Veterans Face Job and Drug Challenges in Lawrence Return
Lawrence holds a Task Force for Jobs for Veterans meeting as officials discuss rising veteran unemployment and possible drug issues. Officials warn many recently separated veterans face training gaps and limited local job prospects, prompting plans for a fall job fair and expanded treatment programs.
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Alocal Task Force For Jobs For Veterans
John Gear
Veteran’s Administration
Topeka
War Amendment Faces Dim Prospects in House Vote
The Nedzi-Whalen proposal to bar war funding after 1971 eyed 150 to 170 supporters in the 434 member House, far below hopes. Senate rejected two antiwar cutoffs earlier, boosting debate on a two-year draft extension and signaling possible filibuster.
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U.S
Indochina
Nixon
Mark C. Hatfield
R-Ore
George S. McGovern
D-S.d
North Vietnam
Hatfield
Sen
Mike Gravel
Alaska
Senate battle over war deadline tensions rise
Hatfield and McGovern pressed amendments as they lobby Sen Chiles and moderates who oppose a deadline. Stennis warned delay will plague us for decades while Mansfield urged withdrawal and Dole denounced Chiles plan as a vote of no confidence in the President.
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McGovern
Chiles
John C. Stennis
D-Miss
Armed Services Committee
Date Set for Pair In Drug Case
Sentencing for Julia L. Mack and Michael J. Kelly, both residents of 742 Ohio, was postponed to June 25 by Judge Frank Gray. Each received one year in jail and a $1000 fine for illegal hashish possession. Kelly pled guilty in county court on March 8 and appealed. Mack’s felony was reduced to a misdemeanor due to small hashish quantity.
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Frank Gray
Julia L. Mack
Michael J. Kelly
Ohio
Lawrence
Kelly
Miss Mack
Mike Elwell
Eagles Blamed as Hunters Under Fire in Wyoming
Interior Department investigator says a probe into Bald and Golden Eagle deaths near Casper Wyoming found ranch hands shooting at eagles from aircraft while chasing coyotes. Fifty eagles died from poisoning or gunfire with state charges possible. federal inquiry expands to aerial shooting.
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Interior Department
Wyoming
Casper
Wyo
Lawrence
Incomplete Autopsy Spark Morphine Findings In Youth Death
James J. Murphy 19 of Osawatomie died after being taken to Lawrence Memorial Hospital. Morphine traces found in urine samples. additional unidentified chemicals detected. Kansas Bureau of Investigation conducting tests. corner inquest decision pending full results.
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Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Mike Elwell
James J. Murphy
Osawatomie
LMH
Ohio
Kansas Bureau of Investigation
Elwell
Jackie Robinson Jr dies in Norwalk car crash
Jackie Robinson Jr., 24, son of baseball legend Jackie Robinson, died in a one car crash on the Merritt Parkway near Norwalk while returning from work at a drug rehabilitation center. His 1968 heroin arrest was cited, and Daytop executive director Kenneth Williams said Robinson Jr. had been in New York City for Daytop public relations work.
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Conn
Jackie Robinson Jr
Price
Merritt Parkway
Robinson
Brooklyn Dodger
Kenneth Williams
Daytop, Inc
Seymour, Conn
Robinson Jr
New York City
Daytop
Chilean Leftist Suspect Blows Up at Police HQ
In Santiago police say Heriberto Salazar 45 a member of the extremist Organized Vanguard of the People fired on two detectives at the downtown police headquarters then detonated homemade grenades killing himself and wounding another detective. Police believe he acted alone linked to the killing of Edmundo Perez Zujovic last week.
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Santiago
Chile
Heriberto Salazar
Edmundo Perez Zujovic
Ronald Rivera Calderon
Arturo
Salazar
Plainclothes Police
FBI
Indians Routed At Nike Site Storming in California
About 100 police and sheriff's deputies stormed an abandoned Nike missile base before dawn and routed the 75 Indians who had seized it Monday. The encounter occurred amid a broader context involving the OAS style violence and political tensions in the region.
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Richmond
Calif
Perez Zujovic
Christian Democratic
Eduardo Frei
Major E W Markel ejects before jet crash near Wellington
Air Force Maj Edwin W Markel 42 parachuted to safety Wednesday moments before his $2 million D105D jet crashed into a wheat field six miles north of Wellington Kansas. He was uninjured and flown to McConnell AFB. A Wellington couple escaped unharmed though their pickup was jolted by the blast.
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Wellington
Edwin W. Markel
Leroy Patterson
Patterson
Pattersons
Markel
McConnell Air Force Base
127Th Tactical
Kansas Air National Guard
Air Force
Kansas Turnpike
Turnpike
Jim Popplewell
Tax deadline extended for Douglas County Kansas residents
Lawrence report notes only a few days left for 1970 tax payments without penalties. The due date usually June 20 falls on a Sunday, so payments are accepted through Monday per Douglas County Collector Bessie Bennett.
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Douglas County
Bessie Bennett
Transfer Sought Of Leslie Bacon
Government attorneys asked the U S District Court in Tacoma to approve transfer for antiwar activist Leslie Bacon to New York for a conspiracy hearing related to an alleged bank firebombing. The 19 year old was released from a Seattle jail after posting a 1000 dollar cash bond on a 10000 dollar bail while appealing a contempt charge for not answering a federal grand jury.
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U.S. District Court
Tacoma
Leslie Bacon
New York
Atherton
Calif
U.S
Alan Froelich
First National City Bank
New York City
Miss Bacon
Capitol
Escapee James Wilson Captured Near Wichita
Kansas sheriff officials arrested James Franklin Wilson at a Wichita county work site on Wednesday. Wilson had escaped from the Kansas State Industrial Reformatory in Hutchinson on September 4, 1970, after being sentenced in Wichita.
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Kansas State Industrial Reformatory
Hutchinson
Wichita
Johnnie Carr
James Franklin Wilson
Wilson
North Vietnamese submit analysis of U S Vietnam conflict origins
Paris talks open with Hanoi publishing a 1965 analysis accusing U S aggression in Vietnam. Xuan Thuy and Nguyen Thi Binh reiterate that Nixon policy aims to keep South Vietnam under U S control while Washington cites Tonkin incidents as pretext for bombing.
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U.S
Vietnam
Foreign Ministry
Hanoi
Pentagon
New York Times
Gulf of Tonkin
North Vietnam
Lyndon B. Johnson
Walt W. Rostow
Haiphong
Xuan Thuy
Nguyen Thi Binh
David K.E. Bruce
South Vietnam
Pham Dan Lam
Thuy
Mrs. Binh
Nixon
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