Boys State Ends as Girls Arrive on Sunday
American Legion Boys' State delegates wrap a busy week at Kansas University while Sunflower Girls' Staters prepare to join the campus Sunday. Honored were award winners and elections with four delegates and alternates to Boys' Nation in Washington DC. Delegates include Steve Cousins of Prairie Village and Steve Steinbach of Winfield. alternates Riley Couger of Topeka and Jerry Gorman of Kansas City.
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American Legion Boys’ State
Kansas University
Sunflower Girls
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Prairie Village
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Winfield
Riley Couger
Topeka
Senate
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Historical Museum
State Printing
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Kansas
Jerry Gorman
Kansas City
Journal-World Photo
Kansas American Legion
Saigon reports surge in Viet Cong attacks
Saigon command said Viet Cong attacks rose sharply across South Vietnam prompting the U S embassy to warn nonessential travel. Two South Vietnamese helicopters were shot down near An Loc, with one forced to land after damage. Canadian peace observers and Vietnamese forces tightened security amid cease fire tensions ahead of Paris talks.
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U.S
Vietnam
Paris
An Loc
Cana
Connally Seeks Results From Nixon Aide Post
Former Texas governor John B. Connally, serving as an unpaid presidential adviser, expresses frustration as Nixon contemplates curbing inflation. He agreed to a 90 day consultant term starting May 10 and works largely from his Mayflower Hotel suite.
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Washington
John B. Connally
Nixon
Treasury
Connally
Texas
White House
Mayflower Hotel
Pie in the Eye Contest at Nazarene Church Ends Soon
The First Nazarene Church in Lawrence announces the Pie in the Eye contest winner and loser will be presented after the 10 45 a m worship service. Captains Harold Hirst of Powers Street and Roy Pennel of East 19th clash for attendance bragging rights in a four week contest. Kansas traffic law KSA 8236 requires licensing for operators of mechanized farm equipment on roads from sunset to sunrise.
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First Nazarene Church
Harold Hirst
Powers St
Roy Pennel
Kansas
Kansas Supreme Court Suspends Lawrence Lawyer
The Kansas Supreme Court suspended John Dennis Sullivan of Lawrence from practicing law for an indefinite period after a State Board of Law Examiners finding of violations of professional responsibility canons.
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Topeka
Kan
Kansas Supreme Court
John Dennis Sullivan
Lawrence
High Court
Sullivan
State Board of Law Examiners
Code of Professional Responsibility
Paris Accord Said to Seek Cease-Fire Implementation
A report describes a triangular agreement among the United States North Vietnam and South Vietnam as an effort to explain or implement the existing cease-fire, suggesting continuity of diplomacy toward the bombing halt and political settlement.
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United States
North Vietnam
South Vietnam
House Leaders Press Farm Bill Subsidy Cap Debate
The Senate approved a farm bill 78 to 9 despite Nixon administration opposition and a proposed $20,000 per farmer subsidy cap. House Democrats Poage and Sisk criticized the ceiling, arguing it harms reform and could end current programs.
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Washington
Senate
Nixon
W. R. Poage
Agriculture Committee
Rep
B. F. Sisk
Poage
Texas
Sisk
Birch Bayh
D-Ind
Administration
Probe by Cox Sought on Perjury in Confirmation Hearings
Washington AP Archibald Cox has been asked to probe possible perjury by witnesses in Senate confirmation hearings for former Attorney General Richard Kleindienst. Attorney General Elliott Richardson assigned Cox to review testimony tied to the ITT Hartford Fire Insurance merger and related San Diego GOP convention links.
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Watergate
Archibald Cox
Senate
Atty
Richard Kleindienst
Elliot Richardson
Cox
Itt-Hartford Fire Insurance Co
Kleindienst
Richardson
James O. Eastland
D-Miss
Senate Judiciary Committee
ITT
Judiciary) Committee
San Diego
Department
SEC
Informaton
Fed Board Lifts Discount Rate to 6.5 Percent
The Federal Reserve Board announced a 0.5 percentage point increase in the discount rate to 6.5 percent. This marks the first time it has reached this level since 1921, the rate charged to member banks for borrowing from Federal Reserve Banks.
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Washington
Federal Reserve Board
Federal Reserve Banks
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