Ex-Merchant Marine recalls China alongside Nixon visit
Lawrence resident Robert A. Haggart recalls Shanghai and Tianjin life in the 1920s and 1949 as a Merchant Marine cadet and captain. He contrasts past cruelty with today’s China under Mao and praises Nixon’s China trip.
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China
Robert A. Haggart
United States Merchant Marine
Haggart
Shanghai
Hong Kong
Tientsin
Mao Tsetung
Chiang Kaishek
Taiwan
Buddha
Lawrence Man
Merchant Marine
Lawrence
Laura Rankin
Nixon
Meat Production Totals Rise in Kansas January Output
The Kansas Crop and Livestock Reporting Service says commercial red meat production in January totaled 155 million pounds, up four percent from December and one percent from January 1971. Beef led with 128 million pounds, up eight percent from December and four percent from a year ago, while pork fell and lamb and mutton rose to 16 thousand pounds.
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Topeka
Kansas Crop and Livestock Reporting Service
Kansas
aJnuary
Kansas Senate panel shelves power equalizing school finance bill
The Senate Education Committee defeated a motion to pass the bill and carried it over until next year after a 6-5 vote. The plan would have added 52 million dollars in state aid and created a 10 mill statewide levy to aid poorer districts while allowing local income taxes. Opponents from rural and western Kansas argued it favored urban districts. proponents from southeast Kansas supported it. Governors and lawmakers questioned feasibility and funded study.
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Topeka, Kan
Kansas
Senate Education Committee
Robert Docking
Senate
Glee S. Smith Jr
R-Larned
Harold Herd
D-Coldwater
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