Perry Reservoir Starts Normal Pool Fill Near Lawrence
Army Corps of Engineers began filling Perry Reservoir toward a normal pool of 12 500 surface acres northwest of Lawrence 16 miles. Lake stood at 881 feet elevation, with 891 feet normal pool expected by late summer or fall. Flood pool could reach 25 000 acres for emergencies. The $48 million project spans about 160 miles of shoreline and aims to draw 1.5 million visitors annually to the Delaware River fed lake.
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Army Corps of Engineers
Perry
Lawrence
Journal- World
Manhattan
Turtle Creek
Junction City
Milford
Delaware River
Viet Cong and North Vietnam denounce Nixon policy
Viet Cong and North Vietnam denounced President Nixon's Vietnam policy as deceitful and a dead end aimed at replacing U S troops with South Vietnamese forces. They called de Americanization a sham while peace talks continued with U S Ambassador Lodge arguing the other side seeks to predetermine the outcome and delay progress.
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Paris
North Vietnam
Nixon
Vietnam
Saigon
U.S
Nguyen Thi Bihn
Ha van Lau
Henry Cabot Lodge
Nguyen van Thieu
Weather Rerun Brings More Rain Across Topeka Area
The Topeka weather forecast predicts ongoing rain and unsettled conditions with a tornado watch in effect earlier that day. Rain totals in June reached about 7.5 inches, while the Kansas River and Wakarusa River levels fluctuated below flood stages as showers continue. Wind gusts reached 60 mph during storms, with airport readings around 30 to 40 mph.
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Topeka Weather Bureau
Weather Bureau
North Central
Kansas
Lawrence
Surtax vote set Monday after Republicans concur
The Democratic House plans a Monday vote to extend Nixon era surtax withholding after Republicans align behind the plan. A Friday vote on extending withholding through July 31 is also planned to avoid a midnight June 30 rate drop, but Senate action remains uncertain.
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Nixon
House
Senate
Gerald R. Ford
Michigan
Nixon Proposes Broad Voting Rights Expansion
The Nixon administration urged a nationwide ban on literacy tests and state residency requirements for presidential elections. It seeks federal voting examiners, the ability to file lawsuits, a voting rights freeze, and a national advisory commission to study discrimination, expanding the 1965 Voting Rights Act.
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Washington
Mitchell
Attorney General
Justice Department
Rockefeller Clan Loses 10 Stores In Argentina Fire Attacks
Ten Rockefeller family owned supermarkets in Buenos Aires were set ablaze by bombs few hours before Nelson Rockefeller’s Latin American mission stop. Several buildings destroyed as security tightened for the New York governor’s visit. Attacks synchronized to occur shortly after 1:30 a.m. local time.
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Argentina
Rockefeller
U.S
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Nixon
New York
Haiti
Dominican Republic
Jamaica
Barbados
Guyana
Stock Market Ends Lower in New York with 60-Stock Average
The New York closing average for 60 stocks fell to 310.4, down 0.9 points. The AP reports the market closing subdued as investors reassessed gains amid caution.
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New York
Looting and Rioting Roils Omaha Near North Side
Uproar followed the shooting of a 14 year old Black girl by a white officer James Loder. Fires burned six block area as looting and sniping continued with police firing on demonstrators and fire crews needing escorts. At least 30 people jailed on charges from concealed weapons to illegal entry.
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Omaha
Neb
James Loder
Hedy Lamarr
Lewis Roberts
Central
Chalmers seeks record KU budget for 1971 fiscal year
Kansas University Chancellor elect Laurence Chalmers asked the Kansas Board of Regents to approve a $44,054,428 educational and general operating budget for the 1971 fiscal year starting July 1, 1970. He proposed wage hikes, new hires, and facility upgrades including 53 new faculty, 21 summer staff, 17 classified personnel, and major renovations at Flint Hall Fowler Shops and Snow Hall, with total student enrollment projected at 16,857 for next fall.
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Topeka — Kansas University
Laurence Chalmers
Kansas Board of Regents
Chalmers
Mount Oread
Summerfield Hall
Flint Hall
Fowler Shops
Snow Hall
Haworth Hall
Scholarship Hall
Lindley Hall
Regents Order Names Released On Disciplinary Actions
The Kansas Board of Regents ordered acting KU Chancellor James R. Surface to release the names of students before the University Disciplinary Board for ROTC guideline violations. Henry Bubb moved the action, supported by Jess Stewart, with eight regents voting yes and Lawrence Morgan absent.
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Topeka
Kansas Board of Regents
Kansas University
James R. Surface
University Disciplinary Board
Reserve Officers Training Corps
Henry Bubb
Jess Stewart
Wamego
Lawrence Morgan
Goodland
Bubb
Vincent Bogart
Wichita
Ned Cushing
Downs
Red Tape Delays Release of KU ROTC Student Names
Dean William Balfour said names of Kansas University students involved in the May 9 ROTC disruption may take three to four days to be released due to red tape. The Board of Regents, in executive session, planned a letter ordering the release amid a dispute over releasing names from private as well as public hearings.
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Kansas University
Reserve Officers Training Corps
William Balfour
Board of Regents
Balfour
Regents approve suspension directive for disruptive staff and students
The Kansas Board of Regents unanimously directed state college and university chief administrators to immediately suspend any employee faculty member or student engaging in activities designed to disrupt education. Suspensions remain in effect pending required procedural steps under state rules and laws.
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Topeka
Kansas Board of Regents
Regents
State of
Kansas
State Board of Regents
Frizzell Outlines Campus Disorder Guidelines in Kansas
The Kansas attorney general issued a 12 page memo guiding campus disorder responses. It lists injunctive relief prosecution and institutional discipline as tools and notes outside help may come from city police, county, patrol, National Guard or state investigators depending on gravity.
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Topeka
Kent Frizzell
Attorney General’s Office
Max Bickford
The
Kansas Board of Regents
Kansas Highway Patrol
National Guard
Kansas Bureau of Investigation
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