansas University
Dicken Elected President of DeSoto School Board
Unified School District 232 in De Soto elected Dicken as board president replacing Ronald Tate at the De Soto High School meeting. Doris Springer became vice president, Lois Tripkos treasurer, and Jeroldene Waldo clerk.
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Desoto
Wayne Dicken
Unified School District 232
DeSoto High School
Ronald Tate
Doris Springer
Dicken
Lois Tripkos
Jeroldene Waldo
Suzanne Swalm
Gary Oltmann
Marilyn Shantz
Woodsonia School
James L. Carter
DeSoto Annex
Gregory Teach
Sharon Goodrich
Joan Darra
Diana Cuff
Joanne Whiles
Vinita Carter
Pam McCaskey
Janice Redeker
John Deere
DeSoto State Bank
Board of Education
Drug Raids Trace Multiple Arrests Across County
In a Feb. 26 sweep led by Atty. Gen. Vern Miller, 35 people were arrested, including juveniles. Officers recovered cannabis products and hard drugs elsewhere, while several suspects faced varying charges and many warrants remained unsettled.
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Vern Miller
Robert White
Miller
Atomic test fires a powerful device beneath Yucca Basin
MERCURY Nevada AP reports a prototype nuclear explosive test fired 1,735 feet underground near Yucca Basin. The 80,000 ton TNT yield lifted surface ground several feet while blast waves rocked observers 12 miles away.
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Mercury
Nev
Hiroshima
Yucca Basin
Nixon reviews foreign policy and budget in California
From San Clemente advisers converge as President Nixon continues a review of foreign policy and federal budget blueprints. In Miami Beach delegates cheer Hoffa parole reconsideration news relayed by Hoffa's son. In Omaha police clash with crowds. tear gas and nightsticks disperse violence at Memorial Park.
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San Clemente
Calif
Nixon
Omaha
Neb
Memorial Park
Teamsters choose Fitzsimmons to lead after Hoffa era
Frank E. Fitzsimmons was elected president of the Teamsters union, marking the formal end of James R. Hoffa’s tumultuous 14 year reign. The vote consolidates leadership as the union moves forward under new top leadership.
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Miami Beach
Teamsters
Frank E. Fitzsimmons
James R. Hoffa
Summerfield Hall Damages Repair At Kansas University
A 71504 contract to B A Green Construction Co combines repair of last December's Summerfield Hall bomb damage with renovations at Kansas University's Computation Center. Funds come from 51 six thousand legislative appropriation and about 40 percent from Computation Center, adding security and access controls while preserving student work room access. No suspect solution yet. three student operators were injured.
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Summerfield Hall
Kansas University
B.A. Green Construction Co
Lawrence
Keith Lawton
Lawton
Group States Draft Talks For Monday
Washington AP senators and representatives say they will resume talks Monday to broker a two year extension of the draft. Hopeful leaders say most differences are settled apart from Mansfield’s nine month Indochina withdrawal proposal tied to prisoner releases.
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Washington
Senate House
Mike Mansfield
U.S
Indochina
John Stennis
D-Miss
Senate
F. Edward Hebert
Dla
House Group
Mansfield
House
United States
Dry Weather Could Limit Corn Blight Spread in Douglas County
County Extension Director Earl L. Van Meter warns the Southern Corn Leaf Blight could cause major losses if heat and drought persist 30 days. He notes spraying is effective only under proper timing, with limited benefit once the tasseling stage is reached, and projects immune corn rising to 90 percent by next year.
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Earl L. van Meter
van Meter
Ficer
Kansas State University
Kansas
Allen
Anderson
Bourbon, Clay
Coffey
Doniphan
Douglas
Franklin
Jackson, Jefferson
Johnson, Leavenworth
Lyon, Miami
Neosho
Osage, Pottawatomie, Riley, Shawnee, Wabaunsee and
Woodson
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