Clinton Land-Use Preview Mixed at Landowners Meeting
About 60 Clinton landowners heard a mixed review of the private land near Clinton Reservoir. Ron Jones explained the plan’s urban development areas, while pace of growth and roads raised questions for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and local officials.
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Clinton Reservoir
South Junior High School
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Jones
Bill Womack
Clinton Lake
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Corps
Lawrence-Douglas County
Election of Boys Nation delegates closes on last full day
Kansas University hosts Kansas American Legion Boys State with noon vote for the two Kansas delegates to Boys Nation. Saturday morning will reveal the results at a general assembly as 36 city simulations, county delegates, and the Governor's Ball unfold with leaders and dates noted.
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Osawatomie
American Legion
Hicks
Kansas
Journal-World
Boys’ Nation
Kansas Boys’ State
Kansas University
Riley Couger
Topeka
Steve Cousins
Prairie Village
Bill Dougan
Pretty Prairie
Phil Ellsworth
Sublette
Jerry Gorman
Kansas City
Tim Hensley
Kenn Jennings
Steve Steinbach
Winfield
Paul Wasser
Ottawa
Boys’ State
Templin Hall
Lewis and Templin Halls
Power outage traced to squirrel on line near Hillcrest School
A squirrel crossed an electrical feeder line in Hillcrest School area Thursday morning causing a brief power outage. Austin Stedham, division manager for Kansas Power and Light, said the outage lasted only a short time while a repairman replaced the fuse.
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Hillcrest
Austin Stedham
Kansas Power and Light
Police Warn Of Counterfeit Bills In Area
The Lawrence Police Department issued a warning about counterfeit five and twenty dollar bills circulating in area towns. None reported in Lawrence yet. Fake twenties show plate numbers 675 and 38 with serial D 35 726 507 A, 1969 Cleveland Fed, red and blue fibers. Fake fives use plate numbers D68 and 38 with serial F 33 624 763 A, 1969 Atlanta Fed, thinner paper and slightly smaller size.
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Lawrence
Richard Stanwix
Federal Reserve Bank of
Cleveland
Ohio
Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
Arab-Israeli Talks Continue in United Nations Debate
In New York the Security Council weighs how to settle the Arab-Israeli conflict with Egypt and others pressing for Israel to withdraw from 1967-occupied territories. The United States signals possible further vetoes to block action while backing Israel.
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United Nations, N.Y
U.S
Security Council
Egypt
Council
Israel
Washington
Haissam Kelani
United States
KU Chancellor-designate Dykes to Speak in Topeka
Archie R. Dykes new KU chancellor will be featured speaker at the Kansas Association of Commerce and Industry annual meeting in Topeka. Gov. Docking delivers "Report to Kansas Business" at lunch. Carl H. Madden of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce speaks at a morning business session. Dykes assumes KU post July 1 and comes from the University of Tennessee.
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Archie R. Dykes
Kansas University
Kansas Association of Commerce and Industry
Topeka
Kansas
Robert B. Docking
Kansas Business
Carl H. Madden
U.S. Chamber of Commerce
University of Tennessee At Knoxville
Cease-Fire Talks Stall as Attacks Rise Near Saigon
The cease-fire talks between the South Vietnamese government and Viet Cong remained deadlocked while attacks increased to a two month high around Saigon. Saigon signaled willingness to issue a joint appeal for a halt in hostilities but warned of U.S. influenced disputes. Kissinger and Tho’s Paris meeting was postponed with next session planned for Saturday. The government affirmed close U.S. contact to craft a common strategy amid ongoing zones of control disagreements.
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Saigon
Hostil
U.S
Kissinger
Tho
United States
Republic of Vietnam
Dr. Kissinger
le Duc Tho
Paris
KU Security Stops Cars on Jayhawk Boulevard
University of Kansas security officers stopped and slowed cars along Jayhawk Boulevard Thursday night to compare drivers to descriptions from victims in a campus area assault and rape investigation. Mike Thomas, KU traffic and security director, confirmed the procedure is part of ongoing investigative steps.
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Kansas University
Jayhawk Boulevard
Mike Thomas
Missing Youth Found
Kansas City AP reports 10 year old James Harvey Bessent was located Thursday while walking toward a friend's house after a weeklong disappearance.
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Kansas City
James Harvey Bessent
Dollar Weakens in Europe as Nixon Inflation Moves Delay
The dollar eased across European markets amid delays in Washington over new inflation curbs. Gold advanced at market opens in London and Zurich while the pound rose to about 2.5785 dollars and the franc, mark, and Swiss franc all fell against the dollar. In Tokyo and Hong Kong the dollar rose, with gold higher in Hong Kong and London.
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London
Europe
Washington
Nixon
Zurich
America
U.S
Frankfurt
Far East
Tokyo
Hong Kong
Fire at Museum Not Serious No Art Damaged
A Kansas University Museum of Art fire damaged the building and two generators slightly but did not affect any artworks. Four fire trucks responded at 2:55 p.m. for a burning transformer by the men’s restroom causing $500 in building damage and $2,000 in electrical contents.
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Kansas University Museum of Art
Art Museum
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